Season 31
(2005)
Overview
Saturday Night Live aired its thirty-first season in the 2005-06 television season on NBC. The season began on October 1, 2005, and ended on May 20, 2006, with 19 episodes in all. The season was cut one episode short due to the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. A 30th anniversary special for the show was planned, but the plan was scrapped due to budget cuts. Before the start of the season, featured player Rob Riggle was let go from the show. Finesse Mitchell and Kenan Thompson were both promoted to r…
Cast
as Self - Various Characters
as Self - Various Characters
as Self - Various Characters
as Self - Various Characters
as Self - Various Characters
as Self - Various Characters
as Self - Various Characters
as Self - Various Characters
as Self - Various Characters
as Self - Various Characters
as Self - Various Characters
as Self - Various Characters
as Self - Various Characters
as Self - Various Characters
as Self - Various Characters
as Self - Various Characters
Episodes
Steve Carell/Kanye West 7.0
October 1, 2005
Live from New York, it's... Will Forte! Sketches include "Bush Addresses the Nation," "MorganStanley," "The JetBlue Cr…
Jon Heder/Ashlee Simpson 6.0
October 8, 2005
Sketches include "George W. Bush and Harriet Miers," "Taco Town," "Caitlin's Science Fair," "Werewolf Date," "The Misad…
Catherine Zeta-Jones / Franz Ferdinand 6.5
October 22, 2005
Live from New York, it's... Darrell Hammond! Sketches include "Bush's Spontaneous Chat," "Butt Cancer Treatment Center…
Lance Armstrong/Sheryl Crow 6.0
October 29, 2005
Live from New York, it's... Darrell Hammond! Sketches include "The Libby Indictment," "Celebrity Ironman," "RAD 3000,"…
Jason Lee/Foo Fighters 7.0
November 12, 2005
Live from New York, it's... Will Forte! Sketches include "Hardball," "JJ Casuals," "Good Morning Meth," "The Falconer,…
Eva Longoria/Korn 7.0
November 19, 2005
Live from New York, it's... Will Forte! Sketches include "Hardball," "JJ Casuals," "Good Morning Meth," "The Falconer,…
Dane Cook/James Blunt 5.0
December 3, 2005
Live from New York, it's... the entire cast of SNL! (more or less) Sketches include "The Tree Re-Lighting," "West Bedfo…
Alec Baldwin/Shakira 7.0
December 10, 2005
Live from New York, it's... Alec Baldwin! Sketches include "Saddam's Cell," "Tylenol BM," "Face Transplant," "The O'Rei…
Jack Black/Neil Young 8.0
December 17, 2005
Live from New York, it's... Will Forte! Sketches include "A Holiday Message from the Vice President," "Stuart Little Mo…
Scarlett Johanson/Death Cab for Cutie 7.5
January 14, 2006
Live from New York, it's... the voice of Robert Smigel! Sketches include "The 700 Gang" (cartoon), "Taco Town," "Deep H…
Peter Sarsgaard/The Strokes 5.0
January 21, 2006
Live from New York, it's... Seth Meyers! Sketches include "Anderson Cooper 360," "Nelson's Baby Toupees," "Target Grea…
Steve Martin/Prince 8.0
February 4, 2006
Filmed in New York, it's... Steve Martin! Sketches include "The Sabotage of Baldwin" (film), "Teddy Bear Holding a Hear…
Natalie Portman/Fall Out Boy 6.0
March 4, 2006
Sketches include "Bush Responds to Criticism," "Nelson's Baby Toupees," "Jamba Juice," "Larry King Live," "The Couple T…
Matt Dillon/Arctic Monkeys 7.0
March 11, 2006
Live from New York, it's... Darrell Hammond! Sketches include "Bush Responds to Criticism," "Nelson's Baby Toupees," "…
Antonio Banderas/Mary J. Blige 6.0
April 8, 2006
Live from New York (for the 600th time), its... Seth Meyers! Sketches include "Anderson Cooper 360," "Basic Instinct 2…
Lindsay Lohan/Pearl Jam 6.0
April 15, 2006
Live from New York, it's... Lindsay Lohan! Sketches include "The Situation Room," "Neutrogena Coin Slot," "Deep House D…
Tom Hanks/Red Hot Chili Peppers 6.5
May 6, 2006
Live from New York, its... Will Forte! Sketches include "Bill Frist's Gas Plan," "Wheel of Fortune," "Kaitlin and the …
Julia Louis-Dreyfus/Paul Simon 6.0
May 13, 2006
Live from New York, its... Al Gore! Sketches include "Parallel Universe Address from President Gore", "Techpack", "Horn…
Kevin Spacey/Nelly Furtado 8.0
May 20, 2006
Live from New York, its... Rachel Dratch! Sketches include "Anderson Cooper 360," "A-holes at a Crime Scene," "Oprah's …