With fresh takes like "sometimes it's hit and miss" and "it's sketch comedy" we can tell you're a regular watcher. Like, for sure for sure. Very hot content!
But seriously, I assume people were confused (I know I was) not because of "urgh reading comprehension!" but because your sentence is unclear. The way you wrote it makes it sound like you skip Weekend Update.
Which would be insane, actually. It's always at least good, even in weaker episodes (though I'm still confused why it was so short the other week).