51 years ago today, Saturday Night Live premiered on NBC with George Carlin as host. The seminal comedy television program in American history, SNL has launched the careers of dozens of talented writers, comics, and actors. Broadcast from Studio 8H at NBC's headquarters in the Comcast Building at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, SNL has aired 1,011 episodes since its debut, making it one of the longest-running network television programs in the United States. READ about its history and watch the first episode monologue... (1975)
