Episodes
| # | Host(s) | Musical guest(s) | Original airdate | |
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| 566 | 1 | Ben Affleck | Nelly | October 2, 2004 |
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Nelly performed "My Place and "Na-NaNa-Na," with Jaheim performing on the former track. Alec Baldwin cameos during the monologue. Rob Riggle's first episode as a cast member. Amy Poehler co-anchors Weekend Update for the first time in this episode. James Gandolfini appeared in the Weekend Update segment in character as Tony Soprano. |
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| 567 | 2 | Queen Latifah | Queen Latifah | October 9, 2004 |
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Rodney Dangerfield died on October 5, 2004, a few days before this episode aired. A tribute to him can be seen in this episode. Queen Latifah performed covers of "The Same Love That Made Me Laugh" and "Hard Times." |
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| 568 | 3 | Jude Law | Ashlee Simpson | October 23, 2004 |
| Simpson had performed her hit single "Pieces of Me" without incident earlier. When she came back a second time, her band started playing and the first lines of her singing "Pieces of Me" could be heard again. She was holding her microphone at her waist at the time. Simpson looked momentarily confused as the band plowed ahead with the song and the vocal was quickly silenced. A flustered Simpson made some exaggerated hopping dance moves before walking off the stage in embarrassment. After a few moments showing the band playing without their singer, the director cut to a commercial. Following her performance and negative publicity, Simpson claims it was simply a back-up track due to an attack of her acid reflux. | ||||
| 569 | 4 | Kate Winslet | Eminem | October 30, 2004 |
| Eminem performs "Mosh" and "Just Lose It". | ||||
| 570 | 5 | Liam Neeson | Modest Mouse | November 13, 2004 |
| Modest Mouse performed "Float On" and "Ocean Breathes Salty". | ||||
| 571 | 6 | Luke Wilson | U2 | November 20, 2004 |
| U2 performed three songs on air, including "I Will Follow" over the closing credits, and start playing "All Because of You" for the audience as the show ends. Bono began their first song by speaking into his microphone "Live mic, live mic" in reference to the Ashlee Simpson lip-synching controversy in the previous show. | ||||
| 572 | 7 | Colin Farrell | Scissor Sisters | December 11, 2004 |
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Lindsay Lohan appeared in the monologue and in Weekend Update. Brett Hull also appeared in Weekend Update. Scissor Sisters perform "Take Your Mama" and "Comfortably Numb". |
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| 573 | 8 | Robert De Niro | Destiny's Child | December 18, 2004 |
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The Muppets make two appearances in this episode. Destiny's Child performed "Soldier" and "Cater 2 U". TV Funhouse's "Blue Christmas" aired in which Santa skips the states that re-elected George W. Bush and hangs out with liberal celebrities like Margaret Cho, Al Franken, and Moby. Santa shows a map to his reindeer which lists the red states as Dumbfuckistan. |
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| 574 | 9 | Topher Grace | The Killers | January 15, 2005 |
| The Killers perform "Somebody Told Me" and "Mr. Brightside". | ||||
| 575 | 10 | Paul Giamatti | Ludacris featuring Sum 41 | January 22, 2005 |
| Ludacris performed "Number One Spot" and "Get Back" with Sum 41 accompanying him on the latter song. | ||||
| 576 | 11 | Paris Hilton | Keane | February 5, 2005 |
| Keane performed "Somewhere We Only Know" and "Everybody's Changing". | ||||
| 577 | 12 | Jason Bateman | Kelly Clarkson | February 12, 2005 |
| Kelly Clarkson participated in two sketches (The Bad Subway Performers sketch and Rap Night with Chubb Hotty). Clarkson performed "Since U Been Gone" and "Breakaway". | ||||
| 578 | 13 | Hilary Swank | 50 Cent | February 19, 2005 |
| 50 Cent performed "Disco Inferno" and "Candy Shop", with Olivia performing with him on the latter track. | ||||
| 579 | 14 | David Spade | Jack Johnson | March 12, 2005 |
| Jack Johnson performed "Sitting, Waiting, Wishing" and "Mudfootball." | ||||
| 580 | 15 | Ashton Kutcher | Gwen Stefani | March 19, 2005 |
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Kutcher's then-fiancée, Demi Moore, cameos in the monologue, dressed as an old woman. Gwen Stefani performed "Rich Girl" and "Hollaback Girl," with Eve accompanying her on the former. |
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| 581 | 16 | Cameron Diaz | Green Day | April 9, 2005 |
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Jimmy Fallon, Drew Barrymore, and Justin Timberlake make guest appearances during "The Barry Gibb Talk Show" sketch (at the time of this episode, Timberlake was dating Diaz, and Fallon and Barrymore were promoting the film Fever Pitch). Fallon also made an appearance in the Weekend Update. Green Day performed "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" and "Holiday". |
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| 582 | 17 | Tom Brady | Beck | April 16, 2005 |
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Martin Short made a cameo appearance during Weekend Update as Jiminy Glick. Beck performed "E-Pro" and "Girl." |
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| 583 | 18 | Johnny Knoxville | System of a Down | May 7, 2005 |
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Paula Abdul appeared in the cold opening sketch and introduced System of a Down's second performance. Jason Sudeikis' first episode as a cast member. Prior to this episode, Sudeikis was a writer for SNL who had bit roles in some sketches. System of a Down performed "B.Y.O.B. and "Aerials." |
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| 584 | 19 | Will Ferrell | Queens of the Stone Age | May 14, 2005 |
| Will Ferrell performed with Queens of the Stone Age during "Little Sister" as his "More Cowbell" character, Gene Frenkle, performing the song's jam block part on a cowbell. Queens of the Stone Age also performed "In My Head." | ||||
| 585 | 20 | Lindsay Lohan | Coldplay | May 21, 2005 |
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Rob Riggle's final episode as a cast member. Coldplay performed "Speed of Sound" and "Fix You." |
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