Editing Weekend Update (section)

== Tenures by length ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Cast Member !! Tenure !! Total Seasons !! Total Episodes
|-
| [[Colin Jost]] || March 1, 2014 – present || 11 seasons+ || 226 episodes <!-- as of April 12, 2025 -->
|-
| [[Michael Che]] || September 27, 2014 – present || 10 seasons+ || 219 episodes <!-- as of April 12, 2025 -->
|-
| [[Seth Meyers]] || September 30, 2006 – February 1, 2014 || 8 seasons || 154 episodes
|-
| [[Tina Fey]] || October 7, 2000 – May 21, 2005, October 22, 2005 – May 20, 2006 and December 18, 2021 || 7 seasons || 118 episodes
|-
| [[Dennis Miller]] || November 9, 1985 – May 18, 1991 || 6 seasons || 111 episodes
|-
| [[Jimmy Fallon]] || October 7, 2000 – May 15, 2004 || 4 seasons || 80 episodes
|-
| [[Amy Poehler]] || October 2, 2004 – October 18, 2008, December 6–13, 2008, May 16, 2009, and September 25, 2010 || 6 seasons || 80 episodes
|-
| [[Jane Curtin]] || September 25, 1976 – May 24, 1980 || 4 seasons || 78 episodes
|-
| [[Norm Macdonald]] || September 24, 1994 – December 13, 1997 || 4 seasons || 69 episodes
|-
| [[Kevin Nealon]] || September 28, 1991 – May 14, 1994 || 3 seasons || 60 episodes
|-
| [[Colin Quinn]] || January 10, 1998 – May 20, 2000 || 3 seasons || 50 episodes
|-
| [[Bill Murray]] || October 7, 1978 – May 24, 1980 || 2 seasons || 40 episodes
|-
| [[Chevy Chase]] || October 11, 1975 – October 30, 1976, February 18, 1978, April 11, 1981, and December 6, 1986 || 2 seasons || 32 episodes
|-
| [[Brad Hall]] || September 25, 1982 – December 10, 1983 || 2 seasons || 28 episodes
|-
| [[Cecily Strong]] || September 28, 2013 – May 17, 2014 || 1 season || 21 episodes
|-
| [[Dan Aykroyd]] || September 24, 1977 – May 20, 1978 || 1 season || 20 episodes
|-
| [[Brian Doyle-Murray]] || October 3, 1981 – May 22, 1982 || 1 season || 20 episodes
|-
| [[Charles Rocket]] || November 15, 1980 – March 7, 1981 || 1 season || 12 episodes
|-
| [[Christopher Guest]] || December 1, 1984 – April 13, 1985 || 1 season || 10 episodes
|-
| [[Mary Gross]] || October 3–17, 1981, December 5, 1981, and February 20 – March 20, 1982 || 1 season || 7 episodes
|-
| [[Gail Matthius]] || January 10 – February 21, 1981 || 1 season || 6 episodes
|-
| [[Christine Ebersole]] || March 27 – May 22, 1982 || 1 season || 6 episodes
|-
| [[Billy Crystal]] (as Fernando) || March 17, May 5, and October 6, 1984 || 2 seasons || 3 episodes
|-
| [[Horatio Sanz]] || October 1 & 8, 2005 || 1 season || 2 episodes
|-
| [[Joe Piscopo]] || February 18, 1984 || 1 season || 1 episode

|}

===Non-cast members who guest anchored===

Several people who have never been SNL cast members appeared as ''Weekend Update'' guest anchors (or co-anchors). Almost all these occurrences took place in 1984, during seasons 9 and 10, when a rotating series of ''Weekend Update'' guest hosts were employed. As well, actor Mark King (as "Dr. Jonathan Lear") made a lone co-anchor appearance during season 6, in 1981.

*[[Edwin Newman]] (Three appearances: February 25, May 12 and November 3, 1984)
*Mark King (as "Dr. Jonathan Lear") (March 7, 1981)
*[[Don Rickles]] (January 28, 1984)
*[[Robin Williams]] (February 11, 1984)
*[[Michael Douglas]] (April 7, 1984)
*[[George McGovern]] (April 14, 1984)
*[[Bob Uecker]] (October 13, 1984)
*[[Jesse Jackson]] (October 20, 1984)
*[[George Carlin]] (November 10, 1984)
*[[Ed Asner]] (November 17, 1984)