Justin Timberlake and Will Ferrell are set to host the final two episodes of this 34th season of SNL (on May 9 and 16), so let’s take a look at the year that was:
Number of episodes: 22
Number of episodes hosted by women: 3. There were three female hosts for season 33 — which had only 12 episodes. Of the eight previous 20-episode seasons, the average number of female hosts per season is 7.25.
Number of times Tina Fey hosted this season: 0. Her Sarah Palin appearances were all as a guest, not as a host.
Number of Peabody Awards this season earned: 1, specifically for its"political satire." According to the awards committee, "The late-nightlegend stole the election-year thunder from its satirical competitionon cable and may have swayed the race itself."
Number of SNL characters who appeared on Superbowl commercials: 1 (McGruber)
Number of former SNL cast members who hosted this season: 2 (Tracy Morgan and Will Ferrell)
Number of first-time hosts: 13. Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin are both megahosts, and Ben Affleck, John Malkovich, Dwayne Johnson, and Justin Timberlake are all three-time hosts; Hugh Laurie, Will Ferrell, and Seth Rogen had hosted once before.
Number of featured players: 4
Number of cast members: 9, down one after Amy Poehler’s departure
Number of episodes senior-most cast member Darryl Hammond will have been on by the end of this season: 272
Number of episodes newest featured Abby Elliot and Michaela Watkins will have been on: 15
Dwayne Johnson also hosted 3 times!
Number of sketches that have actually been funny this season: 15
But who’s counting? Not me. I’m too busy diddling myself while I look up articles on SNL to comment negatively about. Oh, GOD this feels good.
How has Tina Fey NOT hosted this year! Wow… a hit show, Emmy winner, Sarah Palin.
Maybe she’ll host the season premiere next fall?
http://tvdonewright.com/2009/04/20/tv-tonight-monday-april-20th-2009/
Here are numbers I am more interested in: RATINGS. How is this show doing this year? Compared to past seasons? I would think ratings are down. I sure think the quality is down. But I keep watching.
http://movies-tv-entertainment.blogspot.com/
@ Adam: She was a guest on the show around 7 times this season, and she hosted the first episode after the writer’s strike ended last season. I think it was a good idea for her not to host this season.
Hey, you forgot one: LAMEST SNL SHOW THIS
SEASON……………SETH ROGAN hosted show.
This guy IS NOT FUNNY!!! He is SO overrated!! MR. ROGAN’s movies are equally overrated! Just like JONAS BROS. and TAYLOR SWIFT…Why are people liking these NO talent people? Everytime they’re on the tube, I turn it off!! And read a really, really good book! Right now, I’m reading a
book by America’s premiere satirist, MR.
MARK TWAIN. Now HE’s FUNNY!!! The book’s title is “Letters From The Earth: Uncensored
Writings [of Mark Twain].” Check it out.