Will Ferrell once worried that his affectionate portrayal of George W. Bush on “S.N.L.” had helped the Texan win the White ...

At the center of all the televised festivities for the 50th anniversary of Saturday Night Live is Lorne Michaels, the ...

Morrison spent years chatting up Lorne Michaels, the NBC impresario who has seen “SNL” transform itself from an upstart, avant-garde program into an American institution on par with Apple ...

Morrison spent years chatting up Lorne Michaels, the NBC impresario who has seen “SNL” transform itself from an upstart, avant-garde program into an American institution on par with Apple, Disney and ...

Joseph Okpako/WireImage; Mike Coppola/Getty Jon Hamm says he will be "forever grateful" to Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels for his prolific career. Speaking with reporters following his ...

Then again, maybe the laughlessness is not so weird: Lorne Michaels ... has protected Michaels from overinvolvement, overinvestment. As the former SNL writer Mark McKinney puts it: “He can ...

Saturday Night Live has come a long way over the course of its 50 year run. Sketches have become icons of comedy, careers have been forged, and existential crises have been faced. Yet, for all the ...

Fryer said on TODAY that Zakarian told him that one crucial directive from legendary showrunner Lorne Michaels is that the cast member is still recognizable underneath the prosthetics. It's not ...

Jon Hamm says he will always be “forever grateful” to Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels for the impact ... “It will always be a high-water mark in my life and career,” he admitted.