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Saturday Night Live

Season 35

Saturday Night Live aired its thirty-fifth season during the 2009–2010 television season on NBC. This season began on September 26, 2009 and ended on May 15, 2010. A total of 22 episodes were broadcast during the show's eight-month-long season, which included a two-week break in February due to the 2010 Winter Olympics. The season was accompanied by three prime-time episodes of Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday and three prime-time SNL clip shows. Prior to the start of the season, many cast changes occurred. Darrell Hammond, the last cast member from the 1990s, left the show after a record 14 seasons in the cast. Featured players Michaela Watkins and Casey Wilson were both let go from the show before the start of the season. To fill their absence the show brought in two new featured players, Nasim Pedrad and Jenny Slate. Abby Elliott and Bobby Moynihan continued as featured players. A notable moment of the season was when an internet campaign was created to get actress Betty White to host an episode of the show. The campaign was started in early 2010 on Facebook and the group was called "Betty White to Host SNL!" The campaign was successful, and White became the oldest person ever to host the show. For White's episode, Lorne Michaels brought back former cast members Rachel Dratch, Tina Fey, Ana Gasteyer, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph and Molly Shannon. The episode garnered its highest ratings in over a year. with a rating of 5.8 in the 18–49 rating, demographic and with 12.1 million viewers overall.

Air dateSep 26, 2009
Episodes22

Episodes

  1. 1. Megan Fox / U2 Sep 26, 2009 · 67 min · ★ 4.3
  2. 2. Ryan Reynolds / Lady Gaga Oct 3, 2009 · 67 min · ★ 7.7
  3. 3. Drew Barrymore / Regina Spektor Oct 10, 2009 · 67 min · ★ 6.5
  4. 4. Gerard Butler / Shakira Oct 17, 2009 · 67 min · ★ 6.0
  5. 5. Taylor Swift Nov 7, 2009 · 67 min · ★ 7.2
  6. 6. January Jones / Black Eyed Peas Nov 14, 2009 · 67 min · ★ 5.0
  7. 7. Joseph Gordon-Levitt / Dave Matthews Band Nov 21, 2009 · 67 min · ★ 8.0
  8. 8. Blake Lively / Rihanna Dec 5, 2009 · 67 min
  9. 9. Taylor Lautner / Bon Jovi Dec 12, 2009 · 67 min
  10. 10. James Franco / Muse Dec 19, 2009 · 67 min
  11. 11. Charles Barkley / Alicia Keys Jan 9, 2010 · 67 min
  12. 12. Sigourney Weaver / The Ting Tings Jan 16, 2010 · 67 min
  13. 13. Jon Hamm / Michael Bublé Jan 30, 2010 · 67 min
  14. 14. Ashton Kutcher/Them Crooked Vultures Feb 6, 2010 · 67 min
  15. 15. Jennifer Lopez Feb 27, 2010 · 67 min
  16. 16. Zach Galifianakis / Vampire Weekend Mar 6, 2010 · 67 min
  17. 17. Jude Law / Pearl Jam Mar 13, 2010 · 67 min
  18. 18. Tina Fey / Justin Bieber Apr 10, 2010 · 67 min
  19. 19. Ryan Phillippe/Ke$ha Apr 17, 2010 · 67 min
  20. 20. Gabourey Sidibe/MGMT Apr 24, 2010 · 67 min
  21. 21. Betty White/Jay-Z May 8, 2010 · 67 min · ★ 8.0
  22. 22. Alec Baldwin/Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers May 15, 2010 · 67 min