What is performing or writing for "Saturday Night Live" really like? TODAY.com talked to past and present cast to learn what really goes on behind the scenes.

The news parody has launched comedy careers and courted controversy. Here, Lorne Michaels, Chevy Chase, Tina Fey, Michael Che and others recount its influential history.

Live celebrated its 50th anniversary with a star-studded concert, and Tracy Morgan used the opportunity to take a swipe at ...

Live was honored on Friday for being on-air for 50 years, and to partake in the celebration were many SNL alum and Hollywood ...

If Lorne Michaels is the father of “Saturday Night Live,” then Rosie Shuster is its criminally under-acknowledged mother.

Hosted by Jimmy Fallon, the livestream event will feature performances from Eddie Vedder, Lady Gaga, and Dave Grohl ...

There’s too much lore, too many feelings, too much to celebrate and far too much to complain about. Yet like “SNL” itself, ...

The in-house documentaries produced for the “SNL’s” 50th anniversary stay on-message — warm and laudatory — but have ...

Tune into the Oct. 11, 1975 premiere episode of “Saturday Night Live” — then without “live” in its name — and you may be ...

As the show gears up to celebrate its milestone, here are 12 moments over the past five decades when the show didn’t just reflect pop culture — it drove it. This was the first sketch from the first ...

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