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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)
Jean Doumanian (producer: season 6, episodes 1-12)
Dick Ebersol (executive producer: season 6, episode 13, seasons 7-9)

Writer Credits

Season [[Saturday Night Live (season 1)|1]] (1975–76)

Producer	Writing Supervised By	Script Consultant	Writing staff
Lorne Michaels
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)
Herb Sargent

Season [[Saturday Night Live (season 2)|2]] (1976–77)

Producer	Script Consultant	Script Coordinator	Writing staff
Lorne Michaels
Herb Sargent
Anne Beatts (episodes 6-22)

Season [[Saturday Night Live (season 3)|3]] (1977–78)

Producer	Script Consultant	Writing staff
Lorne Michaels
Herb Sargent

Season [[Saturday Night Live (season 4)|4]] (1978–79)

Producer	Script Consultant	Writing staff
Lorne Michaels
Herb Sargent

Season [[Saturday Night Live (season 5)|5]] (1979–80)

Producer	Script Consultant	Writing staff
Lorne Michaels
Herb Sargent

Season [[Saturday Night Live (season 6)|6]] (1980–81)

Script Consultants/Script Supervisors (Head Writers)	Writing staff
Mason Williams (episodes 1–5), Jeremy Stevens and Tom Moore (episodes 6–12), Michael O'Donoghue and Bob Tischler (episode 13)

Season [[Saturday Night Live (season 7)|7]] (1981–82)

Supervising Producers (Head Writers)	Script Coordinators	Writing staff
Michael O'Donoghue (episodes 1–8) and Bob Tischler
Barry W. Blaustein and David Sheffield (episodes 13-20)

Season [[Saturday Night Live (season 8)|8]] (1982–83)

Producer (Head Writer)	Supervising Producers	Writing staff
Bob Tischler
Barry W. Blaustein and David Sheffield

Season [[Saturday Night Live (season 9)|9]] (1983–84)

Producer (Head Writer)	Head Writer	Script Consultant	Script Supervisor	Writing staff
Bob Tischler
Andrew Smith
Herb Sargent (episodes 17-19)
Pamela Norris (episodes 6-19)

Season [[Saturday Night Live (season 10)|10]] (1984–85)

Producer (Head Writer)	Script Consultant	Writing staff
Bob Tischler
Herb Sargent

Season [[Saturday Night Live (season 11)|11]] (1985–86)

Producers	Head Writer	Script Consultant	Writing staff
Al Franken and Tom Davis
Jim Downey
Herb Sargent

Season [[Saturday Night Live (season 12)|12]] (1986–87)

Producer (Head Writer)	Script Consultant	Writing staff
Jim Downey
Herb Sargent

Season [[Saturday Night Live (season 13)|13]] (1987–88)

[[Conan O'Brien]], who would later achieve large success on ''[[Late Night with Conan O'Brien]]'' and ''[[The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien]]''.

Producer (Head Writer)	Script Consultant	Writing staff
Jim Downey
Herb Sargent

Season [[Saturday Night Live (season 14)|14]] (1988–89)

Producer (Head Writer)	Script Consultant	Creative Consultant	Writing staff
Jim Downey
Herb Sargent
Al Franken

Season [[Saturday Night Live (season 15)|15]] (1989–90)

Producer (Head Writer)	Script Consultant	Creative Consultants	Writing staff
Jim Downey
Herb Sargent
Al Franken and Jack Handey

Season [[Saturday Night Live (season 16)|16]] (1990–91)

Producer (Head Writer)	Co-Producers	Script Consultant	Creative Consultant	Writing staff
Jim Downey
Al Franken, Jack Handey, David Daniels, Robert Smigel
Herb Sargent
Evie Murray

Season [[Saturday Night Live (season 17)|17]] (1991–92)

Producer (Head Writer)	Co-Producers	Script Consultant	Creative Consultants	Writing staff
Jim Downey
Al Franken, Jack Handey, Robert Smigel
Herb Sargent
Tom Davis and Evie Murray

Season [[Saturday Night Live (season 18)|18]] (1992–93)

Producer (Head Writer)	Script Consultant	Creative Consultant	Writing staff
Jim Downey
Herb Sargent
Evie Murray

Season [[Saturday Night Live (season 19)|19]] (1993–94)

Producer (Head Writer)	Script Consultant	Creative Consultant	Writing staff
Jim Downey
Herb Sargent
Evie Murray (episodes 8-20)

Season [[Saturday Night Live (season 20)|20]] (1994–95)

Producer (Head Writer)	Script Consultant	Creative Consultant	Writing staff
Jim Downey
Herb Sargent
Evie Murray

Season [[Saturday Night Live (season 21)|21]] (1995–96)

Writing Supervised (Head Written) By	Creative Consultant	Writing staff
Steve Higgins and Fred Wolf (Wolf: episodes 1-14, 17-20)
Steven Koren (episodes 12-20)

Season [[Saturday Night Live (season 22)|22]] (1996–97)

[[Adam McKay]], the head writer from 1996–99.

