‘SNL’s Weekend Update Takes On CNN Budget Cuts & Herschel Walker Comparing Resumes With Obama
deadline.comColin Jost and Michael Che were back at it again on Saturday Night Live’s “Weekend Update” lampooning the events of the week.
This time, some of their targets included CNN, Herschel Walker and Kyrie Irving. As CNN continues to restructure and make changes to the news network, it was announced that they would be scaling back on their original series and films.
Jost took the opportunity to take a jab at some of the content the cable news network was producing. “Yeah, apparently there was a flaw with the business model of giving Stanley Tucci millions of dollars to eat gelato,” he joked.
Jost was referring to the series Searching for Italy where Tucci toured around Italy eating the country’s best food. Walker was once again mocked for the outrageous things he says in the hopes of securing a spot in the U.S.
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