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Live late-night comedy sketch show similar to "Saturday Night Live."

Sketches include "Friday Edition", "Police Gynecologist" (Michael Nesmith/William Dear film), "Los Angeles School for Doormen," Kenny Loggins performs "Keep the Fire" and "This Is It."

Sketches include:"Family Breaks the Fourth Wall," "Nauseating Spasms" (Tom Kramer film), and "Dick the Womanizer: Jeans Shopping". Graham Parker performs "Empty Lives" and "Stupefaction."

The Jam performs "Start!" and "Private Hell."

Sketches include "Bruce Mahler and Johann the Parakeet Play Violin," "Skunkman: The Bank Robbery," "Stranger Than Anything," and "Dick the Womanizer". The Boomtown Rats performs "Someone's Looking at You" and "I Don't Like Mondays."

Sketches include "Solly Mullin: Temp. Secretary of State," and "Dr. Pain, The Sadistic Chiropractor." Warren Zevon performs "Gorilla, You're a Desperado" and "Johnny Strikes Up the Band."

Boz Scaggs performs "Breakdown Dead Ahead" and "JoJo."

Sketches include "Johannes the Friday's Parakeet Needs Marijuana Seeds," "Bite the Bullet" (Tom Kramer short film), and "Western Saloon". Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers perform "Shadow of a Doubt" and "American Girl."

Sketches include "Urban Monster" and "Friday Edition." Eddie Money performs "Running Back" and "Trinidad."

Sketches include "The Ronny Horror Picture Show," "Nat E. Dred: The Rasta Gourmet," and" Steve Forbert performs "Romeo's Tune," and "Get Well Soon." NOTE: Reruns removed "The Ronny Horror Picture Show" due to the producer of The Rocky Horror Picture Show being against the parody.

Sketches include "Popeye's Got a Brand New Bag," "Nat E. Dred: The Rasta Gourmet," "Friday Edition," "Draft Lottery Sweepstakes" (Tom Kramer film), and "Frieda Mueller, Art Agent." The Plasmatics performs "Living Dead" and "Butcher Baby."

Sketches include "That Darn Reagan," "Drugs R' Us," "Friday Edition" and "Henny Youngman's Dressing Room". REO Speedwagon performs "Don't Let Him Go" and "Keep On Loving You"

Sketches include "Dick: The Punk Barbershop." The Jim Carroll Band performs "People Who Died," "Day and Night," and "It's Too Late."

Valerie Bertinelli (host). The Jim Carroll Band performs "People Who Died"" (and possibly "Wicked Gravity" and "Day and Night")

This is known as the infamous fistfight episode because of a staged fight at the end of the program orchestrated by guest host Andy Kaufman.

Sketches include "The Three Stooges: Atomic Bong." Kim Carnes performs "Cry Like a Baby" and "More Love."

Sketches include "Battle Boy," "Drugs R' Us: Delivery Girl," and "Atrocity at the Retirement House" (Tom Kramer film). Sir Douglas Quintet performs.

Billy Crystal hosts. Andy Kaufman appears in a videotaped apology.

David Steinberg hosts. The Marshall Tucker Band performs "This Time I Believe" and one other song.

Don Novello hosts, in character as Father Guido Sarducci. Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent Wilson, the singing duo "Dawn," appear with Sarducci. Jefferson Starship performs "Find Your Way Back" and "Jane."

Sketches include "Close Encounters of the Third World," "Nat E. Dred: Rastafarian Chef," "Friday Edition", "Men Who Hug," and "The Teenage Years".

Mark Hamill hosts. Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band perform "Margaritaville" and and "Stars Fell on Alabama."

George Hamilton hosts. Gary U.S. Bonds performs "This Little Girl," "Way Back When" and "Jole Blon."

Sketches include "Friday Edition," "Battle Boy," "A Night in Tehran (The Marx Brothers in Iran)," "Drugs R Us," "A Cop with 'Roids," and "Chicken Puppets". The Cars performs "Touch and Go," "Shoo Be Doo" and "Gimme Some Slack."

Sketches include "Skunkman," "Friday Edition," and "George Bargate: The Jehovah's Witnesses." Al Jarreau performs "Distracted" and "Spain (I Can Recall)."