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.
All Episodes
S6 E1: Elliott Gould/Kid Creole and the Coconuts
S6 E2: Malcolm McDowell/Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band
S6 E3: Ellen Burstyn/Aretha Franklin
S6 E4: Jamie Lee Curtis/James Brown
S6 E5: David Carradine/Linda Ronstadt/Cast of 'The Pirates of Penzance'
S6 E6: Ray Sharkey/Jack Bruce and Friends
S6 E7: Karen Black/Cheap Trick, Stanley Clarke Trio
S6 E8: Robert Hays/14 Karat Soul, Joe 'King' Carrasco & The Crowns