Saturday Night Live had its thirtieth season on the 2004-2005 television season on NBC. With Jimmy Fallon gone, the show saw more cast changes. Fred Armisen was promoted to repertory player, while Finesse Mitchell and Kenan Thompson stayed feature players. Rob Riggle, an improv comedian (at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater) and U.S. Marine, joined the cast as a featured player. In addition, two-season SNL writer Jason Sudeikis (who appeared i...
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Saturday Night Live had its thirtieth season on the 2004-2005 television season on NBC. With Jimmy Fallon gone, the show saw more cast changes. Fred Armisen was promoted to repertory player, while Finesse Mitchell and Kenan Thompson stayed feature players. Rob Riggle, an improv comedian (at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater) and U.S. Marine, joined the cast as a featured player. In addition, two-season SNL writer Jason Sudeikis (who appeared in many bit roles prior to joining the cast) joined the cast as a featured player for the last 3 episodes of the season. With Fallon gone, Amy Poehler became Tina Fey's co-anchor on Weekend Update, making Fey and Poehler the first (and, so far, only) two-woman anchor team. This season was also home to Ashlee Simpson's infamous lip-syncing gaffe during her second performance (on the episode hosted by Jude Law).
The thirtieth season began on October 2, 2004 and ended on May 21, 2005 with 20 episodes in all.
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