Saturday Night Live's 40th season premiered with which American actor as the first host?
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Saturday Night Live (season 40) Saturday Night Live premiered its fortieth season during the 2014–15 television season on NBC. The season premiered on September 27, 2014, with host Chris Pratt and musical guest Ariana Grande and came to a conclusion on May 16, 2015 with host Louis C.K. and musical guest Rihanna. Former cast member Darrell Hammond succeeded Don Pardo, who had died in August, as the show's new announcer. The premiere included an interstitial photograph of Pardo – "SNL"' s announcer since it premiered in 1975 (with the exception of season 7 and episode 14 of season 21 – where Hammond took his place).
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Chris Pratt Christopher Michael Pratt (born June 21, 1979) is an American actor. Pratt came to prominence with his television roles; he is best known for his roles as Owen Grady in "Jurassic World", Jim Preston in "Passengers" and Andy Dwyer in the NBC sitcom "Parks and Recreation" from 2009–2015, for which he received critical acclaim and was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2013. He also starred earlier in his career as Bright Abbott in The WB drama series "Everwood" (2002–2006). His early film career began with supporting roles in such mainstream films as "Wanted" (2008), "Jennifer's Body" (2009), "Moneyball" (2011), "The Five-Year Engagement" (2012), "Zero Dark Thirty" (2013), "Delivery Man" (2013), and "Her" (2013).
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Dick Cavett Richard Alva Cavett ( ; born November 19, 1936) is an American television personality and former talk show host notable for his conversational style and in-depth discussions. He appeared regularly on nationally broadcast television in the United States in five consecutive decades, the 1960s through the 2000s.
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Peter Coyote Peter Coyote (born Robert Peter Cohon; October 10, 1941) is an American actor, author, director, screenwriter and narrator of films, theatre, television and audiobooks. He is known for performing in films including "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" (1982), "Cross Creek" (1983), "Jagged Edge" (1985), "Patch Adams" (1998), "Erin Brockovich" (2000), "A Walk to Remember" (2002), "Hemingway & Gellhorn" (2012) and "Good Kill" (2014). He was the "Voice of Oscar" for the 72nd Academy Awards ceremony, the first Oscars announcer to be seen on-camera.
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Paul Brittain Paul Brittain (born February 16, 1977) is an American actor and comedian, best known as a cast member on "Saturday Night Live" from 2010–2012.
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George Coe George Coe (May 10, 1929 – July 18, 2015) was an American film, stage, television actor and voice artist. He is well known for his voice over work in video games, movies and TV shows, notably as being a cast member for the first episode of "Saturday Night Live" and for voicing Woodhouse in "Archer".
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William Bogert William "Bill" Bogert (born January 24, 1936) is an American character actor best known for his semi-regular role of Brandon Brindle on "Small Wonder" from 1985 to 1989. He also portrayed Kent Wallace, the host of "Chappelle's Show'"s "Frontline" spoofs. In 1964 he appeared onstage in the touring production of "A Man For All Seasons".
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Jason Stuart Jason Stuart (born Stuart Ted Greif; January 13, 1959) is an American actor and comedian.
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Morton Downey Jr. Sean Morton Downey (December 9, 1932 – March 12, 2001), better known by his stage name Morton Downey Jr., was an American television talk show host of the late-1980s who pioneered the "trash TV" format on his program "The Morton Downey Jr. Show".
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Phil Donahue Phillip John "Phil" Donahue (born December 21, 1935) is an American media personality, writer, and film producer best known as the creator and host of "The Phil Donahue Show." The television program, also known as "Donahue", was the first talk show format that included audience participation. The show had a 29-year run on national television in America that began in Dayton, Ohio, and ended in New York City in 1996.
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Russ Leatherman Russ Leatherman (born 14 February 1962) is a cofounder of Moviefone, a popular movie guide. Known for his trademark greeting, “Hellooo and welcome to Moviefone!”, the greeting has been parodied on hundreds of programs including "The Simpsons", "Saturday Night Live", "Late Night with Conan O'Brien", the 2005 Academy Awards, VH1’s "I Love the 90s", "Fair Game", and was the subject of a famous "Seinfeld" episode.
