Lorne Michaels

'Saturday Night Live' on Yahoo!: Where to start?

2013-04-26 11:57:00

Beginning in September, Yahoo! will become the exclusive online home of "Saturday Night Live's" massive 38-year archive of shows. That's roughly 742 episodes, not including the promised additions of behind-the-scenes clips, rehearsal video and selected...

Lorne Michaels not leaving 'SNL' yet, (briefly) talks Jimmy Fallon

2013-04-16 16:52:00

Lorne Michaels may soon assume responsibilities as executive producer of "The Tonight Show" when Jimmy Fallon takes over as host next year, but don't expect him to abandon his baby just yet. Michaels addressed the question floating around Hollywood at a...

TV networks look to pilots to help them ascend in ratings

2013-04-24 07:00:00

There are monsters and vampires, science fiction, trips back and forward through time, supernatural themes and other out-of-this-world scenarios in the television pilots vying for space on the networks' fall schedules. The five major networks,...

Academy rehires Craig Zadan and Neil Meron to produce 2014 Oscars

2013-04-16 16:49:00

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has hired Craig Zadan and Neil Meron for an encore performance as Oscar producers, retaining them for the 2014 broadcast after this year's show garnered solid ratings. The move is unusual because the job...

Aereo fight is about money. MTV yanks 'Buckwild.' Lynton re-ups.

2013-04-10 07:42:00

After the coffee. Before emptying the cat box (well, you wanted to know). The Skinny: I stuffed myself silly at the premiere party for HBO's "Veep" last night so I'm feeling a little bloated this morning. Yes, it's a tough life. Wednesday's headlines...

Melissa McCarthy as an abusive coach is a slam dunk for 'SNL'

2013-04-07 08:04:00

Comic actress Melissa McCarthy is known for her physical game (last night's "Saturday Night Live" had her falling in heels and dancing about ham), so it was fitting that as the NCAA tournament is winding down, the highlight from this week's episode was...

Late-night moves give Lorne Michaels even more power at NBC

2013-04-06 07:00:00

Jimmy Fallon may have been crowned the new king of late-night TV this week, but he owes a lot to the man behind the throne: Lorne Michaels. Fans of "Saturday Night Live" will recognize Michaels, the show's creator, as the grumpy paterfamilias lurking in...

'Tonight's' forecast calls for scattered viewership

2013-04-04 05:00:00

Jimmy Fallon has been crowned the next king of late-night television, but the empire he will inherit has seen better days. "Late Night" host Fallon, who will succeed Jay Leno in "The Tonight Show" chair in 2014, is charged with trying to reenergize a...

Kendra Wilkinson quits 'Splash' reality show over high-dive

2013-04-03 12:37:00

Kendra Wilkinson is off the ABC diving competition show, "Splash," but not the way most celebrities get cut from these shows. Rather than be eliminated, she quit. The former girlfriend of Hugh Hefner and star of the reality series "The Girls Next Door"...

Could a move to New York revitalize 'The Tonight Show'?

2013-03-21 16:20:00

If the rumors are true and “The Tonight Show” is set to return to its ancestral� home at 30 Rockefeller Plaza with Jimmy Fallon as host, the move would be a boon for New York City – and maybe even the aging late-night genre itself. A...

Netflix goes sci-fi with the Wachowskis

2013-03-27 18:14:00

Netflix is going big with its next original series. After tapping the talents of David Fincher and Eli Roth for previous productions, the online outfit is getting Andy and Lana Wachowski, creators of "The Matrix" series, who will work with J. Michael...

'Downton Abbey's' Jessica Brown Findlay has topless scene regret

2013-03-27 18:00:00

Topless scene regret? Jessica Brown Findlay has a few. The former "Downton Abbey" star recently opened up to Radio Times about her first-ever topless scene, in the 2011 film, "Albatross." The film was the 23-year-old actress' first starring role,...

Martin Short, left, in conversation with Lorne Michaels at the Hollywood Radio and Television Society's Comedy on TV panel

2013-04-16 16:47:57

Comedian Jimmy Fallon is in talks to host the Oscars in February, with "Saturday Night Live" veteran Lorne Michaels producing, three people with knowledge of the discussions said.

2012-08-03 15:30:00

On Monday, Sept. 13, 2007, I got a call from my agent that would start an unlikely friendship. He said: Sue Mengers wants to invite you to dinner. She heard about your Emmy acceptance speech. I knew exactly who she was.

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