Saturday Night Live (season 32)

Saturday Night Live (season 32)
The title card for the thirty-second season of Saturday Night Live.
Country of origin United States
No. of episodes 20
Release
Original network NBC
Original release September 30, 2006 (2006-09-30) – May 19, 2007 (2007-05-19)

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 risqué, 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

Changes and notes

Before the start of the season, the show suffered massive budget cuts. Finesse Mitchell, Chris Parnell and Horatio Sanz were all fired from the show. 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, Rachel Dratch and Tina Fey left the show on their own terms to begin to work on 30 Rock.[3]

Bill Hader, Andy Samberg, Jason Sudeikis, and Kristen Wiig were all promoted to repertory status. Due to the budget cuts, this was the first time since the 1997–98 season that the show did not have any featured players or hire any new cast members.[3] These changes also resulted in the smallest cast in recent memory, comprising just 11 people.[4]

With Fey's departure, Seth Meyers became Amy Poehler's co-anchor on Weekend Update.[5] Don Roy King was hired as director, replacing Beth McCarthy-Miller.[3]

Cast roster

Repertory players

bold denotes Weekend Update anchor

Episodes
No.
overall 		 No. in
season 		 Host  Musical guest(s)  Original air date 
6051Dane CookThe KillersSeptember 30, 2006

6062Jaime PresslyCorinne Bailey RaeOctober 7, 2006
Corinne Bailey Rae performs "Put Your Records On" and "Like a Star".
6073John C. ReillyMy Chemical RomanceOctober 21, 2006

John C. Reilly's Talledega Nights co-star Will Ferrell makes a cameo appearance as James Lipton during Reilly's monologue.

My Chemical Romance performs "Welcome to the Black Parade" and "Cancer".
6084Hugh LaurieBeckOctober 28, 2006

During the monologue, Laurie sang his song entitled "The Protest Song" from A Bit of Fry & Laurie.

Sacha Baron Cohen made a cameo appearance during the cold opening as Borat with his co-star from the movie, Ken Davitian.

Beck performs "Nausea" and "Clap Hands".
6095Alec BaldwinChristina AguileraNovember 11, 2006

This is Alec Baldwin's thirteenth time as host.

Cameos include Tina Fey & Tracy Morgan in the monologue, Takeru Kobayashi during TV Funhouse, Steve Martin, Martin Short, & Paul McCartney in the Platinum Lounge sketch, and Tony Bennett both during The Tony Bennett Show sketch and singing with Aguilera before the closing credits.

Christina Aguilera performs "Ain't No Other Man," "Hurt," and "Steppin' Out with My Baby" (with Tony Bennett).
6106LudacrisLudacrisNovember 18, 2006

Ludacris performs "Money Maker" and "Runaway Love," with Mary J. Blige performing on the latter song.

Jason Sudeikis opens the show impersonating George W. Bush, taking over the role from Will Forte.
6117Matthew FoxTenacious DDecember 2, 2006
Tenacious D performs "Kickapoo" and "The Metal" from their album/feature film soundtrack "The Pick of Destiny." Jason Reed cameos during the performance of "The Metal."
6128Annette BeningGwen Stefani & AkonDecember 9, 2006

Alec Baldwin makes a cameo during the monologue.

Gwen Stefani performs "Wind It Up."

Akon performs "I Wanna Love You."
6139Justin TimberlakeJustin TimberlakeDecember 16, 2006

Justin Timberlake (2nd time hosting) performs "My Love" and "What Goes Around... Comes Around".

Jimmy Fallon appears in the Barry Gibb Talk Show sketch, and also introduced "What Goes Around... Comes Around".

Cameron Diaz, Timberlake's then-girlfriend, introduced "My Love".

After the episode, NBC put an uncensored version of the Digital Short "Dick in a Box" on its website and YouTube. It quickly became an Internet phenomenon, much like "Lazy Sunday" did a year earlier, and won an Emmy in 2007.
61410Jake GyllenhaalThe ShinsJanuary 13, 2007
The Shins performs "Phantom Limb" and "New Slang."
61511Jeremy PivenAFIJanuary 20, 2007

AFI performs "Love Like Winter" and "Miss Murder."

Rapper Common makes a cameo appearance.

The MacGruber sketch series premiered in this episode.
61612Drew BarrymoreLily AllenFebruary 3, 2007

Drew Barrymore (5th time hosting) reprises her role as Charlie McGee from the movie Firestarter for the "Firestarter Brand Smoked Sausages" commercial parody sketch.

Horatio Sanz makes a guest appearance as Elton John during the "Donatella Versace Super Bowl Special".

Lily Allen performs "Smile" and "LDN".
61713Forest WhitakerKeith UrbanFebruary 10, 2007
Keith Urban performs "Stupid Boy" and "Once in a Lifetime".
61814Rainn WilsonArcade FireFebruary 24, 2007

Arcade Fire performs "Intervention" and "Keep the Car Running". When the show went off-air, the band performs "Rebellion (Lies)" and "Wake Up" for the studio audience. The band also appears in the SNL Digital Short, Business Meeting.

Rashida Jones cameos as Karen Filippelli in the monologue's parody of The Office.
61915Julia Louis-DreyfusSnow PatrolMarch 17, 2007

This is Julia Louis-Dreyfus' second time as host.

Chris Rock appears in the cold open, giving his insight on the 2008 presidential election; he suggested that there would be no reason that America would not be ready for a black president because "...we just had a retarded one".

Snow Patrol performs "You're All I Have" and "Chasing Cars".

First installment of "La Rivista della Televisione" sketch and second appearance of Bill Hader's Vinny Vedecci character.
62016Peyton ManningCarrie UnderwoodMarch 24, 2007

Eli Manning, Archie Manning, Cooper Manning and Olivia Manning make cameos.

Dan Aykroyd has a cameo during Weekend Update as a crying fan of Sanjaya Malakar.

Peyton Manning hosted the show on his thirty-first birthday. During the goodnights, a cake is wheeled out by his brothers Eli and Cooper and a rendition of Happy Birthday was performs by the Saturday Night Live Band.

Carrie Underwood performs "Before He Cheats" and "Wasted."
62117Shia LaBeoufAvril LavigneApril 14, 2007

Alec Baldwin makes a cameo in the filmed commercial parody entitled "Hathaway Mustache Ride Company", written by James Downey.

Avril Lavigne performs "Girlfriend" and "I Can Do Better," and appears as Elle Fanning in the "Dakota Fanning Show" sketch.
62218Scarlett JohanssonBjörkApril 21, 2007

This is Scarlett Johansson's second time hosting.

Sen. Charles Schumer makes a pre-taped cameo in the cold opening.

Björk performs "Earth Intruders" and "Wanderlust".
62319Molly ShannonLinkin ParkMay 12, 2007
Linkin Park performs "What I've Done" and "Bleed It Out".
62420Zach BraffMaroon 5May 19, 2007

Braff's Scrubs co-stars Donald Faison and Sarah Chalke were in attendance for this episode.

Maroon 5 performs "Makes Me Wonder" and "Won't Go Home Without You".

Specials
Title  Original air date 
"The Best of Darrell Hammond"November 4, 2006

This is the first (and only) time that 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
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, 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
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

  1. ↑ ""Dick in a Box" is an Emmy Award Winner!". Paper. September 11, 2007. 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. 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.
  4. ↑ "‘Saturday Night Live’ Cuts Castmembers". Hollywood.com. September 20, 2006. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  5. ↑ Levin, Gary (September 29, 2006). "'SNL' will update its Weekend Update". USA Today. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
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