Synopsis
Saturday Night Live aired its fourth season during the 1978–1979 television season on NBC. The fourth season started on October 7, 1978 and ended on May 26, 1979. The season four DVD was released on December 2, 2008. The entire cast from the previous season returned. This would be the final season for Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi. Aykroyd and Belushi left to work on The Blues Brothers film.
Season 4 aired between 07 Oct 1978 and 26 May 1979, 20 episodes.
Episodes
E01
The Rolling Stones
07 Oct 1978
E02
Fred Willard/Devo
14 Oct 1978
E03
Frank Zappa
21 Oct 1978
E04
Steve Martin/Van Morrison
04 Nov 1978
E05
Buck Henry/The Grateful Dead
11 Nov 1978
E06
Carrie Fisher/The Blues Brothers
18 Nov 1978
E07
Walter Matthau/Garrett Morris
02 Dec 1978
E08
Eric Idle/Kate Bush
09 Dec 1978
E09
Elliott Gould/Peter Tosh with Mick Jagger
16 Dec 1978
E10
Michael Palin/The Doobie Brothers
27 Jan 1979
E11
Cicely Tyson/Talking Heads
10 Feb 1979
E12
Rick Nelson/Judy Collins
17 Feb 1979
E13
Kate Jackson/Delbert McClinton
24 Feb 1979
E14
Gary Busey with Rick Danko and Paul Butterfield, Eubie Blake
10 Mar 1979
E15
Margot Kidder/The Chieftains
17 Mar 1979
E16
Richard Benjamin/Rickie Lee Jones
07 Apr 1979
E17
Milton Berle/Ornette Coleman
14 Apr 1979
E18
Michael Palin/James Taylor
12 May 1979
E19
Maureen Stapleton/Linda Ronstadt, Phoebe Snow
19 May 1979
E20
Buck Henry/Bette Midler
26 May 1979