Saturday Night Live season 24

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.

Cast

Before the start of the season, Jim Breuer, who had been a cast member for three seasons since 1995, left the show at the request of head writer Adam McKay. Following Breuer's departure, the show added three new featured players: stand-up comedian Jimmy Fallon, Chris Parnell, a performer with The Groundlings in Los Angeles, and Upright Citizens Brigade and Second City performer Horatio Sanz.
Starting with this season, every new cast member is hired as a featured player before being promoted to Repertory; additionally, all featured players are credited for every episode, whether they appear or not.
Fallon, Parnell, and Sanz were all also promoted to repertory status during the following season.
Following the finale, no changes were made to the cast, and everyone returned for the next season.

Repertory players

Featured players

bold denotes Weekend Update anchor

T. Sean Shannon joins the writing staff. This was also Adam McKay's last season as head writer, but he would return to the show the next season.

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.