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S2 E1 - Lily Tomlin/James Taylor
S2 E2 - Norman Lear/Boz Scaggs
S2 E3 - Eric Idle/Joe Cocker and Stuff
S2 E4 - Karen Black/John Prine
S2 E5 - Steve Martin/Kinky Friedman
S2 E6 - Buck Henry/The Band
S2 E7 - Dick Cavett/Ry Cooder
S2 E8 - Paul Simon/Paul Simon, George Harrison
S2 E9 - Jodie Foster/Brian Wilson
S2 E10 - Candice Bergen/Frank Zappa
S2 E11 - Ralph Nader/George Benson
S2 E12 - Ruth Gordon/Chuck Berry
S2 E13 - Fran Tarkenton/Leo Sayer
S2 E14 - Steve Martin/The Kinks
S2 E15 - Sissy Spacek/Richard Baskin
S2 E16 - Broderick Crawford/Dr. John, The Meters
S2 E17 - Jack Burns/Santana
S2 E18 - Julian Bond/Brick
S2 E19 - Elliott Gould/McGarrigle Sisters
S2 E20 - Eric Idle/Neil Innes
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Synopsis
Saturday Night Live aired its second season during the 1976–1977 television season on NBC. The second season started on September 18, 1976, and ended on May 21, 1977. This season saw the first of many SNL cast changes. Chevy Chase, who was pursuing a movie career in California, left the show after the October 30th episode hosted by Buck Henry with musical guest, The Band. Jane Curtin became the first female cast member to become a Weekend Update anchor following Chase's departure. On the January 15, 1977 episode, Bill Murray joined the cast to fill the void left by Chase's departure. This season also saw another change in the show: its name. Following the cancellation of ABC's Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell, NBC changed the name of the show from NBC's Saturday Night to its current title, Saturday Night Live in the episode hosted by Jack Burns in 1977. It was the last time that the Muppet sketches would appear on the show. In a 1977 interview with Playboy, O'Donoghue who was head writer/performer, referred to the Muppets as "those fucking Muppets, those little hairy facecloths" and were "made from the refuse after they cleaned up after Woodstock". He also refused to write for them, saying "I don’t write for felt". O'Donoghue also had a lynched Big Bird hanging in the writer's office.
