Lorne Michaels CC (born Lorne David Lipowitz; November 17, 1944) is a Canadian-American television writer and film producer. He created and produced Saturday Night Live (1975–1980, 1985–present) and produced the Late Night series (since 1993), The Kids in the Hall (from 1989 to 1995), and The Tonight Show (since 2014).

17 hours ago · Lorne Michaels has a rule, whenever he finishes another long season of Saturday Night Live, to take off the month of June. He might go to his home in Amagansett, or the blueberry farm he owns in ...

1 day ago · The first episode of Saturday Night (the Live would come later) aired on NBC on October 11, 1975, and one way to read Michaels is as a quintessential ’70s guy: a post-counterculture guy ...

Lorne Michaels is an Emmy Award-winning producer and writer, best known as the creator and executive producer of “Saturday Night Live,” which has won more Emmys than any other...

Jan 17, 2025 · Lorne Michaels, Canadian-born American writer and producer who was best known for his work on Saturday Night Live, a sketch comedy series considered a landmark in American television. He also produced a number of talk shows and sitcoms. Learn more about Michaels’s life and career.

Jan 24, 2020 · The ongoing success of Saturday Night Live – which has been on the air for more than forty years – is testament to the creator and executive producer Lorne Michaels and his vision for a...

1 day ago · Lorne Michaels' biographer, Susan Morrison, reveals how she convinced the "Saturday Night Live' chief to discuss his off-camera life and times

Apr 22, 2021 · In 1975, NBC hired Lorne Michaels to create a show to run on Saturday nights. After gathering a group of actors and writers, Michaels debuted Saturday Night Live, a sketch comedy show that has...

Jan 13, 2025 · Tina Fey, Bill Hader, Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin, and Chevy Chase candidly discuss the five-decade reign of Lorne Michaels, the creator of “Saturday Night Live.” Susan Morrison reports.

Feb 12, 2024 · On April 24, 1976, Lorne Michaels, the creator and producer of the late-night NBC comedy program “Saturday Night” – it had not yet changed its name to “Saturday Night Live” – appeared ...