Referring Clues

• Variety show since 1975, briefly
• Debut of 10/11/75, briefly
• NBC prog. since 1975
• Sketch-based TV show, briefly
• Show with skits, for short
• Show that's launched many film careers: Abbr.
• Where the Blues Brothers debuted: Abbr.
• Skittish show?: Abbr.
• The Blues Brothers sang here: Abbr.
• Venue for the Blues Brothers, for short
• Dan Aykroyd's old show, briefly
• NBC debut of 10/11/75
• Belushi venue, for short
• Inits. in comedy
• Chevy vehicle, briefly
• Debut of Oct. 11, 1975
• Gilda Radner's old show, for short
• TV inits. since 1975
• TV inits. since 10/11/75
• Chase vehicle, briefly
• Weekend show, for short
• Inits. in TV comedy
• News satire source, briefly
• Belushi's old show, briefly
• NBC weekend comedy, briefly
• Weekend TV show, for short
• Show on which the Blues Brothers debuted: Abbr.
• Crystal work, once: Abbr.
• Inits. in TV comedy since 1975
• Belushi's old show, for short
• Chase vehicle?: Abbr.
• TV prog. with a different host each week
• It has a wkly. guest host
• "Mad TV" rival
• NBC offering, in brief
• John Belushi was originally on it: Abbr.
• Lorne Michaels show, for short
• Big inits. in TV comedy
• The Coneheads' show, for short
• Show that debuted 10/11/1975, for short
• Venue for the Not Ready for Prime Time Players, in brief
• Longtime NBC inits.
• NBC inits.
• NBC fixture since '75
• Comedy/variety inits. since 1975
• Springboard for new comics, briefly
• Show featuring many alumni of L.A.'s Groundlings comedy troupe
• Show that inspired "30 Rock": Abbr.
• Chase scenes were once common here, informally
• Weekend TV staple since '75
• See 87-Across: Abbr.
• Initials for two Belushis
• Weekend NBC hit, for short
• ___ Digital Shorts (late-night comic bits)
• Weekly 90-min. show
• "MADtv" alternative
• "Mad TV" rival, for short
• Broadcast from Rockefeller Ctr.
• Mr. Bill's outlet, once: Abbr.
• NBC hit starting in '75
• "TV Funhouse" show, for short
• Follower of weekend news, briefly
• ___ Digital Short
• TV staple for over 30 years (and a hint to 17-, 21-, 32-, 41-, 54- and 61-Across)
• Skit-filled NBC show, for short
• NBC inits. since 1975
• NBC-TV inits.
• Where "Wayne's World" began (abbr.)
• David Spade's old show, for short
• NBC skit show, briefly
• Comedy at the end of the wk.
• Where Chevy Chase got his big break, for short
• Show that launched Eddie Murphy, briefly
• Chris Kattan series, for short
• NBC show since 10/11/75
• Comedy revue since '75
• Weekend TV program
• NBC sketch show
• Gilda Radner's show, for short
• NBC weekend staple
• "Mad TV" competitor
• NBC weekend show
• NBC weekend staple, briefly
• John Belushi's old show, for short
• Longtime NBC comedy series, for short
• Revue "...from N.Y."
• Longtime weekend NBC series
• NBC show since 1975
• TV show that featured Jorge and Yortuk Festrunk
• Weekend TV revue
• Lorne Michaels's NBC show
• Where the Coneheads first appeared (abbr.)
• TV show that featured the Killer Bees
• "Studio 60" inspiration
• Chevy Chase's one-time show, briefly
• N.Y.-based comedy show
• NBC staple since 1975
• NBC hit since 1975
• Show based at 30 Rock
• TV show that featured two wild and crazy guys
• Irreverent TV hit
• NBC show that featured Janis Ian and Billy Preston as its first musical guests
• NBC show with Baba Wawa skits
• Birthplace of "Wayne's World," briefly
• NBC show that began its 35th season in Sep. 2009
• NBC hit since '75
• NBC weekend hit, briefly
• Show with a "Weekend Update" segment, briefly
• Where the Blues Brothers got their start, familiarly
• Long-running NBC show, for short
• Roseanne Roseannadanna's show, for short
• Where the Blues Brothers got their start, briefly
• 30-year-old NBC show
• NYC sketch comedy show
• TV show created by Lorne Michaels
• Tina Fey's old show, for short
• Show broadcast from 30 Rock
• TV show that's "thirtysomething"
• It's 23 days older than GMA
• Show shot in the GE Building
• Toonces's show, for short
• Show that debuted on Oct. 11, 1975
• "Weekend Update" show, briefly
• TV show on which Don Pardo does the announcements
• Short vehicle of the 1980s, for short
• Lorne Michaels's show, for short
• NBC debut of Oct. 1975
• Oct. 1975 NBC debut
• NBC fixture for nearly 35 yrs.
