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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...
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Worst Episodes Summary

"Amy Schumer and Kacey Musgraves" is the worst rated episode of "Saturday Night Live". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Julio Torres, it aired on 5/12/2018. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "Tina Fey and Nicki Minaj".

  • Amy Schumer and Kacey Musgraves
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    #1 - Amy Schumer and Kacey Musgraves

    Season 43 Episode 22 - Aired 5/12/2018

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Julio Torres

  • Tina Fey and Nicki Minaj
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    #2 - Tina Fey and Nicki Minaj

    Season 43 Episode 23 - Aired 5/19/2018

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Julio Torres

  • October 19 - Michael Keaton
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    #3 - October 19 - Michael Keaton

    Season 50 Episode 4 - Aired 10/19/2024

    Michael Keaton hosts Saturday Night Live on October 19, 2024, with musical guest Billie Eilish.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • December 21 - Martin Short
    NaN/100 votes
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    #4 - December 21 - Martin Short

    Season 50 Episode 10 - Aired 12/21/2024

    Martin Short hosts Saturday Night Live on December 21, 2024, with musical guest Hozier.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Donald Trump with Sia
    3.1/10820 votes
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    #5 - 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Al Sharpton/Pink
    3.8/10103 votes
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    #6 - 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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Paris Hilton/Keane
    4.1/10160 votes
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    #7 - 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""

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Ashton Kutcher/50 Cent
    4.4/1088 votes
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    #8 - 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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Donald Trump/Toots and the Maytals with Bootsy Collins and The Roots
    4.4/10157 votes
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    #9 - 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)

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Cuba Gooding Jr./Ricky Martin
    4.5/10102 votes
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    #10 - 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.""

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Nia Vardalos/Eve
    4.5/1076 votes
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    #11 - 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""

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Justin Bieber
    4.5/10262 votes
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    #12 - Justin Bieber

    Season 38 Episode 13 - Aired 2/9/2013

    Host and musical guest Justin Bieber.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Queen Latifah/Ms. Dynamite
    4.6/1091 votes
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    #13 - 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""

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Rosie O'Donnell/Whitney Houston
    4.7/10105 votes
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    #14 - 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

  • Pamela Lee/Rollins Band
    4.7/10116 votes
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    #15 - 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

  • Jonny Moseley/Outkast
    4.7/1076 votes
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    #16 - 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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Bernie Mac/Good Charlotte
    4.7/1077 votes
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    #17 - 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""

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Ashton Kutcher/Gwen Stefani
    4.7/10106 votes
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    #18 - 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""

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Elon Musk with Miley Cyrus
    4.7/10880 votes
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    #19 - Elon Musk with Miley Cyrus

    Season 46 Episode 18 - Aired 5/8/2021

    Elon Musk hosts with musical guest Miley Cyrus.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Tony Danza/Laurie Anderson
    4.8/1074 votes
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    #20 - 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

  • Chris Rock/The Wallflowers
    4.8/10101 votes
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    #21 - 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

  • Calista Flockhart/Ricky Martin
    4.8/1094 votes
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    #22 - 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)

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Hilary Swank/50 Cent
    4.8/1095 votes
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    #23 - 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.""

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • January Jones / Black Eyed Peas
    4.8/10160 votes
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    #24 - 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."

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Rosie O'Donnell/James Taylor
    4.9/1085 votes
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    #25 - 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