Saturday Night Live (season 32)

Saturday Night Live (season 32)
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	20
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	September 30, 2006 – May 19, 2007

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

• Fred Armisen
• Will Forte
• Bill Hader
• Darrell Hammond
• Seth Meyers
• Amy Poehler
• Maya Rudolph
• Andy Samberg
• Jason Sudeikis
• Kenan Thompson
• Kristen Wiig

bold denotes Weekend Update anchor

Episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest(s)	Original air date
605	1	Dane Cook	The Killers	September 30, 2006
Dane Cook's second time as host First episode with Seth Meyers as the new "Weekend Update" anchor with Amy Poehler A cameo by Brian Williams at the start of "Weekend Update" The Killers perform "When You Were Young" and "Bones"; the latter song was accompanied by Saturday Night Live Band members Lenny Pickett, Earl Gardner, and Steve Turre The first episode featuring new director, Don Roy King
606	2	Jaime Pressly	Corinne Bailey Rae	October 7, 2006
Corinne Bailey Rae performs "Put Your Records On" and "Like a Star".
607	3	John C. Reilly	My Chemical Romance	October 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".
608	4	Hugh Laurie	Beck	October 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".
609	5	Alec Baldwin	Christina Aguilera	November 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).
610	6	Ludacris	Ludacris	November 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.
611	7	Matthew Fox	Tenacious D	December 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."
612	8	Annette Bening	Gwen Stefani & Akon	December 9, 2006
Alec Baldwin makes a cameo during the monologue. Gwen Stefani performs "Wind It Up." Akon performs "I Wanna Love You."
613	9	Justin Timberlake	Justin Timberlake	December 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.
614	10	Jake Gyllenhaal	The Shins	January 13, 2007
The Shins performs "Phantom Limb" and "New Slang."
615	11	Jeremy Piven	AFI	January 20, 2007
AFI performs "Love Like Winter" and "Miss Murder." Rapper Common makes a cameo appearance. The MacGruber sketch series premiered in this episode.
616	12	Drew Barrymore	Lily Allen	February 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".
617	13	Forest Whitaker	Keith Urban	February 10, 2007
Keith Urban performs "Stupid Boy" and "Once in a Lifetime".
618	14	Rainn Wilson	Arcade Fire	February 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.
619	15	Julia Louis-Dreyfus	Snow Patrol	March 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.
620	16	Peyton Manning	Carrie Underwood	March 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."
621	17	Shia LaBeouf	Avril Lavigne	April 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.
622	18	Scarlett Johansson	Björk	April 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".
623	19	Molly Shannon	Linkin Park	May 12, 2007
Linkin Park performs "What I've Done" and "Bleed It Out".
624	20	Zach Braff	Maroon 5	May 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. 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.