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The Best Episodes of Saturday Night Live Season 22

Every episode of Saturday Night Live Season 22 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Saturday Night Live Season 22!

A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed...
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Network:NBC
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20
Avg. Rating
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Season 22 Ratings Summary

"Tom Hanks/Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers" is the best rated episode of "Saturday Night Live" season 22. It scored 5/10 based on 104 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/28/1996. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "Lisa Kudrow/Sheryl Crow".

  • Tom Hanks/Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
    5.0/10(104)

    #1 - Tom Hanks/Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

    Season 22 Episode 1

    Aired 9/28/1996

    Sketches include ""Roxbury Guys,"" ""Spartan Cheerleaders,"" ""Goat Boy,"" ""Mr. Peepers,"" and ""Classic Sing-along with the Drunken Asses.""

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Lisa Kudrow/Sheryl Crow
    5.7/10(89)

    #2 - Lisa Kudrow/Sheryl Crow

    Season 22 Episode 2

    Aired 10/5/1996

    Sketches include ""Bob Dole,"" ""Suel Forrester,"" Single and Loving It,"" ""The Randolph Hotel,"" ""Women's Poetry Night,"" and ""Gene the Ex-Convict.""

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Bill Pullman/New Edition
    5.4/10(81)

    #3 - Bill Pullman/New Edition

    Season 22 Episode 3

    Aired 10/19/1996

    Sketches include ""Alien Presidential Debate,"" ""AT&T Clerks,"" ""The Rules Show,"" ""John W. Hayward,"" and ""Women's Kickboxing.""

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Dana Carvey/Dr. Dre
    6.1/10(78)

    #4 - Dana Carvey/Dr. Dre

    Season 22 Episode 4

    Aired 10/26/1996

    Sketches include ""Russell and Tate: Attorneys at Law,"" ""Larry King Live,"" ""Tom Brokaw,"" ""Johnny Carson and Phil Donahue,"" ""Church Chat,"" and ""Goat Boy.""

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Chris Rock/The Wallflowers
    4.8/10(101)

    #5 - Chris Rock/The Wallflowers

    Season 22 Episode 5

    Aired 11/2/1996

    Sketches include ""Bob Dole and George Bush,"" ""Charles Grodin,"" ""The Dark Side with Nat X,"" and ""The Culps.""

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Robert Downey Jr./Fiona Apple
    6.3/10(95)

    #6 - Robert Downey Jr./Fiona Apple

    Season 22 Episode 6

    Aired 11/16/1996

    Sketches include ""Bob Dole,"" ""Spartan Cheeleaders,"" ""Bill Clinton,"" ""Don King's Press Conference,"" ""Mr. Music,"" ""Musical Cobras and Panthers,"" ""The Delicious Dish,"" ""Mary Katherine Gallagher,"" ""Streets of L.A.,"" and ""Shopping at Home Network.""

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Phil Hartman/Bush
    6.1/10(93)

    #7 - Phil Hartman/Bush

    Season 22 Episode 7

    Aired 11/23/1996

    Sketches include ""The O.J. Trial,"" ""Thanksgiving Song Auditions,"" ""Acting Class,"" ""World War II,"" and ""The Joe Pesci Show.""

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Martin Short/No Doubt
    6.1/10(100)

    #8 - Martin Short/No Doubt

    Season 22 Episode 8

    Aired 12/7/1996

    Live from New York, it's...Tim Meadows Sketches include ""O.J. Simpson,"" ""Celebrity Jeopardy,"" ""Ed Grimley Goes To Heaven,"" ""Roxbury Guys,"" ""Barbara Walters Interviews Jackie Rogers, Jr.,"" ""The Gantner Family Workout,"" ""The Tinseltown Tattler,"" ""Martha Stewart's Topless Christmas,"" and ""Happy Holiday Tales.""

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Rosie O'Donnell/Whitney Houston
    4.7/10(105)

    #9 - Rosie O'Donnell/Whitney Houston

    Season 22 Episode 9

    Aired 12/14/1996

    Sketches include ""Bill Clinton and Bob Dole,"" ""Spartan Cheerleaders,"" ""Mary Katherine Gallagher,"" ""Delicious Dish,"" ""Goat Boy,"" ""Rita Delvecchio,"" and ""The Local News with Joe Blow.""

