Saturday Night Live (season 29)
| The title card for the twenty-ninth season of Saturday Night Live. | |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | October 4, 2003 – May 15, 2004 |
The twenty-ninth season of Saturday Night Live, an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between October 4, 2003, and May 15, 2004.
History
This season also marked the debut of a brand new stage for the host's monologue and the musical guest performing stage. Instead of the wrought-iron fire escape motif with the blinking "ON AIR" light, the stages are now modeled after Grand Central Terminal (right down to the spherical clock).
Cast
Before the start of the season, Dean Edwards, Chris Kattan and Tracy Morgan[1] left the show. Despite Kattan and Morgan's departure, the two would make guest appearances in several episodes throughout the season and Morgan would later host in 2009 and 2015.
Before the season started, Will Forte, Seth Meyers and Jeff Richards were all promoted to repertory status, while Fred Armisen remained a featured player.
The show added two new African-American cast members: stand-up comedian Finesse Mitchell and Kenan Thompson, a former child star from the Nickelodeon comedy shows All That and Kenan & Kel. Thompson became the first SNL cast member to be born after the show's premiere in 1975 (Thompson was born in 1978), as well as the first SNL cast member to have gotten his start on a mainstream children's show (Denny Dillon and Dennis Miller also got their starts on children's shows, but Dillon starred on a short-lived Saturday morning NBC sketch show while Miller starred on a children's show that was shown on a local station in his native Pittsburgh).
This was the final season for both Jeff Richards (who quit mid-season over creative differences)[2] and Jimmy Fallon (who decided to leave the show after the final episode).[3]
Cast
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Repertory players
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Featured players |
bold denotes "Weekend Update" anchor
Writers
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Future cast member Jason Sudeikis is hired as a writer this season.
Episodes
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| No. overall |
No. in season |
Host(s) | Musical guest(s) | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 546 | 1 | Jack Black | John Mayer | October 4, 2003 |
| 547 | 2 | Justin Timberlake | Justin Timberlake | October 11, 2003 |
| 548 | 3 | Halle Berry | Britney Spears | October 18, 2003 |
| 549 | 4 | Kelly Ripa | Outkast | November 1, 2003 |
| 550 | 5 | Andy Roddick | Dave Matthews & Friends | November 8, 2003 |
| 551 | 6 | Alec Baldwin | Missy Elliott | November 15, 2003 |
| 552 | 7 | Al Sharpton | Pink | December 6, 2003 |
| 553 | 8 | Elijah Wood | Jet | December 13, 2003 |
| 554 | 9 | Jennifer Aniston | The Black Eyed Peas | January 10, 2004 |
| 555 | 10 | Jessica Simpson Nick Lachey |
G-Unit | January 17, 2004 |
| 556 | 11 | Megan Mullally | Clay Aiken | February 7, 2004 |
| 557 | 12 | Drew Barrymore | Kelis | February 14, 2004 |
| 558 | 13 | Christina Aguilera | Maroon 5 | February 21, 2004 |
| 559 | 14 | Colin Firth | Norah Jones | March 6, 2004 |
| 560 | 15 | Ben Affleck | N*E*R*D | March 13, 2004 |
| 561 | 16 | Donald Trump | Toots & the Maytals featuring Ben Harper, Jack Johnson, Bootsy Collins, and The Roots | April 3, 2004 |
| 562 | 17 | Janet Jackson | Janet Jackson | April 10, 2004 |
| 563 | 18 | Lindsay Lohan | Usher | May 1, 2004 |
| 564 | 19 | Snoop Dogg | Avril Lavigne | May 8, 2004 |
| 565 | 20 | Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen | J-Kwon | May 15, 2004 |
Specials
| Title | Original air date |
|---|---|
| "The Best of Chris Kattan" | September 27, 2003 |
| "The Best of Tracy Morgan" | October 25, 2003 |
| "The Best of Will Ferrell, Volume 2" | December 20, 2003 |
| "The Best of Christopher Walken" | May 22, 2004 |
