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Spawn of SNL: THE NEW SHOW

January 10, 2025 Rich Drees

During his tenure away from SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, Lorne Michaels tried his hand at launching a new sketch series with decidedly less positive results. [click for more]

SNL@50: The Eras: 1986-1990: The Second Golden Age

January 3, 2025 Bill Gatevackes

Lorne Michaels got a second chance to bring SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE back to greatness. He didn’t miss this time, he knocked it out of the park. [click for more]

SNL@50: The Eras: 1985-1986: The Return Of Lorne (Or Steinbrenner II)

December 27, 2024 Bill Gatevackes

Lorne Michaels’ return to Saturday Night Live was anything but triumphant. As a matter of fact, it almost got the show cancelled. [click for more]

SNL@50: The Eras: 1984-1985: The Steinbrenner Team

December 13, 2024 Bill Gatevackes

Dick Ebersol dealt with the departure of Eddie Murphy in the best way he knew how–by constructing an all-star team of comedians to replace him. [click for more]

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SNL@50: The Write Stuff

November 22, 2024 Bill Gatevackes

While the on-air talent gets most of the attention, many graduates of the Saturday Night Live writer’s room went on to shape the face of comedy as we know it. [click for more]

SNL@50: Robert Klein’s SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE Memories

November 15, 2024 Rich Drees

The standup comic and actor reminisces about the two times he hosted SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE [click for more]

SNL@50: The Eras: 1980-1981: The Doumanian Era

November 8, 2024 Bill Gatevackes

Season six of SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE is widely recognized as the worst. A number of things conspired to insure that happened. [click for more]

SNL@50: The Eras: 1979-1980: The End Of The Beginning

November 1, 2024 Bill Gatevackes

This first Lorne Michael era went out with a bang, but not on the screen. The backstage theatrics outshone the ones on the show. [click for more]

SNL@50: The Eras: 1976-1979: Addition By Subtraction

October 18, 2024 Bill Gatevackes

For most shows, losing your biggest and most popular star would be fatal. For SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, it only made it better. [click for more]

We Found It On Streaming: LOVE, GILDA (2018)

September 20, 2024 Bill Gatevackes

Gilda Radner’s life has the making of a powerful documentary biography. That makes it puzzling why LOVE, GILDA is so bland and tame. [click for more]