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Kevin Spacey/Beck
    6.9/10(104)

    #10 - Kevin Spacey/Beck

    Season 22 Episode 10

    Aired 1/11/1997

    Sketches include ""New Television Rating System,"" ""The Late Show with David Letterman,"" ""Marijuana Doctor,"" ""Star Wars 20th Anniversary,"" ""Janet Reno's Dance Party,"" ""Mr. Peepers,"" ""The Joe Pesci Show,"" ""Pet Shop,"" and ""The Atteburys.""

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • David Alan Grier/Snoop Doggy Dogg
    6.1/10(79)

    #11 - David Alan Grier/Snoop Doggy Dogg

    Season 22 Episode 11

    Aired 1/18/1997

    Sketches include ""Bill Clinton Police Line-Up,"" ""Maya Angelou Commercials,"" ""Waiting to Exhale Viewers,"" ""Both Sides with Jesse Jackson,"" ""Wong & Owens,"" and ""Bill Gates and Bill Clinton.""

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Neve Campbell/David Bowie
    6.3/10(101)

    #12 - Neve Campbell/David Bowie

    Season 22 Episode 12

    Aired 2/8/1997

    Sketches include ""O.J Simpson,"" ""Jackpot,"" ""The Delicious Dish,"" ""Spartan Cheerleaders,"" ""Rolf,"" and ""Adventures of the White Trash Disaster Trailer.""

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Chevy Chase/Live
    5.7/10(87)

    #13 - Chevy Chase/Live

    Season 22 Episode 13

    Aired 2/15/1997

    Sketches include ""Nightline,"" ""Bill Clinton,"" ""O.J Simpson,"" ""Goat Boy,"" ""Chopper Four.""

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Alec Baldwin/Tina Turner
    6.1/10(89)

    #14 - Alec Baldwin/Tina Turner

    Season 22 Episode 14

    Aired 2/22/1997

    Sketches include ""The Late Show with David Letterman,"" ""Roxbury Guys,"" ""Mary Katherine Gallagher,"" ""The Quiet Storm,"" ""The Gossip Show,"" ""Phone Sex Operators,"" ""Yard Sale,"" ""Wong and Owens,"" and ""Bill Brasky.""

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Sting/Veruca Salt
    5.9/10(79)

    #15 - Sting/Veruca Salt

    Season 22 Episode 15

    Aired 3/15/1997

    Sketches include ""Bill Clinton,"" ""Evita,"" ""The Nude Crusade,"" ""Rolf,"" ""The Atteburys,"" ""Kyle DeMarco,"" and ""Race and Racism.""

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Mike Myers/Aerosmith
    6.5/10(96)

    #16 - Mike Myers/Aerosmith

    Season 22 Episode 16

    Aired 3/22/1997

    Sketches include ""Coffee Talk with Linda Richman,"" ""Mary Katherine Gallagher,"" ""Prime Minister's Questions,"" ""Scottish Soccer Hooligan Weekly,"" and ""Barbara Walters Oscar Special.""

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Rob Lowe/Spice Girls
    6.0/10(95)

    #17 - Rob Lowe/Spice Girls

    Season 22 Episode 17

    Aired 4/12/1997

    Sketches include ""Nightline,"" ""Perspectives,"" ""The Joe Pesci Show,"" ""Goth Talk,"" ""Food, Sex, or Cars?"" and ""La Politica Non Correcto con Ramon Diaz Rojo.""

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Pamela Lee/Rollins Band
    4.7/10(116)

    #18 - Pamela Lee/Rollins Band

    Season 22 Episode 18

    Aired 4/19/1997

    Sketches include ""Janet Reno,"" ""Spartan Cheerleaders,"" ""A&E Biography: Tiger Woods,"" ""Goat Boy,"" and ""Roxbury Guys.""

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • John Goodman/Jewel
    6.3/10(91)

    #19 - John Goodman/Jewel

    Season 22 Episode 19

    Aired 5/10/1997

    Sketches include ""Oprah,"" ""Celebrity Jeopardy,"" ""Suel Forrester,"" ""Eddie Murphy,"" ""The Delicious Dish,"" ""The Culps,"" ""Collette Reardon,"" and ""Bill Brasky.""

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Jeff Goldblum/En Vogue
    6.4/10(83)

    #20 - Jeff Goldblum/En Vogue

    Season 22 Episode 20

    Aired 5/17/1997

    Sketches include ""Nightline,"" ""Mary Katherine Gallagher,"" ""Space, the Infinite Frontier,"" ""Kennedy Kapers,"" ""Larry King,"" ""Rock & Roll Fantasy Camp.""

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A