From 1980-1981, Saturday Night Dead was a weekly horror movie show that aired immediately after Saturday Night Live in Michigan, broadcast out of Detroit.

From 1980 until 1981, "Saturday Night Dead" was a weekly horror movie show that aired immediately after "Saturday Night Live" in Michigan (on WDIV Channel 4), broadcast out of Detroit. The introduction was a parody of the "Saturday Night Live" introduction of the time. Each week, they would show a classic horror or science fiction movie.—The Professor