Watch the Latest Weekend Update with Colin Jost and Michael Che From SNL Season 49
Watch the full "Weekend Update" from SNL's new episode, anchored by Colin Jost and Michael Che.
In (nearly) every season since 1975, Saturday Night Live's "Weekend Update" has offered hilarious, laser-accurate takes on serious current events, elections, and items that could barely be considered news. SNL Season 49 is no different, as co-anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che return to their spots behind the desk to deliver jokes and welcome a cavalcade of guests.
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The final "Weekend Update" of the season brought a new 2024 Joke Swap and welcomed two final guests to the "Update" desk: Two cicadas (Kenan Thompson and Marcello Hernàndez) who'll be soundtracking the summer for many Americans.
Watch the rest of May 18's "Weekend Update" below.
Watch every "Weekend Update" from Season 49
"Weekend Update": May 11
Did the May 11 "Weekend Update" bring the Stormy Daniels impression some may have expected from the cold open (which instead featured the cast's moms)? No, but it did star another major player from the week in news: RFK Jr.'s brain worm (Sarah Sherman).
Jost and Che also welcomed A Woman Who Insists She's Not Mad (Heidi Gardner), despite seeming pretty resentful about something mysterious.
"Weekend Update" May 4
The May 4 "Weekend Update" featured three guest appearances: First, Marcello Hernández played South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem's other dog (the politician recently made headlines for oddly bragging about shooting her puppy in a new book). He hilariously maintained her innocence while sending low-key pleas for help to Colin Jost.
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Next up, master impressionist Chloe Fineman unveiled her take on former reality star and current pop singer JoJo Siwa, nailing her head-scratching new viral dance move (watch above), while Jerry Seinfeld — the real Jerry Seinfeld — made a quick surprise visit as A Man Who Did Too Much Press, amid Seinfeld's press tour for his new Pop-Tarts movie.
"If you are struggling with press, you’re not alone," Seineld said. "I’m talking to you, Ryan Gosling.”
"Weekend Update" April 13
April 13's "Weekend Update" touched on some of the week's biggest news stories, from the Arizona's revived 160-year-old abortion ban ("It's probably not great to adopt health care rules from a time where the only two things doctors prescribed were prayer and cocaine," Jost pointed out) to the death of O.J. Simpson.
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While Michael Longfellow made a funny return to the "Update" desk to comment on the TikTok dating debate around "weaponized incompetence," the true star of the broadcast was Iowa Hawkeye Caitlin Clark. The record-shattering athlete stopped by to offer Michael Che some jokes to read in what was an arguably overdue roasting of Che, after all of the jokes he's made at the expense of women's basketball (Jost provided receipts in the form of a video montage). Clark also gave Che an autographed apron.
"I can't wait to give this to my girlfriend," Che joked.
"You don't have a girlfriend, Michael," Clark shot back. ZING!
"Weekend Update": April 6
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The April 6 edition of "Weekend Update" welcomed an old friend back to the desk: Kristen Wiig's Aunt Linda character, who gave her confused reviews of Barbie, Oppenheimer, and The Bear.
"Hello Seth," Wiig's Aunt Linda greeted Colin Jost. "Someone's gotten some work done."
Jost and Che also got a visit from New York City's 4.8 magnitude earthquake, which rattled residents across the east coast but caused little damage in NYC. The earthquake (Marcello Hernández, who leveraged every inch of the wobbly prop hat on his head) admitted that he was actually born in New Jersey, before meeting his match in the upcoming solar eclipse (Kenan Thompson).
"Weekend Update": March 30
Former president and current Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's current gig as a Bible salesman was the subject of March 30's cold open sketch, and Jost addressed it at the top of the "Weekend Update" broadcast as well.
"Donald Trump has partnered with country music star Lee Greenwood to sell a $60 edition of the Bible that also includes the Constitution, the lyrics to Greenwood's "God Bless the USA," and, I assume, God's letter of resignation," Jost joked.
