John Belushi had a particularly tough time dealing with Chase’s sudden fame and began acting out in response. “Belushi ...

Live” turns 50 this year, and a monumental biography of the man who created it attests to his enduring role as America’s ...

The last time I marched under a homemade student banner we were chanting “Maggie, Maggie, Maggie, out, out, out”. Mrs ...

A fool and his money are swiftly parted, but to part with cash to meet a fool is taking it to a whole new level.

SNL is the longest-running, most Emmy-nominated, and highest-rated weekly late-night show in television history. How has ...

Longtime ‘New Yorker’ editor and writer Susan Morrison set out to write a biography of the historically press-averse ...

Lorne Michaels, the creator, executive producer and Grand Poobah of “SNL,” wasn’t pleased by its “mawkish righteousness,” writes Susan Morrison in her new book “Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday ...

On October 11, 1975, people tuning into the debut of a late-night comedy show saw something unlike any TV variety ...

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

On Thursday evening, New Yorker editor Susan Morrison sent out a mass email invitation to an event for her forthcoming ...

The book has too many good Michaels stories to count, but we picked five of the most revealing tidbits that might help you ...

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