| Season Number: | 14 |
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| Image Alt: | The title card for the fourteenth season of Saturday Night Live. |
| Num Episodes: | 20 |
| Network: | NBC |
| Prev Season: | season 13 |
| Next Season: | season 15 |
| Episode List: | List of Saturday Night Live episodes |
The fourteenth season of Saturday Night Live, an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between October 8, 1988 and May 20, 1989.
A new show logo was used starting with this season. It was made up of the words SATURDAY + NIGHT + LIVE styled in a circle.[1] It was used until the end of the show's 20th season in 1995.
This season notably saw the death of a second original cast member, Gilda Radner, who died on the day of the season finale from ovarian cancer. In memory of Radner, Steve Martin showed a clip from the "Dancing in the Dark" sketch from the 1978 episode hosted by Martin in lieu of his planned monologue.
This season introduced the "Wayne's World" skits.
Mike Myers made his debut as a cast member midseason. The first Wayne's World sketch aired on February 18, 1989. Ben Stiller had a very brief stint as a featured player. His short film The Hustler of Money had impressed producers and was aired in season 12.[2] Stiller ended up leaving after only four episodes because he wanted to focus more on making short films, as opposed to performing solely sketch comedy.
Repertory players
Featured players
bold denotes Weekend Update anchor
See main article: List of Saturday Night Live episodes.