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History of Saturday Night Live
1975–1980
seasons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
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seasons 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
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seasons 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
1990–1995
seasons 16, 17, 18, 19, 20
1995–2000
seasons 21, 22, 23, 24, 25
2000–2005
seasons 26, 27, 28, 29, 30
2005–2010
seasons 31, 32, 33, 34, 35
2010–2015
seasons 36, 37, 38, 39, 40
2015–2020
seasons 41, 42, 43, 44, 45
2020–present
seasons 46, 47, 48, 49
Weekend Update
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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. Historically, one or two of the players are cast in the role of news anchor, presenting gag news items based on current events and acting as hosts for occasional editorials, commentaries, or other performances by other cast members or guests. In modern times, dedicated anchors are chosen among writing staff, often lead writers, in lieu of cast or featured players.
Chevy Chase has said that Weekend Update – which he started as anchor in 1975 – paved the way for comedic news shows like The Daily Show and The Colbert Report.[1]
^Keller, Joel (April 16, 2007). "A delusional Chevy Chase says he created The Daily Show". AOL TV. Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. [...] asked what he thought of Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, [Chase] took credit for their success. "[I] think that, you know, I started it with my Weekend Update," he responds, implying that the ideas for both The Daily Show and The Colbert Report came directly from WU.
WeekendUpdate is a Saturday Night Live sketch and satirical news program that comments on and parodies current events. It is the show's longest-running...
sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live since 2005, and co-anchor of WeekendUpdate since 2014. He also served as one of the show's co-head writers from...
Saturday Night Live WeekendUpdate Thursday is an American limited-run series broadcast on NBC. It is a political satire news show spin-off from Saturday...
included anchoring the show's WeekendUpdate segment for three and a half seasons. He was removed as host of SNL's WeekendUpdate in 1998, allegedly for relentlessly...
this season were two election-themed episodes of Saturday Night Live WeekendUpdate Thursday, which aired on September 20, 2012, and September 27, 2012...
three- to four-member dedicated WeekendUpdate writing team will write jokes throughout the week. The host(s) of WeekendUpdate will normally not work with...
was accompanied by three prime-time episodes of Saturday Night Live WeekendUpdate Thursday and three prime-time SNL clip shows. A notable moment of the...
WeekendUpdate segment with Seth Meyers, beginning with the season 39 premiere. Strong later co-anchored with Colin Jost, and was replaced on Weekend...
as the show's head writer and anchor of their news parody segment, WeekendUpdate, from 2006 until his departure in 2014. Meyers was born in Evanston...
Co-Worker Who is Extremely Busy Doing Seemingly Nothing), who comes to WeekendUpdate to complain about her job, though it's unclear what she actually does...
comedy series Saturday Night Live, where he has served as co-anchor on WeekendUpdate alongside Colin Jost, and the two were co-head writers from 2017 until...
staff of writers. Note: Beginning with the show's forty-third season, WeekendUpdate writers were credited separately from the rest of the writing staff...
until 2008, she served as co-anchor of the show's news parody segment, WeekendUpdate. Poehler left SNL halfway through her eighth season to star as Leslie...
season to co-anchor WeekendUpdate alongside Jost. This was also the final season for longtime writers Alex Baze (WeekendUpdate writer since 2004, and...
recurring segment has its own credit in the opening. bold denotes "WeekendUpdate" anchor The entire writing staff from the previous season returned,...
wouldn't come until Tony Rosato died in 2017) and is the first death of a WeekendUpdate anchor, until Norm Macdonald in 2021. This season was the first to broadcast...
is an American actor, comedian and filmmaker. He is best known as a WeekendUpdate news anchor on Saturday Night Live and for creating the sitcoms The...
becoming head writer and a performer, appearing as co-anchor in the WeekendUpdate segment and, later, developing a satirical portrayal of 2008 Republican...
first season of Saturday Night Live (1975–1976), where his recurring WeekendUpdate segment became a staple of the show. As both a performer and a writer...
hosted by Ben Affleck, and in 2010, he became a recurring character on WeekendUpdate, SNL's recurring satirical news segment. Stefon is described as a "city...
member has served as a guest host, appeared as the anchorperson of the "WeekendUpdate" segment (by any of its titles), or has been the subject of their own...
members Bobby Moynihan, Vanessa Bayer, and Sasheer Zamata. bold denotes "WeekendUpdate" anchor Prior to the start of the season, short film director Matt Villines...
"WeekendUpdate" segment from 1976 to 1977, paired with Dan Aykroyd from 1977 to 1978 and Bill Murray from 1978 to 1980. On occasional "WeekendUpdate"...
from 1986 to 1995, where he anchored the show's news parody segment WeekendUpdate. After leaving SNL, he acted in several of the Happy Madison films,...
made a mistake in firing Parnell. With Colin Quinn's anchor seat on "WeekendUpdate" empty, Lorne Michaels decided to go back to the format used in the...
on April 11, 2020 with three remotely produced episodes containing WeekendUpdate and other contributions from the cast. The self-filmed episodes, with...
telling them they were cancelled, and Chevy Chase in the opening and in "WeekendUpdate". Over the course of Season 1, sketch comedy would begin to dominate...
Roseannadanna is a character created and portrayed by Gilda Radner on WeekendUpdate in the early seasons of Saturday Night Live (SNL). She was the segment's...
Kelly – a student at George Washington University who performs songs on WeekendUpdate with his brother Patrick (played by Will Forte). Leonard – the strange...
Saturday Night Live from 1995 to 2000, and he became known for anchoring WeekendUpdate, the show's news parody segment. Prior to SNL, he was best known as...
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