The BEST episodes of Saturday Night Live season 25

Every episode of Saturday Night Live season 25, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Saturday Night Live season 25!

Each week, a famous guest host appears in sketches and parodies alongside a roster of up-and-coming comedians. A popular musical guest, short films, and Weekend Update - a recurring satirical newscast - form the backbone of one of the most influential and culturally significant TV shows in history.

Last Updated: 12/14/2024Network: NBCStatus: Continuing
Julianna Margulies/DMX
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8.60
5 votes

#1 - Julianna Margulies/DMX

Season 25 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/12/2000

Sketches include ""Bill and Hillary Clinton,"" ""Regurgitating Family,"" ""E! News Daily,"" ""Simma Da Na,"" ""Crocodile Hunter,"" ""Erectile Dysfunction/Tootsie Roll Add,"" ""Jessica Simpson,"" and ""Bloder Brothers.""

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Jerry Seinfeld/David Bowie
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8.44
9 votes

#2 - Jerry Seinfeld/David Bowie

Season 25 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/2/1999

Sketches include ""Ross Perot,"" ""Morning Latte,"" ""Mary Katherine Gallagher,"" ""Action 8 News Watch,"" ""Oz,"" and ""Alive or Dead?""

Writer: Steve Koren
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Jennifer Aniston/Sting
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8.00
1 votes

#3 - Jennifer Aniston/Sting

Season 25 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/20/1999

Sketches include ""Who Wants to be the President?,"" ""Pretty Living,"" ""Nick Burns,"" ""Mr. Peepers,"" ""Pokémon Parents,"" and ""Roberta.""

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Tobey Maguire/Sisqo
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8.00
1 votes

#4 - Tobey Maguire/Sisqo

Season 25 - Episode 17 - Aired 4/18/2000

Live From New York, it's...Tobey Maguire Sketches include ""Bedtime At SNL,"" ""Celebrity Jeopardy,"" ""Nadeen At Burger Castle,"" ""Inside the Actor's Studio,"" ""The Atteburys' Tennis Lesson,"" ""Stavenhagen's Pawn Shop,"" ""Raspberry Soda and Porn Magazines"", ""The Flexible Yoga Student"", and ""West Link"" Sisqo performs: ""The Thong Song"" NBC and syndicated reruns replace Sisqo's performance with a dress rehearsal because in the live show version, Sisqo's microphone went dead.

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Britney Spears (1)
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8.00
4 votes

#5 - Britney Spears (1)

Season 25 - Episode 19 - Aired 5/13/2000

Live From New York, it's...Ana Gasteyer Sketches include: ""A Message From Giuliani"", ""Gap Fat"", ""Morning Latte"", ""Boston Teens' Field Trip"", ""TV Funhouse: The Ambiguously Gay Duo"", ""Clinton Scandal Commemorative Plates"", ""Homeless Woodrow Meets Britney Spears"", ""The DeMarco Brothers"", ""DeAndra Wells' Comeback Tour"", and ""Uncle Jemima's Mash Liquor"" The host/musical guest sings: ""Oops...I Did It Again"" and ""Don't Let Me Be The Last To Know""

The Rock/AC/DC
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7.89
9 votes

#6 - The Rock/AC/DC

Season 25 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/18/2000

Live From New York, it's...Vince McMahon Sketches include ""Backstage SNL: Vince McMahon Warns the Wrestlers,"" ""The Ladies' Man,"" ""Mr. Peepers' Father,"" ""Morning Latte,"" ""Nicotrel/WWF Wrestlers Beat Up Chris Parnell,"" ""The Goombahs,"" ""Today's Lady"", and ""Colonel Belmont's Horse Glue"" AC/DC performs ""Stiff Upper Lip"" and ""You Shook Me (All Night Long).""

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Danny DeVito/R.E.M.
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7.67
3 votes

#7 - Danny DeVito/R.E.M.

Season 25 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/11/1999

Sketches include ""Tom Brokaw and Arnold Schwarzenegger,"" ""Delicious Dish,"" ""Mango,"" ""Boston Teens,"" ""The Ladies' Man,"" ""Rockette's Auditions,"" and ""Not My Baby!""

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Jamie Foxx/Blink 182
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7.57
7 votes

#8 - Jamie Foxx/Blink 182

Season 25 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/8/2000

Live from New York, it's...Darrell Hammond Sketches include: Hillary's Departure, Hamburger Helper Anti-Bacterial, Puff Daddy and J.Lo in Therapy, The Prisoners, A Message From John Goodman, Nick Burns, Backstage SNL: Tracy Morgan and Jamie Foxx, Showtime At The Apollo, Stereotypically Jeffrey, and A Martin Luther King, Jr. Moment Blink-182 performs: All The Small Things and What's My Age Again?

Christopher Walken/Christina Aguilera
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7.20
5 votes

#9 - Christopher Walken/Christina Aguilera

Season 25 - Episode 16 - Aired 4/8/2000

Live from New York, it's...Dana Carvey (as George Bush, Sr.) Sketches include ""George Bush and Son,"" ""Behind the Music: Blue Oyster Cult,"" ""Elian Gonzalez Musical,"" ""The Continental,"" ""Thanks, Viagra,"" ""Jenny Jones,"" ""The Census Taker,"" and ""Miss Greenwood Hills Beauty Pageant."" Christina Aguilera performs: ""I Turn To You"", ""At Last"", and ""What A Girl Wants"".

