How Chevy Chase Helped Create ‘Saturday Night Live’s’ "Weekend Update"
In a time before “fake news” became a term we all debated, Saturday Night Live’s "Weekend Update" segment proudly opened with the words, “And now the fake news” in the mid-90s. Since the weekend sketch comedy show's October 11, 1975 premiere, the current events satire has been the only ongoing segment to last through eight presidencies, two dozen regular anchors and 45 television seasons.
"Weekend Update" was conceived by Chevy Chase and SNL writer Herb Sargent and — despite being renamed "