Saturday Night Live

Lorne Michaels built SNL's comedy empire not by being funny, but by coolly curating others who are. A fascinating biography of a reptilian tastemaker.

A frenetic, mythologized recreation of SNL's chaotic first night. Reitman's anxiety-dream filmmaking and LaBelle's squirming Lorne Michaels make it worth watching.

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SNL turns 50 amid lavish praise — but its comedy is often mediocre, its politics conservative, and its deference to the powerful revealing.

Susan Morrison spent nearly a decade profiling SNL's famously private creator Lorne Michaels — and somehow got him to cooperate.

Lorne Michaels quietly quit SNL in 1980 after five groundbreaking seasons. Here's what he actually did during his five-year absence before returning.

A revealing biography of SNL's Lorne Michaels exposes the cold, controlling genius behind 50 years of live comedy — now eyeing British television.

Jason Reitman's *Saturday Night* dramatizes SNL's chaotic debut night — here's what the film gets right, exaggerates, or invented entirely.

Lorne Michaels opens up about SNL's casting philosophy, diversity criticism, and the relentless behind-the-scenes pressure of keeping the show alive.