Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday (2008)

10/09/2008 (US) • 30m

News, Comedy

Overview

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 Edition

2017 | 3 Episodes

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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Status

Ended

Network

network

Type

News

Original Language

English

Keywords

political satire

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