Saturday Night Live/Season Forty

Season Forty
Saturday Night Live
Season Premiere	September 27, 2014
Season Finale	May 16, 2015
Episode Count	21 + 1 special
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Season Forty of Saturday Night Live premiered on September 27, 2014.

Cast

Main Cast:

• Vanessa Bayer
• Aidy Bryant
• Taran Killam
• Kate McKinnon
• Bobby Moynihan
• Jay Pharoah
• Cecily Strong
• Kenan Thompson

Featuring:

• Beck Bennett
• Michael Che (Weekend Update anchor)
• Pete Davidson
• Leslie Jones
• Colin Jost (Weekend Update anchor)
• Kyle Mooney
• Sasheer Zamata

Episodes

#	#	Title			Airdate
768	1	Chris Pratt/Ariana Grande			September 27, 2014
769	2	Sarah Silverman/Maroon 5			October 4, 2014
770	3	Bill Hader/Hozier			October 11, 2014
771	4	Jim Carrey/Iggy Azalea			October 25, 2014
772	5	Chris Rock/Prince			November 1, 2014
773	6	Woody Harrelson/Kendrick Lamar			November 15, 2014
774	7	Cameron Diaz/Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars			November 22, 2014
775	8	James Franco/Nicki Minaj			December 6, 2014
776	9	Martin Freeman/Charli XCX			December 13, 2014
777	10	Amy Adams/One Direction			December 20, 2014
778	11	Kevin Hart/Sia			January 17, 2015
779	12	Blake Shelton			January 24, 2015
780	13	J.K. Simmons/D'Angelo			January 31, 2015
SP	SP	SNL 40th Anniversary Special			February 15, 2015
781	14	Dakota Johnson/Alabama Shakes			February 28, 2015
782	15	Chris Hemsworth/Zac Brown Band			March 7, 2015
783	16	Dwayne Johnson/George Ezra			March 28, 2015
784	17	Michael Keaton/Carly Rae Jepsen			April 4, 2015
785	18	Taraji P. Henson/Mumford & Sons			April 11, 2015
786	19	Scarlett Johansson/Wiz Khalifa			May 2, 2015
787	20	Reese Witherspoon/Florence + the Machine			May 9, 2015
788	21	Louis C.K./Rihanna			May 16, 2015