"Saturday Night Live" creator Lorne Michaels is the subject of Susan Morrison's upcoming biography "Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live," a lengthy excerpt from which was published by The New Yorker and reveals Michaels' hot and cold relationship with the ever-changing cast over the years. Michaels may be the boss of "SNL," but he wasn't always a loving paternal figure. Alec Baldwin, who has hosted "SNL" 17 times and had a stint playing Donald Trump, told Morrison that...
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Michaels is preparing for a big burst of 50th anniversary celebration for the sketch comedy institution that he birthed in 1975. The story of that night was recounted on the big screen this year in “Saturday Night,” Jason Reitman’s period piece that recreates the 90 minutes leading up to the first “SNL” telecast on Oct. 10, 1975. Gabrielle LaBelle played Michaels. The real thing continues to reign as the most Emmy Award-nominated individual in history, having crossed the 100-nom threshold in 2023. Michaels also continues to serve as an exec producer on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” and “Late Night with Seth Meyers” — giving him the NBC late-night hat trick — and in recent years his Broadway Video earned raves for series including “30 Rock,” “Portlandia” and “Schmigadoon.” Having received a Kennedy Center Honor for lifetime artistic achievement in 2021, Michaels may now be pondering his succession plans for “SNL” — but no one expects that to happen before 2025’s Golden Jubilee.
