Lorne Michaels at SNL50: The Homecoming Concert in Feb. 2025.© Evan Agostini/Invision/AP Chris Farley, Victoria Jackson on "SNL" in 1990.© NBCUniversal via Getty Images ...

Michaels' future isn't the only thing covered in the biography. It's filled with plenty of Saturday Night Live stories, like that time in the mid-90s when NBC considered firing Lorne Michaels.

Lorne Michaels and Bea Arthur in 1979. NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images Some of the NBC show’s famous stars have gone on to have big careers, such as Chris Rock, Tina Fey, Kristen ...

Why Lorne Michaels Would Allegedly Ban Chris Farley From ‘SNL’ for “Weeks at a Time” Susan Morrison, the author of 'Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live,' recalls how the 'SNL ...

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 … ...

In 2008, Lorne Michaels (center) cast Tina Fey (right) as Sarah Palin (left). Nearly everyone found it hilarious, but with this year's election, broad humor is a challenge. NBCUniversal via Getty ...

Kennedy Center Honoree Lorne Michaels, co-creator of a TV institution, "Saturday Night Live." CBS News "I think it's up to the writer or the performer to figure out how to do it.

It’s 1:01 a.m. on a Sunday morning in May, and Lorne Michaels, the creator and producer of “Saturday Night Live,” has just finished the final episode of the 49th season.

Lorne Michaels is seeing a bright future for “Saturday Night Live” — despite the many cast members who are departing the show. The creator of the NBC sketch series discussed what’s next ...

Lorne Michaels, the creator of “Saturday Night Live,” has donated his archives to the Harry Ransom Center at University of Texas, including hundreds of boxes of material relating to the show ...

You can’t see Lorne Michaels behind the army of cast and crew, but you can hear him, buffing the show in the free fall between dress rehearsal and air. Studio 8H, his claustrophobic kingdom, is ...

Michaels said it was a trip he had taken to Joshua Tree with Belushi and Dan Aykroyd in the 1970s. He said at a barbecue they watched a joyful Belushi doing crazy dives and cannonballs into a pool.