The thirty-fifth season of Saturday Night Live (also branded SNL 35), an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between September 26, 2009, and May 15, 2010.
A total of 22 episodes were broadcast during the show's eight-month-long season, which included a two-week break in February due to the 2010 Winter Olympics. The season was accompanied by three prime-time episodes of Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday and three prime-time SNLclip shows.
A notable moment of the season was when an internet campaign was created to get actress Betty White to host an episode of the show. The campaign was started in early 2010 on Facebook and the group was called "Betty White to Host SNL (please?)!" The campaign was successful, and White became the oldest person ever to host the show. For White's episode, Lorne Michaels brought back former cast members Rachel Dratch, Tina Fey, Ana Gasteyer, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph and Molly Shannon. The episode garnered the show's highest ratings in over a year. with a rating of 5.8 in the 18–49 rating, demographic and with 12.1 million viewers overall.[1]
Prior to the start of the season, Darrell Hammond, who was the last cast member from the 1990s, left the show. At the time, Hammond became the longest-running cast member with a total of 14 seasons from 1995 to 2009, though he would later be surpassed by Kenan Thompson in 2017. Following Hammond's departure, featured players Michaela Watkins and Casey Wilson were both let go from the show after the finale of the previous season. Wilson had been on the show for two seasons, while Watkins had been on for only one.[2] To account for the absences of Watkins and Wilson, the show brought in two new female featured players as replacements, comedian and writer Nasim Pedrad of The Groundlings and stand-up comic Jenny Slate.[3]
This would be the last season for longtime cast member Will Forte, who had been with the cast for 8 seasons since 2002.[4]
Second City theater performer Mike O'Brien joins the writing staff.[5] He would join the cast for the show's thirty-ninth season. Season 35 would prove to be the final season with Lonely Island member Jorma Taccone as a credited writer. He would make contributions to select Lonely Island sketches.
A new opening sequence, which mentions SNL's 35 years on-air, debuts with this episode.
During the "Biker Chick Chat" sketch, Slate accidentally says, "You stood up for yourself, and I fuckin' love you for that." Most of the sketch before and after consisted of everyone saying "Friggin'," "frickin'" or "freakin'". Slate quickly holds her breath after realizing her mistake.
Scarlett Johansson (Reynolds' then-wife) appears in the "Porcelain Fountains" ad portraying the same Lexi character she played during her two hosting appearances.
Young Jeezy performs with Rihanna for her second song.
On this episode's installment of Weekend Update, Abby Elliott appears as actress-singer Brittany Murphy, following a report about Murphy's alleged firing from a recent film. This portion of Update was cut from reruns in light of Murphy's death later that month.
The episode contains a notorious sketch that makes fun of domestic abuse.
Them Crooked Vultures performs "Mind Eraser, No Chaser" and "New Fang". As well, Dave Grohl appears in a sketch after Them Crooked Vultures' second performance.
In early 2010, an online campaign was created on Facebook to get White to host an episode of the show. The group was called Betty White to Host SNL (please?)![29] The movement was sparked by White's appearance in a Snickers commercial aired during Super Bowl XLIV.[citation needed] Because of this, White is the first person to ever host based on an internet movement created by fans. The commercial itself aired during one of the commercial breaks.
With this episode, White, at age 88, is the oldest person ever to host the show, surpassing Miskel Spillman, the winner of SNL's "Anyone Can Host" contest in 1977.[30]
Former SNL cast members Rachel Dratch, Tina Fey, Ana Gasteyer, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph and Molly Shannon appear throughout the show. Gasteyer and Shannon reprised their characters from The Delicious Dish sketches. Shannon also reprised her character Sally O'Malley during Weekend Update. Rudolph reprised her impression of Whitney Houston during Weekend Update. Fey and Poehler returned to Update as well, to participate in Really!?!.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers performs "I Should Have Known It" and "Jefferson Jericho Blues", two songs from their 2010 album Mojo. Petty appears in the SNL Digital Short.
Steve Martin made a filmed cameo appearance in the opening monologue.
Will Forte[33] and Jenny Slate's final episode as cast members.
