Saturday Night Live - Staffel 30

Saturday Night Live had its thirtieth season on the 2004-2005 television season on NBC. The thirtieth season began on October 2, 2004 and ended on May 21, 2005 with 20 episodes in all. Before the start of this season, Jimmy Fallon left the show. In the wake of his departure, Fred Armisen was promoted to repertory status, while Finesse Mitchell and Kenan Thompson remained feature players. New cast members this season include Rob Riggle, an improv comedian and U.S. Marine. This would be Riggle's only season on the show. In addition, SNL writer Jason Sudeikis joined the cast as a featured player for the last three episodes of the season. With Fallon gone, Amy Poehler became Tina Fey's co-anchor on Weekend Update, making Fey and Poehler the first two-woman anchor team. This season was also notable for Ashlee Simpson's infamous lip-syncing gaffe during her second performance. This season was also home to many sketches focused on the 2004 U.S. Presidential election, but, unlike the 2000 election, there was little to no media coverage about the sketches.

• S30 E1 - Ben Affleck/Nelly

• S30 E2 - Queen Latifah

• S30 E3 - Jude Law/Ashlee Simpson

• S30 E4 - Kate Winslet/Eminem

• S30 E5 - Liam Neeson/Modest Mouse

• S30 E6 - Luke Wilson/U2

• S30 E7 - Colin Farrell/Scissor Sisters

• S30 E8 - Robert De Niro/Destiny's Child

• S30 E9 - Topher Grace/The Killers

• S30 E10 - Paul Giamatti/Ludacris & Sum 41

• S30 E11 - Paris Hilton/Keane

• S30 E12 - Jason Bateman/Kelly Clarkson

• S30 E13 - Hilary Swank/50 Cent

• S30 E14 - David Spade/Jack Johnson

• S30 E15 - Ashton Kutcher/Gwen Stefani

• S30 E16 - Cameron Diaz/Green Day

• S30 E17 - Tom Brady/Beck

• S30 E18 - Johnny Knoxville/System of a Down

• S30 E19 - Will Ferrell/Queens of the Stone Age

• S30 E20 - Lindsay Lohan/Coldplay