MADtv (season 8)
| Mad TV (season 8) | |
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The Best of MadTV Seasons 8, 9 & 10 DVD cover, which partially features this season
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| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 25 |
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| Original network | Fox |
| Original release | September 14, 2002 – May 17, 2003 |
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The eighth season of Mad TV, an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on the Fox Network between September 14, 2002, and May 17, 2003.
Alex Borstein, Andrew Daly, and Will Sasso left at the end of season seven, and new featured players Ike Barinholtz, Simon Helberg, Josh Meyers (younger brother of SNL cast member, Seth Meyers), Christina Moore, Ron Pederson (the show's only Canadian cast member), and Paul Vogt (MADtv's only homosexual cast member and the second cast member after season six's Nelson Ascencio who has an identical twin brother) were added. Jill-Michele Meleán and Bobby Lee were upgraded to repertory status, but Melean left midway through.
With Sasso gone from the cast, Frank Caliendo began playing George W. Bush. The comic also reprised his impersonations from past seasons, including Al Pacino, John Madden, and Robin Williams. Pederson played Dick Clark, Woody Allen, Saddam Hussein, and Entertainment Tonight anchor Mark Steines. Vogt replaced Sasso as the James Lipton impersonator and impersonated classic sitcom stars, such as Edward Asner (The Mary Tyler Moore Show), Jackie Gleason (The Honeymooners), and Charlotte Rae (Diff'rent Strokes/The Facts Of Life). Like their counterparts Jimmy Fallon and Horatio Sanz on Saturday Night Live, long-time pals Barinholtz and Meyers would frequently appear in sketches together and play off each other's chemistry. Separately, Barinholtz performed celebrity impersonations such as Joe Millionaire's Evan Marriott and Nick Nolte, while Meyers offered offbeat impersonations of Eminem, Matthew McConaughey, Owen Wilson, and some *NSYNC members. Jill-Michelle Meleán performed impersonations of Drew Barrymore, but left Mad TV midway through the season.
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