Saturday Night Live season 23

Saturday Night Live
Season 23
No. of episodes20
Release
Original networkNBC
Original releaseSeptember 27, 1997 (1997-09-27) –
May 9, 1998 (1998-05-09)
Season chronology

The twenty-third season of Saturday Night Live, an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between September 27, 1997, and May 9, 1998.

This season saw the deaths of two former cast members. Six weeks after hosting the October 25 episode, Chris Farley died of a speedball overdose. Two weeks after the season finale, long-time performer Phil Hartman was murdered by his wife who then committed suicide. Following their deaths, NBC aired two SNL specials as tributes to Farley and Hartman in dedication to their legacies.

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