SpecialsEdit
Title
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"Saturday Night Live Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas"
The special featured insight on the show during the 2000s: topics discussed include Jimmy Fallon and Tina Fey as the new Weekend Update anchors after the departure of Colin Quinn, how SNL became popular for its spoofs on the 2000 United States presidential election, how the show's humor survived the 9/11 attacks and the anthrax scare, Will Ferrell's departure at the end of season 27 and the search for a replacement cast member to play George W. Bush, SNL's shaky years between seasons 28 and 30 due to Jimmy Fallon's and Horatio Sanz's cracking up on camera, Jimmy Fallon's departure from the show, Amy Poehler teaming up with Tina Fey for Weekend Update, the hiring of Bill Hader, Andy Samberg, and Kristen Wiig, and SNL regaining its popularity with the Digital Shorts, its return from the WGA strike of 2007–2008, the introduction of new fan-favorite hosts like Justin Timberlake and Jon Hamm, and the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election.
The second season of Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday, a limited-run series based on Saturday Night Live's "Weekend Update" sketch, aired in conjunction with this season. The show is hosted by Seth Meyers, Update's current host, and former Update co-host Amy Poehler. Like the sketch, the show is a parody of local news broadcasts and satirizes contemporary news stories and figures. As of June 2010, three episodes have aired. An additional three episodes were scheduled to air in spring 2010, but were scrapped.[35]
This is the first Weekend Update Thursday episode not to feature a cold open.[citation needed]
MacGruber filmEdit
The first SNL film since 2000's The Ladies Man, MacGruber was released on May 21, 2010. The film, starring SNL cast members Will Forte and Kristen Wiig and former cast member Maya Rudolph, is based on the "MacGruber" sketches from the show. It received mixed reviews from critics and, in spite of a wide initial release, was a box office bomb. After a two-week opening commitment during which it was shown in 2,546 theaters, it was dropped from all but 177 theaters starting in its third week, a drop exceeded since 1982 only by Meet Dave and The Rocker.[36]
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The thirty fifth season of Saturday Night Live also branded SNL 35 an American sketch comedy series originally aired in the United States on NBC between September 26 2009 and May 15 2010 Saturday Night LiveSeason 35Country of originUnited StatesNo of episodes22ReleaseOriginal networkNBCOriginal releaseSeptember 26 2009 2009 09 26 May 15 2010 2010 05 15 Season chronology Previousseason 34Next season 36List of episodesA total of 22 episodes were broadcast during the show s eight month long season which included a two week break in February due to the 2010 Winter Olympics The season was accompanied by three prime time episodes of Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday and three prime time SNL clip shows A notable moment of the season was when an internet campaign was created to get actress Betty White to host an episode of the show The campaign was started in early 2010 on Facebook and the group was called Betty White to Host SNL please The campaign was successful and White became the oldest person ever to host the show For White s episode Lorne Michaels brought back former cast members Rachel Dratch Tina Fey Ana Gasteyer Amy Poehler Maya Rudolph and Molly Shannon The episode garnered the show s highest ratings in over a year with a rating of 5 8 in the 18 49 rating demographic and with 12 1 million viewers overall 1 Contents 1 Cast 1 1 Cast roster 2 Writers 3 Episodes 4 Specials 4 1 Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday 5 MacGruber film 6 ReferencesCast EditPrior to the start of the season Darrell Hammond who was the last cast member from the 1990s left the show At the time Hammond became the longest running cast member with a total of 14 seasons from 1995 to 2009 though he would later be surpassed by Kenan Thompson in 2017 Following Hammond s departure featured players Michaela Watkins and Casey Wilson were both let go from the show after the finale of the previous season Wilson had been on the show for two seasons while Watkins had been on for only one 2 To account for the absences of Watkins and Wilson the show brought in two new female featured players as replacements comedian and writer Nasim Pedrad of The Groundlings and stand up comic Jenny Slate 3 This would be the last season for longtime cast member Will Forte who had been with the cast for 8 seasons since 2002 4 Cast roster Edit Repertory players Fred Armisen Will Forte Bill Hader Seth Meyers Andy Samberg Jason Sudeikis Kenan Thompson Kristen Wiig Featured players