Lorne Michaels
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Posted Friday 11/08/19 at 5:25AM EST
Georgia King to star in a potential ABC romantic comedy from Lorne Michaels
The British actress, a veteran of The New Normal and Vice Principals, will star in a romantic comedy from Michaels'...
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Posted Thursday 10/24/19 at 2:37PM EDT
Jenny Slate clarifies that her live F-bomb didn't get her booted off SNL
“By the way, everyone always thinks I got fired for saying f*ck: I didn’t, that’s not why I got fired,"...
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Posted Monday 10/21/19 at 10:31AM EDT
Alec Baldwin recalls Lorne Michaels talking him out of quitting his SNL Trump impression
Baldwin explained to Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show Sunday why he's still doing Trump after saying in June he...
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Posted Tuesday 10/08/19 at 1:32PM EDT
Jennifer Aniston watched Matt Lauer's final Today show to prepare for The Morning Show
While the Apple TV+ series was completely rewritten in wake of Lauer's firing over accusations of sexual harassment in November...
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SNL returns for Season 45 in "Emmy-winning cruise control," even with the big impeachment news
The biggest newsmakers of the past week were former SNL hosts Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani, yet Saturday Night Live...
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Posted Thursday 9/19/19 at 3:54AM EDT
SNL doesn't have a liberal bias -- it's always been a conservative show that favors the status quo
Shane Gillis was reportedly hired as a conservative cast member to counter the belief that Saturday Night Live has a...
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SNL's Shane Gillis scandal is reminiscent of a 30 Rock episode
Variety's report that Saturday Night Live hired Gillis because it was seeking a conservative-appealing cast member reminded some 30 Rock...
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SNL reportedly hired Shane Gillis in an attempt to find a conservative-appealing cast member
In response to claims of a liberal bias, Lorne Michaels and his Saturday Night Live staff were "looking to shake...
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SNL drops Shane Gillis following racial and homophobic slur controversy
"After talking with Shane Gillis, we have decided that he will not be joining SNL," said a Saturday Night Live...
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Posted Monday 9/09/19 at 1:49PM EDT
Leslie Jones' absence on SNL will be especially felt if Lorne Michaels doesn't shake up the cast
For the past five years, Jones has been a breath of fresh air for a creatively stagnant show.
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Posted Wednesday 9/04/19 at 12:53PM EDT
Anthony Jeselnik: “I think Lorne Michaels helped get Trump elected"
“I think putting him on SNL was way worse than the hair-ruffling thing," the Comedy Central star tells The Last...
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Leslie Jones on her SNL exit: I'm not dead, just graduating
Jones has made her first comments about her Saturday Night Live departure one week after it was announced via a...
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Kenan Thompson has a "forever plan" to never leave SNL
While Leslie Jones is leaving Saturday Night Live after just five seasons, Thompson will be back for his 17th season...
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Posted Sunday 8/04/19 at 1:29PM EDT
Lorne Michaels reacts to the death of longtime SNL lighting director Phil Hymes
Hymes, 96, joined Saturday Night Live in its second season in 1976 and played a major role on the show...
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Posted Friday 8/02/19 at 2:35PM EDT
Fred Armisen sent Lorne Michaels a "permission slip" for SNL writer Julio Torres to film Los Espookys
Torres had to spend a portion of last season away from Saturday Night Live in order to shoot HBO's Los...