• TV show thought to have influenced some 2008 voters
• NBC show that did "Celebrity Jeopardy!" parodies
• NBC show that ends Sun. morning in some time zones
• TV show that had recurring "Killer Bees" sketches
• Roseanne Roseannadanna's venue, initially
• TV show with the Coneheads
• Wayne's World venue, initially
• Olympia Cafe venue, briefly
• NBC skit show
• NBC show with skits
• Chase/Belushi/Aykroyd venue, briefly
• Source of TV laughs for 30 years
• NBC fixture since 1975
• NBC weekend revue
• TV show with a "Weekend Update" segment
• NBC weekend comedy
• NBC staple for nearly 30 years
• "... from New York!" show, briefly
• NBC sketch series
• Late night TV fare
• NYC sketch show
• John Belushi venue, for short
• Lorne Michaels' TV show
• Satirical TV show since '75
• NBC show since '75
• "30 Rock" inspiration
• Show from Rockefeller Ctr.
• NBC series since '75
• Weekend initials since the '70s
• TV series since '75
• NBC satire series
• NBC series turning 30 in '05
• NBC premiere of 1975
• NBC debut of '75
• "Mad TV" rival
• Old Chevy vehicle, briefly
• Weekly TV satire, informally
• NBC weekend comedy show
• NBC weekend comedy show, informally
• D.C. spoofer
• Weekend TV hit
• Long-running NBC show
• TV show that featured Killer Bees
• It's live from N.Y.
• Weekly NBC offering
• NBC show
• Irreverent weekend hit, informally
• Late-night TV fare since 1975
• NBC long-running hit, initially
• Eddie Murphy's old show, for short
• "Not Ready for Prime Time Players" show
• NBC show for three decades, briefly
• Longtime NBC show
• TV show with recurring "Killer Bees" sketches
• NBC show where Chase, Belushi, Radner et al. got their big breaks
• Variety show first hosted by G. Carlin in '75
• Show with "Celebrity Jeopardy!" spoofs, briefly
• "... from New York ..." show, briefly
• NBC show with satirical skits
• NBC program since 1975
• Where the Blues Brothers began, briefly
• Longtime TV inits.
• Janis Ian, Billy Preston and George Carlin were its first guests
• Former Fey foray, familiarly
• "___ Digital Shorts"
• Weekend NBC comedy, for short
• Weekly TV show with guest hosts, for short
• Tina Fey was its first female head writer, briefly
• NBC weekend comedy show, for short
• Show that launched Eddie Murphy and Chevy Chase, for short
• Drew Barrymore hosted this show at age 7: Abbr.
• Show announced by Don Pardo for 30+ years, for short
• Irreverent NBC hit
• TV revue since '75
• Weekly NBC staple, for short
• NBC weekend skit show, for short
• Wiig gig, for short
• TV show filmed at 30 Rock
• Weekly show starting at 11:30 p.m. E.T.
• "Weekend Update" show, for short
• See 66-Across
• Oct. 1975 TV debut
• "Weekend Update" prog.
• "30 Rock" inspiration
• Wiig gig
• NBC staple for over 30 years
• Weekend TV listing
• Thirty-five year old sketch comedy show
• Where Bill Hader is a veteran
• Amy Poehler hosted its first episode this season
• Where Tina Fey debuted her Sarah Palin impression
• Long-running sketch comedy show, for short
• Show that inspired "30 Rock" (abbr.)
• "Laser Cats" airer
• Show with '70s samurai sketches, briefly
• The last episode of its current season will be hosted by Bryan Cranston
• NBC show with Baba Wawa skits, briefly
• Show with coneheads (Abbr.)
