Saturday Night Live season 24

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Saturday Night Live
Season 24
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No. of episodes19
Release
Original network NBC
Original releaseSeptember 26, 1998 (1998-09-26) 
May 15, 1999 (1999-05-15)
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The twenty-fourth season of Saturday Night Live , an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between September 26, 1998, and May 15, 1999.

Cast

Before the start of the season, Jim Breuer, who had been a cast member for three seasons since 1995, left the show on his own terms. [1] Following Breuer's departure, the show added three new featured players: stand-up comedian Jimmy Fallon, [2] [3] Chris Parnell, a performer with The Groundlings in Los Angeles, and Upright Citizens Brigade and Second City performer Horatio Sanz. [1]

Starting with this season, every new cast member is hired as a featured player before being promoted to Repertory; additionally, all featured players are credited for every episode, whether they appear or not.

Fallon, Parnell, and Sanz were all also promoted to repertory status during the following season.

Following the finale, no changes were made to the cast, and everyone returned for the next season.

Cast roster

bold denotes Weekend Update anchor

Writers

T. Sean Shannon joins the writing staff. [4] This was also Adam McKay's last season as head writer, but he would return to the show the next season. [5]

Episodes

No.
overall
No. in
season
HostMusical guest(s)Original release date
4471 Cameron Diaz The Smashing Pumpkins September 26, 1998 (1998-09-26)

4482 Kelsey Grammer Sheryl Crow October 3, 1998 (1998-10-03)

4493 Lucy Lawless Elliott Smith October 17, 1998 (1998-10-17)

4504 Ben Stiller Alanis Morissette October 24, 1998 (1998-10-24)

4515 David Spade Eagle-Eye Cherry November 7, 1998 (1998-11-07)

  • Eagle-Eye Cherry performs "Save Tonight".
  • Brad Pitt appeared in the cold opening where David Spade visits his therapist (played by Pitt) about his overwhelming fame.
  • Former cast member Chris Rock cameoed in a Mango sketch as an admirer of a new dancer named Kiwi (played by David Spade).
4526 Joan Allen Jewel November 14, 1998 (1998-11-14)

4537 Jennifer Love Hewitt Beastie Boys November 21, 1998 (1998-11-21)

4548 Vince Vaughn Lauryn Hill December 5, 1998 (1998-12-05)

4559 Alec Baldwin Luciano Pavarotti
Vanessa Williams
Philadelphia Boys Choir & Chorale
December 12, 1998 (1998-12-12)

45610 Bill Paxton Beck January 9, 1999 (1999-01-09)

45711 James Van Der Beek Everlast January 16, 1999 (1999-01-16)

45812 Gwyneth Paltrow Barenaked Ladies February 6, 1999 (1999-02-06)

45913 Brendan Fraser Busta Rhymes
The Roots
February 13, 1999 (1999-02-13)

46014 Bill Murray Lucinda Williams February 20, 1999 (1999-02-20)

  • Lucinda Williams performs "Can't Let Go" and "2 Kool 2 Be 4-gotten".
  • Former castmember (and co-star of Caddyshack ) Chevy Chase appeared in the "Quotable Caddyshack" sketch to re-enact his one scene with Bill Murray.
  • Stephanie Seymour cameoed in the "Ladies Man" cold open.
  • Rebroadcasts the "Swill" commercial parody from Season 3 (10/08/1977), starring Bill Murray.
46115 Ray Romano The Corrs March 13, 1999 (1999-03-13)

46216 Drew Barrymore Garbage March 20, 1999 (1999-03-20)

46317 John Goodman Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers April 10, 1999 (1999-04-10)

  • Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers performs "Swingin'" and "Room at the Top".
  • Writer and future cast member Tina Fey appears as a fake audience member interrupting the host during the monologue.
46418 Cuba Gooding Jr. Ricky Martin May 8, 1999 (1999-05-08)

46519 Sarah Michelle Gellar Backstreet Boys May 15, 1999 (1999-05-15)

Specials

"Goat Boy leaves the herd as three join 'SNL' cast". Record-Journal. August 14, 1998. p. 2. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  • Bloch, Judd (November 2000). "Saturday Night Special". Spin . pp. 137–138. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  • Levy, Ariel (October 18, 1999). "Not Jerry Seinfeld". New York Magazine. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  • "Cameron Diaz/The Smashing Pumpkins". Saturday Night Live. Season 24. Episode 01. September 26, 1998. Event occurs at Closing credits. NBC.
  • "Jerry Seinfeld/David Bowie". Saturday Night Live. Season 25. Episode 01. October 2, 1999. Event occurs at Closing credits. NBC.
  • "Weekend Box Office". Los Angeles Times. October 6, 1998. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  • "A Night at the Roxbury". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
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