He thinks NBC may be moved to axe legendary sketch comedy show SNL and Michaels' other shows for the network - The Tonight ...

When SNL returns to TV with season 51 episodes, it will air on Saturdays at 11:30 p.m. ET on NBC. It will also be available ...

"I could never do that. That job is very specific. But I loved working there, and I loved going back,” said Andy Samberg.

In case you didn’t notice, Lorne Michaels isn’t on social media. Of course, that isn’t all that surprising considering that ...

For almost 50 years, "Saturday Night Live" has been run by the steady hand of its creator, Lorne Michaels. Save for a period ...

Saturday Night Live has set a return date, announcing the season 51 premiere date. And with it comes speculation on who will ...

Lorne Michaels biographer Susan Morrison is recalling the ways in which the Saturday Night Live boss tried to help Chris Farley kick his drug addiction before the beloved comedian died of a cocaine ...

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 ...

Lorne Michaels, winner of outstanding variety sketch series for Saturday Night Live, pose in the press room at the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards on Tuesday, Sep. 12, 2022.

Lorne Michaels says when you're tired, it wears down "critical faculties." In other words, it stops that "inner editor" that would otherwise squash ideas, so the humour flows more easily.

Few bosses inspire more fear in their employees than Lorne Michaels. More than three decades of running Saturday Night Live have not appeared to soften the Canadian-born producer in any way.

The stripped-down cast was driven, in part, by the need to cut costs, said Michaels. Given a choice by NBC executives of making fewer shows or having fewer people, he said he chose the latter.