As the creator of “Saturday Night Live,” Lorne Michaels has shaped American comedy for half a century.Credit...Daniel Arnold for The New York Times Supported by By Maureen Dowd Is it possible ...

In “Lorne,” Morrison, an editor at The New Yorker and a former editor of The New York Observer, has built Michaels the kind of biographical monument usually consecrated to founding fathers ...

Most people picking up a book simply titled “Lorne” could be excused for scratching their heads and muttering “who?” But fans of one of television’s best and most enduring comedy shows ...

However, in a recent interview with The New York Times, Michaels made clear that no succession plan will be set in motion anytime soon. “I may be wrong,” he said. “But I don’t feel I’m ...

Taylor Swift once asked Lorne Michaels to kill a “Saturday Night Live” sketch that poked fun at the singer’s “girl squad” — but he stood his ground and refused, according to a new report.

"Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live ... The show has good years and bad years, like the New York Yankees, or the Dow, and the audience has come to feel something like ownership ...

Look what you made him do. Taylor Swift allegedly once asked “Saturday Night Live” creator Lorne Michaels to cut a sketch about her infamous “girl squad,” which he refused to do.

On Thursday evening, New Yorker editor Susan Morrison sent out a mass email invitation to an event for her forthcoming biography of Lorne Michaels. She will be chatting with her colleague ...

Call him the king of comedy, the sultan of sketch — or, as cast member Ego Nwodim has revealed she once did by mistake, “Daddy” — but Lorne Michaels will forever be the beating heart of ...

Lorne Michaels is not done with Saturday Night ... but he did speak to his old friend Maureen Dowd in the New York Times ahead of Sunday’s live, three-hour show. Related Stories News 'The ...

Despite her direct request to Lorne Michaels to scrap the sketch, it aired as planned. Swift later sent flowers, highlighting the playful feud but maintained her presence on the show. Taylor Swift ...