The sketch comedy show is celebrating 50 seasons with two documentaries and an upcoming prime-time special that reflect on its standing as an American institution.

"The New Yorker" devotes 13 pages to a new profile of Lorne Michaels this week as his show, "Saturday Night Live," marks its ...

Although Michaels shaved his mustache by the time he started SNL in 1975, most of the men in the original cast sported facial ...

Get ready to kick, and stretch, and kick! Saturday Night Live is turning 50! The legendary sketch show, which premiered on ...

Explore the journey behind the iconic TV show 'Saturday Night Live' in the upcoming docudrama 'Saturday Night,' releasing on ...

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

Two real cultural events - the selection of a pope and the start of a late-night comedy show - are each told through a pair ...

No television program has chronicled American politics, culture, and fads like “SNL,” which has critiqued society over its half-century run by mocking it.

On April 24, 1976, Lorne Michaels, the creator and producer of the late-night NBC comedy program “Saturday Night” – it had not yet changed its name to “ Saturday Night Live ” – appeared on camera in ...

A treat for everyone who saw those early years, “Saturday Night” explains why some weeks are good and others aren’t. It also ...

The comedian and former Saturday Night Live cast member recalled current cast member Sarah Sherman telling him that she "texted [Lorne Michaels] and said, 'Why did my sketch get cut?' I'm like ...

The comedian and former Saturday Night Live cast member recalled current cast member Sarah Sherman telling him that she "texted [Lorne Michaels] and said, 'Why did my sketch get cut?' I'm like, you ...