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Saturday Night Live | |
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Season 31 | |
No. of episodes | 19 |
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Original network | NBC |
Original release | October 1, 2005 – May 20, 2006 |
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The thirty-first season of Saturday Night Live , an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between October 1, 2005, and May 20, 2006. 19 episodes were produced (rather than the usual 20) due to the 2006 Winter Olympic Games and network budget cuts.
This season was the first to broadcast in high-definition (HD), after 30 years of broadcasting in standard definition. [1]
Repertory players | Featured players
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bold denotes Weekend Update anchor
There were three head writers for the 31st season: Andrew Steel, [2] Tina Fey and Seth Meyers.
Future cast member Colin Jost joined the writing staff this season.
No. overall | No. in season | Host | Musical guest | Original air date | |
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586 | 1 | Steve Carell | Kanye West | October 1, 2005 | |
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587 | 2 | Jon Heder | Ashlee Simpson | October 8, 2005 | |
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588 | 3 | Catherine Zeta-Jones | Franz Ferdinand | October 22, 2005 | |
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589 | 4 | Lance Armstrong | Sheryl Crow | October 29, 2005 | |
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590 | 5 | Jason Lee | Foo Fighters | November 12, 2005 | |
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591 | 6 | Eva Longoria | Korn | November 19, 2005 | |
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592 | 7 | Dane Cook | James Blunt | December 3, 2005 | |
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593 | 8 | Alec Baldwin | Shakira | December 10, 2005 | |
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594 | 9 | Jack Black | Neil Young | December 17, 2005 | |
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595 | 10 | Scarlett Johansson | Death Cab for Cutie | January 14, 2006 | |
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596 | 11 | Peter Sarsgaard | The Strokes | January 21, 2006 | |
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597 | 12 | Steve Martin | Prince | February 4, 2006 | |
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598 | 13 | Natalie Portman | Fall Out Boy | March 4, 2006 | |
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599 | 14 | Matt Dillon | Arctic Monkeys | March 11, 2006 | |
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600 | 15 | Antonio Banderas | Mary J. Blige | April 8, 2006 | |
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601 | 16 | Lindsay Lohan | Pearl Jam | April 15, 2006 | |
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602 | 17 | Tom Hanks | Red Hot Chili Peppers | May 6, 2006 | |
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603 | 18 | Julia Louis-Dreyfus | Paul Simon | May 13, 2006 | |
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604 | 19 | Kevin Spacey | Nelly Furtado | May 20, 2006 | |
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Title | Original air date | |
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"The Best of David Spade" | October 15, 2005 | |
The special presented material featuring David Spade during his stint on the show. Sketches include "Dick Clark's Receptionist", "Gap Girls", "Total Bastard Airlines", "Spade in America", "Stewart Release", "Salon", "Stunt Double", Sean Penn's Celebrity Roast", "Peer Pressure at Valley High", "Dirtball and Burnout Convention", "Karl's Video", "NCI Long Distance", "The Road to Self-Improvement", and "Hollywood Minute". | ||
"The Best of SNL Commercial Parodies" | November 5, 2005 | |
The special presented commercial parodies featured on the show. | ||
"Lost & Found: SNL in the '80s" | November 13, 2005 | |
Topics of the special include: the Jean Doumanian era as one of SNL's many critical and ratings low points, the cancellation, retooling, and reviving of SNL courtesy of Dick Ebersol and Doumanian-era stand-outs Eddie Murphy and Joe Piscopo, Murphy and Piscopo emerging as the driving force behind Ebersol's 1981-1984 seasons, Ebersol picking a new cast for season 10 after the departure of Murphy and Piscopo, Lorne Michaels returning to the show and hiring a young cast of semi-famous actors and actresses and the harsh critical response from that decision leading to yet another threat of cancellation, and the second golden age of SNL with season 11 survivors Nora Dunn, Jon Lovitz, A. Whitney Brown, and Dennis Miller and new cast members Dana Carvey, Phil Hartman, Victoria Jackson, Jan Hooks, Kevin Nealon, and Mike Myers. James Belushi, A. Whitney Brown, Dana Carvey, Billy Crystal, Denny Dillon, Robin Duke, Nora Dunn, Dick Ebersol, Al Franken, Gilbert Gottfried, Mary Gross, Victoria Jackson, Tim Kazurinsky, Gary Kroeger, Neil Levy, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jon Lovitz, Gail Matthius, Lorne Michaels, Kevin Nealon, Conan O'Brien, Joe Piscopo, Martin Short, Robert Smigel, Terry Sweeney and Bob Tischler gave insight for the special. | ||
"The Best of TV Funhouse" | April 29, 2006 | |
The special presented TV Funhouse material featured on the show. The special was hosted by The Ambiguously Gay Duo, Ace and Gary. Jimmy Fallon cameos near the end of the show. Sketches include "The Ambiguously Gay Duo", "The All-New Adventures of Mr. T", "Fun With Real Audio", "E! Cartoons' The Smurfette Show", "The X-Presidents", "The Religetables" (DVD version only) and "Conspiracy Theory Rock" (DVD version only). |
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