SNL to spinoff Weekend Update: report

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‘SNL’ to spinoff ‘Weekend Update’: report
By Mark Hensch - 02/07/17 09:36 AM EST


NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” plans on turning its “Weekend Update” into a weekly series, according to a new report.

The spinoff would likely air for 30 minutes in prime time late Thursdays, Politico said Tuesday.

Variety reported Sunday that total “SNL” viewership is up 22 percent over a comparable period during the 2015–2016 season.

The sketch comedy series now boasts 10.6 million viewers overall, compared with 8.7 million last year.

“SNL” is now enjoying its strongest ratings in 22 years, according to NBC, which said the previous record came during the 1994–1995 season.

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[kimbutgar]

1. Hmmmm I wonder why?

[jaysunb]

4. Trump got an awful lot of free press during the campaign

maybe, this will have the same effect,

[blue neen]

2. That would be great.

Colin Jost and Michael Che are highly entertaining, all while stating obvious truths!

[bigtree]

3. it's hit or miss with the team they have now

...don't always agree with them.

Some shows I had to turn them off for being unnecessarily cynical about a progressive issue or initiative. Typical of folks today, though, with a limited view of history and government.

[unc70]

5. Not excited about this

They often don't have enough decent material for this segment as it is. Too often fill with ego-driven bits featuring other cast members - bits that are not funny and run on for too ong.

Their attempts back during the primaries and conventions of doing live segments within news programming were uniformly dismal.

[Staph]

6. Bring back

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler!

[bluedigger]

7. They were just waiting for David Ortiz to pitch mofungo full time.