Lorne Michaels CC (born Lorne David Lipowitz; November 17, 1944) is a Canadian television writer and film producer. He created and produced Saturday Night...

named as a writer for Weekend Update. In late 2021, long-time producer Lorne Michaels stated that he was committed to continuing on the series through the...

grossed $4 million on a $25–30 million budget. On October 11, 1975, Lorne Michaels arrives at the NBC building to prepare for the airing of the first episode...

Saturday Night Live's creator, Lorne Michaels, from 1967 to 1980. The pair first met in junior high school, when Michaels, born Lorne Lipowitz, followed her home...

first order of business was hiring a young Canadian producer named Lorne Michaels to be the show-runner. Television production in New York was already...

and Lorne Michaels. The show mixed comedy sketches with musical guests, in a format similar to Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, the show that Michaels was working...

(originally called NBC's Saturday Night), creator and executive producer Lorne Michaels assigned him the position of head writer. O'Donoghue appeared in the...

late-night live sketch comedy variety show created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Michaels and Dick Ebersol that airs on NBC. The show's premiere...

drama series American Gigolo (2022). In 2024, he starred as producer Lorne Michaels in the biographical comedy-drama film Saturday Night. LaBelle is from...

Live (SNL) is a late-night sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. It premiered on the NBC Television Network on October 11, 1975, under...

comedy improvisational group The Groundlings. She was first hired by Lorne Michaels for a Lily Tomlin TV special in 1974. The next year Newman became one...

and May 24, 1986. The season marked Lorne Michaels' return to SNL as showrunner after a five-year hiatus. Michaels hired new cast members, but instead...

Broadway Video is an American multimedia entertainment studio founded by Lorne Michaels, creator of the sketch comedy TV series Saturday Night Live and producer...

John Landis, written by Lorne Michaels, Steve Martin, and Randy Newman (who also wrote the film's songs), produced by Michaels and George Folsey Jr. (who...

making him the longest tenured writer in the show's history. SNL creator Lorne Michaels called Downey the "best political humorist alive". Downey was born in...

communication failures, was furious. He believed that SNL producer Lorne Michaels, who was in the midst of negotiating a new contract, had orchestrated...

and most recent season premiered on September 28, 2024. Created by Lorne Michaels, who is the original and current showrunner, its history has been shaped...

following is a list of Saturday Night Live writers. The show, created by Lorne Michaels, is an American live sketch comedy and variety show. Airing since 1975...

Miller. Al Franken was rehired as a writer. In rebuilding the cast, Lorne Michaels returned to his usual practice of hiring unknown performers from stand-up...

a script by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber was announced to be in the works, with SNL creator Lorne Michaels set to produce. Later that month,...

Subsequently, that show's host, Jimmy Fallon, recommended them to Lorne Michaels, the creator of Saturday Night Live. The group was hired for SNL in...

co-hosted by comedians Maya Rudolph and Martin Short, and produced by Lorne Michaels. The show features various comedy sketches, musical performances, and...

1975, Chase and writer Michael O'Donoghue recommended Belushi to Lorne Michaels as a potential member for a television show Michaels was about to produce...

as a joint venture between Saturday Night Live creator and producer Lorne Michaels, NBC Studios, and Paramount Pictures. Paramount's part of the venture...

(1986). He became a member of the Writer's Guild when he was hired by Lorne Michaels to join the writing staff of Saturday Night Live in 1985; he was also...

1975 cast. Recommended by Al Franken to Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels, the acquisition of Shearer was seen as an unofficial replacement for...

starring Gilda Radner, directed by Mike Nichols and produced by Lorne Michaels. Radner and Michaels and all of the writers involved with the production were...

J. B. Smoove and Hayley Magnus. It was directed by Claire Scanlon. Lorne Michaels and Seth Meyers serve as executive producers. It premiered on August...

NBC required producer Lorne Michaels to include short films by comedian Albert Brooks, and Jim Henson and the Muppets. Michaels said he was pleased to...

producer for The Simpsons for two seasons until he was selected by Lorne Michaels and NBC to take over David Letterman's position as host of Late Night...