"Wicked" star Ariana Grande wanted "Saturday Night Live" star Bowen Yang to play Pfannee so bad, she called Lorne Michaels to ...

Lorne Michaels revealed once and for all that it was NBC’s decision to fire Shane Gillis from “Saturday Night Live” after the ... syndicated talk show “Dr. Phil.” In addition, her ...

And while a statement at the time attributed the shocking decision to Lorne Michaels, the SNL boss now says the decision actually came from the network. “That was very strong from the people in ...

Saturday Night Live’s head honcho is still fuming about a cast change he had to make years ago. Michaels still thinks the controversy over Gillis was overblown: “He said something stupid ...

Plus, star Gabriel LaBelle reveals whether it was more intimidating to play "SNL" boss Lorne Michaels or a version of Steven Spielberg in his movie "The Fabelmans." "[Dan] Aykroyd was almost ...

Lorne Michaels is putting the onus on NBC over the "Saturday Night Live" firing of Shane Gillis. The "SNL" creator said he was "angry" over the decision in a new profile in the Wall Street Journal.

Michaels, who created SNL in 1975 and has worked on the show consistently since 1985, has now said that the decision to fire Gillis did not come from him. “That was very strong from the people ...

“And I’m just here to remind you, you got this.” The appearance followed SNL creator Lorne Michaels telling The Hollywood Reporter in a September interview he didn't intend to invite any ...

Lorne Michaels has opened up, again, about the decision to fire Shane Gillis from Saturday Night Live before he’d ever stepped on the Studio 8H stage. Gillis was fired in September 2019 ...