Saturday Night Live season 28 explained

Season Number:	28
Bgcolour:	5e4a60
Image Alt:	The title card for the twenty-eighth season of Saturday Night Live.
Num Episodes:	20
Network:	NBC
Prev Season:	season 27
Next Season:	season 29
Episode List:	List of Saturday Night Live episodes

The twenty-eighth season of Saturday Night Live, an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between October 5, 2002 and May 17, 2003.

Cast

Fred Armisen and Will Forte were brought on as featured players in the wake of Will Ferrell's and Ana Gasteyer's departures in the previous season.^[1]

This season was also the final for Chris Kattan and Tracy Morgan.^{[2] [3]} Dean Edwards did not return the following year.^[4]

Cast roster

Repertory players

• Rachel Dratch
• Jimmy Fallon
• Tina Fey
• Darrell Hammond
• Chris Kattan
• Tracy Morgan
• Chris Parnell
• Amy Poehler
• Maya Rudolph
• Horatio Sanz

Featured players

• Fred Armisen
• Dean Edwards
• Will Forte
• Seth Meyers
• Jeff Richards

Bold denotes Weekend Update anchor

Episodes

See main article: List of Saturday Night Live episodes.

Notes and References

1. News: Armisen, Forte to join 'Saturday Night Live' cast . 19 April 2024 . Middleboro Daily News . Associated Press . October 4, 2002 . 2-A.
2. News: Susman . Gary . Chris Kattan is leaving SNL . 19 April 2024 . EW.com . May 8, 2003.
3. News: Rowland . Marijike . October 4, 2002 . Tracy Morgan moves from 'SNL' to sitcom . Modesto Bee . D14 . The Vindicator.
4. Web site: Wright . Megh . 2013-03-26 . Saturday Night’s Children: Dean Edwards (2001-2003) . 2024-04-19 . Vulture . en.