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The thirty-ninth season of ''Saturday Night Live'', an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between September 28, 2013, and May 17, 2014. ==Cast== Prior to the start of the season, a large number of cast changes occurred. Long-time cast members Fred Armisen, Bill Hader and Jason Sudeikis all departed the show. In addition to them, first-year featured player Tim Robinson left the cast to focus on his new duties in the writing staff, becoming the first performer to join the writing staff after being a cast member without initially being hired as a writer. In their places six new featured players were hired including ''SNL'' writer Mike O'Brien who was upgraded into the cast, as well as new hires Beck Bennett and Kyle Mooney of the sketch comedy group Good Neighbor, John Milhiser of the sketch group Serious Lunch, comedienne Noël Wells (known for her viral videos and impressions featured on sites such as Cracked.com), and stand-up comedian Brooks Wheelan. O'Brien has written for the show since the 2009–10 season and is the first writer to be upgraded into the cast since Jason Sudeikis in 2005. Mooney and Bennett's fellow Good Neighbor troupe member Dave McCary was also hired to direct Bennett and Mooney's digital shorts. On May 12, 2013, NBC announced that ''Weekend Update'' anchor Seth Meyers would be the new host of ''Late Night'' in 2014 succeeding Jimmy Fallon as Fallon will take over as the new host of ''The Tonight Show''. Meyers remained ''Weekend Update'' anchor up until his departure from the show on February 1, 2014.〔 Cecily Strong was brought up to co-anchor with Meyers. Colin Jost, a writer for the show (and head writer for season 38 and 39), joined the cast on March 1, 2014, as a featured player and as Meyers' successor on ''Weekend Update''.〔 This is the third time a featured player was also a ''Weekend Update'' anchor. The first two were Tina Fey and Brian Doyle-Murray. Strong was replaced the next year by former writer and "Daily Show" correspondent Michael Che. During the season, the show came under criticism from critics (as well as cast members Kenan Thompson and Jay Pharoah) for not including at least one black female cast member, a topic which was addressed on the November 2, 2013 show hosted by Kerry Washington. As a result, Lorne Michaels announced that the show would be holding auditions for a black female cast member, expected to join the show in January as a new featured player. UCB-NY performer Sasheer Zamata was announced as a new featured player on January 6, 2014. She made her first appearance on January 18, 2014. The addition of eight new cast members is the greatest since the 1995–96 season, during which nine cast members were added, making it the largest cast overhaul in eighteen years. Along with the other changes that occurred to the cast, Aidy Bryant, Kate McKinnon and Cecily Strong were all promoted to repertory status. This would be the final season for Nasim Pedrad, who announced her departure from the show in June 2014 in order to work on the Lorne Michaels-produced show ''Mulaney''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Nasim Pedrad implies that she's leaving 'Saturday Night Live' ) 〕 Additionally, John Milhiser, Noël Wells, and Brooks Wheelan were fired from the show after a single season.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Noël Wells & John Milhiser Also Leaving ‘SNL’, Michael Patrick O’Brien Future Unclear )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Brooks Wheelan states he was fired from Saturday Night Live )〕 Also, Mike O'Brien left to return to the writer's room. This would also be the final season for longtime announcer Don Pardo, who died on August 18, 2014, at the age of 96.〔 Repertory players * Vanessa Bayer * Aidy Bryant * Taran Killam * Kate McKinnon * Seth Meyers (last episode: February 1, 2014) * Bobby Moynihan * Nasim Pedrad * Jay Pharoah * Cecily Strong * Kenan Thompson Featured players * Beck Bennett * Colin Jost (first episode: March 1, 2014) * John Milhiser * Kyle Mooney * Mike O'Brien * Noël Wells * Brooks Wheelan * Sasheer Zamata (first episode: January 18, 2014) bold denotes Weekend Update anchors 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「Saturday Night Live (season 39)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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