Ben Affleck/Fiona Apple
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7.00
2 votes

#10 - Ben Affleck/Fiona Apple

Season 25 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/19/2000

Sketches include ""Peanuts,"" ""Mango,"" ""Party,"" ""Frett's Film Forum,"" ""Fanatic,"" ""The Zimmermans,"" ""Cop Training,"" and ""Who Wants to Be Groped by an $11,000-aire?""

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Joshua Jackson/N*Sync
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7.00
1 votes

#11 - Joshua Jackson/N*Sync

Season 25 - Episode 14 - Aired 3/11/2000

Sketches include ""Tom Brokaw, Bernard Shaw, and Ted Koppel,"" ""Replacing Kathie Lee Gifford,"" ""Wedding Singers,"" ""7 Degrees Celcius,"" ""Frat Boys,"" ""Book Discussion,"" ""Colette Reardon,"" and ""Threesome.""

Alan Cumming/Jennifer Lopez
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7.00
3 votes

#12 - Alan Cumming/Jennifer Lopez

Season 25 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/5/2000

Live From New York, it's...Chris Parnell! Sketches include: ""Breakfast in New Hampshire,"" ""Uncle Jemima's Down Home Mash Liquor,"" ""VH-1's Fried Chicken Fields Forever,"" ""The Culps,"" ""Dog Show,"" ""The Heat Is On"" (film), ""Siegfried and Roy,"" and ""Hello Dolly!."" Jennifer Lopez performed ""Waiting For Tonight"" and ""Feelin' So Good.""

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Christina Ricci/Beck
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6.67
3 votes

#13 - Christina Ricci/Beck

Season 25 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/4/1999

Sketches include ""Bill Clinton,"" ""Spartan Cheerleaders,"" ""So This is Channukah,"" ""Who Wants to Eat?,"" ""Taxi Cab Confessions,"" ""Goth Talk,"" ""Sally Jesse Raphael,"" and ""Tribute to Madeline Kahn.""

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Jackie Chan/Kid Rock
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6.67
3 votes

#14 - Jackie Chan/Kid Rock

Season 25 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/20/2000

Live From New York, it's...Florence Henderson, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Gina Gershon, and Tim Meadows Sketches include: ""The Ladies' Man Dating Game"", ""Nick Burns"", ""The Culps"", ""TV Funhouse: Fun With Some Real Audio--Madonna's Video Shoot"", ""The Zimmermans At The Golf Course"", ""Digging To The Center of the Earth"", ""Calgon"", and ""Legends In Concert"" Kid Rock performs: American Bad-Ass and Only God Knows Why The NBC rerun replaces the ""Zimmermans At The Golf Course"" sketch with an SNL mini-film by Adam McKay called ""The Procedure"" starring Willem Dafoe and Andy Richter.

Freddie Prinze Jr./Macy Gray
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6.50
2 votes

#15 - Freddie Prinze Jr./Macy Gray

Season 25 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/15/2000

Live from New York, it's...a singing Chris Kattan Sketches include: NBC Special Report: Elian Gonzales, Colonel Belmont's Old-Fashioned Horse Glue, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, Boy Band Blowout 2000, Monica Lewinsky for Jenny Craig, Ugly Models, The Bad Doctor, The Sopranos, Charlie Rose, The Giffords, and Flacko And Teddy's World of Martin Luther King Day Trees Macy Gray performs: I Try and Why Didn't You Call Me

Norm Macdonald/Dr. Dre
star
6.00
2 votes

#16 - Norm Macdonald/Dr. Dre

Season 25 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/23/1999

Sketches include ""Rudy Giuliani,"" ""Martha Stewart Living,"" ""Yankees History,"" ""Celebrity Jeopardy,"" ""NBC Crosstalk,"" ""Larry King,"" ""Michael Jaxon,"" and ""Inside the Actor's Studio.""

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John Goodman/Neil Young
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5.50
2 votes

#17 - John Goodman/Neil Young

Season 25 - Episode 18 - Aired 5/6/2000

Live From New York, it's...Darrell Hammond Sketches include ""Who Want to Be a Millionaire?/Time Warner Attacks Disney,"" ""Platinum Mach 14,"" ""Wanna Be a VJ-3,"" ""Adele The Sleazy Office Flirt,"" ""TV Funhouse: The Life of an SNL Catchphrase,"" ""Christopher Lowell Show,"" ""Rock 'N Roll Heaven,"" and ""Bloder Brothers Get Arrested."" Neil Young performs: ""Razor Love"" and ""Silver and Gold""

Heather Graham/Marc Anthony
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4.50
2 votes

#18 - Heather Graham/Marc Anthony

Season 25 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/16/1999

Sketches include ""Al Gore and George W. Bush,"" ""The Zimmermans,"" ""The Ladies' Man,"" ""Hans and Franz,"" ""VH1 Net Aid,"" ""Dog Show, and ""Blair Witch Parody.""

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Dylan McDermott/Foo Fighters
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0.00
0 votes

#19 - Dylan McDermott/Foo Fighters

Season 25 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/6/1999

Sketches include ""The Practice,"" ""The Jim Gray Show,"" ""Early Show,"" ""The Culps,"" ""Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?,"" ""Mango,"" ""Colette Reardon,"" ""State Lotto Drawing,"" and ""Disbelieving Mom.""

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Garth Brooks (2)
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0.00
0 votes

#20 - Garth Brooks (2)

Season 25 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/13/1999

Sketches include ""Gun Convention,"" ""James Bond,"" ""Hickory Farms Audio Visual Project,"" ""Tracy Morgan and Garth Brooks,"" ""Warner Lambert/America Home Products Merger,"" ""Express Flowers,"" ""Mango,"" ""Devil Can't Wrte No Love Songs,"" ""Simma Da Na,"" and ""WXLU News.""

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