The following is a list of Saturday Night Live . The show, created by Lorne Michaels , is an American live sketch comedy and variety show . Airing since 1975, it has employed a large and changing staff of writers.
Writer Tom Gammill in 2011 Joe Piscopo in 2009 Jim Belushi in 1982 Writer Larry David in 2009 Writer John Swartzwelder in 1992 Writer E. Jean Carroll in 2006 Conan O'Brien , who would later achieve large success on Late Night with Conan O'Brien The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien Tina Fey , the head writer from 1999–06.Seth Meyers Seth Meyers , the head writer from 2005–2014Note: Beginning with the show's forty-third season, Weekend Update writers were credited separately from the rest of the writing staff.
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