With "MADtv" in its tenth year on FOX, the show continued to change with cast turnover. Mo Collins left while Josh Meyers was fired. The only new cast members this season were Crista Flanagan (who was promoted to repertory player in the next season) and Spencer Kayden (who became one in a long line of microscopically short-lived "MADtv" players who joined the cast in the middle of the season, barely appeared in sketches, and were immediately fired at its end). Despite the dearth in new cast members, the show saw an abundance of featured players getting promoted to repertory status, as seen with the promotions of Daniele Gaither, Keegan-Michael Key, Nicole Parker, and Jordan Peele, all of whom became the show's most memorable cast members since the days of the original 1995-1996 cast.