T he ever-iconic Saturday Night Live has officially entered its landmark 50th season. Created by Lorne Michaels, the ...

The current articles editor for The New Yorker, Morrison actually has a claim to fame that most devotees of the series would ...

It has been 50 years since the comedy sketch show Saturday Night Live hit NBC and became a weekly staple on many of our ...

Susan Morrison's biography of the late-night comedy producer is also the history of a pop culture institution, now marking its 50th year.

The book has too many good Michaels stories to count, but we picked five of the most revealing tidbits that might help you better understand the man behind the show. Michaels made his first trip to ...

He brings him to life.” But Michaels also has to contend with his own cast’s biases. In the book “Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live,” out February 18, author Susan Morrison ...

Saturday Night Live, now in its 50th year, is more than TV’s longest-running variety series—or the highest-rated entertainment show on broadcast television among a key demographic. As a new ...

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 ...

Susan Morrison's "Lorne" offers a history of a man and a show that changed the comedy landscape — and has been doing so for ...

Michaels made clear that no succession plan will be set in motion anytime soon. “I may be wrong,” he said. “But I don’t feel I’m done.” Though “Saturday Night Live” continues to be ...

Former TBS late night host and far-left comedian Samantha Bee slammed "Saturday Night Live" creator Lorne Michaels for calling her too political in an upcoming biography. According to the book ...

Do we also need a book about Lorne Michaels? Somehow, despite all of the above, Susan Morrison’s “Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live” — out Tuesday — emerges as ...