• Sketch show that launched 40-Across's career, in short
• "30 Rock" is loosely based on it, briefly
• It's shot at 30 Rock
• NBC skit show since '75
• Sketch source
• Show with a "cold open"
• NBC show with skits, in brief
• Weekly satirical TV show, briefly
• Lorne Michaels' brainchild, for short
• Mr. Bill's home, briefly
• Long-popular comedy show, for short
• Sketch show since '75
• Long-running NBC prog.
• Fall '75 TV debut
• Long-running NBC show, briefly
• Variety show inits. since 1975
• Weekend NBC hit
• NBC comedy show briefly,
• Collection of sketches, for short
• Kind of short
• Irreverent weekend show, briefly
• NBC post-prime time staple
• Show with digital shorts, for short
• Kristen Wiig late-night show, briefly
• Long-running NBC staple, for short
• Show done at 30 Rock
• "Skittish" NBC offering?
• Big inits. in comedy
• NBC offering, briefly
• Weekend NBC staple, for short
• Kristen Wiig's old show, for short
• NBC comedy show since '75
• NBC comedy showcase
• 1975 TV debut, briefly
• Early gig for Chase and Belushi, for short
• #10 of TV Guide's "50 Greatest Shows"
• "30 Rock" inspiration, for short
• Mr. Bill appeared on it: Abbr.
• TV show that Gerald Ford was the first president to appear on
• TV show that has spawned many movies, briefly
• Show staged at 30 Rock
• Skittish NBC show?
• It launched E. Murphy's career
• Fallon's fmr. home
• NBC sketch comedy show for Murray and Murphy, for short
• Kenan Thompson's sketch show
• Casting source for some H'wood comedies
• Conan O'Brien's employer from '88 to '91
• TV show that featured the Festrunk Brothers
• 1-Across's home, once: Abbr.
• NBC weekend fixture, for short
• "Celebrity Jeopardy!" show, briefly
• NBC TV inits.
• NBC comedy staple
• Skit site, for short
• NBC show that launched many comics' careers
• TV revue since 1975
• Show on Sen. Franken's résumé
• Aykroyd TV show
• NBC staple
• Irreverent NBC show
• Longtime NBC staple
• Hit with skits and bits
• NBC show with sketches
• NBC late-night comedy hit
• Hit with skits, for short
• Precursor to talk shows for Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers, in short
• Presenter of many a spoof, for short
• Ray Charles hosted it in 1977: Abbr.
• Weekend TV fare for nearly 40 yrs.
• It's associated with Chris Rock and 30 Rock
• Comedy/variety show since '75
• Weekend staple from NBC
• Sketch comedy TV series since '75
• "Live from New York!" initials
• Tina Fey's old show, briefly
• Show on which Lennon and McCartney considered reuniting, for short
• Sketch show, briefly
• Chase scene producer, for short
• TV show created by Lorne Michaels, for short
• "Weekend Update" show, familiarly
• Show that debuted with Gilda Radner and John Belushi, briefly
• 1975 NBC debut, briefly
• It has many famous alums
• See 11-Down
• Lorne Michaels show, briefly
• Show for which Conan O'Brien once wrote, in brief
• ___digital short
• NBC show since 1975, briefly
• Sketchy program, for short?
• Skit show since '75
• NBC show for 40 years
• NBC show that celebrated its 40th anniversary in Feb.
• '75 TV debut
• Pre-Letterman gig for Paul Shaffer, for short
• ___ alum
• Skit show, for short
• Former gig for Sen. Franken
• NBC skit show, familiarly
• NBC satirical show, for short
• NBC show turning 40 this year
• Longtime NBC show, initially
• TV show since 10/11/75, eight of whose former stars appear in the circled squares in this puzzle
• Longtime Lorne Michaels-produced show, for short
• NBC show in its 41st year
• Long-running NBC comedy show
• NBC sketch comedy
• NBC weekend fixture
• Onetime gig for Wiig, in brief
• 40-yr.-old NBC show
• Staple for sketches, for short
• Venerable NBC series
• High-profile gig for a musician, for short
• Show with Kenan Thompson, briefly
• Weekly NBC offering since 1975, briefly
• TV home of "Weekend Update," in brief
• Show that's earned more than 40 Emmys, in brief
• NBC sketch series, briefly
• Show on which Sen. Franken was a regular
• Long-running NBC comedy
• Sketch series since '75
• Subj. of some "Bossypants" chapters
• NBC weekend show since '75
• NBC skit show broadcast from 30 Rock
• Hit skit show, in brief
• NBC institution
• NBC sketch show, for short
• At age 88, Betty White was its oldest host, briefly
• Show with "Weekend Update" skits, initially
• Longtime NBC hit
• TV show on which "The Chanukah Song" debuted, informally
• NBC weekend skit show
• Show with a "cold open," for short
• Show filmed at Rockefeller Center, for short
• 42-season NBC series
• Show with a record 200+ Emmy noms
• TV show that comes on at 11:29 (not 11:30) p.m.