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The Boston Teens The Boston Teens are fictional characters featured on the American television show "Saturday Night Live". "The Boston Teens" debuted in 1999 and have appeared in 13 sketches to date. "TV Guide" named The Boston Teens among "Saturday Night Live"' s 40 greatest characters in a list compiled in honor of the show's 40th anniversary in 2015.
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Jack Benny Jack Benny (born Benjamin Kubelsky; February 14, 1894 – December 26, 1974) was an American comedian, vaudevillian, radio, television and film actor, and violinist. Recognized as a leading American entertainer of the 20th century, Benny portrayed his character as a miser, playing his violin badly. In character, he would claim to be 39 years of age, regardless of his actual age.
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David Hartman (TV personality) David Downs Hartman (born May 19, 1935) is an American journalist and media host who began his media career as an actor. He currently anchors and hosts documentary programs on cable TV's History and on PBS. Hartman is best known as the first host of ABC's "Good Morning America", from 1975 to 1987. As an actor, he starred in the 1970s as a young resident, Dr. Paul Hunter, on "" and as a teacher in the series "Lucas Tanner". He is notable also for the 1976 TV movie re-make of "Miracle On 34th Street"
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Jay Pharoah Jared Antonio Farrow (born 14 October, 1987) better known by his stage name Jay Pharoah, is an American actor, stand-up comedian, impressionist, rapper, and voice actor. He joined the cast of NBC's "Saturday Night Live" in 2010, for its thirty-sixth season. In 2015, he was ranked the 55th greatest "Saturday Night Live" cast member by "Rolling Stone" magazine.
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Skip E. Lowe Sammy Labella (June 6, 1929 – September 22, 2014), better known by his stage name Skip E. Lowe, was an American talk show host and actor.
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Norm Macdonald Norman Gene Macdonald (born October 17, 1959) is a Canadian stand-up comedian, writer, producer and actor. He is known for his five seasons as a cast member on "Saturday Night Live", which included anchoring "Weekend Update" for three years. Early in his career, he wrote for the sitcom "Roseanne" and made appearances on shows including "The Drew Carey Show" and "NewsRadio". He starred in "The Norm Show" from 1999 to 2001. Comedy Central named him #83 on the five-part miniseries "100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time" . His brother is Canadian journalist Neil Macdonald, of CBC News.
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Sam Levene Sam Levene (August 28, 1905 – December 28, 1980) was an American Broadway and film actor. He made his Broadway debut in 1927 with five lines in a play titled "Wall Street", and over a span of nearly 50 years, appeared on Broadway in 37 Shows, of which 33 were the original Broadway Productions, many now considered legendary. Levene made his film debut in 1936, recreating the role of Patsy that he had played in the Broadway production of "Three Men on a Horse" in 1935. He also appeared in the USO Tour of this same Show; the Radio Version; the Musical version that opened on Broadway called "Let It Ride" (1961) as well as the 1969 Broadway Revival of the play directed by George Abbott, the original Broadway Director and co-author.
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The Joey Bishop Show (talk show) The Joey Bishop Show is an American talk show that had its first broadcast on ABC on April 17, 1967, hosted by Joey Bishop and featuring Regis Philbin in his first ongoing role with national television exposure, as Bishop's sidekick/announcer (similar to Ed McMahon's job with Johnny Carson). Created to challenge "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson", the show lasted 33 months, with the last show airing on December 26, 1969.
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Frank Parker (actor) Frank Russell Parker (born July 1, 1939) is an American television actor.
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Ed O'Neill Edward Leonard "Ed" O'Neill (born April 12, 1946) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for playing Al Bundy on the Fox Network sitcom "Married... with Children", for which he was nominated for two Golden Globes; and playing patriarch Jay Pritchett on the award-winning ABC sitcom "Modern Family", a role for which he has been nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards and won four Screen Actors Guild Awards.
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Biff Henderson James Jackson "Biff" Henderson, Jr. (born October 3, 1946) is an American comedian and television personality best known for his work on the "Late Show with David Letterman". He was the show's stage manager and appeared in occasional humorous segments, which often involved interviewing people at public places and events.