Saturday Night Live (season 30)


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. This season was also home to many sketches focused on the 2004 U.S. Presidential election, but, unlike the 2000 election, 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. 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 and U.S. Marine. This would also be Riggle's only season on the show. In addition, SNL writer Jason Sudeikis 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 two-woman anchor team.

Cast roster

Repertory players
Featured players
bold denotes "Weekend Update" anchor

Writers

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

Episodes

Specials