The seventh season of ''

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'', an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on the

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between September 22, 2001, and May 18, 2002.

Summary

Debra Wilson Debra Wilson, also known as Debra Wilson Skelton or Debra Skelton, is an American actress and comedian. She is known for being the longest-serving original cast member on the sketch comedy series '' Mad TV'', having appeared on the show's fir ...

became the only member left from the original 1995-1996 cast following

Nicole Sullivan Nicole Sullivan (born April 21, 1970) is an American actress and comedian best known for her six seasons (1995–2001) on the sketch comedy series '' MADtv''. She also played Holly Shumpert in five seasons (2001–2005, 2007) of the CBS sitcom ...

's departure at the end of season six. The previous season's feature players,

Andrew Daly Andrew J. Daly (born April 15, 1971) is an American actor, comedian and writer. He starred as Forrest MacNeil on the Comedy Central series ''Review'', and had a supporting role in the HBO comedy series '' Eastbound & Down'' as Terrence Cutler. ...

and

Stephnie Weir Stephnie Carmel Weir (born November 28, 1967) is an American actress, comedian, and writer. She is best known for being a main cast member and writer on the Fox sketch comedy television series '' Mad TV'' from 2000 to 2005, for which she got two ...

were promoted to repertory players. New cast members hired this season include:

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Kathryn Fiore Kathryn Fiore (born 1976) is an American actress, voice actress and comedian. Personal life She dated fellow voice actor Rino Romano in 1999. On May 28, 2013, Fiore gave birth to her first child, a girl, named Alice Harper Fiore Tigerman. She s ...

, Jill-Michele Meleán,

Taran Killam Taran Hourie Killam (born April 1, 1982) is an American actor, comedian, and writer. He is known for his television work on ''The Amanda Show'', ''How I Met Your Mother'', ''MADtv'', ''New Girl'', ''Saturday Night Live'', and ''Single Parents''. ...

(the youngest ''Mad TV'' cast member at 19 years old, the only ''Mad TV'' cast member to get his start on a children's television show ickelodeon's_''The_Amanda_Show''.html" ;"title="The_Amanda_Show.html" ;"title="ickelodeon's ''The Amanda Show">ickelodeon's ''The Amanda Show''">The_Amanda_Show.html" ;"title="ickelodeon's ''The Amanda Show">ickelodeon's ''The Amanda Show''and the second ''MADtv'' cast member after Jeff Richards to later be hired as a ''Saturday Night Live'' cast member), and Bobby Lee (the first, and only, East Asian-American cast member). Guest stars this season included David Carradine, Michelle Trachtenberg, Todd Bridges, Vivica A. Fox,

Frankie Muniz Francisco Muniz IV (; born December 5, 1985) is an American actor. He is best known for playing the title character in the Fox sitcom ''Malcolm in the Middle'' (2000–2006), which earned him an Emmy Award nomination and two Golden Globe Award ...

Amanda Bynes Amanda Laura Bynes (born April 3, 1986) is an American actress, known for her work in television and film throughout the 1990s and 2000s. Bynes began her career as a child actress, working on the Nickelodeon sketch comedy series ''All That'' ( ...

, *NSYNC members

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and

Joey Fatone Joseph Anthony Fatone Jr. (born January 28, 1977) is an American singer, dancer, actor, and television personality. He is best known as a member of the boyband NSYNC, in which he sang baritone. In 2007, he came in second place on the ABC reali ...

, wrestlers

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and

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, ''

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'' hosts Adam Carolla and

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, and rappers DMX,

Ja Rule Jeffrey Bruce Atkins (born February 29, 1976), better known by his stage name Ja Rule (), is an American rapper and actor. Born and raised in New York City, he debuted in 1999 with '' Venni Vetti Vecci'' and its lead single " Holla Holla". Dur ...

, Insane Clown Posse, Master P., Method Man, Redman, and the RZA. Trachtenberg's appearance is notable, as her performance in a ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' parody sketch netted Tratchenberg a nomination for a Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series. This season is also the show's longest with 30 episodes, as the extra episodes from season six that were created in the event that a Writers Guild of America strike halted production ended up airing in season seven. One can tell these are season six episodes because of the appearances of former cast members,

, Christian Duguay, and

Nelson Ascencio Nelson Ascencio (born August 30, 1964) is a Cuban-American actor and comedian. Ascencio is most notable for his membership in the recurring cast of comedians on sketch comedy series ''MADtv'' and for playing Flavius in ''The Hunger Games'' fil ...

. This season is the last for Alex Borstein,

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, and

and the only season for

Opening montage

The ''Mad TV'' logo appears on the screen and the theme song, which is performed by the hip-hop group

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, begins. A voice announces "It's ''Mad TV!'' Starring...," and then alphabetically introduces each repertory cast member, followed by the featured cast. The screen splits into several different live-action clips of cast members performing recurring characters. When the last cast member is introduced, the music stops and the title sequence ends with the phrase "You are now watching ''Mad TV''."

Cast

;Repertory cast members * Alex Borstein (19/25 episodes) *

(15/25 episodes) *

Mo Collins Maureen Ann Collins (born July 7, 1965) is an American actress and comedian who was a member of the ensemble on FOX's sketch comedy series '' Mad TV''. Collins became well known for several characters during her tenure on the show. She was ...

(25/25 episodes) *

(25/25 episodes) * Michael McDonald (25/25 episodes) *

(25/25 episodes) * Aries Spears (24/25 episodes) *

(25/25 episodes) *

(25/25 episodes) ;Featured cast members *

(16/25 episodes) *

(13/25 episodes) * Bobby Lee (13/25 episodes) * Jill-Michele Meleán (2/25 episodes)

Writers

*Bryan Adams (eps. 1-25) *Dick Blasucci (eps. 1-25) * Alex Borstein (eps. 11, 13, 15) *Garry Campbell (writing supervisor) (eps. 1–25) *Kal Clarke (eps. 15–25) *Chris Cluess (eps. 1–25) *Gabrielle Collins (WGA Trainee) (eps. 4, 17) *Steven Cragg (eps. 1–25) *John Crane (writer), John Crane (eps. 1–25) *Lauren Dombrowski (eps. 1–25) *Michael Hitchcock (eps. 1–25) *Jennifer Joyce (eps. 1–25) *Kevin Kataoka (eps. 1–9) *Scott King (writing supervisor) (eps. 1–25) *Michael Koman (eps. 5, 23) (both Season 05 Encore) *Bruce McCoy (eps. 1–25) *Michael McDonald (comedian), Michael McDonald (eps. 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 12–17, 19–22, 25) *Tami Sagher (eps. 1–25) *

(eps. 13, 22) *Devon Shepard (eps. 1–25) *Rich Talarico (eps. 1–25) *Bryan Tucker (eps. 1–25) *Mike Upchurch (eps. 1–9) *

(eps. 1, 4, 6, 17, 20, 22, 25) *Jim Wise (eps. 12–25)

Episodes

Home Release

This season is available on HBO Max, with episodes 4, 6, 8, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, and 25 missing.

External links

''Mad TV'' - Official Website
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