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10-11-2025, 02:33 AM
https://www.itwasathingontv.com/e/episode-586-saturday-night-live-with-howard-cosell/
In Fall 1975 (https://travsd.wordpress.com/2021/03/25/howard-cosell-and-the-original-saturday-night-live/), two different shows named Saturday Night Live (https://www.filmbuffonline.com/FBOLNewsreel/wordpress/2024/10/11/snl50-the-other-saturday-night-live/) premiered--the one we know, albeit without the Live moniker (https://movieweb.com/saturday-night-live-original-show-howard-cosell/), and this show (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125314/http://www.jumptheshark.com/s/snlwithhowardcosell.htm), a variety/talk show (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live_with_Howard_Cosell) hosted by (https://www.nathanrabin.com/happy-place/2024/2/1/the-sad-strange-non-legacy-of-saturday-night-live-with-howard-cosell) arguably ABC's biggest personality (https://oldtvtickets.com/2006/02/saturday-night-live-with-howard-cosell/)(and definitely ABC's biggest mouth) at the time. Despite its deserving role as one of the worst shows (http://eyesofageneration.com/more-snl-rarities-the-original-snl-with-howard-cosellyou-may-be-surprised-to-2/) in television history, very little footage of this series exists...which may be a good thing.
In Fall 1975 (https://travsd.wordpress.com/2021/03/25/howard-cosell-and-the-original-saturday-night-live/), two different shows named Saturday Night Live (https://www.filmbuffonline.com/FBOLNewsreel/wordpress/2024/10/11/snl50-the-other-saturday-night-live/) premiered--the one we know, albeit without the Live moniker (https://movieweb.com/saturday-night-live-original-show-howard-cosell/), and this show (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125314/http://www.jumptheshark.com/s/snlwithhowardcosell.htm), a variety/talk show (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live_with_Howard_Cosell) hosted by (https://www.nathanrabin.com/happy-place/2024/2/1/the-sad-strange-non-legacy-of-saturday-night-live-with-howard-cosell) arguably ABC's biggest personality (https://oldtvtickets.com/2006/02/saturday-night-live-with-howard-cosell/)(and definitely ABC's biggest mouth) at the time. Despite its deserving role as one of the worst shows (http://eyesofageneration.com/more-snl-rarities-the-original-snl-with-howard-cosellyou-may-be-surprised-to-2/) in television history, very little footage of this series exists...which may be a good thing.