Saturday Night Live Season 27 (2001)

Saturday Night Live Season 27 (2001)

Saturday Night Live Season 27 continues the series with a fresh chapter, bringing its familiar characters into new situations while developing the story established in earlier seasons.

Season 27

Saturday Night Live aired its twenty-seventh season during the 2001-2002 television season on NBC. The season started on September 29, 2001 and ended on May 18, 2002, 20 episodes were produced.nnEighteen days before the season started, the September 11, 2001 attacks took place in New York. The season premiere went on as scheduled, with a special cold open featuring Rudy Giuliani, the Mayor of New York City at the time, along with the firefighters and police officers of New York, declaring that despite the terrorist attack, New York City will run as normal and Saturday Night Live will go on as planned.nnThree weeks into the season the show faced another scare when anthrax was found in the GE Building. The scare caused most of the cast and crew, as well as that week's guest host Drew Barrymore, to evacuate the building.nnBefore the start of the season, Jerry Minor and Chris Parnell were both let go from the show. However, luck was on Parnell's side as he was hired back to the show mid-season in the episode hosted by Jonny Moseley, becoming the second cast member to be hired back to the show after being fired, the first person being Jim Belushi in 1983.

What to Expect

The season builds on the show's central themes and relationships while introducing new challenges. As the story develops, the characters must respond to changing circumstances and the consequences of their previous choices.

Final Thoughts

Saturday Night Live Season 27 adds another chapter to the series, continuing its established world while giving the characters new conflicts and opportunities to evolve.