Editing Weekend Update (section)

==Timeline==
A total of 32 people have anchored the ''Weekend Update'' desk. Below is a complete list of any and all who have served as an anchor at one time or another, and the season(s) in which they served. Note that throughout most of 1984, different cast members, special guests, or the weekly host handled the task. Those individuals (denoted in ''italics'') are also listed below.

===''Weekend Update'' (1975–1981) ===
'''Season 1 (1975–1976)'''
* [[Chevy Chase]]

'''Season 2 (1976–1977)'''
* [[Chevy Chase]] (Last: October 30, 1976)
* [[Jane Curtin]] (First: September 25, 1976)
* Jane Curtin and [[Buck Henry]] (February 20, 1977)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://snltranscripts.jt.org/76/mgrasupdate.phtml |title=SNL Transcripts Mardi Gras Special: Weekend Update with Jane Curtin and Buck Henry |date=20 Feb 1977|publisher=jt.org|access-date=18 May 2017}}</ref>
:: ''Note that Chase began the season as anchor on September 18, but missed the next two episodes because of an injury sustained while performing a sketch in the season's first episode. He was replaced by Curtin during his absence. Chase returned to the show (and the Weekend Update desk) from October 16 to 30. Curtin permanently took over Weekend Update beginning November 13. Henry co-anchored with Curtin on the [[Mardi Gras]] special.''

'''Season 3 (1977–1978)'''
* Jane Curtin and [[Dan Aykroyd]]

'''Seasons 4–5 (1978–1980)'''
* Jane Curtin and [[Bill Murray]] (Aykroyd is now "Station Manager")

'''Season 6 (1980–1981)'''
* [[Charles Rocket]]
* Charles Rocket and [[Gail Matthius]] (January 10 to February 21, 1981)
* ''Saturday Night NewsLine'' with Jonathan Lear, Bill Murray, and Charles Rocket (March 7, 1981)
* Chevy Chase (April 11, 1981)

==="SNL NewsBreak" (1981–1982)===
'''Season 7 (1981–1982)'''
* [[Brian Doyle-Murray]] and [[Mary Gross]] (October 3–17, December 5, 1981)
* Brian Doyle-Murray (October 31, 1981 to February 6, 1982)
* Brian Doyle-Murray and Mary Gross (February 20 to March 20, 1982)
* Brian Doyle-Murray and [[Christine Ebersole]] (March 27 to May 22, 1982)

==="Saturday Night News" (1982–1985)===
'''Season 8 (1982–1983)'''
* [[Brad Hall]]

'''Season 9 (1983–1984)'''
* [[Brad Hall]] (Last: December 10, 1983)
* Show host [[Don Rickles]] (January 28, 1984)
* Show host [[Robin Williams]] (February 11, 1984)
* [[Joe Piscopo]] (February 18, 1984)
* Show host [[Billy Crystal]] (as [[Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1984–1985#Fernando's Hideaway|Fernando]]) (March 17, 1984 and May 5, 1984)
* Show host [[Edwin Newman]] (February 25, 1984)
* Show host [[Michael Douglas]] (April 7, 1984)
* Show host [[George McGovern]] (April 14, 1984)
* Show host Edwin Newman (May 12, 1984)

'''Season 10 (1984–1985):'''
* Billy Crystal (as Fernando) (October 6, 1984)
* Show host [[Bob Uecker]] (October 13, 1984)
* Show host [[Jesse Jackson]] (October 20, 1984)
* Special guest Edwin Newman (November 3, 1984)
* Show host [[George Carlin]] (November 10, 1984)
* Show host [[Ed Asner]] (November 17, 1984)
* [[Christopher Guest]] (December 1, 1984 to April 13, 1985)

===''Weekend Update'' (1985–present)===
'''Seasons 11–16 (1985–1991):'''
* [[Dennis Miller]]

'''Seasons 17–19 (1991–1994):'''
* [[Kevin Nealon]]

'''Seasons 20–22 (1994–1997):'''
* [[Norm Macdonald]]

'''Season 23 (1997–1998):'''
* Norm Macdonald (Last: December 13, 1997)
* [[Colin Quinn]] (First: January 10, 1998)

'''Seasons 24–25 (1998–2000):'''
* Colin Quinn

'''Seasons 26–29 (2000–2004):'''
* [[Jimmy Fallon]] and [[Tina Fey]]

'''Seasons 30–31 (2004–2006):'''
* Tina Fey and [[Amy Poehler]] ([[Horatio Sanz]] filled in for a pregnant Fey on October 1 and October 8, 2005, in Season 31)

'''Seasons 32–33 (2006–2008)'''
* Amy Poehler and [[Seth Meyers]]

'''Season 34 (2008–2009)'''
* Amy Poehler and Seth Meyers (Last: December 13, 2008)
* Seth Meyers (First: October 25, 2008)

'''Seasons 35–38 (2009–2013)'''
* Seth Meyers

'''Season 39 (2013–2014)'''
* Seth Meyers and [[Cecily Strong]] (Last: February 1, 2014)
* Cecily Strong and [[Colin Jost]] (First: March 1, 2014)

'''Season 40–present (2014–present)'''
* [[Colin Jost]] and [[Michael Che]] (Tina Fey filled in for Jost on December 18, 2021, in Season 47, due to Jost testing positive for [[COVID-19]])

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