7.3/10120 votes#1 - Charles Barkley/Nirvana
Season 19 Episode 1 - Aired 9/25/1993
Sketches include ""Bill Clinton,"" ""Daily Affirmation with Stuart Smalley,"" ""Gap Girls,"" and ""Coffee Talk with Linda Richman.""
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A
6.5/1087 votes#2 - Shannen Doherty/Cypress Hill
Season 19 Episode 2 - Aired 10/2/1993
Sketches include ""Operaman,"" ""Crystal Gravy,"" ""The Real World,"" ""The Denise Show,"" ""Salem Bitch Trials"".
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A
6.4/10105 votes#3 - Jeff Goldblum/Aerosmith
Season 19 Episode 3 - Aired 10/9/1993
Sketches include ""Rock For Michael,"" ""Subway Guitarist,"" ""The Wave,"" ""Karl's Video Store,"" and ""Christopher Walken Celebrity Psychic Friends Network"".
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A
6.5/1088 votes#4 - John Malkovich/Billy Joel
Season 19 Episode 4 - Aired 10/23/1993
Sketches include ""Anne Murray Sings the National Anthem,"" ""Court TV: The Menendez Brothers Trial,"" ""Ruining It For Everyone,"" ""Theatre Stories,"" and ""James Carville""
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A
6.7/1092 votes#5 - Christian Slater/Smashing Pumpkins
Season 19 Episode 5 - Aired 10/30/1993
Sketches include ""Coffee Talk with Linda Richman,"" ""Matt Foley,"" ""Sassy's Sassiest Boys,"" and ""Trent Markham, Lung Doctor"".
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A
4.9/1085 votes#6 - Rosie O'Donnell/James Taylor
Season 19 Episode 6 - Aired 11/13/1993
Sketches include ""The Packwood Diaries,"" ""Frank Sinatra Duets,"" ""Daily Affirmation With Stuart Smalley,"" ""Forgetful Waiter,"" ""The Tomboy and the Sissy,"" ""Dick Clark's Receptionist,"" ""Will Work For Food,"" ""Homegirls""
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A
6.6/10108 votes#7 - Nicole Kidman/Stone Temple Pilots
Season 19 Episode 7 - Aired 11/20/1993
Sketches include ""Wayne's World,"" ""The Denise Show,"" ""Wednesday and Pugsley,"" ""Philip the Hyper-Hypo,"" ""Sprockets,"" ""Ross Perot,"" and ""Kitchen Arguments"".
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A
6.3/10114 votes#8 - Charlton Heston/Paul Westerberg
Season 19 Episode 8 - Aired 12/4/1993
Sketches include ""Studio of the Apes,"" ""Coffee Talk with Linda Richman,"" ""The President is Illiterate,"" ""The Ten Commandments,"" and ""Herlihy Boy House-Sitting Service"".
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A
6.0/1082 votes#9 - Sally Field/Tony! Toni! Tone!
Season 19 Episode 9 - Aired 12/11/1993
Sketches include "Adam Sandler's Santa Song", "Matt Foley", "Praying", and "Headgames".
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A
5.8/1085 votes#10 - Jason Patric/Blind Melon
Season 19 Episode 10 - Aired 1/8/1994
Live from New York, it's... Chris Farley! Sketches include "Giuliani's Inauguration," "NFL on Fox," "The Road To Self-Improvement," "Mr. Intense," "Coffee Talk," "The Herlihy Boy Dog Sitting Service," "Where's the Rest of Me?," and "Scary Ski Lift." Blind Melon performed "No Rain" and "Paper Scratcher."
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A
6.4/1098 votes#11 - Sara Gilbert/Counting Crows
Season 19 Episode 11 - Aired 1/15/1994
Sketches include ""Bobbitt Trial,"" ""HiberNol,"" ""Mistaken Roommate,"" ""Simon,"" ""Gap Girls,"" ""Blossom,"" ""Lunchlady Land,"" ""Disney Vacations,"" ""Rob Schneider's Girlfriend Theater,"" ""20 Questions,"" and ""Rob's Apology.""