Producer	Consulting Producers	Writing Supervised (Head Written) By	Writing staff
Steve Higgins
Jim Downey (episodes 1-4) and Fred Wolf (episodes 1-4)
Tim Herlihy and Adam McKay

Season [[Saturday Night Live (season 23)|23]] (1997–98)

Producers	Writing Supervised (Head Written) By	Creative Consultant	Writing staff
Steve Higgins and Tim Herlihy
Adam McKay
Paula Pell

Season [[Saturday Night Live (season 24)|24]] (1998–99)

Producers	Writing Supervised (Head Written) By	Creative Consultant	Writing staff
Steve Higgins and Tim Herlihy
Adam McKay
Paula Pell

Season [[Saturday Night Live (season 25)|25]] (1999–2000)

[[Tina Fey]], the head writer from 1999–06.

Producers	Writing Supervised (Head Written) By	Writing staff
Steve Higgins and Tim Herlihy (Herlihy: episodes 1-6)
Tina Fey
Creative Consultants
Dennis McNicholas and Paula Pell

Season [[Saturday Night Live (season 26)|26]] (2000–01)

Producer	Head writers	Writing Supervisors	Writing staff
Steve Higgins
Tina Fey and Dennis McNicholas (episodes 9-20)
Paula Pell and Harper Steele (episodes 9-20)
Creative Consultants
Dennis McNicholas and Paula Pell (episodes (1-8)

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 [[Saturday Night Live (season 27)|27]] (2001–02)

Producer	Head writer(s)	Writing Supervisors	Writing staff
Steve Higgins
Tina Fey and Dennis McNicholas
Paula Pell and Harper Steele

Season [[Saturday Night Live (season 28)|28]] (2002–03)

Producer	Head writer(s)	Writing Supervisors	Writing staff
Steve Higgins
Tina Fey and Dennis McNicholas
Paula Pell, T. Sean Shannon (episodes 3-20), Harper Steele

Season [[Saturday Night Live (season 29)|29]] (2003–04)

Producer	Head writer(s)	Writing Supervisors	Writing staff
Steve Higgins
Tina Fey and Dennis McNicholas
Paula Pell, T. Sean Shannon, Harper Steele

Season [[Saturday Night Live (season 30)|30]] (2004–05)

Producer	Head writer(s)	Writing Supervisors	Writing staff
Steve Higgins
Tina Fey and Harper Steele
Paula Pell and T. Sean Shannon

Season [[Saturday Night Live (season 31)|31]] (2005–06)

[[Seth Meyers]], the head writer from 2006–2014

Producer	Head writer(s)	Writing Supervisors	Writing staff
Steve Higgins
Tina Fey, Seth Meyers (episodes 10-19), and Harper Steele
Seth Meyers (episodes 1-9)

Season [[Saturday Night Live (season 32)|32]] (2006–07)

Producer	Head writer(s)	Writing staff
Steve Higgins
Seth Meyers, Paula Pell, and Harper Steele

Season [[Saturday Night Live (season 33)|33]] (2007–08)

Producer	Head writer(s)	Writing staff
Steve Higgins
Seth Meyers, Paula Pell, Harper Steele

Season [[Saturday Night Live (season 34)|34]] (2008–09)

Producer	Head writer(s)	Writing Supervisor	Writing staff
Steve Higgins
Seth Meyers
Paula Pell

Season [[Saturday Night Live (season 35)|35]] (2009–10)

Producer	Head writer(s)	Writing Supervisors	Writing staff
Steve Higgins
Seth Meyers
Colin Jost, John Mulaney, Emily Spivey (episodes 1-18), Bryan Tucker (episodes 19-22)

Season [[Saturday Night Live (season 36)|36]] (2010–11)

Producer	Co-Producer	Head writer(s)	Writing Supervisors	Writing staff
Steve Higgins
Erik Kenward
Seth Meyers
Colin Jost, John Mulaney, Bryan Tucker

Season [[Saturday Night Live (season 37)|37]] (2011–12)

Producers	Head writer(s)	Writing Supervisors	Writing staff
Steve Higgins, John Mulaney, Erik Kenward
Seth Meyers
Colin Jost, Bryan Tucker

Season [[Saturday Night Live (season 38)|38]] (2012–13)

Producers	url=http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/about/	title=Saturday Night Live	publisher=NBC.com	access-date=September 30, 2012}}	Writing Supervisors	Writing staff
Steve Higgins, Erik Kenward
Seth Meyers and Colin Jost
Marika Sawyer, Bryan Tucker

