Saturday Night Live: Season 27
Saturday Night Live aired its twenty-seventh season on NBC during the 2001 through 2002 television season, running twenty episodes from September 29, 2001 to May 18, 2002. The season began just eighteen days after the September 11, 2001 attacks, holding its premiere as scheduled with a special cold open featuring New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani alongside local firefighters and police officers to declare that New Yo
Season 27 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Saturday Night Live is a late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels.
- Jerry Minor and Chris Parnell were both let go from the show before the start of the season.
- The series is known as a prestigious program of its kind that has launched many famous actors and comedians.
- The production operates out of the GE Building in New York City.
Season overview
Saturday Night Live aired its twenty-seventh season on NBC during the 2001 through 2002 television season, running twenty episodes from September 29, 2001 to May 18, 2002. The season began just eighteen days after the September 11, 2001 attacks, holding its premiere as scheduled with a special cold open featuring New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani alongside local firefighters and police officers to declare that New York City and the show would proceed normally. Three weeks into the season, an anthrax scare in the GE Building forced the evacuation of the cast, crew, and guest host Drew Barrymore. Behind the scenes, cast changes occurred when Jerry Minor and Chris Parnell were let go before the season started. Parnell subsequently returned when he was rehired mid-season during an episode hosted by Jonny Moseley, marking the second time a cast member was hired back after being fired, following Jim Belushi in 1983.
Episode Guide
Season 27 Progress Shield
Reese Witherspoon/Alicia Keys
Sep 29, 2001 · 67 min
Live From New York, It's...Mayor Rudolph Giuliani Sketches include: ""9/11 Tribute"", ""Wake Up, Wakefield!,"" ""Preparation-H,"" ""The Little Mermaid,"" ""The Culps,"" ""Celebrit
Seann William Scott/Sum 41
Oct 6, 2001 · 67 min
Live From New York, It's...Will Ferrell Sketches include: Bush Warns bin Laden, Law and Order: Parking Violations Movement, Snotty Department Store Guys, Emmy Awards Pre-Show, Jar
Drew Barrymore/Macy Gray
Oct 13, 2001 · 67 min
Live From New York, It's...Darrell Hammond Sketches include ""A Message from Dick Cheney,"" ""Crossing Over with John Edwards,"" ""Jacuzzi Lovers,"" ""Willy Wonka and the Chocolat
John Goodman/Ja Rule
Nov 3, 2001 · 67 min
Live From New York, It's...Darrell Hammond Sketches include: ""MSNBC: Ashcroft's Press Conference,"" ""Hudson Valley Community Circuit,"" ""Herbal Essences For Men,"" ""E.P.T Preg
Gwyneth Paltrow/Ryan Adams
Nov 10, 2001 · 67 min
Live From New York, It's...Will Ferrell (speaking Arabic) Sketches include ""George W. Bush's Arab Myths,"" ""Boston Teens' School Dance,"" ""Gemini's Twin Weekend,"" ""The Attebu
Billy Bob Thornton/Creed
Nov 17, 2001 · 67 min
Live From New York, It's...Darrell Hammond Sketches include ""Donald Rumsfeld's Defense Press Briefing,"" ""The Gay Pilgrim,"" ""Nick Burns and His Father,"" ""Brian Fellow's Safa
Derek Jeter/Bubba Sparxxx & Shakira
Dec 1, 2001 · 67 min
Live From New York, It's...Will Ferrell Sketches include: George W. Bush's 'You Might Be A Terrorist...', Preparation H (repeat from the Reese Witherspoon/Alicia Keys episode), Mu
Hugh Jackman/Mick Jagger
Dec 8, 2001 · 67 min
Live From New York, It's...Darrell Hammond Sketches include ""Gore's White House Call,"" ""Jarret's Room,"" ""The Robert Goulet All-Holiday Special,"" ""Sears Family Photographers
Ellen DeGeneres/No Doubt
Dec 15, 2001 · 67 min
Live From New York, It's...Darrell Hammond Sketches include ""CBS News Special Report: Osama bin Laden Video,"" ""The Culps At The Oakhurst Mall,"" ""Kitty Singleton: Federal Agen
Josh Hartnett/Pink
Jan 12, 2002 · 67 min
Live From New York, It's...Darrell Hammond Sketches include ""Buddy The Dog's Funeral,"" ""Wake Up, Wakefield!,"" ""Hello Stepson, Now Let's Go To Bed: I Went To Bed With My Steps
Jack Black/The Strokes
Jan 19, 2002 · 67 min
Live From New York, It's...Jimmy Fallon Sketches include: White House Cops: The Pretzel Incident, Flenderson's, Russell Putnam: Investigative Reporter, Tales of Valor: The Virgin
Britney Spears
Feb 2, 2002 · 67 min
Live From New York, It's...Seth Meyers Sketches include ""Morman Winter Olympics,"" ""Brian Fellow's Safari Planet,"" ""Inside Barbie's Dreamhouse,"" ""Jarrett's Room,"" ""A Messa
Jonny Moseley/Outkast
Mar 2, 2002 · 67 min
Live From New York, It's...Will Ferrell Sketches include ""George W. Bush's Axis of Evil,"" ""Boston Teens' Ski Trip,"" ""The O'Reilly Factor,"" ""DisMissed,"" ""The Adventures of
Jon Stewart/India.Arie
Mar 9, 2002 · 67 min
Live From New York, It's...Darrell Hammond Sketches include: Cheney's Concerns, The Cheese Game, MTV's Total Request Live, The Bloder Brothers, TV Funhouse: MTV Forum (Fun With Re
Ian McKellen/Kylie Minogue
Mar 16, 2002 · 67 min
Live From New York, It's... Darrell Hammond Sketches include ""Tom Ridge Terrorism Address,"" ""Kotex Classic,"" ""Donatella Versace's Oscar Party,"" ""NPR Delicious Dish,"" ""Gre
Cameron Diaz/Jimmy Eat World
Apr 6, 2002 · 67 min
Live From New York, It's...Will Ferrell & Ana Gasteyer! Sketches include ""The Culps In Lamaze Class,"" ""17th Annual Auto Show Spokeman Awards,"" ""MTV Spring Break 2002,"" ""SNL
The Rock/Andrew W.K.
Apr 13, 2002 · 67 min
Live From New York, It's...Will Ferrell Sketches include: Bush's Guccione Peace Plan, Brian Fellow's Safari Planet, The Scorpion King's Son, Arthur Anderson, Hardball, Backstage S
Alec Baldwin/P.O.D.
Apr 20, 2002 · 67 min
Live From New York, It's...The Parrot From ""Barretta"" Sketckes include ""FOX News: Robert Blake Murder,"" ""Kotex Classic"" (rerun from the Ian McKellen/Kylie Minogue episode),
Kirsten Dunst/Eminem
May 11, 2002 · 67 min
Live From New York, It's...Will Ferrell Sketches include ""George W. Bush, Condoleezza Rice, and Dick Cheney,"" ""Clear Results Home Pregnancy Test,"" ""Last Call With Carson Daly
Winona Ryder/Moby
May 18, 2002 · 67 min
Live From New York, It's...Maya Rudolph and (for the final time) Will Ferrell Sketches include ""Jimmy Carter In Cuba,"" ""Celebrity Jeopardy: Music Edition,"" ""Dueling Wedding S