Saturday Night Live: Season 28
Saturday Night Live aired its twenty-eighth season during the 2002 through 2003 television season on NBC. The season began on October 5, 2002, and concluded on May 17, 2003, comprising a total of 20 episodes. Ahead of the season, cast changes occurred as Will Ferrell and Ana Gasteyer departed from the program. Gasteyer had gone on maternity leave following the birth of her baby and ultimately decided not to return du
Season 28 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.
- Will Ferrell and Ana Gasteyer left the show before the start of the season.
- Ana Gasteyer did not return to the show following her maternity leave.
- Fred Armisen and Will Forte joined the show as featured players to fill absences.
Season overview
Saturday Night Live aired its twenty-eighth season during the 2002 through 2003 television season on NBC. The season began on October 5, 2002, and concluded on May 17, 2003, comprising a total of 20 episodes. Ahead of the season, cast changes occurred as Will Ferrell and Ana Gasteyer departed from the program. Gasteyer had gone on maternity leave following the birth of her baby and ultimately decided not to return during that leave. To fill these absences, comedian and musician Fred Armisen and television writer Will Forte were hired as featured players. Additionally, this season marked the final year on the show for cast members Dean Edwards, Chris Kattan, and Tracy Morgan, with Kattan and Morgan later making cameo appearances in multiple episodes of the subsequent season.
Episode Guide
Season 28 Progress Shield
Matt Damon/Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Oct 5, 2002 · 67 min
Live From New York, it's...Chris Parnell Sketches include: ""A Message From Bush and Cheney,"" ""Swiffer Sleepers,"" ""Safety Police,"" ""Trans Am Airlines,"" ""Singing Dentist,""
Sarah Michelle Gellar/Faith Hill
Oct 12, 2002 · 67 min
Sketches include ""Iraqi State Television,"" ""Hardball,"" ""The Gillian Woodward Story,"" ""Meet the Press,"" and ""McCain Sings Striesand."" The White Stripes performed ""Dead L
John McCain/The White Stripes
Oct 19, 2002 · 67 min
Live From New York, it's...Darrell Hammond's voice Sketches Include: Giuliani's Sponsor Ads, The Bachelor, Crazy Board Game Player, Talarico For Congress, Frankel For Congress, Am
Eric McCormack/Jay-Z
Nov 2, 2002 · 67 min
Live From New York, it's...Chris Parnell Sketches include: A Message from the President of the United States, Swiffer Sweepers (rerun from the Sarah Michelle Gellar episode of thi
Nia Vardalos/Eve
Nov 9, 2002 · 67 min
Live From New York, it's...Adam Sandler Sketches include: ""The Hanukkah Song III"", ""Welcome Back, Potter"", ""The Leather Man"", ""Donahue"", ""Jarrett's Room"", ""C-SPAN: Burr
Brittany Murphy/Nelly
Nov 16, 2002 · 67 min
Live From New York, it's...Robert DeNiro Sketches include, ""C-SPAN: Terrorist Warnings"", ""McDonalds Big N' Tasty"", ""Thomas Jefferson & Sally Hemmings"", ""Peter Pan Rehearsal
Robert De Niro/Norah Jones
Dec 7, 2002 · 67 min
Live From New York, it's...Tipper Gore Sketches include: Backstage SNL: The Kissing Gores, Al Gore's 'Bachelor', Hardball, Fiesta Politica, Gore Goes Inside 'The West Wing', Jarre
Al Gore/Phish
Dec 14, 2002 · 67 min
Live From New York, it's...Darrell Hammond Sketches include: ""CNN: These Boots Are Made For Walkin'"", ""Live With Regis & Kelly"", ""Fun Friends Club"", ""The Falconer"", ""Glob
Jeff Gordon/Avril Lavigne
Jan 11, 2003 · 67 min
Live From New York, It's... Chris Parnell & Maya Rudolph Sketches include,""United Nations Debate Lunch"", ""Idiot Blind Date"", ""Nutri-Quick"", ""Jarret's Room"", ""Protest"", "
Ray Liotta/The Donnas
Jan 18, 2003 · 67 min
Live from New York...it's Christopher Walken Sketches include: Hardball, Pranksters, The Continental, The Bad Raft Captain, History Channel: African American Archives, Welcome Hom
Matthew McConaughey/Dixie Chicks
Feb 8, 2003 · 67 min
Sketches include; 60 Minutes, BET's 106 and Park Top 10 Live, Live with Regis and Kelly, FOX's Who Farted?, VH1's Where Are They Now: The Cherylettes, FOX's I'm a Celebrity: Who Fa
Jennifer Garner/Beck
Feb 15, 2003 · 67 min
Live from New York, it's...Chris Parnell (as George W. Bush)! Sketches include: ""Bush Press Conference,"" ""Top O' The Morning,"" ""TV Are You Hot?"" (cartoon), ""Versace Oscar S
Christopher Walken/Foo Fighters
Feb 22, 2003 · 67 min
Live from New York, it's...Chris Parnell Sketches include: ""The Situation in Iraq"", ""Boston Teens At Fenway Park"", ""Brain Busters"", ""Hot Sauce Carrying Purse"", ""Black Peo
Queen Latifah/Ms. Dynamite
Mar 8, 2003 · 67 min
Sketches include,"" Message From Saddam"", ""What's The Rush?"", ""Wake Up Wakefield!"", ""The Rialto Grande"", ""CNN"", ""Phone Booth"", ""Access Hollywood"", ""Club Traxx"", ""Ud
Salma Hayek/Christina Aguilera
Mar 15, 2003 · 67 min
Live From New York, it's...Chris Parnell Sketches include: "Bush Addresses The Nation on the USS Abraham Lincoln", "Count Chocula Silver", "Jarret's Room: 'Reloaded", "Madonna: An
Bernie Mac/Good Charlotte
Apr 5, 2003 · 67 min
Live From New York, It's...Maya Rudolph Sketches include,""American Idol"", ""Mom Jeans"", ""Brian Fellow's Safari Planet"", ""The Self-Obsessed Man"", ""Live With Regis & Kelly""
Ray Romano/Zwan
Apr 12, 2003 · 67 min
Live from New York, it's Darrell Hammond (and back on SNL after 24 years, it's Dan Aykroyd!) Sketches include: Hardball, Top O'The Morning, The Rialto Grande, TV Funhouse: Cokee,
Ashton Kutcher/50 Cent
May 3, 2003 · 67 min
Live From New York, it's...Chris Parnell Sketches include: ""Bush Addresses The Nation on the USS Abraham Lincoln"", ""Count Chocula Silver"", ""Jarret's Room: 'Reloaded'"", ""Mad
Adrien Brody/Sean Paul & Wayne Wonder
May 10, 2003 · 67 min
Live From New York, It's...Maya Rudolph Sketches include,""American Idol"", ""Mom Jeans"", ""Brian Fellow's Safari Planet"", ""The Self-Obsessed Man"", ""Live With Regis & Kelly""
Dan Aykroyd/Beyonce Knowles
May 17, 2003 · 67 min
Live from New York, it's Darrell Hammond (and back on SNL after 24 years, it's Dan Aykroyd!) Sketches include: Hardball, Top O'The Morning, The Rialto Grande, TV Funhouse: Cokee,