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Seth Meyers used to hold the most appearances behind Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update desk.

On tonight’s episode of SNL, Weekend Update found a wide range of targets, from Jon Voight, Bono, Dwayne Johnson and the new Lord of the Rings seriess, to cast members Colin Jost and Pete Davidson themselves.

Tonight on Saturday Night Live, Weekend Update‘s anchors addressed topics ranging from the death of Robert Durst, to the latest in the Prince Andrew Scandal, and a Sesame Street feud between Elmo and the pet rock Rocco.

opened Saturday’s show by explaining the cast had been sent home and the show would be a mix of pre-recorded and classic sketches, with Hanks and surprise guest Tina Fey then inducting Rudd into the 5-Timers Club given that Saturday’s show marked his fifth time hosting.But while the show then went on with some sketches that Rudd and the cast were able to pre-record this week in addition to some older sketches, Weekend Update was performed onstage by Fey and Michael Che.Jost’s absence was

On tonight’s episode of Saturday Night Live, Tina Fey filled in for an absent Colin Jost—trading Weekend Update jokes with Michael Che from the front of the theater, with Tom Hanks, Kenan Thompson, Paul Rudd and the show’s skeleton crew serving as her audience.

"Saturday Night Live" addressed the trial and subsequent verdict in the Jussie Smollett trial during its "Weekend Update" segment this week.  Co-hosts Colin Jost and Michael Che reconvened after taking last week off to discuss the top headlines of the day, which meant that the high-profile case in Chicago was simply impossible to ignore.The former "Empire" actor was found guilty on five of six counts that he lied to police and staged a hoax hate crime against himself in January of 2019.  "On

“A jury declared Jussie Smollett really bad at acting,” opened Weekend Update co-anchor Colin Jost tonight, making light of the recent headlines over the guilty verdict for the Empire actor earlier this week from his 2019 assault.

This weekend’s edition of “Saturday Night Live” addressed the verdict in the Kyle Rittenhouse murder trial, with the 18-year-old defendant found not guilty on all charges after killing two people and injuring another with a semi-automatic assault rifle during a Black Lives Matter protest last year.

"Saturday Night Live" took some risky jabs in recapping the most recent headlines in its "Weekend Update" segment.  Hosts Colin Jost and Michael Che kicked things off on a light enough note, joking about Taylor Swift’s 10-minute performance of her re-released version of "All Too Well." From there, however, the duo launched into politics with some relatively dark jokes that didn’t always land with the audience.  Jost kicked things off by highlighting the recent news surrounding former adviser to

Tonight on SNL, Weekend Update‘s anchors covered topics ranging from the end of Britney Spears’ conservatorship, to developments in the feud between Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson, to an interesting new business venture on the part of DJ Khaled.

Cecily Strong, 37, was dressed as a clown while bringing up the serious topic of abortion during Weekend Update on the Nov. 6 episode of Saturday Night Live.

Tonight on SNL, Weekend Update‘s anchors welcomed Ice Cube (Kenan Thompson) to the desk to discuss reports that he’d exited Sony comedy Oh Hell No after declining to get the Covid-19 vaccine.

SNL head writer Colin Jost has been hosting Weekend Update alongside Michael Che for some time now. He started writing for Saturday Night Live back in Season 31, but didn’t appear on Weekend Update until 2014.

"Saturday Night Live" took on both sides of the political aisle during its most recent "Weekend Update" segment.  Co-hosts Colin Jost and Michael Che returned to the sketch show’s fake news desk Saturday where they opened things up with jokes at the expense of Republicans such as Steve Bannon, whom the House recently voted to find in contempt.  Jost began by noting that, in a rare moment of bipartisanship, the longtime ally and aide to former President Donald Trump was held in contempt for

On tonight’s Halloween episode of Saturday Night Live, Jason Sudeikis returned to Weekend Update to reprise his role as The Devil, catching co-anchor Colin Jost up on the latest in his life.

Colin Jost has surpassed Seth Meyers as the Saturday Night Live star who has appeared most on SNL’s Weekend Update.

On this week’s edition of Saturday Night Live, Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che covered a wide array of topics, ranging from the Jon Gruden scandal to the announcement of a bisexual Superman and beyond.

On this week’s edition of Saturday Night Live, Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che covered a wide range of topics, from the Jon Gruden scandal to the announcement of a bisexual Superman and beyond.

"Saturday Night Live" pulled no punches in mocking Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg in its latest "Weekend Update" installment.  After an eventful week for the social media giant that saw a whistleblower share shocking revelations about the company’s potentially negative impact on national security as well as an outage that took down its sites for an entire day, hosts Colin Jost and Michael Che were ready to pounce with some sharp jokes at the company's expense.

Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che weighed in on Facebook’s turbulent week on tonight’s episode of SNL.

"Saturday Night Live" returned for Season 47 this week and stopped short of its usual foray into politics in order to pay tribute to former host, Norm Macdonald.  The comedy world was shocked last month when it was announced that the former "Weekend Update" host had died following a secret cancer battle that he was waging for nine years.

Colin Jost and Michael Che are honouring Norm Macdonald. The Weekend Update hosts shared a special tribute to the late comedy legend during the season 47 debut of “Saturday Night Live”

Saturday Night Live took a moment to pay tribute to their late cast member Norm Macdonald during the season 47 premiere.

Colin Jost and Michael Che are honoring Norm Macdonald. The Weekend Update hosts shared a special tribute to the late comedy legend during 's season 47 debut.At the close of the Weekend Update segment on Saturday, Jost and Che addressed Macdonald's passing, explaining that it's «a bittersweet night for us tonight» following Macdonald's death on Sept.

Tonight on SNL, the Weekend Update anchors paid tribute to longtime cast member Norm Macdonald, who died on September 14, following a private, nine-year battle with cancer, aged 61.

Norm Macdonald, who was formerly on Saturday Night Live as one of the Weekend Update anchors and who was a fan favorite comedian, has sadly passed away at the age of 61.

Norm Macdonald, whose laconic delivery of sharp and incisive observations made him one of Saturday Night Live‘s most influential and beloved cast members, died today after a nine-year private battle with cancer. He was 61.

Pete Davidson is closing out this season of “Saturday Night Live” by taking a comedic swipe at Chrissy Teigen. The comedian joined Colin Jost on Weekend Update, ostensibly to address Mental Health Awareness Month, and took a bit of a tangent.

Pete Davidson is closing out this season of by taking a comedic swipe at Chrissy Teigen.

Tonight on the Saturday Night Live season finale, Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che waxed nostalgic about the tumult of the past year, and reflected on better days to come.

"Saturday Night Live" took on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the recent ousting of Rep. Liz Cheney by House Republicans during its latest "Weekend Update" segment.  Comedic duo Colin Jost and Michael Che took to the "SNL" stage once again this week to recap the most-talked-about headlines as of late.

Tonight on the Weekend Update segment of Saturday Night Live, anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che tackled new guidelines from the CDC, Rep. Liz Cheney’s ouster from Republican leadership, Tom Cruise’s recent decision to return his Golden Globes and more.

Tonight on SNL, Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che got a friendly jab in at host Elon Musk, also touching on former president Donald Trump’s new website and more.

"Saturday Night Live" took aim at Rep. Matt Gaetz once again during its "Weekend Update" segment this week.

Tonight on SNL, Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che weighed in on new allegations made against their “favorite Florida congressman.”

Bowen Yang delivered a powerful message addressing the rise in anti-Asian violence on “Saturday Night Live”. The comic joined Colin Jost for a segment on Weekend Update, and opened up about what people can do to help.