Saturday Night Live – Season 28

Character: Various
Created by: Lorne Michaels
Premiere date: October 5, 2002
Episodes: 20
Genre: Comedy
Running time: 1h 30min

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

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

Production Photos

Episode Guide

28×01 – Matt Damon/Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band (original airdate: October 5, 2002)
Sketch Character
Angry Dance-Off Britney Spears
Hannibal Lecter Goes To Michigan State Mrs. Lecter (voice)
Weekend Update Announcer (voice)
Damons Pat Damon
Versace Pockets Wife
The Smurfette Show Low Self-Esteemy Smurf / Smurfette (voice)
Sex Robot Bambi
Dr. Phil Announcer (voice) / Guest

 Episode Stills

28×02 – Sarah Michelle Gellar/Faith Hill (original airdate: October 12, 2002)
Sketch Character
Sarah Michelle Gellar Monologue

Vampire

Swiffer Sleepers

Mother

Safety Day

Devita

Trans American Airlines

Employee

Corona

Girlfriend (voice)

Weekend Update

Announcer (voice)

Making The Video

Assistant

Blame Saddam

Citizen

Sexual Harassment Seminar

Shelly

 Episode Stills

28×03 – Senator John McCain/The White Stripes (original airdate: October 19, 2002)
Sketch Character
To Love, Honor and Stalk: The Gillian Woodward Story Gillian Woodward
Weekend Update Announcer (voice)

 Episode Stills

28×04 – Eric McCormack/Jay-Z (original airdate: November 2, 2002)
Sketch Character
The Bachelor Amber
Game Night Linda
American Morning Stephanie Lockland
Weekend Update Announcer (voice)
Bullhorn Mrs. Schultz

 Episode Stills

28×05 – Nia Vardalos/Eve (original airdate: November 9, 2002)
Sketch Character
Swiffer Sleepers Mother
Weekend Update Announcer (voice)
28×06 – Brittany Murphy/Nelly (original airdate: November 16, 2002)
Sketch Character
Brittany Murphy Monologue Herself
Weekend Update Announcer (voice)
28×07 – Robert De Niro/Norah Jones (original airdate: December 7, 2002)
Sketch Character
Jefferson's Slave Maria
Peter Pan Rehearsal Debra
Weekend Update Announcer (voice)
A Very Versace Chanukah Sharon Osbourne
Slapping Salesman Paige

 Episode Stills

28×08 – Al Gore/Phish (original airdate: December 14, 2002)
Sketch Character
Hardball Amy Sanborn
Weekend Update  Announcer (voice) / Coast Guard Carrie
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Charlie Bucket
A Peanuts Christmas Linus (voice)

 Episode Stills

28×09 – Jeff Gordon/Avril Lavigne (original airdate: January 11, 2003)
Sketch Character
Joe Hetero Contestant
Joe Caucasian Contestant
Career Day Teacher
Joe Not-A-Rapist Contestant
Weekend Update Announcer (voice) / Briggitte Boisselier
Aquarium Repairmen Wife
Joe Dude Contestant
Stripper Pole Busty Canyon

 Episode Stills

28×10 – Ray Liotta/The Donnas (original airdate: January 18, 2003)
Sketch Character
Press Conference Cold Open Ann
Live with Regis & Kelly Kelly Ripa
The Falconer Sorority Girl
Global Century Investments Investor
Hannibal Clarice
Weekend Update Announcer (voice)
The Hangman Katie
The Rialto Grande Cocktail Waitress

 Episode Stills

28×11 – Matthew McConaughey/Dixie Chicks (original airdate: February 8, 2003)
Sketch Character
U.N. Security Council Cold Open Iceland Delegate
Matthew McConaughey Monologue Herself
Protest Protester
Weekend Update Announcer (voice)
Club Traxx Contikri

 Episode Stills

28×12 – Jennifer Garner/Beck (original airdate: February 15, 2003)
Sketch Character
Clappin'! Performer
Wake Up Wakefield! Student
Weekend Update Announcer (voice)
Michael Jackson in a Tree Michael Jackson
Wal-Mart Supercenter Employee

 Episode Stills

28×13 – Christopher Walken/Foo Fighters (original airdate: February 22, 2003)
Sketch Character
Colonel Angus Melinda
Weekend Update Announcer (voice)
The Rialto Grande Cocktail Waitress

 Episode Stills

28×14 – Queen Latifah/Ms. Dynamite (original airdate: March 8, 2003)
Sketch Character
Live with Regis & Kelly Kelly Ripa
Where Are They Now? Margey
Weekend Update Announcer (voice)
Give Up The Ham Jennifer Hastings
The X-Presidents Powerpuff Girl (voice)

 Episode Stills

28×15 – Salma Hayek/Christina Aguilera (original airdate: March 15, 2003)
Sketch Character
Press Conference Cold Open Nicole Haggerton
Versace Oscar Fashion Preview Joelle Royce
Weekend Update Announcer (voice) / Avril Lavigne

 Episode Stills

28×16 – Bernie Mac/Good Charlotte (original airdate: April 5, 2003)
Sketch Character
Hot Sauce Carry Purse Wife
Movie Theatre Viewer
Weekend Update Announcer (voice)
No Smoking Hedda
Swiffer Sleepers Mother

 Episode Stills

28×17 – Ray Romano/Zwan (original airdate: April 12, 2003)
Sketch Character
What's The Rush? Becca
Weekend Update Announcer (voice)
The Rialto Grande Cocktail Waitress
Access Hollywood Nancy O'Dell
Uday Hussein Announcer (voice)

 Episode Stills

28×18 – Ashton Kutcher/50 Cent (original airdate: May 3, 2003)
Sketch Character
Madonna: An American Life Madonna
Plagiarism Class Kirstie
Weekend Update  Announcer (voice)
Politics Today Dianne Prott
Global Century Investments Investor

 Episode Stills

28×19 – Adrien Brody/Sean Paul & Wayne Wonder (original airdate: May 10, 2003)
Sketch Character
American Idol Cold Open Paula Abdul
Mom Jeans Mother
Live with Regis & Kelly Kelly Ripa
Weekend Update Announcer (voice)
Lensmasters Connie
Velvet Productions Executive

 Episode Stills

28×20 – Dan Aykroyd/Beyonce (original airdate: May 17, 2003)
Sketch Character
The Rialto Grande Cocktail Waitress
The Falconer Wife
Cokee, The Most Expensive Dog In The World Jennifer Lopez (voice)
Weekend Update Announcer (voice) / Herself
La Cuisina Canina Yorkie

 Episode Stills

Weekend Update Halftime Special (original air date: January 23, 2003)
Sketch Character
Weekend Update Sarah Hughes / Paula Abdul