At the center of all the televised festivities for the 50th anniversary of Saturday Night Live is Lorne Michaels, the ...

For a biography of a man whose business is comedy, Susan Morrison’s Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live is ...

Will Ferrell once worried that his affectionate portrayal of George W. Bush on “S.N.L.” had helped the Texan win the White ...

"SNL" continues because of Lorne Michaels — and more. On the eve of 50th anniversary of the NBC sketch show we look forward ...

The ringmaster of Saturday Night Live is 80 years old. What happens to the show, not to mention American comedy, when he retires?

Lorne Michaels celebrated his 80th in November, and speculation continues to swirl about who might succeed him. Tina Fey is a rumored candidate, as Michaels continues to run the show.

October 11, 1974, was a Saturday night, long considered to be a death slot for television networks, but on this … Continue reading "Netflix Hit True Story About How ’70s Comedy Series Changed The Worl ...

Morrison spent years chatting up Lorne Michaels, the NBC impresario who has seen “SNL” transform itself from an upstart, avant-garde program into an American institution on par with Apple ...

If you’ve never followed Lorne Michaels and his career, the lessons to be learned are there for those who want to learn them.

Still, despite being a well-known name-dropper, he didn’t get where he is today by kowtowing to celebrity at every ...