Saturday Night Live (season 30)
The thirtieth season of Saturday Night Live, an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between October 2, 2004, and May 21, 2005. Cast
Before the start of this season, longtime cast member Jimmy Fallon left the show after six seasons with the cast since 1998. In the wake of Fallon's departure, Fred Armisen was promoted to repertory status, while Finesse Mitchell and Kenan Thompson remained featured players. Repertory players
Fred Armisen
Rachel Dratch
Tina Fey
Will Forte
Darrell Hammond
Seth Meyers
Chris Parnell
Amy Poehler
Maya Rudolph
Horatio Sanz

Featured players
Finesse Mitchell
Rob Riggle
Jason Sudeikis (first episode: May 7, 2005)
Kenan Thompson

bold denotes "Weekend Update" anchor

Writers

Near the end of the season, writer Jason Sudeikis left the writing staff to join the cast. Episodes

Specials

References

External links 
Saturday Night Live Season 30 on NBC.com

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Saturday Night Live in the 2000s
2004 American television seasons
2005 American television seasons
Television shows directed by Beth McCarthy-Miller