Ebersol approached Lorne Michaels, who pitched the idea of a comedy variety show with musical guests. Then-NBC head Herb Schlosser tapped Dick Ebersol to develop a new show for the timeslot. By 1974, Carson was hoping for more time off, and asked NBC to stop airing reruns on weekends, so that they could be rerun on weekdays, allowing him further time off. This was dependent, however, on Carson continuing to record shows with sufficient frequency to leave shows available for rerun. From 1965 until SNL began in 1975, this timeslot was filled with reruns of The Tonight Show (which occupied the timeslot on weekdays). Saturday Night Live was born from NBC's desire to place original programming in the 11:30 PM Saturday timeslot. 1.10 Seventh generation (seasons 39-present).
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