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Saturday Night Live Season 39
Season 39
The Saturday Night Live title card as seen in the opening credits of the 39th season.
No. of episodes	TBD
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	September 28, 2013 – present
Season chronology
← Previous 38 Next → 40
List of episodes

Saturday Night Live premiered its thirty-ninth season on NBC on September 28, 2013.

On May 12, 2013, NBC announced that Weekend Update anchor Seth Meyers will be the new host of Late Night in 2014 succeeding Jimmy Fallon as Fallon will take over as the new host of The Tonight Show. Sources say that Meyers will stay on as a cast member for the first half of season 39, then leave in 2014 to prepare for becoming the new host of Late Night, Meyers has stated that he will remain Weekend Update anchor up until his departure, although Lorne Michaels has stated his desire for Meyers to remain Weekend Update anchor until the end of the season.

Prior to the start of the season, a large number of cast changes occurred. Long-time veteran cast members Fred Armisen, Bill Hader and Jason Sudeikis all left the show. In addition, first-year featured player Tim Robinson left the cast to focus on his new duties on the show's writing staff, becoming the first performer to join the writing staff after being a cast member without initially being hired as a writer.

In their places, Michaels upgraded writer Michael Patrick O'Brien to the cast as a featured player, and hired Upright Citizens Brigade, Los Angeles performers Beck Bennett, John Milhiser, Kyle Mooney, Noël Wells, and stand-up comedian Brooks Wheelan. O'Brien has been a writer since 2009 and is the first writer to be promoted to cast member status since Jason Sudeikis in 2005, while Mooney and Bennett are members of the sketch group, Good Neighbor; Good Neighbor member Dave McCary has been hired as a director. This season marks the largest hiring of cast members since 1995, when the show hired eight cast members as a result of the massive cast overhaul following season 20.

Aidy Bryant, Kate McKinnon and Cecily Strong were all upgraded to repertory status. Also starting with this season, Strong will co-anchor Weekend Update with Seth Meyers up until his departure.

This is also the first season to air on KSL-TV in Salt Lake City, Utah after the station had declined to carry the program since becoming an NBC affiliate in 1995; the show was previously seen on The CW affiliate KUCW instead.

Cast

bold denotes Weekend Update anchor(s)

Writers

Due to Seth Meyers' departure, this season's head writers will be Colin Jost and Rob Klein.

Prior to the start of the season, three new writers were hired:

• Claire Mulaney, younger sister of former writer John Mulaney,
• Mikey Day, a member of The Groundlings and cast member on MTV's Wild 'N Out.

Michael Che, a standup comic who had guest written for five episodes in season 38, was hired as a full-time writer. Additionally, featured player Tim Robinson was moved to the writing staff after one year on the show.

Listings

• September 28, 2013 Tina Fey/Arcade Fire (39.1, live)
• October 5, 2013 Miley Cyrus (39.2, live)
• October 12, 2013 Bruce Willis/Katy Perry (39.3, live)
• October 19, 2013 Tina Fey/Arcade Fire (39.1, repeat)
• October 26, 2013 Edward Norton/Janelle Monáe (39.4, live)
• November 2, 2013 Kerry Washington/Eminem (39.5, live)

Episodes

U.S. Ratings

References

1. "Seth Meyers Named Host Of NBC's 'Late Night', Lorne Michaels To Executive Produce". usatoday.com. May 12, 2013. Retrieved May 12, 2013.
2. Busis, Hillary (May 16, 2013). "Seth Meyers will return to 'SNL' this fall, leave for 'Late Night' in 2014". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
3. ^ Carter, Bill (September 15, 2013). "New Course for 'Update,' and All of 'SNL'". The New York Times. Retrieved September 16, 2013.
4. "Chicago comic Claire Mulaney picked for 'Saturday Night Live'". July 17, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2013.
5. "'Wild N Out's Mikey Day Hired to Write for 'SNL'". Splitsider. 23 August 2013.
6. Evans, Bradford (2013-09-03). "Michael Che Is Writing for 'SNL' Full-Time This Season". Splitsider.
7. De Moraes, Lisa (October 3, 2013). "'SNL' Season Debut Best In 3 Years Demo-Wise And 2 Years Overall". Deadline. Retrieved October 3, 2013.
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9. De Moraes, Lisa (October 10, 2013). "College Football Hampers Miley Cyrus, Who Scores 'SNL's Best Numbers…Since March". Deadline. Retrieved October 10, 2013.
10. Cite error: The named reference EP2Ratings was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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