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 ...

Look what you made him do. Taylor Swift allegedly once asked “Saturday Night Live” creator Lorne Michaels to cut a sketch about her infamous “girl squad,” which he refused to do.

Call him the king of comedy, the sultan of sketch — or, as cast member Ego Nwodim has revealed she once did by mistake, “Daddy” — but Lorne Michaels will forever be the beating heart of ...

Though many are curious when he'll enact his succession plan and what it will be, Michaels still denies he's ready to part with the comedy institution he birthed in 1975. At the same time ...

But fans of one of television’s best and most enduring comedy shows will immediately recognize it as a biography of Lorne Michaels, the creator and executive producer of “Saturday Night Live ...

Taylor Swift once asked Lorne Michaels to kill a “Saturday Night Live” sketch that poked fun at the singer’s “girl squad” — but he stood his ground and refused, according to a new report.

When he first gathered his newly assembled team to write the 1975 premiere episode of Saturday Night Live (then called, NBC’s Saturday Night), creator Lorne Michaels started with a simple credo ...

Despite her direct request to Lorne Michaels to scrap the sketch, it aired as planned. Swift later sent flowers, highlighting the playful feud but maintained her presence on the show. Taylor Swift ...

As much as an institution as “Saturday Night Live” may be, perhaps even more totemic is its creator and longtime executive producer — Canada’s favorite son — Lorne Michaels. The show’s 50th ...

Taylor Swift’s 2015 girl squad was unforgettable, and so was her reaction to the Saturday Night Live sketch inspired by the group, per Lorne Michaels. The pop star made headlines that year with ...

Lorne Michaels claims Taylor Swift once asked him to kill a Saturday Night Live sketch that poked fun at her girl squad. The SNL creator reached out to Taylor's management in 2015 to ask her to ...