Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update Summer Edition (2008)

Original title

Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday

Directed by

Don Roy King

Genre

comedy television series

Country

United States

Length

4 seasons, 12 episodes

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 17 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

It is a limited-run series that spins off the Weekend Update segment from Saturday Night Live. It presents political satire and news commentary in a short 30 minute format. The show originally ran during the 2008 presidential election and later returned with new hosts in 2017.

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What happens

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. On March 14, 2017, NBC ordered a three-episode fourth iteration to be hosted by Michael Che and Colin Jost, premiering August 10, 2017, and going by the title Weekend Update: Summer Edition. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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