• George Carlin hosted the first one, briefly
• Sen. Franken's old show
• Show for which Louis C.K. unsuccessfully auditioned in '93
• NBC show that inspired "30 Rock"
• Its artists do many sketches, for short
• Show that spawned the Blues Brothers, informally
• Emmy-winning show of both 1976 and 2017, in brief
• Variety show since 1975, familiarly
• Venerable NBC weekend show
• Weekly 90-min. TV show
• Sen. Franken's former show
• Sketch show from NYC
• NBC show with a "Weekend Update"
• The Land Shark's show, for short
• Long-running NBC weekend show
• Goal for aspiring comedians, for short
• Hot show with a cold open, for short
• Show featuring Leslie Jones, for short
• Hit skit show since '75
• TV show with the most Primetime Emmy noms
• Show for Murray and Myers
• Show with "The Ambiguously Gay Duo," for short
• Show that did the skit "Lazy Sunday"
• Sketch show, for short
• Show which several "30 Rock" actors came from
• TV mainstay broadcast from Studio 8H
• Show that released the edited version of "I'm on a Boat," for short
• Andy Samberg show, for short
• Betty White recently hosted it
• Show with Stefon, the City Correspondent for New York City
• Show with a Five-Timers Club, for short
• "Celebrity Jeopardy" broadcaster, for short
• Early Tina Fey show, briefly
• Show that debuted in Oct. 1975
• Sketchy NBC series
• Popular NBC show
• NBC staple for more than 40 years
• NBC series shot at 30 Rock
• Where Baldwin does Trump, briefly
• Che's gig, briefly
• Show on which Jimmy Fallon once appeared
• Aidy Bryant's show, briefly
• Cecily Strong's sketch show, briefly
• Venue for Alec Baldwin's Trump impersonations, briefly
• Show created by Lorne Michaels, for short
• Early Chevy vehicle?: abbr.
• Show whose first host was George Carlin, in 1975: Abbr.
• Show with the "more cowbell" skit
• Kate McKinnon is in its ensemble, briefly
• Source of TV sketches
• Comedy show with a different guest host each week: Abbr.
• Mikey Day's show on NBC: Abbr.
• Comedy show featuring "Weekend Update": Abbr.
• NBC fixture fond of wordplay, and a phonetic hint to this puzzle's spoonerisms
• Show since Oct. 1975
• Weekend comedy show on NBC: Abbr.
• TV show that's had 850 episodes so far: Abbr.
• NBC weekend comedy series
• Show filmed in Studio 8H, for short
• Show with Kate McKinnon, for short
• Former gig for Amy Poehler, for short
• Pete Davidson's sketch show, briefly
• "Weekend Update" show, in tweets
• Show with "TV Funhouse" pieces, in brief
• Kenan Thompson venue, familiarly
• "Weekend Update" show, initially
• NBC staple since the '70s
• Show with many notable alums
• Show filmed weekly in N.Y.C.
• Program named for its broadcast day, for short
• E. Murphy's old show
• 42-yr.-old skit show
• NBC weekend fixture, briefly
• Show that featured Debbie Downer, briefly
• Kyle Mooney's show, briefly
• Weekly parody source, briefly
• Show with a musical guest, for short
• Show with Kate McKinnon, to fans
• 44-season NBC series
• Weekly show broadcast from Rockefeller Center, for short
• Show that isn't part of this puzzle's theme (but you can watch it while having a late dinner)
• McKinnon's show: abbr.
