Scoop: SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE on NBC - December 15-29, 2012

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Scoop: SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE on NBC - December 15-29, 2012 December 15 Martin Short/ Paul McCartney

xxDecember 22 Bruno Mars (OAD 10/20/12)

xxDecember 29 Anne Hathaway/Rihanna (OAD 11/10/12)

THESE LISTINGS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
XX DENOTES CHANGES OR ADDITIONS.
OAD DENOTES ORIGINAL AIR DATE.

"Saturday Night Live," NBC's Emmy Award-winning late-night comedy showcase, enters its 38th season in September for another year of laughs, surprises and great performances.

Since its inception in 1975, "SNL" has launched the careers of many of the brightest comedy performers of their generation; and, as The New York Times noted on the occasion of the show's Emmy-winning 25th Anniversary special in 1999: "In defiance of both time and show business convention, 'SNL' is still the most pervasive influence on the art of comedy in contemporary culture." At the close of the century, "Saturday Night Live" placed seventh on Entertainment Weekly's list of the Top 100 Entertainers of the past fifty years.

The program has won 36 Emmy Awards and now holds the title for the most nominated television show in Emmy history with 156 nominations. "SNL" has been honored twice, in 1990 and 2009, with the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award and cited as "truly a national institution." "Saturday Night Live" was inducted into the Broadcasting Hall of Fame by the National Association of Broadcasters, and the show continues to garner the highest ratings of any late-night television program, entertaining millions each week.