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Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday

2008 – 2017 · NBC
4 seasons · 12 episodes
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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.

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Summer vacation just got a little shorter for Colin Jost and Michael Che, the two “Saturday Night Live” cast members who anchor its long-running “Weekend Update” news satire. “SNL” will be on hiatus but the news cycle will still be serving up plenty of material to mock.

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Seth Meyers
Weekend Update Anchor
Amy Poehler
Casey Wilson
Kristen Wiig
Andy Samberg
David Kip
Fred Armisen
Jason Sudeikis
Various
Will Forte
Created by Lorne Michaels

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Status
Ended
Type
News
First aired
Oct 9, 2008
Original language
EN
Production
SNL Studios, Broadway Video, Universal Television
Country
US

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