Editing Weekend Update (section)

====Charles Rocket (1980–1981)====
[[Charles Rocket]] (later teamed with [[Gail Matthius]]) anchored during the one-season [[Saturday Night Live (season 6)|(1980–1981)]] tenure of new executive producer [[Jean Doumanian]]. Rocket is notable as being the only ''Weekend Update'' anchor to have experience as a real news anchor, having served as anchorman at [[KOAA-TV]] in [[Pueblo, Colorado]], under his birth name Charles Claverie and [[WTVF]] [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]] under the name Charles Kennedy.

Rocket's final appearance was on the penultimate episode of the season, airing on March 7, 1981, and hosted by [[Bill Murray]]. For that episode, ''Weekend Update'' received a one-time name and set change to "Saturday Night NewsLine"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/saturday-night-newsline---science-edition/n8821|title=Watch Saturday Night Live Highlight: Saturday Night Newsline - Science Edition - NBC.com|date=March 8, 1981|via=www.nbc.com}}</ref> and featured three segments:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://snltranscripts.jt.org/80/80l.phtml |title=SNL Transcripts |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= October 8, 2018|website=snltranscripts.jt.org }}</ref> science edition, hosted by Dr. Jonathan Lear (Mark King), arts and leisure correspondent Bill Murray, and news by Rocket. Rocket signed off each week by saying "Good night and watch out."

Prior to the final episode of the season, Jean Doumanian and most of the cast, including Rocket, were fired. Chase hosted the last episode and anchored ''Weekend Update'', as he had on his previous appearances as host.