Saturday Night Fever

You can’t avoid catching it: A landmark season hits late night, and the big screen’s rewinds to that chaotic first year

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Got weekend plans? Saturday Night Live’s 50th season kicks off Sept. 28 (NBC, 11:30 p.m.), just a day after Saturday Night lands in theaters to depict the sketch-com’s 1975 birth. To honor this classic, we asked three Us writers to pick their favorite SNL season. No task has ever been harder.

SEASON 21 (1995–96)

Hello, Spartan Cheerleaders! After a poorly received season (and with new competition from Fox’s MADtv),