The twenty-ninth season of Saturday Night Live, an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between October 4, 2003, and May 15, 2004.

Instead of the wrought-iron fire escape motif with the blinking "ON AIR" light, the stages are now modeled after Grand Central Terminal (right down to the spherical clock).

Will Forte, Seth Meyers, and Jeff Richards were all promoted to repertory status, while Fred Armisen remained a featured player.

bold denotes "Weekend Update" anchor Future cast member Jason Sudeikis and stand-up comedian J.B. Smoove were hired as writers this season.

[9][10] John Lutz and Liz Cackowski are hired midway through the season, starting with the Megan Mullally-hosted episode.