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Saturday Night Live aired its thirty-first season in the 2005-06 television season on NBC. The season began on October 1 2005 and ended on May 20 2006 with 19 episodes in all. The season was cut one episode short due to the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. A 30th anniversary special for the show was planned but the plan was scrapped due to budget cuts.Before the start of the season featured player Rob Riggle was let go from the show.