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Current intertitle for the program. Weekend Update is a Saturday Night Live sketch and satirical news program that comments on and parodies current events. It is the show's longest-running recurring sketch, having been on since the show's first broadcast, and is typically presented in the middle of the show immediately after the first musical performance.
Weekend Update has been a platform for Saturday Night Live characters to grow and gain popularity ever since Gilda Radner used it to create Emily Litella and Roseanne Roseannadanna. Many cast members have used Update as the primary vehicle for a certain character.
The new millennium saw a lot of changes at Saturday Night Live. One of the biggest being that Tina Fey became the first female head writer of the show and one of the most notable "Weekend Update ...
Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday is an American limited-run series broadcast on NBC. It is a political satire news show spin-off from Saturday Night Live, featuring that show's Weekend Update segment. It initially ran for three 30-minute episodes in October 2008, during the lead-up to the 2008 United States presidential election.
The “Saturday Night Live” Weekend … “Colin Jost & Michael Che Present: New York After Dark,” the streamer’s first-ever live special, will air on Thursday, Sept. 12 at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT.
Saturday Night Live's latest Weekend Update segment included several jokes about the public perception of the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson — and viewers had mixed reactions ...
Title Premiere date Main actor(s) Description Weekend Update: October 11, 1975 Chevy Chase Jane Curtin Dan Aykroyd: A satirical news segment starring that is the longest-running recurring sketch in the show's history.
“Weekend Update” took rapid-fire aim at President-elect Donald Trump and those in his orbit, from RFK Jr. to Elon Musk to Matt Gaetz. But of course, “Saturday Night Live’s” faux newscast ...