Saturday Night Live season 35
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The thirty-fifth season of Saturday Night Live (also branded SNL 35), an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between September 26, 2009, and May 15, 2010.
A total of 22 episodes were broadcast during the show's eight-month-long season, which included a two-week break in February due to the 2010 Winter Olympics. The season was accompanied by three prime-time episodes of Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday and three prime-time SNL clip shows.
A notable moment of the season was when an
Cast
Prior to the start of the season, Darrell Hammond, who was the last cast member from the 1990s, left the show. At the time, Hammond became the longest-running cast member with a total of 14 seasons, though he would later be surpassed by Kenan Thompson in 2017. Following Hammond's departure, featured players Michaela Watkins and Casey Wilson were both let go from the show after the finale of the previous season. Wilson had been on the show for two seasons, while Watkins had been on for only one.[2] To account for the absences of Watkins and Wilson, the show brought in two new female featured players as replacements, comedian and writer Nasim Pedrad of The Groundlings and stand-up comic Jenny Slate.[3] Abby Elliott and Bobby Moynihan remained as featured players.
This would be the final season for longtime cast member Will Forte, who had been with the cast for 8 seasons since 2002.[4] This would also be the only season for featured player Jenny Slate, who was let go at the end of the season.
Cast roster
Repertory players |
Featured players
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bold denotes Weekend Update anchor
Writers
Episodes
No. overall | No. in season | Host | Musical guest | Original air date | Ratings/ Share | |
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659 | 1 | Megan Fox | U2 | September 26, 2009 | 4.6/11[3] | |
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660 | 2 | Ryan Reynolds | Lady Gaga | October 3, 2009 | 4.7/12[4] | |
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661 | 3 | Drew Barrymore | Regina Spektor | October 10, 2009 | 4.6/11[5] | |
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662 | 4 | Gerard Butler | Shakira | October 17, 2009 | 4.8/11[7] | |
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663 | 5 | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift | November 7, 2009 | 5.0/12[8] | |
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664 | 6 | The Black Eyed Peas | November 14, 2009 | 4.7/12[9] | ||
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665 | 7 | Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Dave Matthews Band | November 21, 2009 | 4.3/11[10] | |
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666 | 8 | Blake Lively | Rihanna | December 5, 2009 | 4.4/12[11] | |
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667 | 9 | Taylor Lautner | Bon Jovi | December 12, 2009 | 5.1/12[12] | |
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668 | 10 | James Franco | Muse | December 19, 2009 | 4.4/11[13] | |
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669 | 11 | Charles Barkley | Alicia Keys | January 9, 2010 | 4.4/19[14] | |
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670 | 12 | Sigourney Weaver | The Ting Tings | January 16, 2010 | 5.4/14[15] | |
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671 | 13 | Jon Hamm | Michael Bublé | January 30, 2010 | 5.0/12[16] | |
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672 | 14 | Ashton Kutcher | Them Crooked Vultures | February 6, 2010 | 5.3/13[17] | |
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673 | 15 | Jennifer Lopez | Jennifer Lopez | February 27, 2010 | 6.3/15[18] | |
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674 | 16 | Zach Galifianakis | Vampire Weekend | March 6, 2010 | 5.0/12[20] | |
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675 | 17 | Jude Law | Pearl Jam | March 13, 2010 | 4.5/11[21] | |
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676 | 18 | Tina Fey | Justin Bieber | April 10, 2010 | 5.7/14[23] | |
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677 | 19 | Ryan Phillippe | Ke$ha | April 17, 2010 | 5.2/13[24] | |
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678 | 20 | Gabourey Sidibe | MGMT | April 24, 2010 | 4.7/12[25] | |
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679 | 21 | Betty White | Jay-Z | May 8, 2010 | 8.8/21[29] | |
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680 | 22 | Alec Baldwin | Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | May 15, 2010 | 5.8/14[31] | |
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Specials
Title | Original air date | |
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"Saturday Night Live Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas" | December 17, 2009 | |
Holiday-themed sketches Delicious Dish and many more.
Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin make guest appearances. Kristen Wiig hosts as her character Gilly, with Will Forte, Kenan Thompson, Bobby Moynihan and Abby Elliott reprising their roles as the sketch's supporting characters. | ||
"Saturday Night Live Presents: Sports All-Stars" | January 31, 2010 | |
Will Forte and Jason Sudeikis host the show as Pete Twinkle and Greg Stink, their recurring ESPN Classic sports announcer characters. Sketches featuring appearances by professional athletes including: Peyton Manning, Derek Jeter, LeBron James, Michael Jordan, Tom Brady, Charles Barkley and others are shown (most of which previously appeared in last year's SNL clip show special about sports-related sketches). | ||
" Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again " | April 15, 2010 | |
The special featured insight on the show during the 2000s: topics discussed include Digital Shorts , its return from the WGA strike of 2007–2008, the introduction of new fan-favorite hosts like Justin Timberlake and Jon Hamm, and the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election.
Michael Shoemaker, Jason Sudeikis, Jorma Taccone, Kenan Thompson, Justin Timberlake, Christopher Walken and Kristen Wiig gave insight in the special. |
Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday
The second season of Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday, a limited-run series based on Saturday Night Live's "Weekend Update" sketch, aired in conjunction with this season. The show is hosted by Seth Meyers, Update's current host, and former Update co-host Amy Poehler. Like the sketch, the show is a parody of local news broadcasts and satirizes contemporary news stories and figures. As of June 2010, three episodes have aired. An additional three episodes were scheduled to air in spring 2010, but were scrapped.[32]
Episode number | Original airdate | Notes |
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Episode 1 | September 17, 2009 |
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Episode 2 | September 24, 2009 |
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Episode 3 | October 1, 2009 |
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MacGruber film
The first SNL film since 2000's
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