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This week's "Weekend Update" also featured two excellent guests. First, Chloe Fineman stopped by as fictional TikToker Piper Dunster, who aimed to chastise people for nursing wild Kate Middleton theories — until her own embarrassing social media videos are revealed.
Sarah Sherman also returned in full feathered form, pretending to be Flaco the Owl's widow as she weighed in on the bird's autopsy results (and, of course, teased Colin Jost).
"Weekend Update: March 9
The March 9 episode of SNL was a stacked one, jam-packed with hilarious sketches including two that featured musical guest Ariana Grande, plus a cold open that featured Jost's wife and SNL Five Timer Scarlett Johansson as Alabama junior Senator Katie Britt parodying her now-viral State of the Union response. That may have contributed to the slightly-shorter-than-usual "Weekend Update," which featured no guests at the desk.
The segment did touch on Britt's big moment again, joking that she'll be appearing in a one-woman show titled A Britt Much.
"That was some of the worst acting I’ve ever seen, and I’ve seen me,” Jost joked, as the screen cut to a still of Jost in 2021's Coming 2 America.
"Weekend Update": March 2
The "Weekend Update" from Sydney Sweeney's March 2 episode addressed President Biden and former president Donald Trump's same-day visits to the southern border, with Jost calling it "the setup for the weirdest rom-com of all time."
Jost and Che also had some fun sending off Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, as the 82-year-old Congressman announced he'll step down from the position come November.
Savoring their dwindling opportunity to deliver a seemingly-bottomless supply of jokes accompanying a photo of McConnell grinning, Jost and Che described McConnell as "...seen here catching up on news from the Middle East," "...seen here walking out of a theater after watching 12 Years a Slave," "...seen here after rearranging a blind woman's furniture," and "...seen here watching a single mother selling her blood for diaper money."
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Heidi Gardner stopped by as a woman who is kinda-sorta aging "gracefully," while Ego Nwodim played a pregnant stingray named Charlotte who chided Michael Che for being an absentee dad.
"Weekend Update": February 24
February 24's "Weekend Update" kicked off with a focus on Trump's most recent primary victory in the path to the 2024 GOP presidential nomination.
"Just hours ago, Donald Trump won the South Carolina primary, which means that Trump is now undefeated," Jost said. "...Everywhere except court." After real campaign trail footage of Trump from earlier that day, in which Trump promised a "judgment day" once he's reelected, Jost cracked, "now where did I hear that before?" and cut to a photo of Tom Hardy as Batman villain Bane.
While the February 24 episode roasted President Trump's new gold "Never Surrender" sneakers in a pretaped sketch, known sneakerhead Che also called them out. "You can check them out on the feet of the guy getting dragged off your flight," he joked.
The broadcast also featured two guests: Marcello Hernandez as a frozen embryo from Alabama, and Bowen Yang as late writer Truman Capote, the subject of the latest season of Feud.
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Watch the February 24 "Weekend Update" below.
"Weekend Update": February 3
"MAGA people have so much to keep track of," Jost joked, going on to cite just a few targets of Republicans' ire aired across cable news and on social media. "You have to hate the NFL, Taylor Swift, Bud Light, Disney, Kristen Stewart for some reason, electric stoves, windmills, the concept of rainbows, and the green M&M."
February 3's "Weekend Update" only had one guest, but it was excellent: Sarah Sherman debuted a new character named CJ Rossitano. The 18-year-old visited to talk about winning the SNL ticket lottery...except his strong resemblance to Colin Jost simply couldn't be ignored.
"Weekend Update": January 27
The January 27 edition of "Weekend Update" skewered Trump's behavior at the defamation trial brought by E. Jean Carroll, filed after the former president was unable to stop commenting on the previous trial that convicted Trump of sexual assault. The Academy Award nominations and the rumor that Disney World plans to build a maternity ward in the Magic Kingdom also provided material for Jost and Che.
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Meanwhile, cast member Heidi Gardner paid a visit as Tarot Reader Jan Janby, whose predictions for Michael Che were downright eerie (she literally pulls a "Colin Jost" card from the deck). Bowen Yang also stopped by as a very enthusiastic amateur film reviewer guy named Ethan.
