 The 2005 – 2006 season was her last ; she departed to develop 30 Rock for Broadway Video . At the time she left , the 117 episodes she co @-@ hosted made her SNL 's longest @-@ serving Weekend Update anchor , a mark that would later be passed by her replacement , Seth Meyers . In Rolling Stone Magazine 's February , 2015 appraisal of all 141 SNL cast members to date , Fey was ranked third in importance ( behind John Belushi and Eddie Murphy ) . They credited her with " salvaging ' Update ' from a decade @-@ long losing streak , " and " slapping SNL out of its late @-@ nineties coma . " 
 The 2005 – 2006 season was her last ; she departed to develop 30 Rock for Broadway Video . At the time she left , the 117 episodes she <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>co</mark></a> @-@ hosted made her SNL <a href='null_genetive' title='2'><mark>'s</mark></a>longest @-@ serving Weekend Update anchor , a mark <a href='null_relcl' title='3'><mark>that</mark></a>would later be passed by her replacement , Seth Meyers . In Rolling Stone Magazine <a href='null_genetive' title='4'><mark>'s</mark></a>February , 2015 appraisal of all 141 SNL cast members to date , Fey was ranked third in importance ( behind John Belushi and Eddie Murphy ) . They credited her with " salvaging ' Update ' from a decade @-@ long losing streak , " and " slapping SNL out of its late @-@ nineties coma . " 
The 2005 – 2006 season was her last ; she departed to develop 30 Rock fa Broadway Video . At the time she left , da 117 episodes she coed @-@ hosted made her SNL  longest @-@ serving Weekend Update anchor , a mark would later be passed by her replacement , Seth Meyers . In Rolling Stone Magazine  February , 2015 appraisal of all 141 SNL cast members to date , Fey was ranked third in importance ( behind John Belushi and Eddie Murphy ) . They credited her with " salvaging ' Update ' from a decade @-@ long losin streak , " and " slapping SNL out of its late @-@ nineties coma . "