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Saturday Night Live aired its seventh season during the 1981–1982 television season on NBC. The seventh season started on October 3, 1981 and ended on May 22, 1982. A total of 20 episodes were broadcast. Following the dismissal of producer Jean Doumanian and most of her cast members, the show was shut down due to the commencement of the 1981 WGA strike. Dick Ebersol, the program's developer, was hired as Doumanian's replacement. The new cast of Saturday Night Live for this season were the same ones from the episode Ebersol produced on the April 11, 1981 episode: Robin Duke, Tim Kazurinsky and Tony Rosato along with the Doumanian era's sole survivors Eddie Murphy and Joe Piscopo. Denny Dillon and Gail Matthius were fired following the April 1981 episode while Laurie Metcalf and unseen castmember Emily Prager weren't asked back to be cast members on the show. Ebersol then hired two new cast members: Mary Gross and Christine Ebersole. Both were hired to fill the gap left by Metcalf and Prager. Wanting to distance the show from its first five seasons, Ebersol cut the popular opening line Live from New York, It's Saturday Night! from the cold openings. In fact, sometimes cold openings weren't even shown and the monologues were skipped over almost entirely. These changes were not permanent, as Ebersol decided to reverse them for the eighth season.
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Activity from Friends
(no host)/Rod Stewart
S07 E01 • Saturday, Oct 3, 1981 • Oct 3 • 1h 7m
Susan Saint James/The Kinks
S07 E02 • Saturday, Oct 10, 1981 • Oct 10 • 1h 7m
George Kennedy/Miles Davis
S07 E03 • Saturday, Oct 17, 1981 • Oct 17 • 1h 7m
Donald Pleasence/Fear
S07 E04 • Saturday, Oct 31, 1981 • Oct 31 • 1h 7m
Lauren Hutton/Rick James
S07 E05 • Saturday, Nov 7, 1981 • Nov 7 • 1h 7m
Bernadette Peters/The Go-Go's, Billy Joel
S07 E06 • Saturday, Nov 14, 1981 • Nov 14 • 1h 7m
Tim Curry/Meat Loaf
S07 E07 • Saturday, Dec 5, 1981 • Dec 5 • 1h 7m
Bill Murray/The Spinners, Yale Whiffenpoofs
S07 E08 • Saturday, Dec 12, 1981 • Dec 12 • 1h 7m
Robert Conrad/The Allman Brothers Band
S07 E09 • Saturday, Jan 23, 1982 • Jan 23 • 1h 7m
John Madden/Jennifer Holliday
S07 E10 • Saturday, Jan 30, 1982 • Jan 30 • 1h 7m
James Coburn/Lindsey Buckingham
S07 E11 • Saturday, Feb 6, 1982 • Feb 6 • 1h 7m
Bruce Dern/Luther Vandross
S07 E12 • Saturday, Feb 20, 1982 • Feb 20 • 1h 7m
Elizabeth Ashley/Hall and Oates
S07 E13 • Saturday, Feb 27, 1982 • Feb 27 • 1h 7m
Robert Urich/Mink DeVille
S07 E14 • Saturday, Mar 20, 1982 • Mar 20 • 1h 7m
Blythe Danner/Rickie Lee Jones
S07 E15 • Saturday, Mar 27, 1982 • Mar 27 • 1h 7m
Daniel J. Travanti/John Cougar
S07 E16 • Saturday, Apr 10, 1982 • Apr 10 • 1h 7m
Johnny Cash/Elton John
S07 E17 • Saturday, Apr 17, 1982 • Apr 17 • 1h 7m
Robert Culp/The Charlie Daniels Band
S07 E18 • Saturday, Apr 24, 1982 • Apr 24 • 1h 7m
Danny DeVito/Sparks
S07 E19 • Saturday, May 15, 1982 • May 15 • 1h 7m
Olivia Newton-John
