The twenty-eighth season of Saturday Night Live, an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between October 5, 2002 and May 17, 2003.
Prior to the start of this season, longtime cast members Will Ferrell, who had been of the show for seven seasons since 1995, and Ana Gasteyer, who was on for six seasons since 1996, both left the show. In Gasteyer's case, she was on maternity leave during the break and decided not to return. In the wake of their departures, two new featured players were added: comedian and musician Fred Armisen and Will Forte of The Groundlings.
This season would be the last for longtime cast members Chris Kattan and Tracy Morgan, who had been on the show for eight and seven seasons, respectively, since 1996. Featured player Dean Edwards, who was hired to the cast the previous season, was let go following the end of this season.
Repertory players
Featured players
Bold denotes Weekend Update anchor
With the John McCain-hosted episode, T. Sean Shannon (who had been a writer since 1998) is named as a co-writing supervisor, alongside Paula Pell and Harper Steele.
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