Season [[Saturday Night Live (season 39)|39]] (2013–14)

Producers	last=Carter	first=Bill	title=New Course for 'Update,' and All of 'SNL'	url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/16/business/media/saturday-night-live-setting-its-new-cast.html	access-date=September 16, 2013	newspaper=The New York Times	date=September 15, 2013}}	Writing Supervisors	Writing staff
Steve Higgins, Erik Kenward
Seth Meyers (episodes 1–13), Colin Jost, Rob Klein, Bryan Tucker (episodes 14–21)
Marika Sawyer, John Solomon (episodes 2-21), Bryan Tucker (episodes 1-13)

Season [[Saturday Night Live (season 40)|40]] (2014–15)

Producers	Head writer(s)	Writing Supervisors	Writing staff
Steve Higgins, Erik Kenward
Colin Jost, Rob Klein, and Bryan Tucker
Chris Kelly, Sarah Schneider, Kent Sublette

Season [[Saturday Night Live (season 41)|41]] (2015–16)

Producers	Head writer(s)	Writing Supervisors	Writing staff
Steve Higgins, Erik Kenward
Rob Klein and Bryan Tucker
Chris Kelly, Sarah Schneider, Kent Sublette

Season [[Saturday Night Live (season 42)|42]] (2016–17)

Producers	Head writer(s)	Writing Supervisor	Writing staff
Steve Higgins, Erik Kenward
Chris Kelly, Sarah Schneider, Bryan Tucker, and Kent Sublette (episodes 12-21)
Kent Sublette (episodes 1-11)

Season [[Saturday Night Live (season 43)|43]] (2017–18)

Producers	Head writer(s)	Writing Supervisors	Writing staff
Steve Higgins, Erik Kenward
Colin Jost (episodes 9-21), Michael Che (episodes 9-21), Bryan Tucker, and Kent Sublette
Streeter Seidell, Fran Gillespie (episodes 9-21), and Sudi Green (episodes 9-21)

Note: Beginning with the show's forty-third season, Weekend Update writers were credited separately from the rest of the writing staff.

Season [[Saturday Night Live (season 44)|44]] (2018–19)

Producers	Head writer(s)	Writing Supervisors	Writing staff
Steve Higgins, Erik Kenward
Colin Jost, Michael Che, and Kent Sublette
Streeter Seidell, Sudi Green, Fran Gillespie, and Anna Drezen (episodes 16-21)

Season [[Saturday Night Live (season 45)|45]] (2019–20)

Producers	Head writer(s)	Writing Supervisors	Writing staff
Steve Higgins, Erik Kenward
Colin Jost, Michael Che, and Kent Sublette
Streeter Seidell, Sudi Green, Fran Gillespie, and Anna Drezen

Season [[Saturday Night Live (season 46)|46]] (2020–21)

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Producers	Head writer(s)	Writing Supervisors	Writing staff
Steve Higgins, Erik Kenward
Anna Drezen, Colin Jost, Michael Che, and Kent Sublette
Sudi Green, Fran Gillespie, and Streeter Seidell

Season [[Saturday Night Live (season 47)|47]] (2021–22)

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Producers	Head writer(s)	Writing Supervisors	Writing staff
Steve Higgins, Erik Kenward
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Streeter Seidell and Alison Gates (episodes 1-9)

Season [[Saturday Night Live (season 48)|48]] (2022–23)

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Producers	Head writer(s)	Writing Supervisors	Writing staff
Steve Higgins, Erik Kenward
Kent Sublette, Alison Gates and Streeter Seidell
Gary Richardson, Will Stephen, and Celeste Yim (episodes 12-18)

Season [[Saturday Night Live (season 49)|49]] (2023–24)

Producers	title= Saturday Night Live Season 49 Writing Staff	url=https://www.vulture.com/2023/10/writing-staff-saturday-night-live-season-49.html	access-date=December 7, 2023	work=Vulture	date=15 October 2023 }}	Writing Supervisors	Writing staff
Steve Higgins, Erik Kenward
Alison Gates, Streeter Seidell, Kent Sublette
Gary Richardson, Will Stephen, Celeste Yim

Season [[Saturday Night Live (season 50)|50]] (2024–25)

Producers	Head writer(s)	Writing Supervisors	Writing staff
Steve Higgins, Erik Kenward
Alison Gates, Streeter Seidell, Kent Sublette
Dan Bulla, Will Stephen, Auguste White, Celeste Yim

Season [[Saturday Night Live season 51|51]] (2025–26)

Producers	Head writer(s)	Writing Supervisors	Writing staff
Steve Higgins, Erik Kenward, Erin Doyle
Alison Gates, Erik Kenward, Streeter Seidell, Kent Sublette
Dan Bulla, Will Stephen

References

Notes

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