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Saturday Night Live aired its twenty-second season during the 1996-1997 television season on NBC. The twenty-second season began on September 28 1996 and ended on May 17 1997 with 20 episodes in all.Many changes happened before the start of the season. David Koechner and Nancy Walls were both let go after one season with the show. David Spade left the show on his own terms.Ana Gasteyer and Tracy Morgan were hired to replace Koechner and Walls.