Saturday Night Live (season 24)

The title card for the twenty-fourth season of Saturday Night Live.
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	19
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	September 26, 1998 (1998-09-26) – May 15, 1999 (1999-05-15)

The twenty-fourth season of Saturday Night Live, an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between September 26, 1998, and May 15, 1999.

Cast

Before the start of the season, Jim Breuer and Norm Macdonald had left the show. After two years, the show hired three new cast members: stand-up comic Jimmy Fallon, Chris Parnell (of The Groundlings in Los Angeles) and Horatio Sanz of Second City in Chicago.

Cast roster

Repertory players

• Will Ferrell
• Ana Gasteyer
• Darrell Hammond
• Chris Kattan
• Tim Meadows
• Tracy Morgan
• Cheri Oteri
• Colin Quinn
• Molly Shannon

Featured players

• Jimmy Fallon
• Chris Parnell
• Horatio Sanz

bold denotes Weekend Update anchor

Writers

Main article: List of Saturday Night Live writers § season 24

Episodes

Main article: List of Saturday Night Live episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest(s)	Original air date
447	1	Cameron Diaz	The Smashing Pumpkins	September 26, 1998 (1998-09-26)
448	2	Kelsey Grammer	Sheryl Crow	October 3, 1998 (1998-10-03)
449	3	Lucy Lawless	Elliott Smith	October 17, 1998 (1998-10-17)
450	4	Ben Stiller	Alanis Morissette	October 24, 1998 (1998-10-24)
451	5	David Spade	Eagle-Eye Cherry	November 7, 1998 (1998-11-07)
452	6	Joan Allen	Jewel	November 14, 1998 (1998-11-14)
453	7	Jennifer Love Hewitt	Beastie Boys	November 21, 1998 (1998-11-21)
454	8	Vince Vaughn	Lauryn Hill	December 5, 1998 (1998-12-05)
455	9	Alec Baldwin	Luciano Pavarotti Vanessa Williams Philadelphia Boys Choir & Chorale	December 12, 1998 (1998-12-12)
456	10	Bill Paxton	Beck	January 9, 1999 (1999-01-09)
457	11	James Van Der Beek	Everlast	January 16, 1999 (1999-01-16)
458	12	Gwyneth Paltrow	Barenaked Ladies	February 6, 1999 (1999-02-06)
459	13	Brendan Fraser	Busta Rhymes The Roots	February 13, 1999 (1999-02-13)
460	14	Bill Murray	Lucinda Williams	February 20, 1999 (1999-02-20)
461	15	Ray Romano	The Corrs	March 13, 1999 (1999-03-13)
462	16	Drew Barrymore	Garbage	March 20, 1999 (1999-03-20)
463	17	John Goodman	Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers	April 10, 1999 (1999-04-10)
464	18	Cuba Gooding Jr.	Ricky Martin	May 8, 1999 (1999-05-08)
465	19	Sarah Michelle Gellar	Backstreet Boys	May 15, 1999 (1999-05-15)

Specials

Title	Original air date
"The Bad Boys of SNL"	September 26, 1998 (1998-09-26)
"The Best of Dana Carvey"	October 10, 1998 (1998-10-10)
"SNL Goes Commercial, Volume II"	November 28, 1998 (1998-11-28)
"The Best of Steve Martin"	November 28, 1998 (1998-11-28)
"Best of TV Parodies"	January 9, 1999 (1999-01-09)
"Best of Game Show Parodies"	February 20, 1999 (1999-02-20)
"The Clinton/Lewinsky Scandal"	February 27, 1999 (1999-02-27)
"The Best of Mike Myers"	June 19, 1999 (1999-06-19)

A Night at the Roxbury film

Main article: A Night at the Roxbury

A Night at the Roxbury, a film based on the popular Roxbury Guys sketches, was released on October 2, 1998. Cast members Will Ferrell, Chris Kattan, Mark McKinney, Colin Quinn and Molly Shannon all appear in the film. The film did modestly well at the box office but was panned by critics.