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{{Infobox television season

| season_number = 27

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| image = SNLseason27.jpg

| image_size = 250

| image_alt = The title card for the twenty-seventh season of ''Saturday Night Live''.

| caption =

| starring =

| num_episodes = 20▼

~~| country = United States~~

| network = [[NBC]]▼

▲| num_episodes = 20

| first_aired = {{Start date|2001|09|29}}

▲| network = [[NBC]]

| ~~first_aired~~last_aired = {{~~Start~~End date|~~2001~~2002|0905|2918}}

| prev_season = [[Saturday Night Live season 26|season 26]]

~~| last_aired = {{End date|2002|05|18}}~~

| ~~prev_season~~next_season = [[Saturday Night Live (season ~~26)~~28|season 2628]]

| ~~next_season~~episode_list = [[List of Saturday Night Live ~~(season 28)|season~~episodes ~~28]]~~

~~| episode_list = List of Saturday Night Live episodes~~

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Eighteen days before the season started, the [[September 11 attacks|September 11 terrorist attacks]] took place in [[New York City|New York]]. The season premiere (hosted by [[Reese Witherspoon]]) went on as scheduled, with a special [[cold open]] featuring [[Rudy Giuliani]], the [[Mayor of New York City]] at the time, along with firefighters from the [[FDNY]] and police officers from the [[NYPD]], declaring that despite the terrorist attack, New York City will run as normal and ''Saturday Night Live'' will go on as planned (with Lorne Michaels asking Giuliani "Can we be funny?" and Giuliani replying "Why start now?").

Three weeks into the season the show faced another scare when [[2001 anthrax attacks|anthrax]] was found in the [[GE Building]] (from where the show is broadcast).<ref>{{cite news |title=SNL Goes on Despite Anthrax Scare |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=101879&page=1 |access-date=23 April 2024 |work=ABC News |date=October 15, 2001}}</ref> The scare caused most of the cast and crew, as well as that week's guest host Drew Barrymore, to evacuate the building.

==Cast==

Before the start of the season, longtime cast member [[Molly Shannon]], who had been on the show for seven seasons since 1995, departed midway through the previous season on her own terms,<ref>{{Cite news |title=Shannon to Exit 'SNL' |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C%2C618945%2C00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110302164722/http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C%2C618945%2C00.html |archive-date=2011-03-02 |access-date=2024-04-23 |work=People}}</ref> and featured player [[Jerry Minor]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wright |first=Megh |date=2012-09-25 |title=Saturday Night’s Children: Jerry Minor (2000-2001) |url=https://www.vulture.com/2012/09/saturday-nights-children-jerry-minor-2000-2001.html |access-date=2024-04-23 |website=Vulture |language=en}}</ref> and longtime cast member [[Chris Parnell]] were both let go from the show after the finale. However, Parnell was hired back to the show midseason in the episode hosted by [[Jonny Moseley]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Graham |first=Mark |date=2010-01-14 |title=Archer’s Chris Parnell Talks Well-Endowed Cartoon Characters, Being Fired From SNL Twice |url=https://www.vulture.com/2010/01/chris_parnell.html |access-date=2024-04-23 |website=Vulture |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rawden |first=Jessica |date=2015-02-19 |title=How Chris Parnell Got Un-fired From Saturday Night Live |url=https://www.cinemablend.com/television/How-Chris-Parnell-Got-Un-fired-From-Saturday-Night-Live-70168.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150223003508/https://www.cinemablend.com/television/How-Chris-Parnell-Got-Un-fired-From-Saturday-Night-Live-70168.html |archive-date=February 23, 2015 |access-date=2024-04-23 |website=CinemaBlend |language=en}}</ref> becoming the second cast member to be hired back to the show after being fired, the first person being [[James Belushi|Jim Belushi]] in [[Saturday Night Live (season 9)|1983]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hoglund |first=Andy |date=2021-07-14 |title=Jim Belushi Has Always Been an Outsider |url=https://www.vulture.com/2021/07/jim-belushi-snl-interview.html |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=Vulture |language=en}}</ref>

Before the start of the season, [[Jerry Minor]] and [[Chris Parnell]] were both let go from the show. However, Parnell 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 [[James Belushi|Jim Belushi]] in [[Saturday Night Live (season 9)|1983]].

