The thirty-second season of '' Saturday Night Live'', an American

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series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between September 30, 2006, and May 19, 2007.

History

As in the previous season, The Lonely Island created another popular SNL Digital Short that aired around Christmas time; this time, it was the R&B video spoof " Dick in a Box" (featuring host

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). The short won a

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for Outstanding Music and Lyrics.

Cast

Before the start of the season, the show suffered massive budget cuts. These resulted with

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, who had been a cast member for three seasons since 2003, being fired from the show, alongside longtime cast members Horatio Sanz and

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, who had both been on the show for eight seasons since 1998. This was the second time Parnell had been fired from the show due to budget cuts, the first being after the 2000–01 season ended. In addition, longtime cast members Rachel Dratch (who had been on the show for seven seasons since 1999) and Tina Fey (who had been a staff writer since 1997, and a cast member for six seasons since 2000) left the show on their own terms, as both were to begin work on the NBC sitcom ''

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''. Bill Hader, Andy Samberg, Jason Sudeikis, and Kristen Wiig were all promoted to repertory status. Due to the budget cuts, this was the first time since the 1997–98 season that the show did not have any featured players or hire any new cast members (budget cuts also explains why the previous season had only 19 episodes instead of the usual 20). These changes also resulted in the smallest cast in recent memory, just 11 people. With Fey's departure,

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became Amy Poehler's co-anchor on Weekend Update.

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was hired as director, replacing Beth McCarthy-Miller. A new logo was introduced this season. It is based on the logo seen during Dick Ebersol's tenure as showrunner between 1981 and 1985, but with a modern typeface. This logo would remain in use until the show's fortieth season.

Cast roster

Repertory players * Fred Armisen * Will Forte * Bill Hader * Darrell Hammond *

* Amy Poehler *

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* Andy Samberg * Jason Sudeikis * Kenan Thompson * Kristen Wiig bold denotes Weekend Update anchor

Episodes

Specials

References

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