Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update (Variety, English)
Genres: Comedy
Status: Ended
Premiered: 2008-10-09
Ended: 2017-08-24
Network: NBC
Country: US
Airs on: Thursday
Air time: 21:00
Runtime: 30 minutes
NBC is bringing a late-night institution to primetime with a four-episode order for Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update. The half-hour telecast will feature "Weekend Update" anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che. Additional "Saturday Night Live" cast members will also make appearances. 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 Night Live" throughout the show's storied 42-year history.