Saturday Night Live - Season 40

Saturday Night Live premiered its fortieth season during the 2014–15 television season on NBC. The season premiered on September 27, 2014, with host Chris Pratt and musical guest Ariana Grande, and former cast member Darrell Hammond as the show's new announcer, replacing Don Pardo, who had died in August. The premiere included an interstitial photograph of Pardo. Pardo had been the announcer for SNL since it premiered in 1975, with the exception of season seven and season 21, episode 14, where Hammond took his place. This season also saw the death of former cast member Jan Hooks, who died from cancer two weeks into the season.

• S40 E1 - Chris Pratt with Ariana Grande

• S40 E2 - Sarah Silverman with Maroon 5

• S40 E3 - Bill Hader with Hozier

• S40 E4 - Jim Carrey with Iggy Azalea

• S40 E5 - Chris Rock with Prince

• S40 E6 - Woody Harrelson with Kendrick Lamar

• S40 E7 - Cameron Diaz with Bruno Mars & Mark Ronson

• S40 E8 - James Franco with Nicki Minaj

• S40 E9 - Martin Freeman with Charli XCX

• S40 E10 - Amy Adams with One Direction

• S40 E11 - Kevin Hart with Sia

• S40 E12 - Blake Shelton

• S40 E13 - J.K. Simmons with D'Angelo

• S40 E14 - Dakota Johnson with Alabama Shakes

• S40 E15 - Chris Hemsworth with Zac Brown Band

• S40 E16 - Dwayne Johnson with George Ezra

• S40 E17 - Michael Keaton with Carly Rae Jepsen

• S40 E18 - Taraji P. Henson with Mumford & Sons

• S40 E19 - Scarlett Johansson with Wiz Khalifa

• S40 E20 - Reese Witherspoon with Florence and the Machine

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