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Saturday Night Live season 32

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.

Saturday Night Live
Season 32
The title card for the thirty-second season of Saturday Night Live.
No. of episodes20
Release
Original networkNBC
Original releaseSeptember 30, 2006 (2006-09-30) –
May 19, 2007 (2007-05-19)
Season chronology
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season 33
List of episodes

History

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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

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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, was 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

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Repertory players

bold denotes Weekend Update anchor

Writers

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Main article: List of Saturday Night Live writers § season 32

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

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Main article: List of Saturday Night Live episodes
No.
overall		No. in
season		HostMusical guest(s)Original air date
6051Dane CookThe KillersSeptember 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.
6062Jaime PresslyCorinne Bailey RaeOctober 7, 2006 (2006-10-07)

6073John C. ReillyMy Chemical RomanceOctober 21, 2006 (2006-10-21)

6084Hugh LaurieBeckOctober 28, 2006 (2006-10-28)

6095Alec BaldwinChristina AguileraNovember 11, 2006 (2006-11-11)

6106LudacrisLudacrisNovember 18, 2006 (2006-11-18)

6117Matthew FoxTenacious DDecember 2, 2006 (2006-12-02)

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

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

61410Jake GyllenhaalThe ShinsJanuary 13, 2007 (2007-01-13)

61511Jeremy PivenAFIJanuary 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.
61612Drew BarrymoreLily AllenFebruary 3, 2007 (2007-02-03)

61713Forest WhitakerKeith UrbanFebruary 10, 2007 (2007-02-10)

61814Rainn WilsonArcade FireFebruary 24, 2007 (2007-02-24)

61915Julia Louis-DreyfusSnow PatrolMarch 17, 2007 (2007-03-17)

62016Peyton ManningCarrie UnderwoodMarch 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.
62117Shia LaBeoufAvril LavigneApril 14, 2007 (2007-04-14)

62218Scarlett JohanssonBjörkApril 21, 2007 (2007-04-21)

62319Molly ShannonLinkin ParkMay 12, 2007 (2007-05-12)

62420Zach BraffMaroon 5May 19, 2007 (2007-05-19)

Specials

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TitleOriginal air date
"The Best of Darrell Hammond"November 4, 2006 (2006-11-04)

This is the first (and only) time a "Best Of" special was made while the cast member in question was still in the cast at the time.

Sketches include "Hardball," "Celebrity Jeopardy," "Meet The Press," "First Presidential Debate," "CBS Evening Anthrax Update," "Californians for Schwarzenegger," "Jesse Jackson," "Bill Kurtis Looping Session," "The O'Reilly Factor," "NBC Special Report," "Geraldo," "Guiliani's Press Conference," "Jimmy Carter in Cuba," "Ashcroft's Press Conference," "Celebration of Women Week," and "White House Friends".
"SNL in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation"May 6, 2007 (2007-05-06)
Topics discussed include: Lorne Michaels preventing another Jean Doumanian-esque era by keeping his cast and repopulating the show with featured players (instead of letting the entire cast go and hiring new people), sketches centered on the 1992 U.S. Presidential election, how Wayne's World became popular on and off the show, SNL's raunchy turn with the hiring of Adam Sandler, David Spade, and Chris Farley, the departure of Phil Hartman, season 20 as yet another series low point, cast feuds, Lorne Michaels overhauling his show once again with new cast members and writers, how the female cast members gained prominence in a male-oriented show, SNL gaining popularity for its sketches on the Bill Clinton/Monica Lewinsky sex scandal and the upcoming U.S. election for the year 2000, and the famous "Blue Oyster Cult/More Cowbell" sketch from the season 25 Christopher Walken episode. Alec Baldwin, Dana Carvey, Tom Davis, James Downey, Jimmy Fallon, Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, Al Franken, Ana Gasteyer, John Goodman, Darrell Hammond, Tim Herlihy, Chris Kattan, David Koechner, Norm Macdonald, Tim Meadows, Adam McKay, Lorne Michaels, Mike Myers, Kevin Nealon, Don Ohlmeyer, Cheri Oteri, Colin Quinn, Chris Rock, Molly Shannon, Sarah Silverman, Robert Smigel, David Spade, Julia Sweeney gave insight in the special.
"The Best of 2006-2007"May 5, 2007 (2007-05-05)
This special aired as a compilation of some of the season's most memorable sketches. Because it aired before the season ended, no sketches from subsequent episodes hosted by Zach Braff and Molly Shannon were included in the special.

References

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  1. ^ ""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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Carter, Bill (September 21, 2006). "Bowing to Budget Cuts at NBC, 'Saturday Night Live' Pares Five Performers". New York Times. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
  4. ^ "'SNL' cuts back for 32nd season". Zap2it.com. September 21, 2006. p. C11. Retrieved April 19, 2024 – via Sun Journal.
  5. ^ a b c 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.
  6. ^ "'Saturday Night Live' Cuts Castmembers". Hollywood.com. September 20, 2006. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  7. ^ Bauder, David (September 24, 2006). "Changes afoot on NBC's 'SNL'". Daily News. Associated Press. pp. 23D. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
  8. ^ Levin, Gary (September 29, 2006). "'SNL' will update its Weekend Update". USA Today. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  9. ^ a b c "Dane Cook/The Killers". Saturday Night Live. Season 32. Episode 1. September 30, 2006. Event occurs at Closing credits. NBC.
  10. ^ "Zach Braff/Maroon 5". Saturday Night Live. Season 32. Episode 20. May 19, 2007. Event occurs at Closing credits. NBC.
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