The Worst Episodes of Saturday Night Live
Every episode of Saturday Night Live ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Saturday Night Live!
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 by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.
Lowest Rated Episodes Summary
The worst episode of "Saturday Night Live" is "Amy Schumer and Kacey Musgraves", rated N/A/10 from 0 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by Julio Torres. "Amy Schumer and Kacey Musgraves" aired on 5/12/2018 and is rated NaN point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "Tina Fey and Nicki Minaj".
NaN/10 0 votes#1 - Amy Schumer and Kacey Musgraves
Season 43 Episode 22 - Aired 5/12/2018
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: Julio Torres
NaN/10 0 votes#2 - Tina Fey and Nicki Minaj
Season 43 Episode 23 - Aired 5/19/2018
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: Julio Torres
3.1/10 801 votes#3 - Donald Trump with Sia
Season 41 Episode 4 - Aired 11/7/2015
Donald Trump hosts for the second time alongside musical guest Sia, also making her second appearance. Sketches include MSNBC Forum Cold Open, Donald Trump Monologue, Bad Girls, Live Tweeting, Hotline Bling Parody and Weekend Update: Drunk Uncle on Donald Trump.
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3.7/10 102 votes#4 - Al Sharpton/Pink
Season 29 Episode 7 - Aired 12/6/2003
Sketeches include; Hardball, Choir Boys, Queer Eye For the Straight Guy, Fun With Real Audio, Wake-Up Wakefield, Versace Egg Nog, Gore Endorses Dean, The Rialto Grande Casino
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4.1/10 157 votes#5 - Paris Hilton/Keane
Season 30 Episode 11 - Aired 2/5/2005
Live from New York, it's...Rachel Dratch Sketches include: American Idol, CheapKids.Net Ad 1, Versace Skiing, Starkisha and Portia at the Purse Shop, CheapKids.Net Ad 2, Exclusive Connections, Donald Trump's New Wife, Merv The Perv, CheapKids.Net Ad 3, Rafael Alonzo's I.T.F. Technical Computer Institute, Inside Barbie Dreamhouse, The Bar, and Bear City: Cigarette Shopping Keane performs: ""Somewhere Only We Know"" and ""Everybody's Changing""
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4.2/10 153 votes#6 - Donald Trump/Toots and the Maytals with Bootsy Collins and The Roots
Season 29 Episode 16 - Aired 4/3/2004
Live From New York... It's Janet Jackson (and her digitally pixelated breast) Sketches includes: Cheney and Condoleezza Rice, Brian Fellow's Safari Planet, Starkisha in the Ticket Line, SNL Easter Song, The Prince Show, Cork Soakers, Good Times, and Boom Boomer The host/musical guest performs: Strawberry Bounce and All Nite (Don't Stop)
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4.4/10 87 votes#7 - Ashton Kutcher/50 Cent
Season 28 Episode 18 - Aired 5/3/2003
Live From New York, it's...Chris Parnell Sketches include: ""Bush Addresses The Nation on the USS Abraham Lincoln"", ""Count Chocula Silver"", ""Jarret's Room: 'Reloaded'"", ""Madonna: An American Life"", ""Plagiarism Class"", ""The Falconer vs. The Muskrateer/Backstage SNL: No 'Punking'"", ""Politics Today"", ""50's Ent."", and ""Global Century Investments"" 50 Cent performs: In Da Club (with G-Unit) and 21 Questions (with G-Unit and Nate Dogg) The ""Mom Jeans"" fake commercial from the episode after this (Adrien Brody/Sean Paul and Wayne Wonder) is added in the E! rerun of this episode
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4.5/10 102 votes#8 - Cuba Gooding Jr./Ricky Martin
Season 24 Episode 18 - Aired 5/8/1999
Sketches include ""Bill Clinton,"" ""NBC Miniseries,"" ""Pretty Living,"" ""The Ladies' Man,"" and ""Mango.""
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- 4.5/10 74 votes
#9 - Nia Vardalos/Eve
Season 28 Episode 5 - Aired 11/9/2002
Live From New York, it's...Adam Sandler Sketches include: ""The Hanukkah Song III"", ""Welcome Back, Potter"", ""The Leather Man"", ""Donahue"", ""Jarrett's Room"", ""C-SPAN: Burrell's Statement"", ""Tennis Talk"", ""Astronaut Jones"", ""TV Funhouse: The Religtables"", ""My Big Thick Novel"", and ""The Girl With No Gaydar"" Nelly performs: ""Dilemma"" and ""Hot In Herr""
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4.5/10 260 votes#10 - Justin Bieber
Season 38 Episode 13 - Aired 2/9/2013
Host and musical guest Justin Bieber.
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4.6/10 102 votes#11 - 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.""
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- 4.6/10 90 votes
#12 - Queen Latifah/Ms. Dynamite
Season 28 Episode 14 - Aired 3/8/2003
Sketches include,"" Message From Saddam"", ""What's The Rush?"", ""Wake Up Wakefield!"", ""The Rialto Grande"", ""CNN"", ""Phone Booth"", ""Access Hollywood"", ""Club Traxx"", ""Uday Hussein For President""
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4.7/10 113 votes#13 - 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.""
