Country of origin United States Original network NBC | No. of episodes 19 | |
Original release September 26, 1998 (1998-09-26) – May 20, 1999 (1999-05-20) | ||
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.
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Changes and notes
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.
Cast roster
bold denotes Weekend Update anchor
A Night at the Roxbury film
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.
References
Saturday Night Live (season 24) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA