Saturday night live book read 9 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers on october 11 1975 at 1130 pm nbc viewers who tuned in to t. Part encyclopedia and part behind the scenes tour saturday night live the book covers both the making of the show and its remarkable history features include over 2300 images from snls archives many previously unpublished an illustrated breakdown of the 6 day week at snl through the years . Book design for a visual history of the legendary sketch comedy show saturday night live saturday night live premiered on nbc on october 11 1975 at 1130 pm and quickly changed the landscape of late night television and modern comedy. 109 books based on 89 votes bossypants by tina fey yes please by amy poehler live from new york an oral history of saturday night live by tom shales. Live from new york by james andrew miller and tom shales was first published in time for saturday night lives 30th anniversaryten years later more than 100 pages of new material was added to the book to commemorate the 40th anniversary the book is an oral history made up of hundreds of interviews with writers crew cast hosts and executives