Saturday Night Live - Season 28
Description: Saturday Night Live aired its twenty-eighth season during the 2002-2003 television season on NBC. Season 28 started on October 5, 2002 and ended on May 17, 2003 having 20 episodes through the season.
Before the start of the season, Will Ferrell and Ana Gasteyer left the show. The latter gave birth to her baby and went on maternity leave, but decided not to return to the show during her leave. Hired to fill their absences were comedian/musician Fred Armisen and TV writer Will Forte, who both joined the show as featured players.
This would be the final season for Dean Edwards, Chris Kattan and Tracy Morgan. The latter two would make cameo appearances in many episodes of the following season.
Episodes
Matt Damon/Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Aired: Oct 5, 2002
Live From New York, it's...Chris Parnell Sketches include: ""A Message From Bus...
Sarah Michelle Gellar/Faith Hill
Aired: Oct 12, 2002
Sketches include ""Iraqi State Television,"" ""Hardball,"" ""The Gillian Woodwar...
John McCain/The White Stripes
Aired: Oct 19, 2002
Live From New York, it's...Darrell Hammond's voice Sketches Include: Giuliani's...
Eric McCormack/Jay-Z
Aired: Nov 2, 2002
Live From New York, it's...Chris Parnell Sketches include: A Message from the P...
Nia Vardalos/Eve
Aired: Nov 9, 2002
Live From New York, it's...Adam Sandler Sketches include: ""The Hanukkah Song I...
Brittany Murphy/Nelly
Aired: Nov 16, 2002
Live From New York, it's...Robert DeNiro Sketches include, ""C-SPAN: Terrorist ...
Robert De Niro/Norah Jones
Aired: Dec 7, 2002
Live From New York, it's...Tipper Gore Sketches include: Backstage SNL: The Kis...
Al Gore/Phish
Aired: Dec 14, 2002
Live From New York, it's...Darrell Hammond Sketches include: ""CNN: These Boots...
Jeff Gordon/Avril Lavigne
Aired: Jan 11, 2003
Live From New York, It's... Chris Parnell & Maya Rudolph Sketches include,""Uni...
Ray Liotta/The Donnas
Aired: Jan 18, 2003
Live from New York...it's Christopher Walken Sketches include: Hardball, Pranks...
Matthew McConaughey/Dixie Chicks
Aired: Feb 8, 2003
Sketches include; 60 Minutes, BET's 106 and Park Top 10 Live, Live with Regis an...
Jennifer Garner/Beck
Aired: Feb 15, 2003
Live from New York, it's...Chris Parnell (as George W. Bush)! Sketches include:...
Christopher Walken/Foo Fighters
Aired: Feb 22, 2003
Live from New York, it's...Chris Parnell Sketches include: ""The Situation in I...
Queen Latifah/Ms. Dynamite
Aired: Mar 8, 2003
Sketches include,"" Message From Saddam"", ""What's The Rush?"", ""Wake Up Wakef...
Salma Hayek/Christina Aguilera
Aired: Mar 15, 2003
Live From New York, it's...Chris Parnell Sketches include: "Bush Addresses The ...
Bernie Mac/Good Charlotte
Aired: Apr 5, 2003
Live From New York, It's...Maya Rudolph Sketches include,""American Idol"", ""M...
Ray Romano/Zwan
Aired: Apr 12, 2003
Live from New York, it's Darrell Hammond (and back on SNL after 24 years, it's D...
Ashton Kutcher/50 Cent
Aired: May 3, 2003
Live From New York, it's...Chris Parnell Sketches include: ""Bush Addresses The...
Adrien Brody/Sean Paul & Wayne Wonder
Aired: May 10, 2003
Live From New York, It's...Maya Rudolph Sketches include,""American Idol"", ""M...
Dan Aykroyd/Beyonce Knowles
Aired: May 17, 2003
Live from New York, it's Darrell Hammond (and back on SNL after 24 years, it's D...