• Show with Kate McKinnon, briefly
• Show with noted alumni, for short
• Leslie Jones's show, for short
• Show on which Tina Fey co-starred for six seasons
• NYC-based skit show
• Weekly show with a cold open, for short
• Popular skit show, for short
• "Weekend Update" show
• First show to win 50 Emmys, in brief
• Kate McKinnon's NBC show, briefly
• 850+-episode NBC series
• Show on which Kenan played Whoopi, briefly
• Series with many funny alums
• Show that NBC 62-Across, for short
• TV show that originally included John Belushi and Jane Curtin, for short
• Sketch show with celebrity hosts, for short
• Longtime NBC weekend show
• The Blues Brothers' show, briefly
• Where Fey lampooned 53-Across
• "Black Jeopardy!" show, for short
• Weekend show with Aidy Bryant, to fans
• NBC late-night weekend staple, familiarly
• 45-season NBC series
• “Weekend Update” show, familiarly
• Its "Cut For Time" segments can be viewed online
• Aidy Bryant's show
• Where an artist works on a sketch, for short?
• NBC satirical show
• Long-running sketch show, briefly
• Cecily Strong's sketch show, for short
• Show shot at 30 Rock
• Show that Betty White hosted at age 88, informally
• Kate McKinnon’s show, familiarly
• Show with Kate McKinnon, in brief
• Ego Nwodim's show, for short
• Bowen Yang's show, for short
• NBC show with many Second City alumni
• Ego Nwodim's NBC show, briefly
• Show produced in NBC's Studio 8H
• Kate McKinnon’s show, for short
• Aspiration for many Second City performers, in brief
• Show that starts at 11:29:30 p.m. ET
• Show satirized on “30 Rock”
• The youngest host in its history is Drew Barrymore (age 7): Abbr.
• Kenan Thompson's show, briefly
• Comedy show since '75
• NBC series with nearly 900 episodes
• George Carlin was its first host, for short
• Show with the most Emmys
• Creator of sketches, in brief
• NBC debut of '75 (and still at it)
• "30 Rock" was inspired by it, for short
• It's noted for its alums
• NBC's "Weekend Update" show
• "___ at Home" (one of three special TV shows of 2020)
• NBC revue that gave us "More Cowbell"
• TV show with the character Debbie Downer
• Originator of parody ads for 5-hour Empathy and Tylenol BM, in brief
• "Weekend Update" show, in brief
• Andy Samberg's old show, for short
• NBC show filmed in NYC
• Show known for its cold opens, for short
• Punkie Johnson's show, for short
• Weekend comedy show, briefly
• NBC staple for 45 years
• Show with Ego Nwodim and Chris Redd, briefly
• Sketch show on NBC
• NBC comedy show
• Popular 90-min. show
• Weekend spoof show, briefly
• NBC show with Ego Nwodim
• Show with Digital Shorts, briefly
• Chris Redd's show, for short
• Late-night NYC show
• Venerable NYC-based series
• Where the Blues Brothers debuted, for short
• See 41-Down
• Show filmed at Rockefeller Ctr.
• TV show featuring Bowen Yang
• Chase vehicle, once, in brief?
