4.9/10103 votes#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
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5.7/1087 votes#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
5.3/1080 votes#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
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6.1/1077 votes#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
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4.8/10100 votes#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
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6.3/1093 votes#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
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6.1/1092 votes#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
6.0/1097 votes#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
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4.6/10103 votes#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
- 6.9/10103 votes
#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
- 6.1/1079 votes
#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
6.3/10100 votes#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
- 5.7/1083 votes
#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
6.1/1088 votes#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
5.8/1078 votes#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
6.5/1094 votes#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
5.9/1093 votes#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
4.7/10115 votes#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
6.2/1090 votes#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
6.3/1081 votes#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
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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Season 22 Ratings Summary
"Tom Hanks/Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers" is the best rated episode of "Saturday Night Live" season 22. It scored 4.9/10 based on 103 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/28/1996. This episode is rated 0.8 points higher than the second-best, "Lisa Kudrow/Sheryl Crow".