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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!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Saturday Night Live Season 22 Episode 1 - Tom Hanks/Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
    5.0/10(107 votes)

    #1 - Tom Hanks/Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

    S22:E1

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Saturday Night Live Season 22 Episode 2 - Lisa Kudrow/Sheryl Crow
    5.7/10(92 votes)

    #2 - Lisa Kudrow/Sheryl Crow

    S22:E2

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Saturday Night Live Season 22 Episode 3 - Bill Pullman/New Edition
    5.5/10(84 votes)

    #3 - Bill Pullman/New Edition

    S22:E3

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Saturday Night Live Season 22 Episode 4 - Dana Carvey/Dr. Dre
    6.3/10(82 votes)

    #4 - Dana Carvey/Dr. Dre

    S22:E4

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

    Director:Unknown
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  5. Saturday Night Live Season 22 Episode 5 - Chris Rock/The Wallflowers
    4.9/10(105 votes)

    #5 - Chris Rock/The Wallflowers

    S22:E5

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Saturday Night Live Season 22 Episode 6 - Robert Downey Jr./Fiona Apple
    6.4/10(98 votes)

    #6 - Robert Downey Jr./Fiona Apple

    S22:E6

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Saturday Night Live Season 22 Episode 7 - Phil Hartman/Bush
    6.2/10(98 votes)

    #7 - Phil Hartman/Bush

    S22:E7

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

    Director:Unknown
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  8. Saturday Night Live Season 22 Episode 8 - Martin Short/No Doubt
    6.3/10(105 votes)

    #8 - Martin Short/No Doubt

    S22:E8

    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:Unknown
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  9. Saturday Night Live Season 22 Episode 9 - Rosie O'Donnell/Whitney Houston
    5.0/10(113 votes)

    #9 - Rosie O'Donnell/Whitney Houston

    S22:E9

    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:Unknown
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  10. Saturday Night Live Season 22 Episode 10 - Kevin Spacey/Beck
    7.0/10(107 votes)

    #10 - Kevin Spacey/Beck

    S22:E10

    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:Unknown
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  11. Saturday Night Live Season 22 Episode 11 - David Alan Grier/Snoop Doggy Dogg
    6.3/10(83 votes)

    #11 - David Alan Grier/Snoop Doggy Dogg

    S22:E11

    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:Unknown
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  12. Saturday Night Live Season 22 Episode 12 - Neve Campbell/David Bowie
    6.4/10(105 votes)

    #12 - Neve Campbell/David Bowie

    S22:E12

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

    Director:Unknown
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  13. Saturday Night Live Season 22 Episode 13 - Chevy Chase/Live
    5.8/10(90 votes)

    #13 - Chevy Chase/Live

    S22:E13

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

    Director:Unknown
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  14. Saturday Night Live Season 22 Episode 14 - Alec Baldwin/Tina Turner
    6.2/10(93 votes)

    #14 - Alec Baldwin/Tina Turner

    S22:E14

    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:Unknown
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  15. Saturday Night Live Season 22 Episode 15 - Sting/Veruca Salt
    6.0/10(82 votes)

    #15 - Sting/Veruca Salt

    S22:E15

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

    Director:Unknown
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  16. Saturday Night Live Season 22 Episode 16 - Mike Myers/Aerosmith
    6.6/10(102 votes)

    #16 - Mike Myers/Aerosmith

    S22:E16

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

    Director:Unknown
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  17. Saturday Night Live Season 22 Episode 17 - Rob Lowe/Spice Girls
    6.1/10(99 votes)

    #17 - Rob Lowe/Spice Girls

    S22:E17

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

    Director:Unknown
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  18. Saturday Night Live Season 22 Episode 18 - Pamela Lee/Rollins Band
    4.9/10(122 votes)

    #18 - Pamela Lee/Rollins Band

    S22:E18

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

    Director:Unknown
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  19. Saturday Night Live Season 22 Episode 19 - John Goodman/Jewel
    6.4/10(95 votes)

    #19 - John Goodman/Jewel

    S22:E19

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

    Director:Unknown
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  20. Saturday Night Live Season 22 Episode 20 - Jeff Goldblum/En Vogue
    6.5/10(86 votes)

    #20 - Jeff Goldblum/En Vogue

    S22:E20

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

    Director:Unknown
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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 107 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/28/1996. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "Lisa Kudrow/Sheryl Crow".