"The New Yorker" devotes 13 pages to a new profile of Lorne Michaels this week as his show, "Saturday Night Live," marks its 50th anniversary this year.

He’s ruled with absolute power for five decades, forever adding to his list of oracular pronouncements—about producing TV, making comedy, and living the good life.

A treat for everyone who saw those early years, “Saturday Night” explains why some weeks are good and others aren’t.

On April 24, 1976, Lorne Michaels, the creator and producer of the late-night NBC comedy program “Saturday Night” – it had not yet changed its name to “ Saturday Night Live ” – appeared on camera in hopes of luring the Beatles to reunite on the program.

The sketch comedy show is celebrating 50 seasons with two documentaries and an upcoming prime-time special that reflect on its standing as an American institution.

Saturday Night”—a comedy about the first episode of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live”—is coming soon to Netflix. Find out when you can stream it at home.

Although Michaels shaved his mustache by the time he started SNL in 1975, most of the men in the original cast sported facial hair at some point during their time on the show. While this was after Nixon resigned and the U.

Explore the journey behind the iconic TV show 'Saturday Night Live' in the upcoming docudrama 'Saturday Night,' releasing on Netflix on January 25, 2025. Discover the creative minds that transformed television forever in this nostalgic portrayal of a cultural phenomenon.

Lorne Michaels, the creator of “Saturday Night Live,” has donated his archives to the Harry Ransom Center at University of Texas, including hundreds of boxes of material relating to the show ...

If you’re one of those people railing against America’s gerontocracy and think Lorne Michaels should step aside and let fresh young blood run Saturday Night Live, well, Bob Odenkirk once ...

The portrait painted of Saturday Night Live boss Lorne Michaels in a New Yorker profile is one of a relentless comedy genius who will not hesitate to mess with the heads of his talent if it means producing the results he wants. The 80-year-old Michaels ...

The home seen in “Scissors,” a new song and music video from Julia Michaels and Maren Morris, burned down in the wildfires that have devastated Los Angeles. The pair made the video in Altadena ...