When the first show aired on October 11, 1975 with George Carlin as its host, it was called "NBC's Saturday Night" because ABC featured a program at the same time titled "Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell". After ABC cancelled the Cosell program in 1976, the NBC program changed its name to "Saturday Night Live" on March 26, 1977 (and subsequently picked up Bill Murray from Cosell's show in 1977, as well). Every night, Don Pardo introduced the cast, a job he'd hold for 39 years until his death in 2014.