• NBC sketch show, in brief
• Not Ready for Prime Time Players show, for short
• Letters that can fill in the blanks of "_A_D_ER" to make an appropriate surname
• Show with the recurring character Target Lady, in brief
• Bowen Yang's show
• Show with over 1,000 handwritten cue cards each week, for short
• Buck Henry was the first to host it five times, briefly
• Kenan Thompson is its longest-tenured cast member, briefly
• 46-yr.-old satire
• NYC-based sketch show
• Sketch show with celebrity hosts
• Aristotle Athari's show
• Sarah Sherman's show
• Broadcast from NBC's Studio 8H
• Kenan Thompson is its longest-tenured member, for short
• Weekly show famously filmed in Studio 8H, in brief
• Show that spawned "Wayne's World," in brief
• Show featuring Bowen Yang, for short
• With 45-Across, performance in Studio 8H
• Kenan Thompson's show
• NBC comedy show, in brief
• Show that opens with an iconic crane shot, in brief
• Comedy show starring Bowen Yang
• NBC hit since 1975, in brief
• Sketch show with musical guests
• NBC show Jay Mohr writes about in "Gasping for Airtime"
• NBC show that inspired "30 Rock," for short
• Sketch show starring Bowen Yang
• Molly Kearney's show, for short
• Weekend comedy hit, in brief
• Show with "featured players," in brief
• "Black Jeopardy" and "The Californians" sketch show
• Show with a "What's Up With That?" segment, for short
• Sarah Sherman's show, for short
• Kenan Thompson's show, for short
• Long-running sketch show, in brief
• Punkie Johnson's NBC show
• Aidy Bryant's former show, briefly
• Long-running Lorne Michaels production, for short
• NBC show with more than 950 eps
• TV show featuring the comedy group Please Don't Destroy
• Tina Fey was its first female head writer, in brief
• Sketch show that featured Bowen Yang as the iceberg that sunk the Titanic
• NBC sketch comedy program
• Punkie Johnson's show
• NBC sketch show with over 900 episodes
• Show shot in Studio 8H, for short
• Weekly NBC show, for short
• NBC skit show since 1975, in brief
• NBC show with Punkie Johnson
• Weekly skit show, familiarly
• Producer of sketches, in brief
• Forte and Strong once worked on it, for short
• Launchpad for many comics, in brief
• NBC staple since 1975, in brief
• Institution of 40 years that has many notable alums
• Chloe Troast's show
• Show with a Joke Swap segment, in brief
• Tina Fey's former show, for short
• NBC skit show, for short
• Heidi Gardner's show
• "Weekend Update" show, casually
• Show with the Church Lady and Target Lady, for short
• Show that Cicely Tyson became the first Black woman to host in '79
• Show with Bowen Yang and Molly Kearney, for short
• Marcello Hernandez's show
• With 45-Across, "Celebrity Jeopardy!" and others
• Show on which Phoebe Bridgers famously smashed a guitar, in brief
• NBC sketch show, familiarly
• Show that spawned "MacGruber," for short
• NBC comedy revue
• "Lisa From Temecula" sketch show, for short
• "Jumanji" sketch show
• Show commemorating its 50th season in 2024, in brief
• NBC stalwart
• On which Maya Rudolph has played Kamala Harris, in brief
• Joan Cusack and Robert Downey Jr. each spent one season on it, for short
• 1975 TV debut, in brief
• NBC show with a "Totino's" sketch
• Weekend comedy show, for short
• Show on which Julia Louis-Dreyfus got her big break, in brief
• NBC show that launched many comedians' careers
• Show whose first host was George Carlin, familiarly
• NBC show with a "Mall Santa" sketch
• NBC show currently celebrating its 50th season
• NBC show turning 50 in 2025
• Show where the term "Debbie Downer" originated, in brief
• NBC sketch show since 1975, familiarly
• Comedy show with Michael Che and Colin Jost, for short
• Lorne Michaels's show, familiarly
• Show for which Eddie Murphy won an Emmy, in brief
• Show with a 50th anniversary celebration in 2025, familiarly
• Marcello Hernández's show, for short
• Longtime sketch comedy show, in brief
• Show with an illustrious "Five-Timers Club," in brief
• Show that celebrated 50 seasons in 2025, for short
• Heidi Gardner's show, for short
• "Weekend Update" program
• Chloe Fineman's show, familiarly
• Skit show with musical guests, briefly
• Source of the films "The Blues Brothers" and "Coneheads," in brief
• Its youngest host was a 7-year-old Drew Barrymore in '82
• TV show with the most Emmy nominations of all time, familiarly (350 )
• Where Rudolph could first be seen in 2000, for short
• Mikey Day's show, for short
• Weekly skit show, for short
• "Black Jeopardy!" show, in brief
• Show that celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2025, in brief
• Sketch show that inspired "30 Rock," for short
• Sketch show with Colin Jost, in brief
• 1975 TV debut, familiarly
• Weekly sketch show, briefly
• Inspo for the Curtis Sittenfeld novel "Romantic Comedy"
• Source of the Coneheads, in brief
• Strong showing from 2012 to 2022, for short?
• It lacks a permanent host, for short
• Longtime NBC sketch show, casually
• Its alums include Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, in brief