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Saturday Night Live cast members with the longest tenures Performer No. of seasons [b] Years on the show Notes Kenan Thompson: 22 [3] 2003–present: Promoted to repertory player in his third season on the show. Darrell Hammond: 14: 1995–2009: At the time of his departure, Hammond had the longest tenure as a cast member on the show.
In a 2014 poll taken as part of a commemorative SNL feature on Grantland, Ferrell was voted the best Saturday Night Live cast member of all time. [51] On December 12, 2015, Ferrell appeared in the cold open of the show in character as George W. Bush. [52] He reprised this role when he returned as host in 2018.
Andy Samberg. When Andy Samberg arrived at SNL in 2005, it was like the show finally got Wi-Fi. Along with The Lonely Island crew, he pioneered the Digital Shorts, redefining how SNL connected ...
George Carlin, the first person to host Saturday Night Live. Saturday Night Live (SNL) is a late-night sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. It premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the title NBC's Saturday Night. The show usually satirizes contemporary American popular culture and politics.
In total, as of September 2024, 167 (!) repertory cast members and featured players have officially been part of the show’s ensemble at some point from Season 1 to 50.
Ferrell, who was an SNL cast member from 1995 to 2002, became a Five Timer in 2019. Paul Rudd Rudd became a club member in 2017 after making his first appearance 13 years earlier.
Fifteen sketches aired between December 1996 and February 2015: two sketches per season from 1996 to 2002, and one each in 2005 and 2009, when Ferrell returned to the show as host. The sketch was revived for the Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special on February 15, 2015. Ferrell portrayed Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek.
The 50th season of "SNL" premiered last month. Since the first show in 1975, 165 comedians and actors have been a part of "SNL.". Three new comedians joined for season 50. "Saturday Night Live" is ...