List of Saturday Night Live writers
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The following is a list of Saturday Night Live writers. The show, created by Lorne Michaels, is an American live sketch comedy and variety show. Airing since 1975, it has employed a large and changing staff of writers.
Showrunner Credits
- Lorne Michaels (producer: seasons 1-5, 12, 21; executive producer: seasons 11, 13-20, 22-present)[a]
- Jean Doumanian (producer: season 6, episodes 1-12)
- Dick Ebersol (executive producer: season 6, episode 13, seasons 7-9)
Writer Credits
Season 1 (1975–76)
| Producer |
|---|
| Lorne Michaels |
| Writing Supervised By |
| Michael O'Donoghue, Lorne Michaels (episode 1) Chevy Chase, Lorne Michaels (episode 2) Lorne Michaels, Rosie Shuster (episode 3) Michael O'Donoghue, Herb Sargent (episode 4) |
| Script Consultant |
| Herb Sargent |
| Writing staff |
|
Season 2 (1976–77)
| Producer |
|---|
| Lorne Michaels |
| Script Consultant |
| Herb Sargent |
| Script Coordinator |
| Anne Beatts (episodes 6-22) |
| Writing staff |
|
Season 3 (1977–78)
| Producer |
|---|
| Lorne Michaels |
| Script Consultant |
| Herb Sargent |
| Writing staff |
|
Season 4 (1978–79)
| Producer |
|---|
| Lorne Michaels |
| Script Consultant |
| Herb Sargent |
| Writing staff |
|
Season 5 (1979–80)
| Producer |
|---|
| Lorne Michaels |
| Script Consultant |
| Herb Sargent |
| Writing staff |
|
Season 6 (1980–81)
| Script Consultants/Script Supervisors (Head Writers) |
|---|
| Mason Williams (episodes 1–5), Jeremy Stevens and Tom Moore (episodes 6–12), Michael O'Donoghue and Bob Tischler (episode 13)[b] |
| Writing staff |
|
Season 7 (1981–82)
| Supervising Producers (Head Writers) |
|---|
| Michael O'Donoghue (episodes 1–8) and Bob Tischler |
| Script Coordinators |
| Barry W. Blaustein and David Sheffield (episodes 13-20) |
| Writing staff |
|
Season 8 (1982–83)
| Producer (Head Writer) |
|---|
| Bob Tischler |
| Supervising Producers |
| Barry W. Blaustein and David Sheffield |
| Writing staff |
|
Season 9 (1983–84)
| Producer (Head Writer) |
|---|
| Bob Tischler |
| Head Writer |
| Andrew Smith |
| Script Consultant |
| Herb Sargent (episodes 17-19) |
| Script Supervisor |
| Pamela Norris (episodes 6-19) |
| Writing staff |
|
Season 10 (1984–85)
| Producer (Head Writer) |
|---|
| Bob Tischler |
| Script Consultant |
| Herb Sargent |
| Writing staff |
|
Season 11 (1985–86)
| Producers |
|---|
| Al Franken and Tom Davis |
| Head Writer |
| Jim Downey |
| Script Consultant |
| Herb Sargent |
| Writing staff |
|
Season 12 (1986–87)
| Producer (Head Writer) |
|---|
| Jim Downey |
| Script Consultant |
| Herb Sargent |
| Writing staff |
|
Season 13 (1987–88)
| Producer (Head Writer) |
|---|
| Jim Downey |
| Script Consultant |
| Herb Sargent |
| Writing staff |
|
Season 14 (1988–89)
| Producer (Head Writer) |
|---|
| Jim Downey |
| Script Consultant |
| Herb Sargent |
| Creative Consultant [c] |
| Al Franken |
| Writing staff |
|
Season 15 (1989–90)
| Producer (Head Writer) |
|---|
| Jim Downey |
| Script Consultant |
| Herb Sargent |
| Creative Consultants |
| Al Franken and Jack Handey |
| Writing staff |
|
Season 16 (1990–91)
| Producer (Head Writer) |
|---|
| Jim Downey |
| Co-Producers |
| Al Franken, Jack Handey, David Daniels, Robert Smigel |
| Script Consultant |
| Herb Sargent |
| Creative Consultant |
| Evie Murray |
| Writing staff |
|
Season 17 (1991–92)
| Producer (Head Writer) |
|---|
| Jim Downey |
| Co-Producers |
| Al Franken, Jack Handey, Robert Smigel |
| Script Consultant |
| Herb Sargent |
| Creative Consultants |
| Tom Davis and Evie Murray |
| Writing staff |
|
Season 18 (1992–93)
| Producer (Head Writer) |
|---|
| Jim Downey |
| Script Consultant |
| Herb Sargent |
| Creative Consultant |
| Evie Murray |
| Writing staff |
|
Season 19 (1993–94)
| Producer (Head Writer) |
|---|
| Jim Downey |
| Script Consultant |
