Saturday Night Live (season 16)
The sixteenth season of Saturday Night Live, an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between September 29, 1990, and May 18, 1991. Cast
Before the season began, Lovitz requested time off so he could film Mom and Dad Save the World, which would cause him to miss the first several episodes of the season. Michaels refused, because he did not view this to be fair to the other cast members. Lovitz subsequently quit. However, he made several cameo appearances throughout the 16th season. Cast roster

Repertory players
Dana Carvey
Phil Hartman
Jan Hooks
Victoria Jackson
Dennis Miller
Mike Myers
Kevin Nealon

Middle players
Chris Farley
Tim Meadows (first episode: February 9, 1991)
Chris Rock
Julia Sweeney (first episode: November 10, 1990)

Featured players
A. Whitney Brown (final episode: March 16, 1991)
Al Franken
Adam Sandler (first episode: February 9, 1991)
Rob Schneider (first episode: October 27, 1990)
David Spade (first episode: November 10, 1990)

bold denotes Weekend Update anchor

Writers

Notable writers from season 16 included Jim Downey, Al Franken, Tom Davis, Jack Handey, Conan O'Brien, Adam Sandler (who was a new writer), Rob Smigel and Bob Odenkirk. Season 16 would prove to be the final year for O'Brien and Odenkirk as Saturday Night Live writers. O'Brien left to write for The Simpsons, and would later host NBC's Late Night and Tonight Show late night talk shows. Odenkirk would go on to write for future cast member Chris Elliott's Get a Life and The Dennis Miller Show as well as The Ben Stiller Show, for which he was also a cast member. In 1995, he would co-create and co-star on HBO's Mr. Show with Bob and David. He then also had starring roles in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. Episodes

References

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Saturday Night Live in the 1990s
1990 American television seasons
1991 American television seasons