Snl biography

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 show that requires up-to-the-moment pop-culture relevancy, a cadre of exceptional comedic talent and the nail-biting riskiness of live television.

That Michaels has delivered, for the most part, in all those areas and continues to do so, is a reflection of the clear vision he first brought to the network in and continues to hone to this day.

The network had concerns about the show's format

Michaels first came to the attention of Dick Ebersol, head of late-night television programming at NBC, in the early s.

At the time, Michaels was a year-old Toronto, Canada-raised comedy writer who had bounced around gigs, including radio work at the Canadian Broadcast Corporation, gag-writing for Woody Allen, a season on Rowan &