During the weeks leading up to Barack Obama and John McCain's 2008 Presidential election Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday was hosted by Seth Meyer and Amy Poehler. In the past NBC has brought Weekend Update to primetime for limited runs. Weekend Update's Past Primetime Appearances So much so that SNL had its most watched season in 24 years, increasing its viewership by 26% compared to last year giving them an average total of 11.02 million viewers weekly. Since the election of President Donald Trump Saturday Night Live, along with the previously mentioned shows, have seen their ratings grow tremendously. Saturday Night Live's parody news sketch helped pave the way for similar shows like The Colbert Report and The Daily Show. In its 42 years Weekend Update has seen many hosts including: Chevy Chase, Dennis Miller, Jimmy Fallon, Dan Aykroyd, Tina Fey, Jane Curtin, Norm MacDonald, Amy Poehler and Seth Meyers. It has been around since SNL's first broadcast and is typically shown right after the first musical performance of the night. SNL's Viewership Numbers Increase Weekend Update, is Saturday Night Live's longest running and most popular segment. They also don’t want to miss out on the “Get Trump” train. Although Saturday Night Live will be taking a short summer break, executives want to keep the SNL train running by giving one of the show's staple segments its own 30 minute show. " SNL is having its best season in a quarter of a century - how many shows can say that?! - so we didn't want them to take the summer off," said NBC Entertainment's Chairman Robert Greenblatt. Beginning Thursday AugWeekend Update, featuring hosts Colin Jost and Michael Che, will be airing live on NBC at 9 pm for four weekly episodes. NBC's executives are taking advantage of Saturday Night Live's recent ratings resurgence and are bringing Saturday Night Live's extremely popular segment Weekend Update to primetime television.
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