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Saturday Night Live in the 2000s
Saturday Night Live in the 2000s is a two-hour documentary Fred Armisen, Alec Baldwin, Rachel Dratch, Abby El-
television special that showcases the years of Saturday liott, Jimmy Fallon, Steve Higgins, Will Ferrell, Tina Fey,
Night Live from 2000–2009. It features interviews with the Will Forte, Bill Hader, Darrell Hammond, Chris Kattan,
cast and crew from those years, and aired on NBC on Marci Klein, John McCain, Seth Meyers, Lorne Michaels,
April 15, 2010. Tracy Morgan, Bobby Moynihan, Chris Parnell, Amy
Topics discussed include Jimmy Fallon and Tina Fey Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Andy Samberg, Horatio Sanz,
as the new Weekend Update anchors after the departure Akiva Schaffer, Molly Shannon, Michael Shoemaker, Ja-
of Colin Quinn, how SNL became popular for its spoofs son Sudeikis, Jorma Taccone, Kenan Thompson, Justin
on the 2000 United States presidential election, how the Timberlake, Christopher Walken and Kristen Wiig pro-
show’s humor survived the 9/11 attacks and the anthrax vided comments for the special.
scare, Will Ferrell’s departure at the end of season 27 and Originally, a special called The Women of Saturday Night
the search for a replacement cast member to play Ge- Live, was planned to air but was scrapped and replaced
orge W. Bush, SNL’s shaky years between seasons 28 and with the 2000s (decade) special. The special instead
30 due to Jimmy Fallon’s and Horatio Sanz’s cracking up would be shown in the following season.
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,
External links
and SNL regaining its popularity with the Digital Shorts, • Saturday Night Live in the 2000s at the Internet Movie
and fan-favorite host Justin Timberlake. Database
• Official NBC website
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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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