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Saturday Night Live (1975)Season 40
Saturday Night Live premiered its fortieth season during the 2014–15 television season on NBC. The season premiered on September 27, 2014, with host Chris Pratt and musical guest Ariana Grande, and former cast member Darrell Hammond as the show's new announcer, replacing Don Pardo, who had died in August. The premiere included an interstitial photograph of Pardo. Pardo had been the announcer for SNL since it premiered in 1975, with the exception of season seven and season 21, episode 14, where Hammond took his place. This season also saw the death of former cast member Jan Hooks, who died from cancer two weeks into the season.
- Creator
- Dick Ebersol, Lorne Michaels
- Writers
- Lorne Michaels, Jim Downey, Robert Smigel
- Network
- NBC
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- First aired
- October 11, 1975
- Status
- Returning
- Next episode
- S52E4 · October 31, 2026
Cast
Kenan ThompsonSelf - Various Characters
Darrell HammondDonald Trump (uncredited)
Colin JostEmployee (uncredited)
Seth MeyersSelf - Host
Michael CheSelf - Various Characters
Fred ArmisenSelf - Host
Al FrankenThe Life of Vlad the Impalere announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Cecily StrongSelf - Cameo (uncredited)
Kate McKinnonSelf - Host
Mikey DaySelf - Cameo (uncredited)
Aidy BryantSelf - Cameo (uncredited)
Tim MeadowsLeon Phelps (uncredited)
Bobby MoynihanSelf
Kyle MooneySelf - Various Characters
Maya RudolphSelf - Host
Kevin NealonFranz (uncredited)
Jason SudeikisPolice Officer (uncredited)
Pete DavidsonSelf - Cameo (uncredited)
Bill HaderSelf - Various Characters
Tina FeyLaughing Writer (uncredited)
Episodes
0/21 watched- Episode 1: Chris Pratt with Ariana Grande1 h 7 min · Sep 27, 2014
- Episode 2: Sarah Silverman with Maroon 51 h 7 min · Oct 4, 2014
- Episode 3: Bill Hader with Hozier1 h 7 min · Oct 11, 2014
- Episode 4: Jim Carrey with Iggy Azalea1 h 7 min · Oct 25, 2014
- Episode 5: Chris Rock with Prince1 h 7 min · Nov 1, 2014
- Episode 6: Woody Harrelson with Kendrick Lamar1 h 7 min · Nov 15, 2014
- Episode 7: Cameron Diaz with Bruno Mars & Mark Ronson1 h 7 min · Nov 22, 2014
- Episode 8: James Franco with Nicki Minaj1 h 7 min · Dec 6, 2014
- Episode 9: Martin Freeman with Charli XCX1 h 7 min · Dec 13, 2014
- Episode 10: Amy Adams with One Direction1 h 7 min · Dec 20, 2014
- Episode 11: Kevin Hart with Sia1 h 7 min · Jan 17, 2015
- Episode 12: Blake Shelton1 h 7 min · Jan 24, 2015
- Episode 13: J.K. Simmons with D'Angelo1 h 7 min · Jan 31, 2015
- Episode 14: Dakota Johnson with Alabama Shakes1 h 7 min · Feb 28, 2015
- Episode 15: Chris Hemsworth with Zac Brown Band1 h 7 min · Mar 7, 2015
- Episode 16: Dwayne Johnson with George Ezra1 h 7 min · Mar 28, 2015
- Episode 17: Michael Keaton with Carly Rae Jepsen1 h 7 min · Apr 4, 2015
- Episode 18: Taraji P. Henson with Mumford & Sons1 h 7 min · Apr 11, 2015
- Episode 19: Scarlett Johansson with Wiz Khalifa1 h 7 min · May 2, 2015
- Episode 20: Reese Witherspoon with Florence and the Machine1 h 7 min · May 9, 2015
- Episode 21: Louis C.K. with Rihanna1 h 7 min · May 16, 2015
