List of Saturday Night Live incidents

As a live sketch comedy show, NBC's Saturday Night Live (officially abbreviated to SNL) has been the subject of numerous controversies and incidents since its inception in 1975. These have included controversial performers and content, technical problems, profanities (both intentional and accidental), and joke plagiarism accusations.

Several hosts and musical guests have received negative press due to their appearances on the program, including musician Sinéad O'Connor, comedian Andrew Dice Clay, and the bands Rage Against the Machine and Fear. These controversies have sometimes led to protests and picketing outside SNL's 30 Rockefeller Plaza production location, such as in the case of then-presidential candidate Donald Trump hosting the show in 2015. Frequently, controversial content and mishaps are edited out of syndicated reruns and online-distributed editions of the show. Some of these performers have been reportedly banned from appearing again by executive producer Lorne Michaels, such as Martin Lawrence and Steven Seagal.

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