Saturday Night Live (season 40)

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The title card for Saturday Night Live – season 40, showing New York skyscrapers.
Country of origin United States
No. of episodes 21
Release
Original network NBC
Original release September 27, 2014 (2014-09-27) – May 16, 2015 (2015-05-16)
Season chronology
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List of Saturday Night Live episodes

Saturday Night Live premiered its fortieth season during the 2014–15 television season on NBC. The season premiered on September 27, 2014, with host Chris Pratt and musical guest Ariana Grande and came to a conclusion on May 16, 2015, with host Louis C.K. and musical guest Rihanna. Former cast member Darrell Hammond succeeded Don Pardo, who had died in August,[1] as the show's new announcer.[2] The premiere included an interstitial photograph of Pardo – SNL's announcer since it premiered in 1975 (with the exception of season 7 and episode 14 of season 21 – where Hammond took his place).[3]

Cast

As part of an ongoing rebuilding process, which producer Lorne Michaels indicated would result in cast changes for the 2014–15 season,[4] a number of changes were announced: Nasim Pedrad departed after five seasons to star on the Lorne Michaels-produced sitcom Mulaney,[5] while John Milhiser, Noël Wells, and Brooks Wheelan were let go after one season.[6][7] Additionally, Mike O'Brien, a writer for the show for four seasons before joining the cast at the start of the previous season, returned to the writers' room.[8]

Two comedians joined the cast at the start of the season: stand-up comic Pete Davidson, the first SNL cast member to have been born in the 1990s,[9] and former SNL writer Michael Che as a Weekend Update co-anchor, replacing Cecily Strong, who remained in the cast.[10] Che left SNL at the end of the previous season to become a correspondent on The Daily Show.[11] After making appearances on Weekend Update and in several sketches, writer Leslie Jones was promoted to the cast on October 20, 2014 as a featured player.[12]

Coinciding with the show's fortieth anniversary, SNL introduced a new logo created by design firm Pentagram.[13]

Cast roster

Writers

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Main article: List of Saturday Night Live writers § season 40 (2014–15)

Prior to the start of the season, five new writers were hired:

This was the final season for Mike O'Brien, who joined the writing staff in 2009 and Claire Mulaney, who joined the staff in 2013, as well as the only season for writers Natasha Rothwell, Nick Rutherford, and Alison Rich.[17]

Episodes

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Main article: List of Saturday Night Live episodes
No.
overall		 No. in
season		 Host Musical guest(s) Original air date Ratings/
Share
767 1 Chris Pratt Ariana Grande September 27, 2014 (2014-09-27) 4.0/10[18]
768 2 Sarah Silverman Maroon 5 October 4, 2014 (2014-10-04) 3.9/10[19]
769 3 Bill Hader Hozier October 11, 2014 (2014-10-11) 3.8/10[20]
770 4 Jim Carrey Iggy Azalea October 25, 2014 (2014-10-25) 4.1/10[21]
771 5 Chris Rock Prince November 1, 2014 (2014-11-01) 4.9/10[22]
772 6 Woody Harrelson Kendrick Lamar November 15, 2014 (2014-11-15) 4.1/10[23]
773 7 Cameron Diaz Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars November 22, 2014 (2014-11-22) 4.1/10[24]
774 8 James Franco Nicki Minaj December 6, 2014 (2014-12-06) 4.4/10[25]
775 9 Martin Freeman Charli XCX December 13, 2014 (2014-12-13) 3.9/10[26]
776 10 Amy Adams One Direction December 20, 2014 (2014-12-20) 4.0/10[27]
777 11 Kevin Hart Sia January 17, 2015 (2015-01-17) 4.1/10[28]
778 12 Blake Shelton Blake Shelton January 24, 2015 (2015-01-24) 4.7/10[29]
779 13 J. K. Simmons D'Angelo January 31, 2015 (2015-01-31) 4.3/10[30]
780 14 Dakota Johnson Alabama Shakes February 28, 2015 (2015-02-28) 3.8/9[31]
781 15 Chris Hemsworth Zac Brown Band March 7, 2015 (2015-03-07) 4.0/10[32]
782 16 Dwayne Johnson George Ezra March 28, 2015 (2015-03-28) 3.7/9[33]
783 17 Michael Keaton Carly Rae Jepsen April 4, 2015 (2015-04-04) 3.7/9[34]
784 18 Taraji P. Henson Mumford & Sons April 11, 2015 (2015-04-11) 3.8/10[35]
785 19 Scarlett Johansson Wiz Khalifa May 2, 2015 (2015-05-02) 3.4/9[36]
786 20 Reese Witherspoon Florence + the Machine May 9, 2015 (2015-05-09) 3.7/10[37]
787 21 Louis C.K. Rihanna May 16, 2015 (2015-05-16) 3.8/10[38]

Specials

Title Original air date US viewers
(millions)
"SNL's NFL Saturday" January 31, 2015 (2015-01-31) 3.80[39]
"An SNL Valentine" February 14, 2015 (2015-02-14) N/A
"SNL 40th Red Carpet Live" February 15, 2015 (2015-02-15) N/A
"Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special" February 15, 2015 (2015-02-15) 23.1 (Live+SD); 26.5 (Live+3)[1]; 5.1 million (repeat)[2])[40]

References

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