"SNL's" 'Weekend Update' Gets 4 Primetime Summer Specials

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"Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update" set for Summer Primetime Run on NBC
by Nellie Andreeva
March 14, 2017


It’s official: NBC has picked up a primetime version of "Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update", which will have a four-week run during the show’s summer hiatus beginning Thursday, August 10 at 9 PM.

The half-hour telecast will feature Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che, with additional SNL cast members also set to 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.”





NBC previously brought Weekend Update to primetime in October 2008, when Seth Meyers and Amy Poehler hosted Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday in the weeks leading up to the Presidential election between Barack Obama and John McCain.

It returned for an additional six episodes in 2009, followed by a brief comeback in September 2012.

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