Overview
Saturday Night Live aired its sixth season during the 1980–1981 television season on NBC. Season six started on November 15, 1980 and ended on April 11, 1981, with only 13 episodes. This season was alternatively known as Saturday Night Live '80.
Episodes
Elliott Gould/Kid Creole and the Coconuts
Malcolm McDowell/Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band
Ellen Burstyn/Aretha Franklin
Jamie Lee Curtis/James Brown
David Carradine/Linda Ronstadt/Cast of 'The Pirates of Penzance'
Ray Sharkey/Jack Bruce and Friends
Karen Black/Cheap Trick, Stanley Clarke Trio
Robert Hays/14 Karat Soul, Joe 'King' Carrasco & The Crowns
Sally Kellerman/Jimmy Cliff
Deborah Harry/Funky 4 + 1 More
Charlene Tilton/Todd Rundgren, Prince
Bill Murray/Delbert McClinton
Chevy Chase/Jr. Walker and the All Stars
