Saturday Night Live (season 30)

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The title card for the thirtieth season of Saturday Night Live.
Country of origin United States
No. of episodes 20
Release
Original network NBC
Original release October 2, 2004 (2004-10-02) – May 21, 2005 (2005-05-21)
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List of Saturday Night Live episodes

The thirtieth season of Saturday Night Live, an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between October 2, 2004, and May 21, 2005.

History

This season was notable for a lip-syncing gaffe by Ashlee Simpson during her second performance (on the episode hosted by Jude Law). This season was also home to many sketches focused on the 2004 U.S. Presidential election, but, unlike the 2000 election (and later, the elections for 2008 and 2016), there was little to no media coverage about the sketches.

A minor change was made to the show's logo this season: The SATURDAYNIGHTLIVE text, while in the same typeface, had the words spaced separately.

Cast

Before the start of this season, Jimmy Fallon left the show.[1] In the wake of his departure, Fred Armisen was promoted to repertory status, while Finesse Mitchell and Kenan Thompson remained featured players.

New cast members this season included Rob Riggle, an improv comedian (at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater) and U.S. Marine (making him the first and, as of 2019, only SNL cast member to serve in the Marines). This would also be Riggle's only season on the show. In addition, SNL writer Jason Sudeikis (who appeared in many bit roles before joining the cast) joined the cast as a featured player for the last three episodes of the season.

With Fallon gone, Amy Poehler became Tina Fey's co-anchor on Weekend Update, making Fey and Poehler the first and, through at least season 46, only two-woman anchor team.

Cast

bold denotes "Weekend Update" anchor

Writers

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Near the end of the season, writer Jason Sudeikis left the writing staff to join the cast.

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
566 1 Ben Affleck Nelly October 2, 2004 (2004-10-02)
567 2 Queen Latifah Queen Latifah October 9, 2004 (2004-10-09)
568 3 Jude Law Ashlee Simpson October 23, 2004 (2004-10-23)
569 4 Kate Winslet Eminem October 30, 2004 (2004-10-30)
570 5 Liam Neeson Modest Mouse November 13, 2004 (2004-11-13)
571 6 Luke Wilson U2 November 20, 2004 (2004-11-20)
572 7 Colin Farrell Scissor Sisters December 11, 2004 (2004-12-11)
573 8 Robert De Niro Destiny's Child December 18, 2004 (2004-12-18)
574 9 Topher Grace The Killers January 15, 2005 (2005-01-15)
575 10 Paul Giamatti Ludacris featuring Sum 41 January 22, 2005 (2005-01-22)
576 11 Paris Hilton Keane February 5, 2005 (2005-02-05)
577 12 Jason Bateman Kelly Clarkson February 12, 2005 (2005-02-12)
578 13 Hilary Swank 50 Cent February 19, 2005 (2005-02-19)
579 14 David Spade Jack Johnson March 12, 2005 (2005-03-12)
580 15 Ashton Kutcher Gwen Stefani March 19, 2005 (2005-03-19)
581 16 Cameron Diaz Green Day April 9, 2005 (2005-04-09)
582 17 Tom Brady Beck April 16, 2005 (2005-04-16)
583 18 Johnny Knoxville System of a Down May 7, 2005 (2005-05-07)
584 19 Will Ferrell Queens of the Stone Age May 14, 2005 (2005-05-14)
585 20 Lindsay Lohan Coldplay May 21, 2005 (2005-05-21)

Specials

Title Original air date
"The Best of Cheri Oteri" September 4, 2004 (2004-09-04)
"The Best of Jon Lovitz" September 25, 2004 (2004-09-25)
"The Best of Jimmy Fallon" October 16, 2004 (2004-10-16)
"Presidential Bash 2004: The Great Debates" November 1, 2004 (2004-11-01)
"The Best of Tom Hanks" November 6, 2004 (2004-11-06)
"Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live" February 20, 2005 (2005-02-20)
"The Best Of Alec Baldwin" May 28, 2005 (2005-05-28)

References

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External links

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