Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday
| Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday | |
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| Genre |
Comedy Satire News Parody |
| Created by | Lorne Michaels |
| Written by | Seth Meyers (head writer) |
| Directed by | Don Roy King |
| Presented by |
Seth Meyers Amy Poehler |
| Starring |
Fred Armisen Vanessa Bayer (season 3) Aidy Bryant (season 3) Abby Elliott (season 2) Will Forte (season 1–2) Bill Hader Darrell Hammond (season 1–2) Taran Killam (season 3) Kate McKinnon (season 3) Bobby Moynihan Nasim Pedrad (season 2–3) Jay Pharoah (season 3) Tim Robinson(season 3) Andy Samberg(season 1–2) Cecily Strong(season 3) Jason Sudeikis Kenan Thompson Kristen Wiig (season 1–2) Casey Wilson (season 1) |
| Narrated by | Don Pardo |
| Theme music composer | Jeff Richmond |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Lorne Michaels |
| Producer(s) |
Steve Higgins Marci Klein Ken Aymong (supervising) |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | October 9, 2008 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Saturday Night Live |
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.
It premiered on Thursday, October 9, 2008, at 9:30 p.m. ET, after The Office. The remaining episodes aired in the same timeslot on October 16 and 23.
The format consists of a topical cold open sketch similar to most episodes of SNL, followed by an extended "Weekend Update" for the remaining time. The series is essentially a continuation of the short-form "primetime extra" specials which have aired intermittently since the 2000–2001 season, when NBC needed to fill time following "supersized" 40-minute episodes of Friends.
Several former Saturday Night Live alumni returned to this show: Will Ferrell reprised his role as President George W. Bush, while Tina Fey appeared as Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin, in a continuation of her much-publicized appearances on the regular show. During the first show, Bill Murray appeared as himself, one of the undecided voters at the second presidential debate sketch. Chris Parnell appeared in the first two episodes as the moderators of the debates, Tom Brokaw and Bob Schieffer.
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