Saturday Night Live - Season 26
Description: Saturday Night Live aired its twenty-sixth season during the 2000–2001 television season on NBC. 20 episodes were produced. The season began on October 7, 2000 and ended on May 19, 2001.
Before the start of the season Cheri Oteri, Colin Quinn, and Tim Meadows left the show. With the three of them gone, the show added two new castmembers. SNL head writer Tina Fey and Second City comedian Jerry Minor joined the cast as featured players at the start of the season. Fey had been a writer on the show since 1997 and began as the show's head writer in 1999. Rachel Dratch and Maya Rudolph remained featured players.
This would be Molly Shannon's final season on the show, leaving mid-season. Chris Parnell and Jerry Minor were both let go after this season ended. However, Chris Parnell would be re-hired midway through the next season. Michaels would later admit he made a mistake in firing Parnell from the cast and wanted him back.
With Colin Quinn's seat on Weekend Update empty, executive producer Lorne Michaels decided to have two anchors just as SNL had had in the 1970s. Jimmy Fallon and head writer Tina Fey were brought up to anchor the segment together. Because of Fey's head writer status she would appear rarely out of Weekend Update.
Episodes
Rob Lowe/Eminem
Aired: Oct 7, 2000
Live From New York, it's...Chris Parnell Sketches include The First Presidentia...
Kate Hudson/Radiohead
Aired: Oct 14, 2000
Live From New York, it's...Chris Parnell (again!) Sketches include "The Second ...
Dana Carvey/The Wallflowers
Aired: Oct 21, 2000
Live From New York, it's...Dana Carvey Sketches include: "The Third Presidental...
Charlize Theron/Paul Simon
Aired: Nov 4, 2000
Live From New York, it's...Will Ferrell Sketches include: "A Glimpse of our Pos...
Calista Flockhart/Ricky Martin
Aired: Nov 5, 2000
S26E05 (11/11/2000) was originally mis-identified as Presidential Bash (S00E36, ...
Tom Green/David Gray
Aired: Nov 18, 2000
Sketches include ""Decision 2000,"" ""Bald Eagles,"" ""Rap Street,"" ""Lorne and...
Val Kilmer/U2
Aired: Dec 9, 2000
Live From New York, it's...Chris Parnell Sketches include: Gore's Lawsuit, Wade...
Lucy Liu/Jay-Z
Aired: Dec 16, 2000
Sketches include ""George W. Bush and Al Gore at Chi-Chi's,"" ""Gemini's Twin,""...
Charlie Sheen/Nelly Furtado
Aired: Jan 13, 2001
Sketches include ""Dick Cheney,"" ""Iron Chef,"" ""Eric Dickerson's NFL Pre-Game...
Mena Suvari/Lenny Kravitz
Aired: Jan 20, 2001
Sketches include ""Bill Clinton,"" ""Airport Metal Detector,"" ""Janet Reno's Da...
Jennifer Lopez
Aired: Feb 10, 2001
Sketches include ""Will Ferrell and Jennifer Lopez,"" ""Mango,"" ""Gemini's Twin...
Sean Hayes/Shaggy
Aired: Feb 17, 2001
Sketches include ""George W. Bush,"" ""Delicious Dish,"" ""Hardball,"" ""Jeffrey...
Katie Holmes/Dave Matthews Band
Aired: Feb 24, 2001
Sketches include ""The Clinton Family,"" ""Mr. Peepers,"" ""Drew Barrymore and T...
Conan O'Brien/Don Henley
Aired: Mar 10, 2001
Live from New York, it's...Will Ferrell Sketches include: Bush's Good Health, S...
Julia Stiles/Aerosmith
Aired: Mar 17, 2001
Sketches include ""Martha Stewart Living,"" ""Wake Up Wakefield,"" ""Post Office...
Alec Baldwin/Coldplay
Aired: Apr 7, 2001
Sketches include ""George W. Bush,"" ""Delicious Dish,"" ""Military Soldier,"" "...
Renee Zellweger/Eve
Aired: Apr 14, 2001
Sketches include ""The Culps,"" ""Jerry Maguire 2,"" ""Hardball,"" ""A Wedding S...
Pierce Brosnan/Destiny's Child
Aired: May 5, 2001
Sketches include ""George W. Bush,"" ""Gemini's Twin,"" ""The Weakest Link,"" ""...
Lara Flynn Boyle/Bon Jovi
Aired: May 12, 2001
Live From New York, it's...Darrell Hammond Sketches include ""A Message From Ma...
Christopher Walken/Weezer
Aired: May 19, 2001
Live From New York, it's...Darrell Hammond Sketches include ""A Message From Ma...