Saturday Night Live (season 32)

Saturday Night Live (season 32)
The title card for the thirty-second season of Saturday Night Live.
Country of origin United States
No. of episodes 20
Release
Original network NBC
Original release September 30, 2006 (2006-09-30) – May 19, 2007 (2007-05-19)
Season chronology

The thirty-second season of Saturday Night Live, an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between September 30, 2006, and May 19, 2007.

History

As in the previous season, The Lonely Island created another popular SNL Digital Short that aired around Christmas time; this time, it was the risqué, R&B video spoof "Dick in a Box" (featuring host Justin Timberlake). The short won a Creative Arts Emmy for Outstanding Music and Lyrics.[1][2]

Cast

Changes and notes

Before the start of the season, the show suffered massive budget cuts. Finesse Mitchell, Chris Parnell and Horatio Sanz were all fired from the show. This was the second time Parnell had been fired from the show due to budget cuts, the first being after the 2000–01 season ended. In addition, Rachel Dratch and Tina Fey left the show on their own terms to begin to work on 30 Rock.[3]

Bill Hader, Andy Samberg, Jason Sudeikis, and Kristen Wiig were all promoted to repertory status. Due to the budget cuts, this was the first time since the 1997–98 season that the show did not have any featured players or hire any new cast members.[3] These changes also resulted in the smallest cast in recent memory, comprising just 11 people.[4]

With Fey's departure, Seth Meyers became Amy Poehler's co-anchor on Weekend Update.[5] Don Roy King was hired as director, replacing Beth McCarthy-Miller.[3]

Cast roster

bold denotes Weekend Update anchor

Episodes

No.
overall		No. in
season		HostMusical guest(s)Original air date
6051Dane CookThe KillersSeptember 30, 2006

6062Jaime PresslyCorinne Bailey RaeOctober 7, 2006

6073John C. ReillyMy Chemical RomanceOctober 21, 2006

6084Hugh LaurieBeckOctober 28, 2006

6095Alec BaldwinChristina AguileraNovember 11, 2006

6106LudacrisLudacrisNovember 18, 2006

6117Matthew FoxTenacious DDecember 2, 2006

  • Tenacious D performs "Kickapoo" and "The Metal" from their album/feature film soundtrack "The Pick of Destiny." JR Reed cameos during the performance of "The Metal."
6128Annette BeningGwen Stefani & AkonDecember 9, 2006

6139Justin TimberlakeJustin TimberlakeDecember 16, 2006

61410Jake GyllenhaalThe ShinsJanuary 13, 2007

61511Jeremy PivenAFIJanuary 20, 2007

61612Drew BarrymoreLily AllenFebruary 3, 2007

  • Drew Barrymore (5th time hosting) reprises her role as Charlie McGee from the movie Firestarter for the "Firestarter Brand Smoked Sausages" commercial parody sketch.
  • Horatio Sanz makes a guest appearance as Elton John during the "Donatella Versace Super Bowl Special".
  • Lily Allen performs "Smile" and "LDN".
61713Forest WhitakerKeith UrbanFebruary 10, 2007

61814Rainn WilsonArcade FireFebruary 24, 2007

61915Julia Louis-DreyfusSnow PatrolMarch 17, 2007

  • This is Julia Louis-Dreyfus' second time as host.
  • Chris Rock appears in the cold open, giving his insight on the 2008 presidential election; he suggested that there would be no reason that America would not be ready for a black president because "...we just had a retarded one".
  • Snow Patrol performs "You're All I Have" and "Chasing Cars".
  • First installment of "La Rivista della Televisione" sketch and second appearance of Bill Hader's Vinny Vedecci character.
62016Peyton ManningCarrie UnderwoodMarch 24, 2007

62117Shia LaBeoufAvril LavigneApril 14, 2007

  • Alec Baldwin makes a cameo in the filmed commercial parody entitled "Hathaway Mustache Ride Company", written by James Downey.
  • Avril Lavigne performs "Girlfriend" and "I Can Do Better," and appears as Elle Fanning in the "Dakota Fanning Show" sketch.
62218Scarlett JohanssonBjörkApril 21, 2007

62319Molly ShannonLinkin ParkMay 12, 2007

62420Zach BraffMaroon 5May 19, 2007

Specials

TitleOriginal air date
"The Best of Darrell Hammond"November 4, 2006

This is the first (and only) time that a "Best Of" special was made while the cast member in question was still in the cast at the time.

Sketches include "Hardball," "Celebrity Jeopardy," "Meet The Press," "First Presidential Debate," "CBS Evening Anthrax Update," "Californians for Schwarzenegger," "Jesse Jackson," "Bill Kurtis Looping Session," "The O'Reilly Factor," "NBC Special Report," "Geraldo," "Guiliani's Press Conference," "Jimmy Carter in Cuba," "Ashcroft's Press Conference," "Celebration of Women Week," and "White House Friends."
"SNL in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation"May 6, 2007
Topics discussed include: Lorne Michaels preventing another Jean Doumanian-esque era by keeping his cast and repopulating the show with featured players (instead of letting the entire cast go and hiring new people), sketches centered on the 1992 U.S. Presidential election, how Wayne's World became popular on and off the show, SNL's raunchy turn with the hiring of Adam Sandler, David Spade, and Chris Farley, the departure of Phil Hartman, season 20 as yet another series low point, cast feuds, Lorne Michaels overhauling his show once again with new cast members and writers, how the female cast members gained prominence in a male-oriented show, SNL gaining popularity for its sketches on the Bill Clinton/Monica Lewinsky sex scandal and the upcoming U.S. election for the year 2000, and the famous "Blue Oyster Cult/More Cowbell" sketch from the season 25 Christopher Walken episode. Alec Baldwin, Dana Carvey, Tom Davis, James Downey, Jimmy Fallon, Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, Al Franken, Ana Gasteyer, John Goodman, Tim Herlihy, Chris Kattan, David Koechner, Norm Macdonald, Tim Meadows, Adam McKay, Lorne Michaels, Mike Myers, Kevin Nealon, Don Ohlmeyer, Cheri Oteri, Colin Quinn, Chris Rock, Molly Shannon, Sarah Silverman, Robert Smigel, David Spade, Julia Sweeney gave insight in the special.
"The Best of 2006-2007"May 5, 2007
This special aired as a compilation of some of the season's most memorable sketches. Because it aired before the season ended, no sketches from subsequent episodes hosted by Zach Braff and Molly Shannon were included in the special.

References

  1. ↑ ""Dick in a Box" is an Emmy Award Winner!". Paper. September 11, 2007. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  2. ↑ Faber, Judy (July 19, 2007). "Timberlake Emmy Nod For Raunchy TV Song". CBS News. Archived from the original on April 19, 2015. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 Carter, Bill (September 21, 2006). "Bowing to Budget Cuts at NBC, 'Saturday Night Live' Pares Five Performers". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 19, 2015. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  4. ↑ "'Saturday Night Live' Cuts Castmembers". Hollywood.com. September 20, 2006. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  5. ↑ Levin, Gary (September 29, 2006). "'SNL' will update its Weekend Update". USA Today. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
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