Abby Elliott Bobby Moynihan Nasim Pedrad Jenny Slate bold denotes Weekend Update anchorWriters EditMain article List of Saturday Night Live writers season 35 Second City theater performer Mike O Brien joins the writing staff 5 He would join the cast for the show s thirty ninth season Season 35 would prove to be the final season with Lonely Island member Jorma Taccone as a credited writer He would make contributions to select Lonely Island sketches Episodes EditMain article List of Saturday Night Live episodes No overallNo inseasonHostMusical guestOriginal air dateRatings Share6591Megan FoxU2September 26 2009 2009 09 26 4 6 11 6 U2 performs Breathe Moment of Surrender and Ultraviolet Light My Way A new opening sequence which mentions SNL s 35 years on air debuts with this episode During the Biker Chick Chat sketch Slate accidentally says You stood up for yourself and I fuckin love you for that Most of the sketch before and after consisted of everyone saying Friggin frickin or freakin Slate quickly holds her breath after realizing her mistake Brian Austin Green cameoed in the Transformers Digital Short Nasim Pedrad and Jenny Slate s first episode as cast members 6602Ryan ReynoldsLady GagaOctober 3 2009 2009 10 03 4 7 12 7 Lady Gaga performs Paparazzi and a medley of songs including Bad Romance LoveGame and Poker Face She appears with Madonna in Deep House Dish and in another sketch after her second performance Elijah Wood appears in the SNL Digital Short Scarlett Johansson Reynolds then wife appears in the Porcelain Fountains ad portraying the same Lexi character she played during her two hosting appearances Darrell Hammond appears as California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger during Weekend Update 6613Drew BarrymoreRegina SpektorOctober 10 2009 2009 10 10 4 6 11 8 Regina Spektor performs Eet and The Calculation Justin Long appears as Matthew McConaughey in a sketch called Celebrity Ghost Stories He summarized the plot of McConaughey s movie Ghosts of Girlfriends Past 6624Gerard ButlerShakiraOctober 17 2009 2009 10 17 4 8 11 10 Shakira performs She Wolf and Did It Again Dwayne Johnson made a cameo reprising his role as The Rock Obama in the cold opening During the advertisements outtakes from dress rehearsal from the 1990s and 2000s were shown 9 James Franco appears as himself in the sketch What Up with That Saoirse Ronan appears in the audience during the What Up With That sketch 6635Taylor SwiftTaylor SwiftNovember 7 2009 2009 11 07 5 0 12 11 Taylor Swift performs You Belong with Me and Untouchable Amy Poehler returned to do another Really with Seth and Amy during Weekend Update Poehler also introduced Swift s second performance Kenan Thompson introduces Swift s first musical performance 6646January JonesThe Black Eyed PeasNovember 14 2009 2009 11 14 4 7 12 12 Black Eyed Peas performs I Gotta Feeling Meet Me Halfway and Boom Boom Pow The last song closed out the show and was played over the goodnights They also appear in the Today Show sketch Darrell Hammond cameoed as Lou Dobbs on Weekend Update 6657Joseph Gordon LevittDave Matthews BandNovember 21 2009 2009 11 21 4 3 11 13 Dave Matthews Band performs You and Me and Shake Me Like a Monkey Joseph Gordon Levitt s opening monologue is a song and dance tribute to Donald O Connor s Make Em Laugh number in Singin in the Rain Dave Matthews cameoed as Ozzy Osbourne in The Mellow Show with Jack Johnson while Bill Hader portrayed Matthews Al Gore cameoed in the What Up with That sketch and on Weekend Update promoting NBC Green Week and his new book Mindy Kaling cameoed in What Up with That as the second guest 6668Blake LivelyRihannaDecember 5 2009 2009 12 05 4 4 12 14 Rihanna performs Russian Roulette and Hard and appears in the SNL Digital Short Young Jeezy performs with Rihanna for her second song On this episode s installment of Weekend Update Abby Elliott appears as actress singer Brittany Murphy following a report about Murphy s alleged firing from a recent film This portion of Update was cut from reruns in light of Murphy s death later that month The episode contains a notorious sketch that makes fun of domestic abuse 6679Taylor LautnerBon JoviDecember 12 2009 2009 12 12 5 1 12 15 Bon Jovi performs Superman Tonight and When We Were Beautiful A memoriam picture of Heino Ripp the original technical director was shown before the goodnights 66810James FrancoMuseDecember 19 2009 2009 12 19 4 4 11 16 Muse performs Uprising and Starlight Mike Tyson and Jack McBrayer appear during What Up with That This is the last episode to air during the 2000s 66911Charles BarkleyAlicia KeysJanuary 9 2010 2010 01 09 4 4 19 17 Alicia Keys performs Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart and Empire State of Mind Part II Broken Down and appears in the SNL Digital Short The original east coast airing was delayed 35 minutes due to the Cowboys