Saturday Night Live has been run by the steady hand of its creator, Lorne Michaels. Save for a period of time when he left ...

It has been 50 years since the comedy sketch show Saturday Night Live hit NBC and became a weekly staple on many of our ...

Comedy Dept. co-chief Mike Berkowitz will use the 656-page biography by Susan Morrison to kick off periodic book assignments ...

50 years ago, a Canadian comedian named Lorne Michaels kicked off the first season ... doing his one spectacular public flop, which was a comedy hour in prime time called The New Show.

The book has too many good Michaels stories to count, but we picked five of the most revealing tidbits that might help you better understand the man behind the show. Michaels made his first trip to ...

"SNL50: The Anniversary Special" was a cavalcade of sketches, celebrity guests and an ode to both past and present ...

As the creator of “Saturday Night Live,” Lorne Michaels has shaped American comedy for half a century.Credit...Daniel Arnold for The New York Times Supported by By Maureen Dowd Is it possible ...

Lorne Michaels at the “All In: Comedy About Love By Simon Rich” gala performance in NYC in Dec. 2024. Getty Images The outlet said that Swift called Michaels directly and declined to be in the ...

Martin said when the show’s creator Lorne Michaels only told him he’d be doing the monologue, “I was actually vacationing on a friend’s boat down on the Gulf of Steve Martin.” He was joined by former ...

On Saturday night, October 11, 1975, television viewers tuned in for a comedy variety show that looked nothing like they were used to. "It's a sketch, a very unusual sketch, kind of in a minor key ...

Susan Morrison's biography of the late-night comedy producer is also the history of a pop culture institution, now marking its 50th year.