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Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update Summer Edition

Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update Summer Edition

20171.01 Season3 EpisodesReturning Series

Overview

A ready-for-prime-time skewering of newsworthy items and current affairs.

NetworksNBC

Top Cast

Colin Jost

Colin Jost

Himself - Anchor

Michael Che

Michael Che

Himself - Anchor

Themes & Keywords

political satirecurrent affairs

About Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update Summer Edition

Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update Summer Edition is a comedy, news series that first aired in 2017 exploring themes of political satire, current affairs. it stars Colin Jost, Michael Che. A ready-for-prime-time skewering of newsworthy items and current affairs.

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