On Sept. 24, 1994, Saturday Night Live welcomed a new face behind its Weekend Update desk: Norm Macdonald. The segment -- a weekly skewering of news headlines and current events -- had existed ...

From his impersonations of Burt Reynolds and Larry King to his spot on the "Weekend Update," Norm Macdonald was one of the most iconic comedians of the 46 seasons of "Saturday Night Live." ...

Midway through the 1997-98 season of Saturday Night Live, it was shockingly revealed that Norm Macdonald, who had anchored the Weekend Update segment since 1994, would not be returning to his ...

"Saturday Night Live" paid tribute to the late Norm Macdonald during its season premiere by showing footage from his time hosting "Weekend Update." "Well, guys, it is a bittersweet night for us ...

Norm Macdonald, whose laconic delivery of sharp and incisive observations made him one of Saturday Night Live‘s most influential ... the anchor of the show’s “Weekend Update” segments ...

Norm Macdonald was the anti-Dennis Miller ‘Weekend Update’ host Dennis Miller hosted Weekend Update on Saturday Night Live from 1985 – 1991. In many ways, he’d become the definitive ...

Tributes are pouring in for Norm Macdonald, the Canadian comedian best known for anchoring Saturday Night Live's "Weekend Update" segments in the 1990s. Macdonald died at 61 on Tuesday ...

Michael Che and Colin Jost paid tribute to former Saturday Night Live cast member — and Weekend Update anchor — Norm Macdonald during the first Weekend Update of the show’s 47th season.

"Norm Macdonald was warned to lay off O.J. on SNL Weekend Update cuz he was golf buddies with the president of NBC. Norm kept slamming Simpson anyway. Every. Damn. Week. And got fired for it.

Norm Macdonald, the deadpan stand-up comic and beloved “Saturday Night Live” alum, died Tuesday after a private nine-year battle with cancer. He was 61. The former “Weekend Update” anchor ...

Weekend Update desk — prior to famed SNL comic Norm Macdonald getting the gig. According to The Daily Beast, Jim Downey, a former writer on the hit NBC sketch comedy series, reunited with fellow ...

Comedian Norm Macdonald, best known for his role as a Saturday Night Live "Weekend Update" anchor, has died at age 61. The news was relayed to Deadline by his management firm, Brillstein ...