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===''Saturday Night Live''=== Quinn was hired as a writer and featured player on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' (''SNL'') in [[Saturday Night Live (season 21)|1995]] and became a full cast member during the [[Saturday Night Live (season 23)|1997–1998 season]]. He established himself on the show with recurring characters and segments such as "Lenny the Lion", "Joe Blow", "Colin Quinn Explains ''The New York Times''", and "[[Weekend Update (sketch)|Weekend Update]]".<ref name="top-100-2011" /> Quinn began hosting "Weekend Update" in January 1998 after [[Norm Macdonald]] was fired, and anchored the segment until his departure from ''SNL'' in 2000. He commented on a number of highly publicized [[media circus]]es, including the [[Lewinsky scandal|Clinton–Lewinsky scandal]] and the [[United States v. Microsoft|Microsoft anti-trust trial]].{{citation needed|date=October 2014}} During his tenure on ''SNL'', Quinn turned down an offer for the role of Scott Evil in fellow cast member [[Mike Myers (actor)|Mike Myers]]'s film ''[[Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery]]''. Quinn has called the role, which was ultimately played by [[Seth Green]], the only project he has regretted turning down.<ref>{{cite web |title=Colin Quinn |url=https://www.avclub.com/article/colin-quinn-13816 |work=The Onion A.V. Club |first=Nathan |last=Rabin |date=June 18, 2003}}</ref>
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