简介：SaturdayNightLiveaireditstwenty-ninthseasonduringthe2003–04televisionseasononNBC.Thetwenty-ninthseasonbeganonOctober4,2003andendedonMay15,2004with20episodesinall. BeforethestartoftheseasonChrisKattanandTracyMorganlefttheshowandDeanEdwardswasfired.DespiteKattanandMorgan'sdeparture,thetwowouldmakeguestappearancesinseveralepisodesthroughouttheseason. Beforetheseasonstarted,WillForte,SethMeyersandJeffRichardswereallpromotedtorepertorystatus,whileFredArmisenremainedafeaturedplayer. TheshowaddedtwonewAfrican-Americancastmembers:stand-upcomedianFinesseMitchellandKenanThompson,aformerchildstarfromtheNickelodeoncomedyshowsAllThatandKenanandKel.Withthisseason,ThompsonbecomesthefirstSNLcastmembertobebornaftertheshow'spremierein1975(Thompsonwasbornin1978)andthefirstSNLcastmembertogethisstartonchildren'sshows. ThisseasonsawthefirstappearanceofJustinTimberlakeasanSNLhost(whilecriticsandSNLdirectorBethMcCarthy-MillerhavepraisedTimberlakeasagoodhost,hewouldnotbepopularwiththeshowuntilhissecondappearanceinseason32). ThisisthefinalseasonforJeffRichards(whoquitmid-seasonovercreativedifferences)andJimmyFallon(whodecidedtoleavetheshowafterthefinalepisode). Thisseasonalsomarkedthedebutofabrandnewstageforthehost'smonologueandthemusicalguestperformingstage.Insteadofthewrought-ironfireescapemotifwiththeblinking"ONAIR"light,thestagesarenowmodeledafterGrandCentralTerminal(rightdowntothesphericalclock).…