| Herb Sargent |
| Creative Consultant |
| Evie Murray (episodes 8-20) |
| Writing staff |
|
Season 20 (1994–95)
| Producer (Head Writer) |
|---|
| Jim Downey |
| Script Consultant |
| Herb Sargent |
| Creative Consultant |
| Evie Murray |
| Writing staff |
|
Season 21 (1995–96)
| Writing Supervised (Head Written) By |
|---|
| Steve Higgins and Fred Wolf (Wolf: episodes 1-14, 17-20) |
| Creative Consultant |
| Steven Koren (episodes 12-20) |
| Writing staff |
|
Season 22 (1996–97)
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| Producer |
|---|
| Steve Higgins |
| Consulting Producers |
| Jim Downey (episodes 1-4) and Fred Wolf (episodes 1-4) |
| Writing Supervised (Head Written) By |
| Tim Herlihy and Adam McKay |
| Writing staff |
|
Season 23 (1997–98)
| Producers |
|---|
| Steve Higgins and Tim Herlihy |
| Writing Supervised (Head Written) By |
| Adam McKay |
| Creative Consultant |
| Paula Pell |
| Writing staff |
|
Season 24 (1998–99)
| Producers |
|---|
| Steve Higgins and Tim Herlihy |
| Writing Supervised (Head Written) By |
| Adam McKay[11] |
| Creative Consultant |
| Paula Pell |
| Writing staff |
|
Season 25 (1999–2000)
| Producers |
|---|
| Steve Higgins and Tim Herlihy (Herlihy: episodes 1-6) |
| Writing Supervised (Head Written) By |
| Tina Fey[11] |
| Creative Consultants |
| Dennis McNicholas and Paula Pell[12] |
| Writing staff |
|
Season 26 (2000–01)
| Producer |
|---|
| Steve Higgins |
| Head writers |
| Tina Fey and Dennis McNicholas (episodes 9-20)[11] |
| Writing Supervisors |
| Paula Pell and Harper Steele (episodes 9-20) |
| Creative Consultants |
| Dennis McNicholas and Paula Pell (episodes (1-8) |
| Writing staff |
|
Note: Beginning with the ninth episode of this season, the head writer receives a "head writer" credit for the first time since the 1985-86 season instead of "writing supervisor," and the "creative consultant" credit is renamed "writing supervisor."
Season 27 (2001–02)
| Producer |
|---|
| Steve Higgins |
| Head writer(s) |
| Tina Fey and Dennis McNicholas |
| Writing Supervisors |
| Paula Pell and Harper Steele |
| Writing staff |
|
Season 28 (2002–03)
| Producer |
|---|
| Steve Higgins |
| Head writer(s) |
| Tina Fey and Dennis McNicholas |
| Writing Supervisors |
| Paula Pell, T. Sean Shannon (episodes 3-20), Harper Steele |
| Writing staff |
|
Season 29 (2003–04)
| Producer |
|---|
| Steve Higgins |
| Head writer(s) |
| Tina Fey and Dennis McNicholas |
| Writing Supervisors |
| Paula Pell, T. Sean Shannon, Harper Steele |
| Writing staff |
|
Season 30 (2004–05)
| Producer |
|---|
| Steve Higgins |
| Head writer(s) |
| Tina Fey and Harper Steele |
| Writing Supervisors |
| Paula Pell and T. Sean Shannon |
| Writing staff |
|
Season 31 (2005–06)
| Producer |
|---|
| Steve Higgins |
| Head writer(s) |
| Tina Fey, Seth Meyers (episodes 10-19),[14] and Harper Steele[15] |
| Writing Supervisors |
| Seth Meyers (episodes 1-9) |
| Writing staff |
|
Season 32 (2006–07)
| Producer |
|---|
| Steve Higgins |
| Head writer(s) |
| Seth Meyers, Paula Pell, and Harper Steele[16] |
| Writing staff |
|
Season 33 (2007–08)
| Producer |
|---|
| Steve Higgins |
| Head writer(s) |
| Seth Meyers, Paula Pell, Harper Steele |
| Writing staff |
|
Season 34 (2008–09)
| Producer |
|---|
| Steve Higgins |
| Head writer(s) |
| Seth Meyers |
| Writing Supervisor |
| Paula Pell |
| Writing staff |
|
Season 35 (2009–10)
| Producer |
|---|
| Steve Higgins |
| Head writer(s) |
| Seth Meyers |
| Writing Supervisors |
| Colin Jost, John Mulaney, Emily Spivey (episodes 1-18), Bryan Tucker (episodes 19-22) |
| Writing staff |
|
Season 36 (2010–11)
| Producer |
|---|
| Steve Higgins |
| Co-Producer |
| Erik Kenward |
| Head writer(s) |
| Seth Meyers |
| Writing Supervisors |
| Colin Jost, John Mulaney, Bryan Tucker |
| Writing staff |
|
Season 37 (2011–12)
| Producers |
|---|
| Steve Higgins, John Mulaney, Erik Kenward |