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A
7.3/1094 votes#12 - Patrick Stewart/Salt-n-Pepa
Season 19 Episode 12 - Aired 2/12/1994
Sketches Include: Michael Jackon can Never Score - Michael Jackson once again tries to score and even with the help of his assistants he cannot. The Scottish Store - This time at the Scottish Store, a Scottish psychiatrist come to settle the owner's anger, and the perfect remedy is getting drunk. Also, a non-Scottish thinker gets beat up again. The Love Boat: The Next Generation - The Love Boat takes it up a notch when it goes galactic. Still, the romance and strife is the same. Erotic Cakes - Customers want quality erotic cakes, but all that's carried is women going to the bathroom. Stand-Up Satan - Satan's jokes and insults are so lame that even his followers start mocking him.
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A
6.2/1094 votes#13 - Alec Baldwin & Kim Basinger/UB40
Season 19 Episode 13 - Aired 2/12/1994
Live from New York, it's...Alec Baldwin! Sketches include: Alec Baldwin's Goodfellas, Family Feud, Canteen Boy and the Scoutmaster, Phillip The Hyper Hypo, The Romantic Men, Mickey Ross's Pyramid of Pain, The Adventures of Tiny Elvis, and Backstage SNL: Chris Farley Meets Kim Basinger UB40 performs: ""C'est La Vie"" and ""Can't Help Falling In Love""
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A
5.8/1092 votes#14 - Martin Lawrence/Crash Test Dummies
Season 19 Episode 14 - Aired 2/19/1994
Sketches include ""Jeff Gillooly,"" ""Daily Affirmation with Stuart Smalley,"" ""Thugs,"" and ""Spare Players for the New Jersey Nets.""
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A
5.2/1082 votes#15 - Nancy Kerrigan/Aretha Franklin
Season 19 Episode 15 - Aired 3/12/1994
Sketches include ""Press Confrence,"" ""Crystal Gravy,"" ""Sports Beat,"" ""Disney Gigs,"" and ""Lillehammer '94."" Aretha Franklin performs ""Chain of Fools.""
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A
6.9/1088 votes#16 - Helen Hunt/Snoop Doggy Dogg
Season 19 Episode 16 - Aired 3/19/1994
Sketches include ""Rockers Explain Whitewater,"" ""Total Bastard Airlines,"" ""Sexist Director,"" ""Office Space,"" and ""Rob Schneider's Girlfriend Theater."" Snoop Dogg performed ""Gin & Juice.""
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A
5.1/1076 votes#17 - Kelsey Grammer/Dwight Yoakam
Season 19 Episode 17 - Aired 4/9/1994
Live from New York, it's... Jan Hooks! Sketches include "Hillary Clinton's Investment Tips," "Majestic Caribbean Cruise Line," "Inhibited Dance Party USA," "The Giulianis at Opening Day," "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea," "CBS Sunday Morning," "Something Smells Good in Stinkville" (three parts), "Captain Jim & Pedro at Footlocker," "Captain Jim & Pedro Books," and "I Am A Man." Dwight Yoakam performed "Pocket of a Clown" and "Fast as You."
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1088 votes
#18 - Emilio Estevez/Pearl Jam
Season 19 Episode 18 - Aired 4/16/1994
Sketches include "Michael Fay's Canning", "Geek, Dweeb, of Spazz", "The Whitewater Folder", and "The Herlihy Boy."
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A
5.9/1077 votes#19 - John Goodman/The Pretenders
Season 19 Episode 19 - Aired 5/7/1994
Sketches include "New York Governors Debate"," "Captain Jim and Pedro"," "NRA's American Sportsman Today", "Real Stories Of The Arkansas Highway Patrol", "Theatre Stories", "Ninja Pep Talk", "Michael Bolton", "Flintstones Names", and "Killer Taxi Drivers."
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A
6.5/1091 votes#20 - Heather Locklear/Janet Jackson
Season 19 Episode 20 - Aired 5/14/1994
Sketches include "Coffee Talk", "Eych", "Wayne on Melrose Place", "60 Minutes", and "Phil Hartman in 'So Long, Farewell.'"
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Saturday Night Live Season 19
Every episode of Saturday Night Live Season 19 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Saturday Night Live Season 19!
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Season 19 Ratings Summary
"Charles Barkley/Nirvana" is the best rated episode of "Saturday Night Live" season 19. It scored 7.3/10 based on 120 votes. Directed by Dave Wilson and written by N/A, it aired on 9/25/1993. This episode is rated 0.8 points higher than the second-best, "Shannen Doherty/Cypress Hill".