Editing Weekend Update (section)

====Jane Curtin (1976–1980)====
[[Jane Curtin]] substituted for Chase during [[SNL: Season 2|Season 2]] for a few shows due to Chase's injury. Subsequently, she replaced him when he left in the fall of 1976. Curtin stayed as anchor until the end of Season 5 in 1980. She finished Season 2 solo but was then paired with co-anchors [[Dan Aykroyd]] (1977–1978) and [[Bill Murray]] (1978–1980), with Aykroyd being "promoted" to "Station Manager" in September 1978.

A frequent feature of ''Weekend Update'' during this time was "Point/Counterpoint", a send-up of the then-current [[60 Minutes#"Point/Counterpoint" segment|''60 Minutes'' segment of the same name]] with [[James J. Kilpatrick]] and [[Shana Alexander]]. ''SNL'''s version featured Curtin and Aykroyd as debaters, with each making [[ad hominem|personal attacks]] on the other and their positions; a common pattern had Aykroyd announcing the topic, followed by Curtin making an opening statement, with Aykroyd retorting "Jane, you ignorant slut" and Curtin replying "Dan, you pompous ass".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/point-counterpoint-lee-marvin-and-michelle-triola/2846665|title=Watch Saturday Night Live Highlight: Point Counterpoint: Lee Marvin and Michelle Triola - NBC.com|date=March 17, 1979|via=www.nbc.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://snltranscripts.jt.org/77/77oupdate.phtml |title=SNL Transcripts: Christopher Lee: 03/25/78: Weekend Update with Jane Curtin & Dan Aykroyd |access-date=February 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219090708/http://snltranscripts.jt.org/77/77oupdate.phtml |archive-date=February 19, 2018 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://snltranscripts.jt.org/77/77rupdate.phtml |title=SNL Transcripts: Steve Martin: 04/22/78: Weekend Update with Jane Curtin & Dan Aykroyd |access-date=February 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801154123/http://snltranscripts.jt.org/77/77rupdate.phtml |archive-date=August 1, 2017 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://snltranscripts.jt.org/78/78aupdate.phtml |title=SNL Transcripts: The Rolling Stones: 10/07/78: Weekend Update with Jane Curtin & Bill Murray |access-date=February 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731112439/http://snltranscripts.jt.org/78/78aupdate.phtml |archive-date=July 31, 2017 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://snltranscripts.jt.org/78/78eupdate.phtml |title=SNL Transcripts: Buck Henry: 11/11/78: Weekend Update with Jane Curtin & Bill Murray |access-date=February 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804211247/http://snltranscripts.jt.org/78/78eupdate.phtml |archive-date=August 4, 2017 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://snltranscripts.jt.org/78/78iupdate.phtml |title=SNL Transcripts: Elliot Gould: 12/16/78: Weekend Update with Jane Curtin & Bill Murray |access-date=February 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171110231618/http://snltranscripts.jt.org/78/78iupdate.phtml |archive-date=November 10, 2017 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://snltranscripts.jt.org/78/78oupdate.phtml |title=SNL Transcripts: Margot Kidder: 03/17/79: Weekend Update with Jane Curtin & Bill Murray |access-date=February 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012121546/http://snltranscripts.jt.org/78/78oupdate.phtml |archive-date=October 12, 2017 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-lists/50-greatest-saturday-night-live-sketches-of-all-time-12735/|title=50 Greatest 'SNL' Sketches of All Time|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=February 3, 2014}}</ref>

Other popular guests during Curtin's tenure as anchor included [[John Belushi]] and [[Gilda Radner]]'s characters [[Emily Litella]] and [[Roseanne Roseannadanna]]. During Curtin's tenure as host, she opened each ''Weekend Update'' segment with [[Roger Grimsby]]'s "Here now, the news" sign-on, and closed with Chase's "That's the news. Goodnight and have a pleasant tomorrow".