Let's be brutally honest: this show is a footnote in television history, and not even an interesting one. It ran for 18 episodes in 1975, got cancelled, and is primarily remembered for forcing NBC's Saturday Night (the Lorne Michaels show we all actually know and love) to wait until it died before claiming the full 'Saturday Night Live' name.
The 5.4 IMDb rating tells you everything—this wasn't good even by 1975 standards. And here's the kicker: it's never been released on home video or streaming, so you literally cannot watch it even if you had some bizarre desire to see Howard Cosell host a variety show.
For Screenwise purposes, this scores abysmally low because the whole point is to recommend media kids (and families) will actually want to engage with. This is unwatchable in the most literal sense—it doesn't exist in any accessible format—and even if it did, it would be a chore to sit through.
If you're looking for classic sketch comedy to share with your kids, watch the actual SNL's best-of compilations or classic episodes from the Belushi/Aykroyd era. This? This is a trivia answer, not a recommendation.



