Season 31 / Episode 1
Steve Carell
October 1, 2005 · Musical guest: Kanye West
Running order
The show.
- 01
NBC Special Report
Cold open - 02
Monologue
Monologue - 03
Morgan Stanley
Pre-tape - 04
Jet Blue Flight 292
Live sketch - 05
Anderson Cooper 360
Live sketch - 06
The Needlers: The Couple That Should Be Divorced
Live sketch - 07
Girls Gone Wild Katrina
Pre-tape - 08
Backstage
Live sketch - 09
"Gold Digger", "Touch The Sky"
Musical performance - 10
Weekend Update
- At the deskFinesse Mitchell reports on the New York City club scene
- At the deskBill Hader and Andy Samberg hold an impression-off
Weekend Update - 11
The Lundford Twins Feel Good Variety Hour
Live sketch - 12
Fun With Real Audio: TV Funhouse
Pre-tape - 13
"Heard 'Em Say"
Musical performance - 14
Debbie Downer
Live sketch - 15
Goodnights
Goodnights
Notable moments.
SNL begins broadcasting in high definition
The season premiere is the first SNL episode broadcast in HD.
Source ↗Bill Hader and Andy Samberg join the cast
Both featured players make their first credited SNL appearances.
Source ↗Mike Myers revisits his Kanye West telethon moment
Myers appears before West's first performance in a spoof of their hurricane-relief telethon appearance.
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