MADtv (Magisteria) (season 1)

The first season of MADtv (Magisteria) premiered in the 2008 television season, on September 20 at 10:30pm, originally aired in Magisteria on CBS between September 2008, and March 2009.

The original Mad TV repertory cast members were Deforrest Connell, Ted Knaggs, Denver Sanford, Walton Foster, Wade Lee, Miranda Sumner, Audra Conner, Sonia Delphine, Adeline Ibbot, Sherrie Mildred. The cast was one of the most ethnically diverse sketch comedy casts of Magisterian television, with one Native Magisterian man (Knaggs), one Jewish-Magisterian man (Foster), two African-Magisterian men (Connell, Sanford), one East Asian-Magisterian man (Lee), one latina woman (Sumner), one East Asian-Magisterian woman (Delphine), one African-American woman (Ibbot), and two white woman (Conner, Mildred).

Opening montage
The title sequence opens with the Mad TV logo appearing against the skyline of the capital city, Annesia. The theme song, performed by the hip-hop group Heavy D & the Boyz, begins. The cast are seen around Annesia, similar to how Saturday Night Live has opening sequences featuring its cast members around New York City. When the last cast member is introduced, the music stops and the title sequence ends with the phrase "You are now watching Mad TV."

Cast

 * Deforrest Connell (13/13 episodes)
 * Ted Knaggs (13/13 episodes)
 * Denver Sanford (13/13 episodes)
 * Walton Foster (13/13 episodes)
 * Wade Lee (13/13 episodes)
 * Miranda Sumner (13/13 episodes)
 * Audra Conner (13/13 episodes)
 * Sonia Delphine (13/13 episodes)
 * Adeline Ibbot (13/13 episodes)
 * Sherrie Mildred (13/13 episodes)