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Saturday Night Live
Season 32
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No. of episodes20
Release
Original network NBC
Original releaseSeptember 30, 2006 (2006-09-30) 
May 19, 2007 (2007-05-19)
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The thirty-second season of Saturday Night Live , an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between September 30, 2006, and May 19, 2007.

History

As in the previous season, The Lonely Island created another popular SNL Digital Short that aired around Christmas time; this time, it was the R&B video spoof "Dick in a Box" (featuring host Justin Timberlake). The short won a Creative Arts Emmy for Outstanding Music and Lyrics. [1] [2]

Cast

Before the start of the season, the show suffered "massive budget cuts" at NBC. Lorne Michaels said that cutting staff was chosen over reducing from 20 the number of original episodes produced. [3] As a result, longtime cast members Chris Parnell and Horatio Sanz, who had both been on the show for eight seasons since 1998, were fired from the show, along with Finesse Mitchell, who had been a cast member for three seasons since 2003. [4] This was the second time Parnell had been fired from the show due to budget cuts, the first being after the 2000–01 season ended. In addition, longtime cast members Rachel Dratch (who had been on the show for seven seasons since 1999) and Tina Fey (who had been a staff writer since 1997, and a cast member for six seasons since 2000) left the show on their own terms, as both were to begin work on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock . Dratch would end up being replaced on 30 Rock by actress Jane Krakowski. [5]

Bill Hader, Andy Samberg, Jason Sudeikis, and Kristen Wiig were all promoted to repertory status. [5] This was the smallest cast in recent memory, with only 11 people. [6]

With Fey's departure, Seth Meyers became Amy Poehler's co-anchor on Weekend Update. [7] [8] Don Roy King was hired as director, replacing Beth McCarthy-Miller. [5]

Cast roster

Repertory players

bold denotes Weekend Update anchor

Writers

With this season, Paula Pell (who had been a writer on the show since 1995) is named as a co-head writer, alongside Seth Meyers and Harper Steele. [9]

Future writing supervisors Marika Sawyer and John Solomon join the writing staff with this season. [9]

Longtime writer Jim Downey also returns to the writing staff this season. [9]

Lastly, this is the final season for longtime writer Matt Murray (who had been with the show since 2000), as he left the show after seven years. [10]

Episodes

No.
overall
No. in
season
HostMusical guest(s)Original release date
6051 Dane Cook The Killers September 30, 2006 (2006-09-30)

  • The Killers perform "When You Were Young" and "Bones", the latter with SNL Band members Lenny Pickett, Earl Gardner, and Steve Turre.
  • Brian Williams appears in a brief sketch immediately before Weekend Update; in it, Williams briefly talks to Poehler believing he would be the new co-anchor, and appearing visibly disappointed when Meyers revealed he was picked instead.
  • Seth Meyers' first episode as Weekend Update co-anchor.
  • Don Roy King's first episode as director.
6062 Jaime Pressly Corinne Bailey Rae October 7, 2006 (2006-10-07)

6073 John C. Reilly My Chemical Romance October 21, 2006 (2006-10-21)

6084 Hugh Laurie Beck October 28, 2006 (2006-10-28)

6095 Alec Baldwin Christina Aguilera November 11, 2006 (2006-11-11)

6106 Ludacris LudacrisNovember 18, 2006 (2006-11-18)

6117 Matthew Fox Tenacious D December 2, 2006 (2006-12-02)

  • Tenacious D performs "Kickapoo" and "The Metal", with JR Reed appearing during the latter performance.
6128 Annette Bening Gwen Stefani
Akon
December 9, 2006 (2006-12-09)

6139 Justin Timberlake Justin TimberlakeDecember 16, 2006 (2006-12-16)

61410 Jake Gyllenhaal The Shins January 13, 2007 (2007-01-13)

61511 Jeremy Piven AFI January 20, 2007 (2007-01-20)

  • AFI performs "Love Like Winter" and "Miss Murder".
  • Common appears in the "Blizzard Man" sketch.
  • A picture of Michael DiBari, a cameraman who had died of cancer earlier in the week, was shown before the goodnights.
61612 Drew Barrymore Lily Allen February 3, 2007 (2007-02-03)

61713 Forest Whitaker Keith Urban February 10, 2007 (2007-02-10)

61814 Rainn Wilson Arcade Fire February 24, 2007 (2007-02-24)

61915 Julia Louis-Dreyfus Snow Patrol March 17, 2007 (2007-03-17)

62016 Peyton Manning Carrie Underwood March 24, 2007 (2007-03-24)

  • Carrie Underwood performs "Before He Cheats" and "Wasted".
  • Archie Manning, Eli Manning, and Olivia Manning, Manning's father, brother, and mother, respectively, appear in the opening monologue. Additionally, Eli and Cooper Manning, Manning's other brother, appear during the goodnights, wheeling out a cake to celebrate the fact that Peyton Manning was hosting the show on his thirty-first birthday.
  • Dan Aykroyd appears on Weekend Update.
62117 Shia LaBeouf Avril Lavigne April 14, 2007 (2007-04-14)

62218 Scarlett Johansson Björk April 21, 2007 (2007-04-21)

62319 Molly Shannon Linkin Park May 12, 2007 (2007-05-12)

62420 Zach Braff Maroon 5 May 19, 2007 (2007-05-19)

Specials

""Dick in a Box" is an Emmy Award Winner!". Paper. September 11, 2007. Archived from the original on November 8, 2012. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  • Faber, Judy (July 19, 2007). "Timberlake Emmy Nod For Raunchy TV Song". CBS News. Archived from the original on April 19, 2015. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  • Carter, Bill (September 21, 2006). "Bowing to Budget Cuts at NBC, 'Saturday Night Live' Pares Five Performers". New York Times. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
  • "'SNL' cuts back for 32nd season". Zap2it.com. September 21, 2006. p. C11. Retrieved April 19, 2024 via Sun Journal.
  • 1 2 3 Carter, Bill (September 21, 2006). "Bowing to Budget Cuts at NBC, 'Saturday Night Live' Pares Five Performers". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 19, 2015. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  • "'Saturday Night Live' Cuts Castmembers". Hollywood.com. September 20, 2006. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  • Bauder, David (September 24, 2006). "Changes afoot on NBC's 'SNL'". Daily News. Associated Press. pp. 23D. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
  • Levin, Gary (September 29, 2006). "'SNL' will update its Weekend Update". USA Today. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  • 1 2 3 "Dane Cook/The Killers". Saturday Night Live. Season 32. Episode 1. September 30, 2006. Event occurs at Closing credits. NBC.
  • "Zach Braff/Maroon 5". Saturday Night Live. Season 32. Episode 20. May 19, 2007. Event occurs at Closing credits. NBC.
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