Saturday Night Live season 28

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Saturday Night Live
Season 28
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No. of episodes20
Release
Original network NBC
Original releaseOctober 5, 2002 (2002-10-05) –
May 17, 2003 (2003-05-17)
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Cast of 02/03. Back row from left to right: Richards, Edwards, Armisen, Kattan, Sanz, Fallon, Poehler, Forte and Dratch. Front row from left to right: Meyers, Morgan, Rudolph, Fey, Hammond and Parnell. Cast2002.jpg
Cast of 02/03. Back row from left to right: Richards, Edwards, Armisen, Kattan, Sanz, Fallon, Poehler, Forte and Dratch. Front row from left to right: Meyers, Morgan, Rudolph, Fey, Hammond and Parnell.

The twenty-eighth season of Saturday Night Live , an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between October 5, 2002 and May 17, 2003.

Contents

Cast

Fred Armisen and Will Forte were brought on as featured players in the wake of Will Ferrell's and Ana Gasteyer's departures in the previous season. [1]

This season was also the final for Chris Kattan and Tracy Morgan. [2] [3] Dean Edwards did not return the following year. [4]

bold denotes Weekend Update anchor

Writers

Episodes

No.
overall		No. in
season		HostMusical guest(s)Original air date
5261 Matt Damon Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band October 5, 2002 (2002-10-05)

  • Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band perform "Lonesome Day" with Soozie Tyrell for the first musical segment. Bruce Springsteen performs "You're Missing" alone on a piano in the second musical segment.
    • Earlier in the day, Springsteen rehearses, but ultimately does not play, "My Hometown" alone on a piano.
  • Jim Cummings performed voiceover work in the "Smurfette Show" TV Funhouse sketch.
  • Fred Armisen and Will Forte's first episode as cast members.
5272 Sarah Michelle Gellar Faith Hill October 12, 2002 (2002-10-12)

  • Faith Hill performs "Cry" and "Free", and appears during the "No Wrestling" sketch.
5283 John McCain The White Stripes October 19, 2002 (2002-10-19)

5294 Eric McCormack Jay-Z November 2, 2002 (2002-11-02)

5305 Nia Vardalos Eve November 9, 2002 (2002-11-09)

  • Eve performed "Gangsta Lovin'" and "Satisfaction", and appears during the "Dropping The L.B.'s With Missy E" sketch.
  • Tina Fey's mother Jean Fey appears during the opening monologue.
5316 Brittany Murphy Nelly November 16, 2002 (2002-11-16)

5327 Robert De Niro Norah Jones December 7, 2002 (2002-12-07)

5338 Al Gore Phish December 14, 2002 (2002-12-14)

5349 Jeff Gordon Avril Lavigne January 11, 2003 (2003-01-11)

53510 Ray Liotta The Donnas January 18, 2003 (2003-01-18)

  • The Donnas perform "Take It Off" and "Who Invited You".
53611 Matthew McConaughey Dixie Chicks February 8, 2003 (2003-02-08)

53712 Jennifer Garner Beck February 15, 2003 (2003-02-15)

53813 Christopher Walken Foo Fighters February 22, 2003 (2003-02-22)

53914 Queen Latifah Ms. Dynamite March 8, 2003 (2003-03-08)

54015 Salma Hayek Christina Aguilera March 15, 2003 (2003-03-15)

  • Christina Aguilera performs "Beautiful" and "Fighter", and appears during the "Versace Oscar Fashion Preview" sketch.
  • Edward Norton appears during the opening monologue.
54116 Bernie Mac Good Charlotte April 5, 2003 (2003-04-05)

54217 Ray Romano Zwan April 12, 2003 (2003-04-12)

  • Zwan performs "Lyric" and "Settle Down".
54318 Ashton Kutcher 50 Cent May 3, 2003 (2003-05-03)

54419 Adrien Brody Sean Paul
Wayne Wonder 		May 10, 2003 (2003-05-10)

54520 Dan Aykroyd Beyoncé May 17, 2003 (2003-05-17)

  • Beyoncé performs "Crazy in Love" with Jay-Z and "Dangerously in Love".
  • Jim Belushi appears during the opening monologue.
  • Chris Kattan's father Kip King appears during the "Rialto Grande" sketch.
  • John Goodman appears during "The Falconer" sketch, the "Donatella Versace Backyard Barbeque" sketch, and the "La Cuisina Canina" sketch.
  • Aykroyd brought in Tom Davis, one of the show's original writers, to help write this episode. [6]
  • Aykroyd becomes the first SNL cast member to have a long gap between leaving the show as a cast member and returning to host at nearly 24 years (and, as of 2019, is the third and most recent cast member from the show's "Not Ready for Primetime" era [1975-1980] to come back and host).
  • Dean Edwards, Chris Kattan and Tracy Morgan's final episode as cast members.

Specials

TitleOriginal air date
"The Best of Will Ferrell"September 28, 2002 (2002-09-28)
Sketches include: "Alta Dena Mandatory Drug Assembly", "Cow Bell", "Dissin' Your Dog", "Spartan Cheerleaders", "The Coconuts Bangers Ball: It's A Rap!", "Celebrity Jeopardy", "Inside The Actors Studio", "Space, The Infinite Frontier with Harry Caray", "Luvahs at the Welshly Arm Motel", "Roxbury Guys", "The Replacement Nude Model", "Tension Dinner" and "Jacob Silj".
"SNL Christmas 2002"December 17, 2002 (2002-12-17)
Holiday-themed sketches from past episodes are aired. Jimmy Fallon and Tina Fey host.
Weekend Update Halftime SpecialJanuary 26, 2003 (2003-01-26)
Weekend Update Halftime Special, timed to compete with the Super Bowl XXXVII halftime show.

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References

  1. ↑ "Armisen, Forte to join 'Saturday Night Live' cast". Middleboro Daily News. Associated Press. October 4, 2002. p. 2-A. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
  2. ↑ Susman, Gary (May 8, 2003). "Chris Kattan is leaving SNL". EW.com. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
  3. ↑ Rowland, Marijike (October 4, 2002). "Tracy Morgan moves from 'SNL' to sitcom". Modesto Bee. pp. D14 – via The Vindicator.
  4. ↑ Wright, Megh (March 26, 2013). "Saturday Night's Children: Dean Edwards (2001-2003)". Vulture. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Phish Plays Saturday Night Live On December 14". Phish. November 14, 2002. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
  6. ↑ Davis, Tom (2009). Thirty-nine Years of Short-term Memory Loss . Grove Press. p.  173. ISBN   978-0-8021-1880-6. When Dan Aykroyd hosted the show in 2003, he brought me along. It was great fun writing and getting stuff on again; it was a terrific show.
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