Saturday Night Live (season 24) | |
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Country of origin | United States |
No. of episodes | 19 |
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Original network | NBC |
Original release | September 26, 1998 | – May 20, 1999
Season chronology | |
The twenty-fourth season of Saturday Night Live, an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between September 26, 1998, and May 15, 1999.
Before the start of the season, Jim Breuer left the show. After two years, Saturday Night Live hired three new cast members: stand-up comic Jimmy Fallon, Chris Parnell of The Groundlings in Los Angeles and Horatio Sanz of Second City in Chicago.
bold denotes Weekend Update anchor
A Night at the Roxbury, a film based on the popular Roxbury Guys sketches, was released on October 2, 1998. Cast members Will Ferrell, Chris Kattan, Mark McKinney, Colin Quinn and Molly Shannon all appear in the film. The film did modestly well at the box office but was panned by critics.