John Belushi it wasn't.
An hour after the weekly 3:30 a.m. text message spread like spitfire across New York, interns and set crew and assistants arrived at Professor Thom's, a sports bar in the East Village, with outfits assembled and the password for the door on the tips of their tongues. They had heard stories, Read More
Former NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker will be honored at the Center for Communication's Annual Luncheon on Nov. 1, according to an update on the center's website. At the ceremony Zucker will receive the Frank Stanton award for his work in media.
Zucker's current work in media, however, is a bit up in the air. Read More
“My daughter is getting an award so I’m a proud duh-dee!” Paul McCartney told the Daily Transom at the Natural Resources Defense Council’s annual Forces for Nature benefit at 583 Park Avenue on Monday, March 30, where his daughter, fashion designer Stella McCartney, and Discovery Communications’ CEO David Zaslav were honored for their respective environmental work.
Mr. Read More
Given that Saturday Night Live will celebrate its 35th anniversary later this year, we doubt Lorne Michaels needs any advice from us about how to run a successful show. However, after watching this weekend's mostly harmless episode hosted by the charming Dwayne Johnson—note to studios: put him in a musical comedy co-starring Anne Hathaway Read More
While everyone has given credit to Tina Fey, Sarah Palin and a little something called the Presidental Election for bringing Saturday Night Live back into the realm of cultural relevancy, we happen to think NBC's forward-thinking web strategy helped just as much. By making increasingly more skits available online, the network has been able to Read More
Q: For years now, shows like Meet the Press have been broadcasting clips of an SNL sketch, a spoof of political reality, to have a conversation with their audience about the actual political reality. How are you getting to the core ingredients of what’s going on in a way that people Read More
It turns out Seth Meyers was right. Despite some last minute innuendos by Lorne Michaels, Governor Sarah Palin did not appear on Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update Thursday (could they squeeze a few more days into that title?). Instead, the first of three planned prime-time SNL specials featured appearances by former cast members Read More
Whether the Sarah Palin VP-pick ultimately pays off for John McCain remains to be seen. But for one group of Americans, Gov. Palin's sudden arrival on the national scene promises to be an instant boon: comics!
Judging from what's already made its way to YouTube (haven't you seen this, this or this?), the moose-hunting Read More
According to The New York Post, Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels has a stalker.
Evan Pidhajecky, a 31-year-old Long Island resident, didn't send Mr. Michaels love letters or threaten to commit suicide as Uma Thurman's personal stalker did earlier this year. Rather, he just wanted the SNL producer to admit that he had Read More
Lorne Michaels told reporters Sunday that he plans to premiere Jimmy Fallon as the new host of Late Night on the internet. He plans five or six months of webcasts prior to the 2009 debut of Mr. Fallon's version of the show, according to TV Week.
The Observer interviewed Mr. Michaels about preparing Mr. Fallon Read More
According to The Hollywood Reporter's Alex Woodson, Saturday Night Live executive producer Lorne Michaels received a "lifetime achievement award for the role that 'Saturday Night Live' has played in the development of online video" at last night's Webby Awards.
A lifetime moves pretty fast these days. Wasn't it just December 17, 2005 when SNL's Read More
“I’m very excited about this,” he told the crowd of Read More
On the rare occasions that Barack Obama’s name is so much as mentioned, he receives gentle, if not admiring, treatment.
And so it only seemed to confirm the existing suspicions of Read More
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.
