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

He’s ruled with absolute power for five decades, forever adding to his list of oracular pronouncements—about producing TV, ...

Saturday Night might have gotten a lot of things right about the first SNL airing, but they messed up one bit about Lorne Michaels and Weekend Update.

He asked "SNL" boss Lorne Michaels to fire him and ... three or four years." "And he was right," Davidson said. Despite early reservations, Davidson stayed on "SNL" for eight seasons.

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

In this interview, conducted during the reporting for the GQ feature “Saturday Night Forever,” Carvey talks about living with Lorne Michaels after ... So he stood out early on.

The archive covers Michaels’s early writing on shows ... "I Scrambled to Find Childcare" “Lorne Michaels has kept us up late and laughing for 50 years, and I’m confident for years to come ...

From early sketches to behind-the ... Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. "Lorne Michaels has kept us up late and laughing for 50 years," said Stephen Enniss, Director of the Ransom Center ...

"After my first year, I actually called for a meeting with Lorne ... Michaels explained to him, "It's just gonna suck for like, three or four years." "And he was right," Davidson said. Despite ...