Read more Weekend Update stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/26285/weekend-update.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:54:20 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/57961/weekend-update-goes-primetime.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFans of Saturday Night Live ’s “Weekend Update” segment won't have to wait for the weekend to get their update, as NBC plans to air up to 13 primetime, half-hour episodes on Thursday nights next season, the New York Times reports. Seth Meyers will reprise his usual hosting gig, though...http://www.newser.com/story/57961/weekend-update-goes-primetime.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 04 May 2009 6:57:31 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/45325/paterson-furious-about-snl-skit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNew York Gov. David Paterson is furious about a Saturday Night Live sketch that mocked his blindness, reports the New York Post . The sketch featured Fred Armisen mimicking Paterson's gravelly voice, brusque demeanor, and wandering sightless eye. Neither Paterson, who has been legally blind since childhood, nor advocates for the...http://www.newser.com/story/45325/paterson-furious-about-snl-skit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 15 Dec 2008 6:08:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/45277/poehler-bids-funny-sad-farewell-to-snl.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn her second week back from maternity leave, Amy Poehler bid a heartfelt goodbye to Saturday Night Live, reports Access Hollywood —and was promptly upstaged. As the actress became choked up, cast member Fred Armisen, playing blind New York Gov. David Paterson, wandered in front of the camera. Poehler finished...http://www.newser.com/story/45277/poehler-bids-funny-sad-farewell-to-snl.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 14 Dec 2008 10:45:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/40924/amy-poehler-has-a-baby-boy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAmy Poehler missed work last night, but she had a very good excuse: The Saturday Night Live star gave birth yesterday to a baby boy named Archie, the Huffington Post reports. It's the first child for Poehler and her hubby and fellow comedian, Will Arnett. Poehler had been rehearsing for...http://www.newser.com/story/40924/amy-poehler-has-a-baby-boy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 26 Oct 2008 0:17:26 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/40317/caribou-barbie-debuts-on-snl.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe real Sarah Palin made her much anticipated debut on Saturday Nigh Live last night, gamely sparring with cast members who still skewered the candidate and show producer Lorne Michaels, reports USA Today . In the opening skit Tina Fey delivers Palin’s “first press conference” (she’s yet to hold one)—which...http://www.newser.com/story/40317/caribou-barbie-debuts-on-snl.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 19 Oct 2008 4:50:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/21486/snl-staffers-not-laughing-at-hillary-bias-claims.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tag“Saturday Night Live” staffers are getting serious over accusations of a pro-Clinton bias, with producer Lorne Michaels telling the Los Angeles Times any perception of bias is a "major concern" and assuring “there’s no agenda.” The show’s send-up of a media crush on Barack Obama was credited by some pundits...http://www.newser.com/story/21486/snl-staffers-not-laughing-at-hillary-bias-claims.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 13 Mar 2008 13:09:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/20567/snl-regains-its-political-mojo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHillary Clinton's appearance on "Saturday Night Live" confirms not just that the show is back from the writers' strike, writes Matt Roush in TV Guide, but back "smack dab in the center of today’s political dialogue." The sight of Clinton and identically dressed alter ego Amy Poehler onstage was "an...http://www.newser.com/story/20567/snl-regains-its-political-mojo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 03 Mar 2008 7:45:00 CST