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Saturday Night Live aired its twenty-fourth season during the 1998-1999 television season on NBC. The twenty-fourth season started on September 26 1998 and ended on May 15 1999 with 19 episodes in all (a 20th episode was planned but was dropped due to budget cuts).Before the start of the season Jim Breuer left the show. Norm Macdonald left the show halfway through the previous season after being taken off Weekend Update.After two years Saturday Night Live hired new cast members.