Live From New York, it's...Robert DeNiro

Sketches include, ""C-SPAN: Terrorist Warnings"", ""McDonalds Big N' Tasty"", ""Thomas Jefferson & Sally Hemmings"", ""Peter Pan Rehearsals"", ""A Department Store Santa and His Wife"", ""U.N. Weapons Inspectors"", ""Judge Horace"", ""A Very Special Versace Hanukkah"", ""Violent Car Salesman"", ""Father Story Time"", and ""Radioactive Bear""

Norah Jones performs: ""Don't Know Why"" and ""Come Away With Me""

Live From New York (and opening the 30th season of SNL), it's...Chris Parnell

Sketches include ""First Presidential Debate 2004,"" ""Dr. Porkenheimer's Boner Juice,"" ""Debbie Downer,"" ""Swift Veterans for Truth,"" ""Kerry Campaign Stop,"" ""The Escalator,"" ""Obnoxious Wedding DJ,"" and ""Kitty Kelley's 'The Family.'""

Nelly performs: ""My Place"" and ""Na-Nana-Na""

The Dr. Porkenheimer fake commercial is not shown in the 11/27/04 NBC rerun.