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[1]
Written by	Seth Meyers (head writer)[1]
Directed by	Don Roy King[1]
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) Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox television with "list_episodes" parameter using self-link. See Infobox instructions and MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE.
Production
Executive producer	Lorne Michaels[1]
Producers	Steve Higgins Marci Klein[1]
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	October 9, 2008 (2008-10-09) – August 24, 2017 (2017-08-24)
Related
Saturday Night Live
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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.