Weekend Update Summer Edition is a Weekend Update-only spinoff of Saturday Night Live, airing Thursday nights during the summer off-season. For its first three seasons, it was known as Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update Thursday, and aired during the regular SNL season. The series premiered on October 10, 2008.
The normal cast does perform, and the montage is the same as the normal show, except with no host, or monologue and musical guest, and goes right to Weekend Update. Most episodes featured a cold-open sketch, though this was dropped for the first two episodes of the fourth season.
Episodes[]
Season 1 (2008)[]
As "Weekend Update Thursday," with anchors Amy Poehler and Seth Meyers
- October 9, 2008
- October 16, 2008
- October 23, 2008
Season 2 (2009)[]
While not a cast member, Amy Poehler joined Seth Meyers as anchor for the first two episodes. Meyers alone anchored for the October episode.
- September 17, 2009
- September 24, 2009
- October 1, 2009
Season 3 (2012)[]
With anchor Seth Meyers
- September 20, 2012
- September 27, 2012
Season 4 (2017)[]
As "Weekend Update Summer Edition," with hosts Colin Jost and Michael Che
- August 10, 2017
- August 17, 2017
- August 24, 2017