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"Saturday Night Live's" satirical news segment expanded into primetime with three pre-election Thursday night specials.

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Kenan Thompson
Oscar Rogers
Seth Meyers
Weekend Update Anchor
Fred Armisen
Barack Obama

Season 4 Episode Guide See All

Episode 1

Episode #4.1

Thu, Aug 10, 2017

"Saturday Night Live's" satirical news segment expanded into primetime with three pre-election Thursday night specials.

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Awards

  • 2013 - Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Variety Special - nominated
  • 2013 - Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special - nominated
  • 2018 - WGA Award (TV) - Comedy/Variety – Sketch Series - nominated

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