"Weekend Update": January 20
The first "Weekend Update" of 2024 welcomed two guests to the desk: cast member Devon Walker with a spot-on impression of Sen. Tim Scott, who recently endorsed former president Donald Trump after dropping out of the GOP primary race, and Punkie Johnson as the man who attacked a Nevada judge in a courtroom assault caught on video.
Jost and Che weighed in on news, including the 2024 presidential election. "I don't know about you, but when I think of the year 2020, I never think, 'we should run that one back,'" Jost said of the likely rematch between President Joe Biden and Trump, who won January's Iowa primary by an overwhelming margin.
"Weekend Update": December 16
SNL's 2023 Christmas episode, hosted by Kate McKinnon, featured a "Weekend Update" that delivered a Joke Swap, as per tradition. This one was a little different though, as Che brought a witness to watch Jost fire off the shocking jokes he'd written for his co-anchor. The segment also featured a hilarious turn from cast member Ego Nwodim as "Rich Auntie with No Kids," a woman who is living her best life during the holidays.
"Weekend Update": December 9
The December 9 edition of "Weekend Update" welcomed two guests to the desk—well, actually, three: Cast member Marcello Hernández stopped by to weigh in on depression in men, and explain how his childhood spent among women turned him into "a proud Latina woman" for many years. And demonstrating what she believes to be the sexiest gift of 2023, Chloe Fineman reenacted the audition scene from 2001's Save the Last Dance, joined by the movie's actual star, Julia Stiles, in a surprise cameo.
"Weekend Update" December 2
Referring to the sort-of bomber jacket Elon Musk wore to his meeting with Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu, Jost said he "looked like the ghost of a guy who died in a 1950s drag race."
Michael Longfellow returned to the desk as an "old-fashioned cigarette" railing against vapes, while Jost and Che poked more fun at George Santos. They also weighed in on headlines like Melania Trump's attendance at fellow first lady Rosalynn Carter's funeral.
"Melania said she was deeply saddened to be reminded your partner can live that long," Che joked.
"Weekend Update" November 18
The November 18 "Weekend Update" was a robust installment that welcomed three guests, including James Austin Johnson and Andrew Dismukes as a band named Remember Lizards, whose self-described "positive arena rock that is Christian-curious" music sounds suspiciously like Imagine Dragons'. It's the latest musical collaboration from the guys who brought you "Lake Beach."
Bowen Yang returned as disgraced Republican congressman George Santos, while Devon Walker provided commentary as suspended Golden State Warriors player Draymond Green.
"Weekend Update" November 11
"Weekend Update" October 28, 2023
Sarah Sherman's latest larger-than-life character is "Weekend Update" guest J.J. Gordon, a balding lawyer in transition lenses who doesn't have a ton of great career options for his client, Colin Jost. "I haven't been getting many calls about you so...pretty much business as usual."
"Weekend Update" October 21, 2023
"Sorry if I seem a little tired—I've been on the Today Show 14 times in three days," Ego Nwodim's Jada Pinkett Smith told Che, referring to her exclusive revelations on the morning show regarding her secret separation from husband Will Smith.
"Weekend Update" October 14, 2023
Not missing a beat after a shortened season 48 followed by SNL's summer hiatus, Che took the opportunity to surprise Jost with a quick round of "joke swap" (that's when Che and Jost write jokes for each other, and are subsequently forced to deliver the joke no matter how embarrassing or awkward it may be for them to say).
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"WHY?" cried Jost, as Che unexpectedly handed things over. "It's the first show!" The howling audience clearly shared none of Jost's hesitation as Che encouraged him to read the cue card.
"Those are some rough jokes, Colin," Che said when Jost was finished, looking extremely amused.
Bowen Yang also joined as Christopher Columbus, while Kenan Thompson paid a visit as Deion Sanders in a white Colorado hoodie and sunglasses.
