| Weekend | |
|---|---|
| Genre | News |
| Presented by | Lloyd Dobyns Linda Ellerbee |
| Original language | English |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | 20 October 1974 – 1 September 1979 |
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Weekend was a Peabody Award–winning NBC television news magazine hosted by Lloyd Dobyns.[1] Weekend combined investigative reporting with light feature stories. The show premiered Saturday Oct 19, 1974 and ran through 1979. Weekend aired the first Saturday night of each month from 11:30 PM to 1 AM Eastern time. Reruns of The Tonight Show ran on the remaining Saturday nights of each month.
Season 2 opener aired Saturday October 4 1975. The following weekend was the premiere of comedy skit show NBC's Saturday Night. Due to the popularity of Weekend, that first SNL included a skit named "Weekend Update".[2] This "tip-of-the-hat" to Weekend has been part of every SNL show since.
By the end of season 1, Weekend had attracted a cult following. Fans dubbed the first weekend of each month a Weekend weekend. "Is this a Weekend weekend?" was often heard around office water coolers.