Saturday Night Live season 25 explained

Season Number:25
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Image Alt:The title card for the twenty-fifth season of Saturday Night Live.
Num Episodes:20
Network:NBC
Prev Season:season 24
Next Season:season 26
Episode List:List of Saturday Night Live episodes

The twenty-fifth season of Saturday Night Live (also branded Saturday Night Live 25 and SNL25), an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between October 2, 1999 and May 20, 2000.

Cast

Jimmy Fallon,[1] Horatio Sanz, and Chris Parnell were promoted to repertory status. Rachel Dratch[2] and Maya Rudolph[3] joined the cast as featured players.

In July of 1999, when executive producer Lorne Michaels held auditions for the season, NBC introduced a new contract for first-year cast members, replacing the five- or six-year deals they had used in the past. The terms were established by NBC executives Scott Sassa and Garth Ancier. According to Peter Bogdanovich, the new contract came with the following terms:

The starting salary remained $5,000 per episode.

Cast roster

Repertory players

Featured players

bold denotes Weekend Update anchor

Writers

Starting this season, Tina Fey is credited as the writing supervisor.[4]

Episodes

See main article: List of Saturday Night Live episodes.

Superstar film

See main article: Superstar (1999 film). A Superstar film, based on the Mary Katherine Gallagher sketches, was released on October 8, 1999. Cast members Will Ferrell, Mark McKinney and Molly Shannon appear in the film. The film did modestly well at the box office but was panned by critics.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Levy . Ariel . 1999-10-18 . Not Jerry Seinfeld . 2024-04-23 . New York Magazine . en.
  2. News: Crook . John . August 25, 2002 . Checking in with Rachel Dratch . April 23, 2024 . The Free Lance-Star . 12 . Tribune Media Services.
  3. News: Stout . Frappa . January 18, 2004 . Funny girl . April 23, 2024 . Boca Raton News.
  4. News: Overbey . Erin . March 4, 2011 . The Tina Fey Years . live . https://archive.today/20240422154804/https://www.newyorker.com/books/double-take/the-tina-fey-years . 2024-04-22 . April 23, 2024 . The New Yorker.