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Weekend Update Viewership Drops Amid Controversial Jokes

4/5/2026

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On April 4, 2026, Saturday Night U.K. aired a Weekend Update segment hosted by Riz Ahmed targeting Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, U.S. President Donald Trump, and BBC DJ Scott Mills, and viewership fell from 226,000 to 205,000.
Co-host Ania Magliano joked about Zuckerberg's death, referencing Hitler's suicide.
The segment addressed Mills' BBC firing over a historic abuse allegation and included a Tiger Woods car-crash joke about opioids.

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On April 4, 2026, Saturday Night U.K. aired a Weekend Update segment hosted by Riz Ahmed targeting Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, U.S. President Donald Trump, and BBC DJ Scott Mills, and viewership fell from 226,000 to 205,000.
Co-host Ania Magliano joked about Zuckerberg's death, referencing Hitler's suicide.
The segment addressed Mills' BBC firing over a historic abuse allegation and included a Tiger Woods car-crash joke about opioids.