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The Best Episodes of Saturday Night Live Season 25

Every episode of Saturday Night Live Season 25 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Saturday Night Live Season 25!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Saturday Night Live Season 25 Episode 1 - Jerry Seinfeld/David Bowie
    7.5/10(148 votes)

    #1 - Jerry Seinfeld/David Bowie

    S25:E1

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

    Director:Unknown
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  2. Saturday Night Live Season 25 Episode 2 - Heather Graham/Marc Anthony
    6.4/10(92 votes)

    #2 - Heather Graham/Marc Anthony

    S25:E2

    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.""

    Director:Unknown
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  3. Saturday Night Live Season 25 Episode 3 - Norm MacDonald/Dr. Dre
    7.6/10(122 votes)

    #3 - Norm MacDonald/Dr. Dre

    S25:E3

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

    Director:Unknown
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  4. Saturday Night Live Season 25 Episode 4 - Dylan McDermott/Foo Fighters
    6.2/10(86 votes)

    #4 - Dylan McDermott/Foo Fighters

    S25:E4

    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.""

    Director:Unknown
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  5. Saturday Night Live Season 25 Episode 5 - Garth Brooks
    6.2/10(91 votes)

    #5 - Garth Brooks

    S25:E5

    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.""

    Director:Unknown
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  6. Saturday Night Live Season 25 Episode 6 - Jennifer Aniston/Sting
    6.7/10(121 votes)

    #6 - Jennifer Aniston/Sting

    S25:E6

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

    Director:Unknown
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  7. Saturday Night Live Season 25 Episode 7 - Christina Ricci/Beck
    6.2/10(92 votes)

    #7 - Christina Ricci/Beck

    S25:E7

    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.""

    Director:Unknown
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  8. Saturday Night Live Season 25 Episode 8 - Danny DeVito/R.E.M.
    6.1/10(97 votes)

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

    S25:E8

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

    Director:Unknown
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  9. Saturday Night Live Season 25 Episode 9 - Jamie Foxx/Blink 182
    6.1/10(104 votes)

    #9 - Jamie Foxx/Blink 182

    S25:E9

    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?

    Director:Unknown
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  10. Saturday Night Live Season 25 Episode 10 - Freddie Prinze Jr./Macy Gray
    6.3/10(96 votes)

    #10 - Freddie Prinze Jr./Macy Gray

    S25:E10

    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

    Director:Unknown
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  11. Saturday Night Live Season 25 Episode 11 - Alan Cumming/Jennifer Lopez
    6.1/10(116 votes)

    #11 - Alan Cumming/Jennifer Lopez

    S25:E11

    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.""

    Director:Unknown
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  12. Saturday Night Live Season 25 Episode 12 - Julianna Margulies/DMX
    5.9/10(79 votes)

    #12 - Julianna Margulies/DMX

    S25:E12

    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.""

    Director:Unknown
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  13. Saturday Night Live Season 25 Episode 13 - Ben Affleck/Fiona Apple
    6.5/10(113 votes)

    #13 - Ben Affleck/Fiona Apple

    S25:E13

    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?""

    Director:Unknown
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  14. Saturday Night Live Season 25 Episode 14 - Joshua Jackson/N*Sync
    6.2/10(103 votes)

    #14 - Joshua Jackson/N*Sync

    S25:E14

    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.""

    Director:Unknown
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  15. Saturday Night Live Season 25 Episode 15 - The Rock/AC/DC
    7.4/10(133 votes)

    #15 - The Rock/AC/DC

    S25:E15

    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).""

    Director:Unknown
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  16. Saturday Night Live Season 25 Episode 16 - Christopher Walken/Christina Aguilera
    8.3/10(169 votes)

    #16 - Christopher Walken/Christina Aguilera

    S25:E16

    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"".

    Director:Beth McCarthy-Miller
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Saturday Night Live Season 25 Episode 17 - Tobey Maguire/Sisqo
    6.8/10(108 votes)

    #17 - Tobey Maguire/Sisqo

    S25:E17

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  18. Saturday Night Live Season 25 Episode 18 - John Goodman/Neil Young
    5.9/10(88 votes)

    #18 - John Goodman/Neil Young

    S25:E18

    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""

    Director:Unknown
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  19. Saturday Night Live Season 25 Episode 19 - Britney Spears
    6.0/10(168 votes)

    #19 - Britney Spears

    S25:E19

    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""

    Director:Unknown
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  20. Saturday Night Live Season 25 Episode 20 - Jackie Chan/Kid Rock
    5.8/10(123 votes)

    #20 - Jackie Chan/Kid Rock

    S25:E20

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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Season 25 Ratings Summary

"Jerry Seinfeld/David Bowie" is the best rated episode of "Saturday Night Live" season 25. It scored 7.5/10 based on 148 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/2/1999. This episode is rated 1.1 points higher than the second-best, "Heather Graham/Marc Anthony".