Synopsis
Saturday Night Live aired its tenth season during the 1984-1985 television season on NBC. The season contained 18 episodes and was cut short due to a writer's strike and budget constraints. During the previous season Eddie Murphy left the show mid season. Because of Murphy's departure Joe Piscopo also left the show because he did not want to do it without Murphy. Dick Ebersol then fired Robin Duke, Brad Hall and Tim Kazurinsky. Ebersol then wanted to blow up the show by adding seasoned comedians instead of newcomers. He hired Billy Crystal, Harry Shearer, New Zealander Pamela Stephenson, Rich Hall, Martin Short, and Christopher Guest. Guest would become the anchor of Saturday Night News. In the middle of the season, Harry Shearer left the show, due to "creative differences". Despite his departure, his image is still shown in the opening credits.
Season 10 aired between 06 Oct 1984 and 13 Apr 1985, 17 episodes.
Episodes
E01
Billy Crystal/Thompson Twins
06 Oct 1984
E02
Bob Uecker/Peter Wolf
13 Oct 1984
E03
Jesse Jackson/Andrae Crouch, Wintley Phipps
20 Oct 1984
E04
Michael McKean/Chaka Khan, The Folksmen
03 Nov 1984
E05
George Carlin/Frankie Goes to Hollywood
10 Nov 1984
E06
Ed Asner/The Kinks
17 Nov 1984
E07
Ed Begley, Jr./Billy Squier
01 Dec 1984
E08
Ringo Starr/Herbie Hancock
08 Dec 1984
E09
Eddie Murphy/The Honeydrippers
15 Dec 1984
E10
Kathleen Turner/John Waite
12 Jan 1985
E11
Roy Scheider/Billy Ocean
19 Jan 1985
E12
Alex Karras/Tina Turner
02 Feb 1985
E13
Harry Anderson/Bryan Adams
09 Feb 1985
E14
Pamela Sue Martin/Power Station
16 Feb 1985
E15
Hulk Hogan & Mr. T/The Commodores
30 Mar 1985
E16
Christopher Reeve/Santana
06 Apr 1985
E17
Howard Cosell/Greg Kihn
13 Apr 1985