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The thirteenth season of ''Mad TV'', an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on the Fox Network between September 15, 2007, and May 17, 2008. == Summary == The 13th season of ''Mad TV'' saw more changes in show format and castmembers. Repertory players Ike Barinholtz, Frank Caeti, and Nicole Randall Johnson and feature player Lisa Donovan did not come back to the cast. Johnny Sanchez joined the cast as a repertory player, while Dan Oster, Anjelah Johnson, and Daheli Hall were hired as feature players. John Crane and Bruce Leddy -- ''Mad TVs showrunners, head writers, and executive producer—directed most of the episodes. In addition, ''Mad TV'' moved to a new studio (The Henry Fonda Music Box Theater) in order to give the show the feel of a live event. To update the look of the show (and because of competition from the ''SNL'' Digital Shorts and FOX's latest budget cuts), many of ''Mad TV's'' sketches in season 13 were shot film style, single camera, and on location with little to no use of props or costumes. Between November 24 and February 2, ''Mad TV'' became one of many scripted, current (at the time) television shows to be put on hiatus due to the 2007-2008 Writers Guild of America strike. Even though the WGA strike did not end until February 12, 2008, three "new" episodes aired on February 2, February 9, and February 16. These "new" episodes were nothing more than pretaped sketches from canceled episodes and repeats of old sketches from seasons eight to ten (with no segments from the Music Box Theater). The show returned to its normal format on March 29, 2008. This season was also the first of only two seasons to have "Best of..." clip shows a la ''Saturday Night Live'', four of which aired prior to the show's official season premiere: ''Mad TV Ruined My Life'' (where Nicole Parker appears on a fictional episode of ''The Jerry Springer Show'' to defend the audience's claims that ''Mad TV's'' raunchy sketches have traumatized and disgusted them), ''Survivor: Mad TV'' (where Jeff Probst and Keegan-Michael Key host a collection of Mad TV's best TV and movie parodies), ''I Want My Mad TV'' (Perez Hilton and Bobby Lee's Johnny Gan character host a collection of Mad TV's best celebrity caricatures and swipes at pop culture), and ''Mad TV's Most Wanted'' (where Michael McDonald and Susan Sarandon host a collection of the show's best recurring sketches and characters). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mad TV (season 13)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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