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4.7/10 76 votes#14 - Jonny Moseley/Outkast
Season 27 Episode 13 - Aired 3/2/2002
Live From New York, It's...Will Ferrell Sketches include ""George W. Bush's Axis of Evil,"" ""Boston Teens' Ski Trip,"" ""The O'Reilly Factor,"" ""DisMissed,"" ""The Adventures of Dinner-Rolling Jonny Moseley,"" ""Super Buzzers,"" ""Typhoid Mary Rehearsal,"" and ""Extreme Wedding."" OutKast performs: ""The Whole World"" and ""I'm Sorry, Ms. Jackson"" A TV Funhouse cartoon was cut from dress rehearsal, despite that Seth Meyers (substituting for Don Pardo) announces a cartoon for this episode
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- 4.7/10 75 votes
#15 - Bernie Mac/Good Charlotte
Season 28 Episode 16 - Aired 4/5/2003
Live From New York, It's...Maya Rudolph Sketches include,""American Idol"", ""Mom Jeans"", ""Brian Fellow's Safari Planet"", ""The Self-Obsessed Man"", ""Live With Regis & Kelly"", ""TV Funhouse: Saddam & Osama"", ""Lensmasters"", ""Ballroom Dance For Beginers"", and ""Velvet Productions"". Sean Paul performs: ""Get Busy"" (after an unplanned introduction by Adrien Brody) Wayne Wonder performs: ""No Letting Go""
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4.7/10 104 votes#16 - Ashton Kutcher/Gwen Stefani
Season 30 Episode 15 - Aired 3/19/2005
Live From New York, it's...Paula Abdul Sketches include: ""Primetime Live: The American Idol Scandal,"" ""Sally & Dan Harrison: The Couple That Should Be Divorced,"" ""Donald Trump's Domino's Ad,"" ""Versace Mother's Day,"" ""Channel 5 Late Night Movie,"" ""Mother's Day Brunch,"" ""Helping Hands Telethon,"" ""Merv the Perv,"" ""Action News,"" ""Bear City"" (film), and ""You Might Be A Gay Redneck If..."" System of a Down perform: ""B.Y.O.B"" and ""Aerials""
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4.7/10 867 votes#17 - Elon Musk with Miley Cyrus
Season 46 Episode 18 - Aired 5/8/2021
Elon Musk hosts with musical guest Miley Cyrus.
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4.8/10 72 votes#18 - Tony Danza/Laurie Anderson
Season 11 Episode 15 - Aired 4/19/1986
Live from New York, it's... Randy Quaid, Robert Downey Jr., and Anthony Michael Hall! Sketches include "Vietnam Horror Story," "Nancy Reagan's Workout," "Lyndon LaRouche Theatre," "The 30-Second Count," a guest performance by Penn & Teller, "Big Time Professional Golf," "My Unconditional Love," "Master Thespian," and "The Further Adventures Of Biff And Salena." Laurie Anderson performed "Baby Doll" and "Day The Devil."
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A
4.8/10 99 votes#19 - 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.""
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- 4.8/10 93 votes
#20 - Calista Flockhart/Ricky Martin
Season 26 Episode 5 - Aired 11/5/2000
S26E05 (11/11/2000) was originally mis-identified as Presidential Bash (S00E36, air date 11/3/2000)
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4.8/10 93 votes#21 - Hilary Swank/50 Cent
Season 30 Episode 13 - Aired 2/19/2005
Sketches include ""Papal Debate '05,"" ""Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,"" ""Michael Jackson"" (cartoon), ""The Barry Gibb Talk Show,"" ""One-Star Hotel,"" ""Woo! The Musical,"" ""Sofa Warehouse,"" and ""Spy Glass."" Green Day performed ""Boulevard of Broken Dreams"" and ""Holiday.""
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4.8/10 160 votes#22 - January Jones / Black Eyed Peas
Season 35 Episode 6 - Aired 11/14/2009
Live from New York, it's... Jason Sudeikis! Sketches include "Biden's in Control," "Today," "Rear Window," "WIIX," "A Lady's Guide To Throwing a Party" (film), "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde," "Toilet Encounters" (Digital Short), and "Cloud Watching." The Black Eyed Peas performed "I Gotta Feeling," "Meet Me Halfway," and "Boom Boom Pow."
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4.9/10 84 votes#23 - 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
4.9/10 102 votes#24 - 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.""
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4.9/10 75 votes#25 - Eric McCormack/Jay-Z
Season 28 Episode 4 - Aired 11/2/2002
Live From New York, it's...Chris Parnell Sketches include: A Message from the President of the United States, Swiffer Sweepers (rerun from the Sarah Michelle Gellar episode of this season), Bloder Brothers, CBS News: School Elections, The Sadistic Bikini Waxer, Ferey Muhtar Talk Show, Missy Elliot's Weight Loss Tape, Falconer, Pier 1 Imports, Goodwin Attorney, and Vasquez
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