Saturday Night Live aired its thirty-fifth season during the 2009–2010 television season on NBC. This season began on September 26, 2009 and ended on May 15, 2010.
A total of 22 episodes were broadcast during the show's eight-month-long season, which included a two-week break in February due to the 2010 Winter Olympics. The season was accompanied by three prime-time episodes of Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday and three prime-time SNL clip shows.
Prior to the start of the season, many cast changes occurred. Darrell Hammond, the last cast member from the 1990s, left the show after a record 14 seasons in the cast. Featured players Michaela Watkins and Casey Wilson were both let go from the show before the start of the season.
To fill their absence the show brought in two new featured players, Nasim Pedrad and Jenny Slate. Abby Elliott and Bobby Moynihan continued as featured players.
A notable moment of the season was when an internet campaign was created to get actress Betty White to host an episode of the show. The campaign was started in early 2010 on Facebook and the group was called "Betty White to Host SNL!" The campaign was successful, and White became the oldest person ever to host the show. For White's episode, Lorne Michaels brought back former cast members Rachel Dratch, Tina Fey, Ana Gasteyer, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph and Molly Shannon. The episode garnered its highest ratings in over a year. with a rating of 5.8 in the 18–49 rating, demographic and with 12.1 million viewers overall.
Release Date
Sep 26, 2009
Episodes
22 episodes
CAST
Kenan Thompson
Self - Various Characters
Bobby Moynihan
Self - Various Characters
Kristen Wiig
Self - Various Characters
Seth Meyers
Self - Various Characters
EPISODES
1
Megan Fox / U2
Sep 26, 2009
2
Ryan Reynolds / Lady Gaga
Oct 3, 2009
3
Drew Barrymore / Regina Spektor
Oct 10, 2009
4
Gerard Butler / Shakira
Oct 17, 2009
5
Taylor Swift
Nov 7, 2009
6
January Jones / Black Eyed Peas
Nov 14, 2009
7
Joseph Gordon-Levitt / Dave Matthews Band
Nov 21, 2009
8
Blake Lively / Rihanna
Dec 5, 2009
9
Taylor Lautner / Bon Jovi
Dec 12, 2009
10
James Franco / Muse
Dec 19, 2009
11
Charles Barkley / Alicia Keys
Jan 9, 2010
12
Sigourney Weaver / The Ting Tings
Jan 16, 2010
13
Jon Hamm / Michael Bublé
Jan 30, 2010
14
Ashton Kutcher/Them Crooked Vultures
Feb 6, 2010
15
Jennifer Lopez
Feb 27, 2010
16
Zach Galifianakis / Vampire Weekend
Mar 6, 2010
17
Jude Law / Pearl Jam
Mar 13, 2010
18
Tina Fey / Justin Bieber
Apr 10, 2010
19
Ryan Phillippe/Ke$ha
Apr 17, 2010
20
Gabourey Sidibe/MGMT
Apr 24, 2010
21
Betty White/Jay-Z
May 8, 2010
22
Alec Baldwin/Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
May 15, 2010
Details
Language
English
Country
Production
Network
Metadata
TMDB ID
59622