Saturday Night Live is up 22 percent in viewership this year, giving the show its best ratings in 22 years. Naturally, NBC is looking to capitalize. Politico is reporting that the network wants to give “Weekend Update”—the show’s long-running news satire segment—its own 30-minute primetime show.
SNL has mainly gotten attention this season for Dave Chappelle’s episode, Alec Baldwin’s recurring…
