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VIDEO: Bill Hader's Anthony Scaramucci Sets the Record Straight on SNL: WEEKEND UPDATE

By: Aug. 11, 2017
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On last night's SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE: WEEKEND UPDATE, Anthony Scaramucci (Bill Hader) FaceTimed the show to clear up some of his comments as White House Communications Director. Check out the video!

NBC brings a late-night institution to primetime with four-episode of SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE: WEEKEND UPDATE. The half-hour telecast will feature "Weekend Update" anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che. Additional "Saturday Night Live" cast members also make appearances.

"Weekend Update," which comments on and satirizes the news and current affairs of the week, has consistently ranked as one of the most popular segments of "Saturday NightLive" throughout the show's storied 42-year history. Previous "Weekend Update" anchors include Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin, Dennis Miller, Norm Macdonald, Jimmy Fallon, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Seth Meyers.

"SNL" has won 53 Emmy Awards, the most for any show in television history. SNL also holds the title for the most nominated television show in Emmy history with 219 nominations. "SNL" has been honored twice, in 1990 and 2009, with the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award and cited as "truly a national institution." "Saturday Night Live" was inducted into the Broadcasting Hall of Fame by the National Association of Broadcasters.



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