Eagles NFC Wild Card game s running long This episode attracted 10 4 million viewers and was the second highest rated episode of the season 17 Charles Barkley s opening monologue features a cameo of Hannibal Buress who was a credited writer for this season This is the first episode to air during the 2010s 67012Sigourney WeaverThe Ting TingsJanuary 16 2010 2010 01 16 5 4 14 18 The Ting Tings performs That s Not My Name and Shut Up and Let Me Go Darrell Hammond cameoed as Jay Leno in the cold open James Cameron cameoed as himself in the SNL Digital Short Future SNL cast member Colin Jost and writer John Mulaney appear in the SNL Digital Short 67113Jon HammMichael BubleJanuary 30 2010 2010 01 30 5 0 12 19 Michael Buble performs Haven t Met You Yet and Baby You ve Got What It Takes and appears in the Hamm and Buble sketch Sharon Jones sang with Michael Buble for his second song 67214Ashton KutcherThem Crooked VulturesFebruary 6 2010 2010 02 06 5 3 13 20 Them Crooked Vultures performs Mind Eraser No Chaser and New Fang As well Dave Grohl appears in a sketch after Them Crooked Vultures second performance 67315Jennifer LopezJennifer LopezFebruary 27 2010 2010 02 27 6 3 15 21 Jennifer Lopez performs Until It Beats No More and Starting Over Kristen Wiig introduces Lopez s first musical performance Kenan Thompson introduces Lopez s second musical performance 67416Zach GalifianakisVampire WeekendMarch 6 2010 2010 03 06 5 0 12 23 Vampire Weekend performs Cousins and Giving Up the Gun Brian Williams Jack McBrayer Jane Krakowski Mehmet Oz Anthony Anderson and Jeremy Sisto all appear during the SNL Digital Short Zach Drops by the Set Paul Rudd and Frank Rich appear during What Up with That Galifianakis shaved his beard before the last sketch of the show and wears a fake beard during the goodnights 22 67517Jude LawPearl JamMarch 13 2010 2010 03 13 4 5 11 24 Pearl Jam performs Just Breathe and Unthought Known and appears in the Twilight Zone Nightmare at 20 000 Feet parody Julian Casablancas sang Boombox with The Lonely Island in the SNL Digital Short Jerry Seinfeld cameoed on Weekend Update to do Really With Seth and Jerry 67618Tina FeyJustin BieberApril 10 2010 2010 04 10 5 7 14 26 Justin Bieber performs Baby and U Smile and appears in two sketches Bieber also appears in Fey s monologue Mark Sanchez and Steve Martin made cameo appearances during Fey s monologue Fey reprised her impersonation of Sarah Palin on the fake commercial The Sarah Palin Network Fey received a 2010 Emmy Award nomination as herself for Guest Actress in a Comedy 25 67719Ryan PhillippeKe haApril 17 2010 2010 04 17 5 2 13 27 Ke ha performs Tik Tok and Your Love Is My Drug Phillippe promoted the film MacGruber the first new SNL movie in over a decade 67820Gabourey SidibeMGMTApril 24 2010 2010 04 24 4 7 12 28 MGMT performs Flash Delirium and Brian Eno SNL writer John Mulaney delivers a Weekend Update commentary on girl scout cookies Stefon also makes his Update debut written by John Mulaney and Bill Hader 67921Betty WhiteJay ZMay 8 2010 2010 05 08 8 8 21 32 In early 2010 an online campaign was created on Facebook to get White to host an episode of the show The group was called Betty White to Host SNL please 29 The movement was sparked by White s appearance in a Snickers commercial aired during Super Bowl XLIV citation needed Because of this White is the first person to ever host based on an internet movement created by fans The commercial itself aired during one of the commercial breaks With this episode White at age 88 is the oldest person ever to host the show surpassing Miskel Spillman the winner of SNL s Anyone Can Host contest in 1977 30 For the first set Jay Z performs a medley of Public Service Announcement On to the Next One 99 Problems 03 Bonnie and Clyde and Empire State of Mind featuring back up singer Bridget Kelly During 99 Problems Jay Z s band samples Points of Authority by Linkin Park For the second set Jay Z performs Young Forever with Mr Hudson which he dedicated to White Former SNL cast members Rachel Dratch Tina Fey Ana Gasteyer Amy Poehler Maya Rudolph and Molly Shannon appear throughout the show Gasteyer and Shannon reprised their characters from The Delicious Dish sketches Shannon also reprised her character Sally O Malley during Weekend Update Rudolph reprised her impression of Whitney Houston during Weekend Update Fey and Poehler returned to Update as well to participate in Really This episode was nominated for seven 2010 Emmy Awards White won an Emmy for Guest Actress in a Comedy for hosting 25 This episode was re aired on January 1 2022 as a tribute to White as she had died the previous day on December 31 2021 31 TV Ratings 14 952 million viewers 1 68022Alec BaldwinTom Petty and the HeartbreakersMay 15 2010 2010 05 15 5 8 14 34 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers performs I Should Have Known It and