Four new cast members were hired to the show this season: stand-up comic [[Dean Edwards]], Chicago ~~improv comedian~~improviser [[Seth Meyers]], [[Amy Poehler]] of the [[Upright Citizens Brigade]] comedy troupe,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Logan |first=Lizzie |last2=Fox |first2=Jesse David |date=2021-03-01 |title=The History of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler’s Best Friendship |url=https://www.vulture.com/2013/01/history-of-tina-and-amys-best-friendship.html |access-date=2024-04-23 |website=Vulture |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=March 25, 2007 |title=Poehler |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DHJPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mwQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6620%2C2540459 |access-date=April 23, 2024 |work=Toledo Blade |page=9G}}</ref> and stand-up comic/impressionist [[Jeff Richards (comedian)|Jeff Richards]], who was previously a cast member on the rival sketch show ''[[Mad TV|MADtv]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 16, 2001 |title=Sean Hayes to the rescue; In other people news… |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1FIdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=on8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6242%2C8260 |work=Sarasota Herald-Tribune |page=2A |ref=Sarasota}}</ref> [[Rachel Dratch]], [[Tina Fey]], and [[Maya Rudolph]] were all upgraded to repertory status at the beginning of the season, and Poehler was promoted to repertory status mid-season.

[[Will Ferrell]] was absent from a number of episodes because he was filming ''[[Old School (film)|Old School]]''. This would also be the final season for both Ferrell<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bark |first1=Ed |title=Will Ferrell announces end of 'Saturday Night Live' stint |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HcYgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=c2oFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3884%2C1611851 |page=C8 |access-date=23 April 2024 |work=Sun Journal |agency=Knight Ridder Newspapers |date=May 9, 2002}}</ref> and [[Ana Gasteyer]]. After Gasteyer went on maternity leave at the end of the season, she decided not to return to the show.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2002-08-21 |title=Ana Gasteyer leaves ''Saturday Night Live'' |url=https://ew.com/article/2002/08/21/ana-gasteyer-leaves-saturday-night-live/ |access-date=2024-05-29 |website=EW.com |language=en}}</ref>

===Cast roster===

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*Alicia Keys performs "[[Fallin' (Alicia Keys song)|Fallin']]" and "[[A Woman's Worth]]".

*Being the first episode to air following the [[September 11 attacks|9/11 attacks]], New York Mayor [[Rudy Giuliani]] along with members of the [[New York City Fire Department]] (FDNY) appear in the cold opening to encourage New York and ''Saturday Night Live'' to carry on in the face of adversity. When asked by Lorne Michaels "Can we be funny?" Giuliani replies "Why start now?"<ref>{{cite news | url = ~~http~~https://~~articles~~www.orlandosentinel.com/2001-/10-/01/~~news/0110010087_1_donatella~~snl-~~versace~~falters-~~maya~~after-~~rudolph~~moving-~~taliban~~tribute/ | title = 'Snl' Falters After Moving Tribute | date = October 1, 2001 | first = Hal | last = Boedeker | work = Orlando Sentinel |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110615103853/http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2001-10-01/news/0110010087_1_donatella-versace-maya-rudolph-taliban
|archive-date=June 15, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> In addition to appearances by Giuliani and the FDNY, [[Paul Simon]] plays "[[The Boxer]]" during the cold open.

*[[Dean Edwards]], [[Seth Meyers]], [[Amy Poehler]] and [[Jeff Richards (comedian)|Jeff Richards]]'s first episode as cast members.<ref name="witherspoon">{{cite news |last=Huff |first=Richard |url= http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/witherspoon-snl-article-1.917381 |title=Witherspoon on 'SNL' |work=[[New York Daily News]] |date=2001-09-05 |access-date=2016-06-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620190658/https://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/witherspoon-snl-article-1.917381 |archive-date=2023-06-20 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

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|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2001|12|1}}

|RTitle=[[Derek Jeter]]

|Aux1=[[~~Shakira~~Bubba Sparxxx]]<br />[[~~Bubba Sparxxx~~Shakira]]

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*Shakira performs "[[Whenever, Wherever]]".

*[[Bubba Sparxxx]] performs "[[Ugly (Bubba Sparxxx song)|Ugly]]" and "Lovely".

*[[David Cone]] and [[David Wells]] appear during the "Yankee Wives" sketch.

*Clips from the season 2 episode featuring musical guest [[George Harrison]] are shown after ''Weekend Update'', commemorating his death earlier in the week.

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*OutKast performs "[[The Whole World]]" (with [[Killer Mike]]) and "[[Ms. Jackson]]".

*[[Rip Taylor]] appears during the "Super Buzzers" sketch.

*[[Chris Parnell]] rejoins the cast after having been ~~fired~~[[laid off]] at the end of last season for budgetary reasons.

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*India.Arie performs "[[Video (song)|Video]]" and "Ready For Love".

*[[George Plimpton]] appears during the pre-recorded "Cheese Game" commercial.

*[[Mike Judge]] appears in the TV Funhouse "Fun With Real Audio" cartoon, providing the voices for [[Beavis and Butt-~~head~~Head]].

* [[Will Ferrell]] is absent for this episode.

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