Lorne Michaels

Lorne Michaels

NBC Officially Crowns Fallon Prince of Late-Late Night

Jimmy Fallon talked up Thandie Newton at the Costume Institute Ball last week.
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Jimmy Fallon talked up Thandie Newton at the Costume Institute Ball last week.

There were no surprises at 30 Rock today as NBC announced the new host of Late Night when current host Conan O'Brien decamps to 11:30 PM sometime in 2009. As far back as February 2007, Bill Carter, The New York Times' veteran TV reporter and de facto historian of late night, had been reporting that Saturday Night Live alum Jimmy Fallon would be tapped to host the show. As reporters and film crews assembled on the 67th floor to take their lucite seats in a room with floor-to-ceiling windows dramatically framing a rainy, overcast day, Fallon's name was openly bandied about.  read more »

SNL’s Obama Challenge: He’s Not Goofy Enough

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They’re killing Hillary, but only because she’s so Nixonian.  read more »

Obama-Less SNL Finds a Stand-In

In case you missed it, here's how the producers of Saturday Night Live found a solution—albeit a temporary one—to their Barack Obama casting dilemma.

Lorne Michaels: SNL Misses Its Dicks in a Box

Lorne Michaels.
Lorne Michaels.

Producer longs for YouTube: NBC vigilantes scrub web preparing for Fox site; skits are put in a lockbox.  read more »

An Unforgettable Edge Blunted: SNL Smothered in Reminiscence

Live From New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live , by TomShales and James Andrew Mil  read more »

Meet Four-Eyed New Sex Symbol, 'Weekend Update' Anchor Tina Fey

Shortly after it was announced that Saturday Night Live head writer Tina Fey would take over as co-h  read more »

SNL Producer Lorne Michaels Monkeys Around, in a Tribute to Steve Martin

A Mild and Crazy Guy"Comedy is not pretty," Steve Martin said a long, long time ago.  read more »

SNL 's Killer Contract

Wednesday, August 11From John Belushi in the 70's to Eddie Murphy in the 80's and Mike Myers in the  read more »