Jefferson Jericho Blues two songs from their 2010 album Mojo Petty appears in the SNL Digital Short Steve Martin made a filmed cameo appearance in the opening monologue Will Forte 33 and Jenny Slate s final episode as cast members Specials EditTitleOriginal air date Saturday Night Live Presents A Very Gilly Christmas December 17 2009 2009 12 17 Holiday themed sketches from past episodes are aired including Adam Sandler s The Hanukkah Song Justin Timberlake and Andy Samberg s Dick In A Box Digital Short Delicious Dish and many more Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin make guest appearances Kristen Wiig hosts as her character Gilly with Will Forte Kenan Thompson Bobby Moynihan and Abby Elliott reprising their roles as the sketch s supporting characters Saturday Night Live Presents Sports All Stars January 31 2010 2010 01 31 Will Forte and Jason Sudeikis host the show as Pete Twinkle and Greg Stink their recurring ESPN Classic sports announcer characters Sketches featuring appearances by professional athletes including Peyton Manning Derek Jeter LeBron James Michael Jordan Tom Brady Charles Barkley and others are shown most of which previously appeared in last year s SNL clip show special about sports related sketches Saturday Night Live in the 2000s Time and Again April 15 2010 2010 04 15 The special featured insight on the show during the 2000s topics discussed include Jimmy Fallon and Tina Fey as the new Weekend Update anchors after the departure of Colin Quinn how SNL became popular for its spoofs on the 2000 United States presidential election how the show s humor survived the 9 11 attacks and the anthrax scare Will Ferrell s departure at the end of season 27 and the search for a replacement cast member to play George W Bush SNL s shaky years between seasons 28 and 30 due to Jimmy Fallon s and Horatio Sanz s cracking up on camera Jimmy Fallon s departure from the show Amy Poehler teaming up with Tina Fey for Weekend Update the hiring of Bill Hader Andy Samberg and Kristen Wiig and SNL regaining its popularity with the Digital Shorts its return from the WGA strike of 2007 2008 the introduction of new fan favorite hosts like Justin Timberlake and Jon Hamm and the 2008 U S Presidential Election Fred Armisen Alec Baldwin Rachel Dratch Abby Elliott Jimmy Fallon Will Ferrell Tina Fey Will Forte Bill Hader Darrell Hammond Chris Kattan Marci Klein John McCain Seth Meyers Lorne Michaels Tracy Morgan Bobby Moynihan Chris Parnell Amy Poehler Maya Rudolph Andy Samberg Horatio Sanz Akiva Schaffer Molly Shannon Michael Shoemaker Jason Sudeikis Jorma Taccone Kenan Thompson Justin Timberlake Christopher Walken and Kristen Wiig gave insight in the special Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday Edit Main article Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday The second season of Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday a limited run series based on Saturday Night Live s Weekend Update sketch aired in conjunction with this season The show is hosted by Seth Meyers Update s current host and former Update co host Amy Poehler Like the sketch the show is a parody of local news broadcasts and satirizes contemporary news stories and figures As of June 2010 three episodes have aired An additional three episodes were scheduled to air in spring 2010 but were scrapped 35 Episode number Original airdate NotesEpisode 1 September 17 2009 Amy Poehler appears as a special guest to co anchor Update alongside Seth Meyers Darrell Hammond appears as former president Jimmy Carter Episode 2 September 24 2009 Amy Poehler returns as a special guest to co anchor Update alongside Seth Meyers Former Saturday Night Live cast member Darrell Hammond appears as Bill Clinton and Megan Fox parodies the finale of the soap opera Guiding Light Newly hired Saturday Night Live featured player Nasim Pedrad appears for the first time in the cold open as Kathy Griffin Episode 3 October 1 2009 Darrell Hammond appears as Dennis Franz and Maya Rudolph appears as Oprah Winfrey This is the first Weekend Update Thursday episode not to feature a cold open citation needed MacGruber film EditThe first SNL film since 2000 s The Ladies Man MacGruber was released on May 21 2010 The film starring SNL cast members Will Forte and Kristen Wiig and former cast member Maya Rudolph is based on the MacGruber sketches from the show It received mixed reviews from critics and in spite of a wide initial release was a box office bomb After a two week opening commitment during which it was shown in 2 546 theaters it was dropped from all but 177 theaters starting in its third week a drop exceeded since 1982 only by Meet Dave and The Rocker 36 References Edit Seidman Robert May 13 2010 Update Betty White Hosting Turn on Saturday Night Live Averages 12 1 Million Viewers and a 4 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