Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday

*Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday*
Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday
Also known as	Weekend Update: Special Edition (2009–2012); Weekend Update: Summer Edition (2017)
Genre	Comedy; Satire; News Parody
Created by	Lorne Michaels
Written by	Seth Meyers (head writer)
Directed by	Don Roy King
Presented by	Amy Poehler; Seth Meyers; Colin Jost; Michael Che;
Starring	Fred Armisen; Will Forte; Bill Hader; Darrell Hammond; Bobby Moynihan; Andy Samberg; Jason Sudeikis; Kenan Thompson; Kristen Wiig; Casey Wilson; Abby Elliott; Nasim Pedrad; Tim Robinson; Jay Pharoah; Taran Killam; Kate McKinnon; Vanessa Bayer; Aidy Bryant; Cecily Strong; Pete Davidson; Mikey Day; Leslie Jones; Alex Moffat;
Narrated by	Don Pardo; Darrell Hammond
Theme music composer	Jeff Richmond
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	11 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer	Lorne Michaels
Producers	Steve Higgins; Marci Klein; Ken Aymong (supervising)
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	October 9, 2008 –; August 24, 2017
Related
	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.

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.

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