Saturday Night Live season 32

Did You Know?

• The Lonely Island created the SNL Digital Short 'Dick in a Box' featuring host Justin Timberlake, which aired around Christmas.
• 'Dick in a Box' won a Creative Arts Emmy for Outstanding Music and Lyrics.
• Paula Pell was named co-head writer alongside Seth Meyers and Harper Steele.

Cast

Before the season, NBC imposed massive budget cuts on the show. Lorne Michaels chose to cut staff rather than reduce the number of original episodes from 20. As a result, longtime cast members Chris Parnell and Horatio Sanz, both on the show since 1998, were fired, along with Finesse Mitchell, who had been a cast member since 2003. This was the second time Parnell had been fired due to budget cuts, the first after the 2000–01 season.

Rachel Dratch (since 1999) and Tina Fey (a writer since 1997 and cast member since 2000) left voluntarily to work on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock. Bill Hader, Andy Samberg, Jason Sudeikis, and Kristen Wiig were promoted to repertory status. With only 11 people, this was the smallest cast in recent memory. Seth Meyers became Amy Poehler's co-anchor on Weekend Update following Fey's departure.

Don Roy King replaced Beth McCarthy-Miller as director. The repertory players were Fred Armisen, Will Forte, Bill Hader, Darrell Hammond, Seth Meyers, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Andy Samberg, Jason Sudeikis, Kenan Thompson, and Kristen Wiig.