Rocket was fired immediately, the show was placed on hiatus and eventually, the entire cast besides Eddie Murphy and Joe Piscopo lost their jobs. Some Weekend Update hosts have been bad, but only Charles Rocket was so bad he nearly got the show canceled.
Later Rocket played the bad guy , Nicholas Andre, in "Dumb and Dumber" where he continued to be tall, handsome and not very funny. She was pushed aside by Bill Murray and Chevy Chase for the season's last two episodes and did not return for Season 7. She's probably best known for her voice work on 90's cartoons like "Tiny Toon Adventures" and "Animaniacs," but she deserved better from "SNL.
The six segments weren't memorable, but then again, nothing on the show was besides Eddie Murphy. Ebersole only did one season on the show before moving on to a soap opera, still the only "SNL" cast member to make that career move. Ebersole went on to a long-acting career on stage and screen, winning two Tony Awards, appearing in films as diverse as "Amadeus" and "The Wolf of Wall Street," and never reading fake news off a prompter again.
That same year, Doyle-Murray did six episodes with Christine Ebersole and eight solo efforts. Periodically Gross would appear as a field reporter during the BDM-hosted editions of the news. While she didn't return to the news, Mary Gross did survive the cast purge at the end of the season and remained on the show for three more years.
Colin Jost took over as head writer and Weekend Update anchor in , though he stepped down from the head writer job for a while before Season He may be a talented joke writer, but there's something off-putting about him.
Maybe it's that he's as smirky as any of SNL's other preppy Update anchors, but without having their chops. It also might be that he's in the wrong era: Comedy audiences have never cared less about the opinions of rich white guys from Harvard.
Jost is better the more he loosens up, banters with Michael Che and has a sense of humor about himself. He's worse when he's posing for photos while golfing or writing mediocre New Yorker pieces. However, no other Update anchor married Scarlett Johansson, so we're sure he won't sweat this ranking.
Horatio Sanz filled in at the Update desk for the first two episodes of Season 31, alongside Amy Poehler, while Tina Fey was out on maternity leave. Sanz did fine behind the desk, but the most memorable thing about his brief time on Update was the horn-rimmed glasses he wore as tribute to Fey.
The gravel-voiced Murray was a perfectly adequate anchor for a perfectly forgettable season, who continued appearing in "SNL"-affiliated films for years two "Vacation" movies with Chevy Chase, "Wayne's World" and countless movies with his brother Bill and even wrote for Chase's ill-fated talk show in It followed the Chevy Chase template — good-looking preppy tall guy — but Hall pulled it off much better than Charles Rocket, possibly because he's a solid writer.
Hall's most memorable stint behind the desk was probably anchoring the coverage of Buckwheat's death , but honestly, it was tough for anyone to stand out in those years who wasn't Eddie Murphy or Joe Piscopo.
Even the legendary Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Hall's wife since , couldn't get a foothold. Hall's writing was solid, as evidenced with his later Emmy-nominated work on "Brooklyn Bridge" and creating the sitcoms "Watching Ellie" and "The Single Guy. And "This Is Spinal Tap! Guest took over seven episodes into his lone season, after the show spent a year using its guest hosts as news anchors including two episodes with Billy Crystal as "Fernando". He was perfectly fine, but having Guest not play a character, do live performance.
But if he ever wants to make an ensemble comedy about local news, we'd be first in line at the theater. While she certainly had the chops to grow into the role, as her gig hosting the White House Correspondents Dinner showed, she ultimately preferred focusing on her spot in the main cast. Colin Quinn took over after the controversial midseason firing of Norm MacDonald, and the circumstances made it tough for him to win over the audience.
Quinn is a stand-up legend, and his material was often great , but much of the time he seemed visibly uncomfortable — in a suit, reading from a teleprompter, even dealing with the live studio audience, as he'd often shrug awkwardly when a joke didn't hit. The anchor chair seemed to take away some of his angry Brooklyn Irish edge, and while his opening monologues were often great, they didn't take as a permanent fixture of Update.
But he parlayed what he learned on "SNL" into a series of wildly successful one-man theater shows. Michael Che is the first African-American head writer in "SNL's" history and the first African-American Update anchor in history, and he is now in his fifth year as the co-anchor.
Initially Che wrote for the show, then became a "Daily Show" correspondent for just nine episodes, before being hired back at "SNL" to host Update. He's become more comfortable as the show adjusted to let him do long, stand-up-esque bits instead of just one-liners, because stand-up is still where Che seems looser and more comfortable.
And even Steve might feel kinda bad, because Jeff trained him. Jeff showed him how to work the cash register, where the tonic was on the soda gun, who tips, who doesn't Well, I'm Steve. What can I get you?
Quinn left the show at the end of season Following Quinn's departure, the show switched to a two-anchor format. This lasted until Fallon left the show at the end of season 29 ; he gave a goodbye to the audience on the May 15, show. Fey missed the first three shows of season 31 due to maternity leave; Horatio Sanz anchored alongside Poehler, though the name of the segment remained unchanged. Fey and Poehler remained co-anchors until Fey left the show at the end of season The first episode of the season, airing September 30, , began with NBC anchor Brian Williams entering and sitting at the desk, believing himself to be Fey's replacement, until Poehler breaks the news and Meyers enters.
Poehler left halfway through season 34 ; her last episode was December 13, Following Poehler's mid-season departure, Seth Meyers took over as sole anchor, with the name of the segment becoming Weekend Update with Seth Meyers. This remained the setup until the end of season Meyers now holds the record for the longest tenure on the show with seven seasons; Fey and Miller are tied for second with six. Prior to the start of season 39, it was announced that Cecily Strong would co-anchor Weekend Update alongside Meyers, until his departure.
Meyers' last show was February 1, ; when it returned a month later head writer Colin Jost was added the cast in his place, joining Strong at the desk. Jost's anchoring Weekend Update marks the first time since Brian Doyle-Murray in season 7 that a person was added to the cast only to anchor the news segment, without taking part in any sketches. Prior to the start of season 40, it was announced that Strong had been dropped from the Update desk, and writer Michael Che would be promoted to the cast to anchor alongside Jost.
Jost and Che have hosted Weekend Update together since then as of season So far, this era features many appearances from cast members playing some version of themselves, most notably Pete Davidson and Leslie Jones. Longtime cast member Kenan Thompson has also developed several new characters and impressions, including Willie, Michael Che's fictional neighbor.
With Seth, Colin, and Michael", a callback to the "Really?!? With Seth and Amy" segments. As of season 44, at the end of each Christmas show and season finale, Jost and Che do joke swaps, where they read jokes that the other had written for each other. Weekend Update was still performed, but Jost was not part of the episode's cast.
Tina Fey made a surprise guest appearance to fill in for Jost; due to the reduced staff, the segment was performed on chairs placed on the main stage rather than its usual newsroom set. This is the second anchor person to start "Colin" as the first name in Colin Jost. The first being Colin Quinn. Here now the news. Our top story tonight Saturday Night Live Wiki Explore. Style guide Conduct guide Recent blog posts Recent files.
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