Season 24 of Saturday Night Live began on September 26, 1998, hosted by actress Cameron Diaz with musical guests The Smashing Pumpkins and ended on May 15, 1999, hosted by actress Sarah Michelle Gellar with musical guests Backstreet Boys.
Before the start of the season, longtime cast member Norm Macdonald, who had been on the show since 1993, was fired in the second-half of the previous season, after five seasons total with the show, as well as fellow cast member Jim Breuer, who had been a cast member for three seasons since 1995, left the show on his own terms.
Following Macdonald and Breuer's departure, the show added three new featured players: stand-up comedian Jimmy Fallon, Chris Parnell, a performer with The Groundlings in Los Angeles, and Upright Citizens Brigade and Second City performer Horatio Sanz. Fallon, Parnell, and Sanz were all upgraded to repertory status at the beginning of the following season.
Following the finale, no changes were made to the cast, and everyone returned for the next season.
The New York footage is back, but the cast is still on with still photos. They will go back to film feed on Season 26.
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Repertory[]
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| Date | Host(s) | Musical Guest(s) | Notes |
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| September 26, 1998 | Cameron Diaz | The Smashing Pumpkins | Jimmy Fallon, Chris Parnell, and Horatio Sanz's first episode as cast members, though they're not credited in this episode.
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| October 3, 1998 | Kelsey Grammer | Sheryl Crow | Tim Meadows does not appear in this episode.
Special guest Shaquille O'Neal; cameos by Christine Baranski, Hal Linden, and Patti LuPone. Musical cameo by Wendy Melvoin |
| October 17, 1998 | Lucy Lawless | Elliott Smith | Cameos by Judge Judy and Chucky. |
| October 24, 1998 | Ben Stiller | Alanis Morissette | Tracy Morgan does not appear in this episode. Cameos by the New York Yankees. |
| November 7, 1998 | David Spade | Eagle-Eye Cherry | Filmed cameo by Brad Pitt; live cameo by Chris Rock |
| November 14, 1998 | Joan Allen | Jewel | Cameo by John Goodman |
| November 21, 1998 | Jennifer Love Hewitt | Beastie Boys | Tracy Morgan does not appear in this episode. Cameos by John Goodman and Muse Watson; vocal cameos by Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, and Bill Chott in "The Ambigously Gay Duo" cartoon". |
| December 5, 1998 | Vince Vaughn | Lauryn Hill | |
| December 12, 1998 | Alec Baldwin | Luciano Pavarotti and Vanessa Williams | Cameos by John Goodman and then-wife of SNL Band Conductor Leon Pendarvis, Janice |
| January 9, 1999 | Bill Paxton | Beck | Cameo by Debbie Matenopoulos |
| January 16, 1999 | James Van Der Beek | Everlast | Darrell Hammond imitated an absent Don Pardo as announcer, particularly in a two-part running gag where 'Don Pardo' (Darrell Hammond) tries to seduce Van Der Beek. |
| February 6, 1999 | Gwyneth Paltrow | Barenaked Ladies | Cameo by Ben Affleck |
| February 13, 1999 | Brendan Fraser | Busta Rhymes | Special guests The Roots; cameos by Tom Davis, John Goodman, and George Plimpton. |
| February 20, 1999 | Bill Murray | Lucinda Williams | Bill Murray entered the Five-Timers Club with this episode; cameos by Chevy Chase and Stephanie Seymour |
| March 13, 1999 | Ray Romano | The Corrs | Romano's Everybody Loves Raymond co-stars, Peter Boyle and Doris Roberts, made cameo appearances during the monologue. |
| March 20, 1999 | Drew Barrymore | Garbage | Filmed cameo by Edward Norton. |
| April 10, 1999 | John Goodman | Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | |
| May 8, 1999 | Cuba Gooding, Jr. | Ricky Martin | Cameo by Monica Lewinsky; vocal cameo by John Goodman |
| May 15, 1999 | Sarah Michelle Gellar | Backstreet Boys | Cameos by David Boreanaz and Seth Green |
Opening montage[]
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Opening montage would be used through season 25.
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| Preceded by: Season 23 |
Season 24 (1998— 1999) |
Followed by: Season 25 |
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