Saturday Night Live/Season Thirty-Five

Season Thirty-Five
Saturday Night Live
Season Premiere	September 26, 2009
Season Finale	May 15, 2010
Episode Count	22 + 6
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Season Thirty-Five of Saturday Night Live premiered on September 26, 2009.

The popularity of last year's Weekend Update Thursday primetime specials led NBC to order another run of the 30 minute satirical specials starring Seth Meyers and departed cast member Amy Poehler as the hosts. As many as 13 episodes may be aired, with the first starting Thursday, September 17. Four straight live Saturday shows began airing on September 26, 2009.

The show introduced two new featured players, Nasim Pedrad and Jenny Slate. Slate made waves on her first appearance in the first episode of the season by accidentally uttering an obscenity in a sketch where the characters are constantly using variations of "friggin" and "frickin". Slate was eventually fired after one season.

This season also marked the last for Will Forte, who left after eight seasons.

Cast

Main Cast:

• Fred Armisen
• Will Forte
• Bill Hader
• Seth Meyers (Weekend Update anchor)
• Andy Samberg
• Jason Sudeikis
• Kenan Thompson
• Kristen Wiig

Featuring:

• Abby Elliott
• Bobby Moynihan
• Nasim Pedrad
• Jenny Slate

Episodes

#	#	Title			Airdate
SP33	—	SNL Weekend Update Thursday 2009 (1)			September 17, 2009
SP34	—	SNL Weekend Update Thursday 2009 (2)			September 24, 2009
660	1	Megan Fox/U2			September 26, 2009
SP35	—	SNL Weekend Update Thursday 2009 (3)			October 1, 2009
661	2	Ryan Reynolds/Lady Gaga			October 3, 2009
662	3	Drew Barrymore/Regina Spektor			October 10, 2009
663	4	Gerald Butler/Shakira			October 17, 2009
664	5	Taylor Swift			November 7, 2009
665	6	January Jones/Black Eyed Peas			November 14, 2009
666	7	Joseph Gordon-Levitt/Dave Matthews Band			November 21, 2009
667	8	Blake Lively/Rhianna			December 5, 2009
668	9	Taylor Lautner/Bon Jovi			December 12, 2009
SP36	—	SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas			December 17, 2009
669	10	James Franco/Muse			December 19, 2009
670	11	Charles Barkley/Alicia Keys			January 9, 2010
671	12	Sigourney Weaver/The Ting Tings			January 16, 2010
672	13	Jon Hamm/Michael Bublé			January 30, 2010
SP37	—	SNL Presents: Sports All-Stars			January 31, 2010
673	14	Ashton Kutcher/Them Crooked Vultures			February 6, 2010
674	15	Jennifer Lopez			Febuary 27, 2010
675	16	Zach Galifianakis/Vampire Weekend			March 6, 2010
676	17	Jude Law/Pearl Jam			March 13, 2010
677	18	Tina Fey/Justin Bieber			April 10, 2010
SP38	—	Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again			April 15, 2010
678	19	Ryan Phillippe/Ke$ha			April 17, 2010
679	20	Gabourey Sidibe/MGMT			April 24, 2010
680	21	Betty White/Jay-Z			May 8, 2010
681	22	Alec Baldwin/Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers			May 15, 2010