Saturday Night Live (season 26)
The twenty-sixth season of Saturday Night Live, an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between October 7, 2000, and May 19, 2001. This season featured satire of the 2000 U.S presidential election, including the Republican and Democratic primaries, the campaigns of Vice President Gore, Texas Governor George W. Bush, and Ralph Nader, the Florida election recount, and the Bush v. Gore case that came before the U.S. Supreme Court. Cast 

Repertory players
Jimmy Fallon
Will Ferrell
Ana Gasteyer
Darrell Hammond
Chris Kattan
Tracy Morgan
Chris Parnell
Horatio Sanz
Molly Shannon (final episode: February 17, 2001)

Featured players
Rachel Dratch
Tina Fey
Jerry Minor
Maya Rudolph

bold denotes "Weekend Update" anchor

Writers

Jim Downey rejoins the writing staff this season. James Anderson, who went on to write on SNL for decades, joins the writing staff as a new writer. Episodes

Specials

The Ladies Man film

Based on Leon Phelps' popular sketches, The Ladies Man film was released on October 13, 2000. The film's star Tim Meadows left Saturday Night Live at the end of the previous season but returned to promote the film in the first episode of this season. Cast members Will Ferrell and Chris Parnell and former SNL cast member Mark McKinney co-starred in this film. The movie was panned by critics and flopped at the box office. See also 
History of Saturday Night Live (2000–2005)

References 

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Saturday Night Live in the 2000s
2000 American television seasons
2001 American television seasons
Television shows directed by Beth McCarthy-Miller