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About Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update
Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update Season 1 released August 10, 2017 on NBC.
The half-hour telecast will feature "Weekend Update" anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che. Additional "Saturday Night Live" cast members will also make appearances.
"'SNL' is having its best season in a quarter of a century — how many shows can say that?! — so we didn't want them to take the summer off," said Robert Greenblatt, Chairman, NBC Entertainment. "We're thrilled to have Colin Jost and Michael Che continuing their unique brand of news with fresh 'Weekend Update' shows in primetime this August.""Weekend Update," which comments on and satirizes the news and current affairs of the week, has consistently ranked as one of the most popular segments of "Saturday NightLive" throughout the show's storied 42-year history. Previous "Weekend Update" anchors include Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin, Dennis Miller, Norm Macdonald, Jimmy Fallon, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Seth Meyers.
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It’s crazy to think that SNL has been on for 25 years! They are still going and doing better than ever. I think all the social media tips and the sharing on Facebook really helped the show to take off in recent years.