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Saturday Night Live in the 2000s
Saturday Night Live in the 2000s is a two-hour documentary Will Forte, Bill Hader, Darrell Hammond, Chris Kattan,
television special that showcases the years of Saturday Marci Klein, John McCain, Seth Meyers, Lorne Michaels,
Night Live from 2000–2009. It features interviews with the Tracy Morgan, Bobby Moynihan, Chris Parnell, Amy
cast and crew from those years, and aired on NBC on Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Andy Samberg, Horatio Sanz,
April 15, 2010. Akiva Schaffer, Molly Shannon, Michael Shoemaker, Ja-
Topics discussed include Jimmy Fallon and Tina Fey son Sudeikis, Jorma Taccone, Kenan Thompson, Justin
as the new Weekend Update anchors after the departure Timberlake, Christopher Walken and Kristen Wiig pro-
of Colin Quinn, how SNL became popular for its spoofs vided comments for the special.
on the 2000 United States presidential election, how the Originally, a special called The Women of Saturday Night
show’s humor survived the 9/11 attacks and the anthrax Live, was planned to air but was scrapped and replaced
scare, Will Ferrell’s departure at the end of season 27 and with the 2000s special. The special instead would be
the search for a replacement cast member to play Ge- shown in the following season.
orge 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
External links
Poehler teaming up with Tina Fey for Weekend Update, • Saturday Night Live in the 2000s at the Internet Movie
the hiring of Bill Hader, Andy Samberg, and Kristen Wiig, Database
and SNL regaining its popularity with the Digital Shorts, • Official NBC website
and fan-favorite host Justin Timberlake.
Fred Armisen, Alec Baldwin, Rachel Dratch, Abby El-
liott, Jimmy Fallon, Steve Higgins, Will Ferrell, Tina Fey,
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Categories:
• Saturday Night Live
• 2010 in American television
• Documentary television films
• Documentary films about comedy
• Documentary films about television
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