George Carlin hosted the show. "SNL" often parodies contemporary American culture and is famous for its political humor, especially in a presidential election year.

Don’t worry, NBC has you covered. In the show’s regular time slot on Saturday night, the network will rebroadcastthe very first episode from 50 years ago, hosted by comedianGeorge Carlin ...

On Feb. 15, NBC will re-air the first "Saturday Night Live" show from Oct. 11, 1975. The late comedian George Carlin hosted the 50-year-old episode.

The 50 years of “SNL” mediocrity helped to destroy really funny, laugh-out-loud comedy as practiced by such masters as Groucho Marx, Jackie Gleason, George Burns, Jack Benny, Bob Hope, Woody ...

Comedian George Carlin, who served as the inaugural host for Saturday Night Live (then just called Saturday Night), was introduced first, followed by the musical acts (Billy Preston and Janis Ian ...

The premiere episode of SNL featured comedy legend George Carlin as the host and Billy Preston as the musical guest. Reitman directs from a script he penned with frequent collaborator Gil Kenan.

There is no new episode of "Saturday Night Live" on Saturday. Instead, NBC is re-broadcasting the show's first-ever episode from Oct. 11, 1975, starring comedian and host George Carlin and musical ...

Matthew Rhys as George Carlin Perry Mason's Matthew Rhys will play George Carlin. Comedy icon Carlin was the first host of Saturday Night Live.

The chaotic first episode of 'Saturday Night Live,' hosted by George Carlin, will air on NBC the night before the three-hour 50th anniversary event.

That premiere episode was hosted by George Carlin (played in the movie by Matthew Rhys), and had two musical guests, Billy Preston (Jon Batiste) and Janis Ian (Naomi McPherson).

See who's playing Chevy Chase, John Belushi, Lorne Michaels and more in Jason Reitman's Saturday Night, about the fraught 90 minutes leading up to the Oct. 11, 1975, premiere of Saturday Night Live.