Saturday Night Live (season 29)


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.

Cast

Before the start of the season, Dean Edwards, Chris Kattan and Tracy Morgan 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, as well as the first SNL cast member to have gotten his start on a mainstream children's show.
This was the final season for both Jeff Richards and Jimmy Fallon.

Cast roster

Repertory players
Featured players
bold denotes "Weekend Update" anchor

Writers

Future cast member Jason Sudeikis is hired as a writer this season.

Episodes

Specials