Season 10
Saturday Night Live aired its tenth season during the 1984-1985 television season on NBC. The season contained 18 episodes and was cut short due to a writer's strike and budget constraints. During the previous season Eddie Murphy left the show mid season. Because of Murphy's departure Joe Piscopo also left the show because he did not want to do it without Murphy. Dick Ebersol then fired Robin Duke, Brad Hall and Tim Kazurinsky. Ebersol then wanted to blow up the show by adding seasoned comedians instead of newcomers. He hired Billy Crystal, Harry Shearer, New Zealander Pamela Stephenson, Rich Hall, Martin Short, and Christopher Guest. Guest would become the anchor of Saturday Night News. In the middle of the season, Harry Shearer left the show, due to "creative differences". Despite his departure, his image is still shown in the opening credits.
Episodes
1 (no host)/Thompson Twins Oct 6, 1984 
2 Bob Uecker/Peter Wolf Oct 13, 1984 
3 Jesse Jackson/Andrae Crouch, Wintley Phipps Oct 20, 1984 
4 Michael McKean/Chaka Khan, The Folksmen Nov 3, 1984 
5 George Carlin/Frankie Goes to Hollywood Nov 10, 1984 
6 Ed Asner/The Kinks Nov 17, 1984 
7 Ed Begley, Jr./Billy Squier Dec 1, 1984 
8 Ringo Starr/Herbie Hancock Dec 8, 1984 
9 Eddie Murphy/The Honeydrippers Dec 15, 1984 
10 Kathleen Turner/John Waite Jan 12, 1985 
11 Roy Scheider/Billy Ocean Jan 19, 1985 
12 Alex Karras/Tina Turner Feb 2, 1985 
13 Harry Anderson/Bryan Adams Feb 9, 1985 
14 Pamela Sue Martin/Power Station Feb 16, 1985 
15 Mr. T & Hulk Hogan/The Commodores Mar 30, 1985 
16 Christopher Reeve/Santana Apr 6, 1985 
17 Howard Cosell/Greg Kihn Apr 13, 1985