The seventh season of Mad TV, an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on the Fox Network between September 22, 2001, and May 18, 2002.
Summary During this season, Debra Wilson became the only member left from the original 1995-1996 cast, following Nicole Sullivan's departure at the end of season six. The previous season's feature players, Andrew Daly and Stephnie Weir were promoted to repertory players. New cast members hired this season include: Frank Caliendo, Kathryn Fiore, Jill-Michele Meleán (the first Latina to join the show and the third Hispanic cast member overall, after Nelson Ascencio in 1999 and Pablo Francisco in 1997), Taran Killam (the youngest Mad TV cast member at 19 years old, the only Mad TV cast member to get his start on a children's television show [Nickelodeon's The Amanda Show], and the second MADtv cast member after Jeff Richards to later be hired as a Saturday Night Live cast member), and Bobby Lee (the first, and only, East Asian-American cast member).
Guest stars this season included David Carradine, Michelle Trachtenberg, Todd Bridges, Vivica A. Fox, Frankie Muniz, Amanda Bynes, *NSYNC members Lance Bass and Joey Fatone, wrestlers Triple H and Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Man Show hosts Adam Carolla and Jimmy Kimmel, and rappers DMX, Ja Rule, Insane Clown Posse, Master P., Method Man, Redman, and the RZA. Trachtenberg's appearance is notable, as her performance in a Buffy the Vampire Slayer parody sketch netted Tratchenberg a nomination for a Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series.
This season is the last for Alex Borstein, Will Sasso, and Andrew Daly and the only season for Kathryn Fiore and Taran Killam.
Opening montage The Mad TV logo appears on the screen and the theme song, which is performed by the hip-hop group Heavy D & the Boyz, begins. A voice announces "It's Mad TV! Starring...," and then alphabetically introduces each repertory cast member, followed by the featured cast. The screen splits into several different live-action clips of cast members performing recurring characters. When the last cast member is introduced, the music stops and the title sequence ends with the phrase "You are now watching Mad TV."
This was also the first season to have an announcer for the show's opening titles.
Cast
Repertory cast members Alex Borstein (13/25 episodes; last episode: April 13, 2002) Frank Caliendo (16/25 episodes) Mo Collins (25/25 episodes) Andrew Daly (25/25 episodes) Michael McDonald (25/25 episodes) Will Sasso (25/25 episodes) Aries Spears (25/25 episodes) Stephnie Weir (25/25 episodes) Debra Wilson (25/25 episodes)
Featured cast members Kathryn Fiore (16/25 episodes; first episode: September 29, 2001/ last episode: May 11, 2002) Taran Killam (13/25 episodes; first episode: November 10, 2001/ last episode: May 11, 2002) Bobby Lee (13/25 episodes; first episode: October 6, 2001) Jill-Michele Meleán (2/25 episodes; first episode: April 27, 2002)
Writers
Bryan Adams (eps. 1–25) Dick Blasucci (eps. 1–25) Alex Borstein (eps. 11, 13, 15) Garry Campbell (writing supervisor) (eps. 1–25) Kal Clarke (eps. 15–25) Chris Cluess (eps. 1–25) Gabrielle Collins (WGA Trainee) (eps. 4, 17) Steven Cragg (eps. 1–25) John Crane (eps. 1–25) Lauren Dombrowski (eps. 1–25) Michael Hitchcock (eps. 1–25) Jennifer Joyce (eps. 1–25) Kevin Kataoka (eps. 1–9) Scott King (writing supervisor) (eps. 1–25) Michael Koman (eps. 5, 23) (both Season 05 Encore) Bruce McCoy (eps. 1–25) Michael McDonald (eps. 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 12–17, 19–22, 25) Tami Sagher (eps. 1–25) Will Sasso (eps. 13, 22) Devon Shepard (eps. 1–25) Rich Talarico (eps. 1–25) Bryan Tucker (eps. 1–25) Mike Upchurch (eps. 1–9) Stephnie Weir (eps. 1, 4, 6, 17, 20, 22, 25) Jim Wise (eps. 12–25)
Episodes
Home Release When HBO Max streamed this series, episodes 4, 6, 8, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, and 25 were omitted. The versions shown on Howdy and Tubi also omitted episode 3.
References
External links Mad TV - Official Website