| Head writer(s)[17] |
| Seth Meyers |
| Writing Supervisors |
| Colin Jost, Bryan Tucker |
| Writing staff[17] |
|
Season 38 (2012–13)
| Producers |
|---|
| Steve Higgins, Erik Kenward |
| Head writer(s)[20] |
| Seth Meyers and Colin Jost |
| Writing Supervisors |
| Marika Sawyer, Bryan Tucker |
| Writing staff[20] |
|
Season 39 (2013–14)
| Producers |
|---|
| Steve Higgins, Erik Kenward |
| Head writer(s)[23][24] |
| Seth Meyers (episodes 1–13), Colin Jost, Rob Klein, Bryan Tucker (episodes 14–21)[24] |
| Writing Supervisors |
| Marika Sawyer, John Solomon (episodes 2-21), Bryan Tucker (episodes 1-13) |
| Writing staff |
|
Season 40 (2014–15)
| Producers |
|---|
| Steve Higgins, Erik Kenward |
| Head writer(s) |
| Colin Jost, Rob Klein, and Bryan Tucker |
| Writing Supervisors |
| Chris Kelly, Sarah Schneider, Kent Sublette |
| Writing staff[20] |
|
Season 41 (2015–16)
| Producers |
|---|
| Steve Higgins, Erik Kenward |
| Head writer(s) |
| Rob Klein and Bryan Tucker |
| Writing Supervisors |
| Chris Kelly, Sarah Schneider, Kent Sublette |
| Writing staff[20] |
|
Season 42 (2016–17)
| Producers |
|---|
| Steve Higgins, Erik Kenward |
| Head writer(s) |
| Chris Kelly, Sarah Schneider, Bryan Tucker, and Kent Sublette (episodes 12-21) |
| Writing Supervisor |
| Kent Sublette (episodes 1-11) |
| Writing staff [20] |
|
Season 43 (2017–18)
| Producers |
|---|
| Steve Higgins, Erik Kenward |
| Head writer(s) |
| Colin Jost (episodes 9-21), Michael Che (episodes 9-21), Bryan Tucker, and Kent Sublette |
| Writing Supervisors |
| Streeter Seidell, Fran Gillespie (episodes 9-21), and Sudi Green (episodes 9-21) |
| Writing staff [20] |
|
Note: Beginning with the show's forty-third season, Weekend Update writers were credited separately from the rest of the writing staff.
Season 44 (2018–19)
| Producers |
|---|
| Steve Higgins, Erik Kenward |
| Head writer(s) |
| Colin Jost, Michael Che, and Kent Sublette |
| Writing Supervisors |
| Streeter Seidell, Sudi Green, Fran Gillespie, and Anna Drezen (episodes 16-21) |
| Writing staff [20] |
|
Season 45 (2019–20)
| Producers |
|---|
| Steve Higgins, Erik Kenward |
| Head writer(s) |
| Colin Jost, Michael Che, and Kent Sublette[31] |
| Writing Supervisors |
| Streeter Seidell, Sudi Green, Fran Gillespie, and Anna Drezen |
| Writing staff |
|
Season 46 (2020–21)
Source:[32]
| Producers |
|---|
| Steve Higgins, Erik Kenward |
| Head writer(s) |
| Anna Drezen, Colin Jost, Michael Che, and Kent Sublette |
| Writing Supervisors |
| Sudi Green, Fran Gillespie, and Streeter Seidell |
| Writing staff |
|
Season 47 (2021–22)
Source:[33]
| Producers |
|---|
| Steve Higgins, Erik Kenward |
| Head writer(s) |
| Colin Jost, Michael Che, Kent Sublette, Anna Drezen (episodes 1-9), Alison Gates and Streeter Seidell (episodes 10-21)[34] |
| Writing Supervisors |
| Streeter Seidell and Alison Gates (episodes 1-9) |
| Writing staff |
|
Season 48 (2022–23)
Source:[35]
| Producers |
|---|
| Steve Higgins, Erik Kenward |
| Head writer(s) |
| Kent Sublette, Alison Gates and Streeter Seidell |
| Writing Supervisors |
| Gary Richardson, Will Stephen, and Celeste Yim (episodes 12-18) |
| Writing staff |
|
Season 49 (2023–24)
| Producers |
|---|
| Steve Higgins, Erik Kenward |
| Head writer(s)[36] |
| Alison Gates, Streeter Seidell, Kent Sublette |
| Writing Supervisors[36] |
| Gary Richardson, Will Stephen, Celeste Yim |
| Writing staff[36] |
|
Season 50 (2024–25)
| Producers |
|---|
| Steve Higgins, Erik Kenward |
| Head writer(s) |
| Alison Gates, Streeter Seidell, Kent Sublette |
| Writing Supervisors |
| Dan Bulla, Will Stephen, Auguste White, Celeste Yim |
| Writing staff[37] |
|
Season 51 (2025–26)
| Producers |
|---|
| Steve Higgins, Erik Kenward, Erin Doyle |
| Head writer(s) |
| Alison Gates, Erik Kenward, Streeter Seidell, Kent Sublette |
| Writing Supervisors |
| Dan Bulla, Will Stephen |
| Writing staff[39] |
|