Season Summary
At the start of season three, one third of the original cast (Bryan Callen, Orlando Jones and Artie Lange) was replaced by newcomers Alex Borstein, Chris Hogan, Pat Kilbane, Lisa Kushell, Will Sasso, and Aries Spears.
This was the last season to feature original cast members David Herman and Mary Scheer. Herman left to pursue a movie career, while Scheer left show business to become a full-time mother.
This was the last season Fax Bahr and Adam Small would produce MADtv with Quincy Jones and David Salzman, although Barr and Small are still credited as "executive consultants". They went on to create Blue Collar TV, a similar sketch show that ran from 2004 to 2006.
This was the last season Alfred E. Neuman and the bomb sequence was seen in the opening credits. However, Neuman's image still appeared on the MADtv stage in the fourth season. This was also the last season of Spy vs. Spy and Don Martin cartoon shorts, although Spy vs. Spy would be seen as part of the MADtv rerun segments in the fourth season.
This was the first season in which MADtv showed "classics", i.e. reruns of episodes from previous seasons.
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