List of Saturday Night Live writers

The following is a list of Saturday Night Live writers.

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.

Seasons: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 Note: Beginning with the ninth episode of this season, the head writer receives a "head writer" credit for the first time since the 1985-86 season instead of "writing supervisor," and the "creative consultant" credit is renamed "writing supervisor."

Note: Beginning with the show's forty-third season, Weekend Update writers were credited separately from the rest of the writing staff.

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 and The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien .
Adam McKay , the head writer from 1996–99.
Tina Fey , the head writer from 1999–06.
Seth Meyers
Seth Meyers , the head writer from 2005–2014
Streeter Seidell