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 ...

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

Susan is the author of the newly released title “Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live,” the definitive biography of SNL executive producer Lorne Michaels, and joins The Excerpt to ...

From Laraine Newman and Molly Shannon, to Mikey Day and Chloe Fineman, we asked veteran cast members to dish on what viewers never see on “Saturday Night Live.” ...

For decades, Saturday Night Live hosts and cast members have praised creator and producer Lorne Michaels. Back in 1975, a then-30-year-old Lorne introduced the cutting-edge sketch comedy series to ...

Morrison is the author of "Lorne" (that would be Lorne Michaels, the man behind "Saturday Night Live"). For 50 years now, "Saturday Night Live" has been putting on a 90-minute mix of live comedy ...

Saturday Night Live founder Lorne Michaels was seen arriving at rehearsals for SNL 50 in New York City. Rick Davis / SplashNews.com “Imagine all the people who have been on the show – those ca ...

Returning tonight to host SNL a second time, will comedian/actor Shane Gillis seize the opportunity to confirm Lorne Michaels ...

In 1975, Lorne Michaels’s brash experiment ... a particular era’s predilections and blind spots. SNL yarns are no exception: Nora Dunn was pronounced “difficult” for refusing to perform ...

"SNL" continues because of Lorne Michaels — but it's much bigger ... This turned out to be true, as only Jon Lovitz, Nora Dunn, Dennis Miller, and A. Whitney Brown would come back for the ...