MADtv (season 9)
| Mad TV (season 9) | |
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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 13, 2003 – May 22, 2004 |
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The ninth season of Mad TV, an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on the Fox Network between September 13, 2003, and May 22, 2004.
After Debra Wilson left the show at the end of season 8, season 9 became the first season without any of the original cast members from season one. Former featured players Ike Barinholtz, Josh Meyers, Ron Pederson, and Paul Vogt were upgraded to repertory status.
Among season 9's new cast members was Daniele Gaither, a member of The Groundlings who was trained by Michael McDonald, was on the short-lived WB sketch show Hype, and appeared on a Mad TV sketch before becoming a cast member (Gaither appeared on a season two sketch as one of "Bob Dolemite's" women). Her celebrity impersonations included rapper Eve, MTV VJ La La, and supermodel/talk show host Tyra Banks. The second new cast member was Nicole Parker, who became known for her impersonations of Britney Spears, Celine Dion, Ellen DeGeneres, Renée Zellweger, and Judy Garland.
Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele joined the show as featured cast members. Peele created several characters popular with the audience (such as Funkenstein) and offbeat impersonations (such as Ja Rule). Originally, FOX executives hired Key and Peele in the hopes of picking one black cast member over the other, but after Key and Peele demonstrated that they had comedic chemistry (particularly in the Superstitious Knights sketches), FOX decided to keep the both of them.
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