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Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday

Created by Lorne Michaels

2008–2017

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.

First aired
9 Oct 2008
Episode length
30 min
Country
United States
Language
English
Executive producer
Lorne Michaels
Producers
Alex Baze, Erin Doyle, Ken Aymong and 3 others
Elsewhere
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Cast

Seasons · 12 episodes

  • Season 1

    2008

  • Season 2

    2009

  • Season 3

    2012

  • Summer Edition

    Season 4 · 2017

    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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