S07 E20 • Saturday, May 22, 1982 • May 22 • 1h 7m
Season 7
1981 • 20 Episodes
Saturday Night Live aired its seventh season during the 1981–1982 television season on NBC. The seventh season started on October 3, 1981 and ended on May 22, 1982. A total of 20 episodes were broadcast. Following the dismissal of producer Jean Doumanian and most of her cast members, the show was shut down due to the commencement of the 1981 WGA strike. Dick Ebersol, the program's developer, was hired as Doumanian's replacement. The new cast of Saturday Night Live for this season were the same ones from the episode Ebersol produced on the April 11, 1981 episode: Robin Duke, Tim Kazurinsky and Tony Rosato along with the Doumanian era's sole survivors Eddie Murphy and Joe Piscopo. Denny Dillon and Gail Matthius were fired following the April 1981 episode while Laurie Metcalf and unseen castmember Emily Prager weren't asked back to be cast members on the show. Ebersol then hired two new cast members: Mary Gross and Christine Ebersole. Both were hired to fill the gap left by Metcalf and Prager. Wanting to distance the show from its first five seasons, Ebersol cut the popular opening line Live from New York, It's Saturday Night! from the cold openings. In fact, sometimes cold openings weren't even shown and the monologues were skipped over almost entirely. These changes were not permanent, as Ebersol decided to reverse them for the eighth season.
Activity from Friends
(no host)/Rod Stewart
S07 E01 • Saturday, Oct 3, 1981 • Oct 3 • 1h 7m
Susan Saint James/The Kinks
S07 E02 • Saturday, Oct 10, 1981 • Oct 10 • 1h 7m
George Kennedy/Miles Davis
S07 E03 • Saturday, Oct 17, 1981 • Oct 17 • 1h 7m
Donald Pleasence/Fear
S07 E04 • Saturday, Oct 31, 1981 • Oct 31 • 1h 7m
Lauren Hutton/Rick James
S07 E05 • Saturday, Nov 7, 1981 • Nov 7 • 1h 7m
Bernadette Peters/The Go-Go's, Billy Joel
S07 E06 • Saturday, Nov 14, 1981 • Nov 14 • 1h 7m
Tim Curry/Meat Loaf
S07 E07 • Saturday, Dec 5, 1981 • Dec 5 • 1h 7m
Bill Murray/The Spinners, Yale Whiffenpoofs
S07 E08 • Saturday, Dec 12, 1981 • Dec 12 • 1h 7m
Robert Conrad/The Allman Brothers Band
S07 E09 • Saturday, Jan 23, 1982 • Jan 23 • 1h 7m
John Madden/Jennifer Holliday
S07 E10 • Saturday, Jan 30, 1982 • Jan 30 • 1h 7m
James Coburn/Lindsey Buckingham
S07 E11 • Saturday, Feb 6, 1982 • Feb 6 • 1h 7m
Bruce Dern/Luther Vandross
S07 E12 • Saturday, Feb 20, 1982 • Feb 20 • 1h 7m
Elizabeth Ashley/Hall and Oates
S07 E13 • Saturday, Feb 27, 1982 • Feb 27 • 1h 7m
Robert Urich/Mink DeVille
S07 E14 • Saturday, Mar 20, 1982 • Mar 20 • 1h 7m
Blythe Danner/Rickie Lee Jones
S07 E15 • Saturday, Mar 27, 1982 • Mar 27 • 1h 7m
Daniel J. Travanti/John Cougar
S07 E16 • Saturday, Apr 10, 1982 • Apr 10 • 1h 7m
Johnny Cash/Elton John
S07 E17 • Saturday, Apr 17, 1982 • Apr 17 • 1h 7m
Robert Culp/The Charlie Daniels Band
S07 E18 • Saturday, Apr 24, 1982 • Apr 24 • 1h 7m
Danny DeVito/Sparks
S07 E19 • Saturday, May 15, 1982 • May 15 • 1h 7m
Olivia Newton-John
S07 E20 • Saturday, May 22, 1982 • May 22 • 1h 7m