Saturday Night Live, The Tonight Show, and The Kids in the Hall were all produced by Canadian-American producer Lorne Michaels. The most nominated person in the history of the award ceremony, he has garnered 20 Primetime Emmy Awards from 94 nominations.
The American late-night live television sketch comedy and variety program Saturday Night Live, often shortened to SNL, was founded by Lorne Michaels and developed by Dick Ebersol. The show's showrunner at the moment is Michaels. On October 11, 1975, George Carlin presented the NBC television network's debut of the program, which was then known as NBC's Saturday Night. A big and diverse ensemble of repertory and younger cast members perform the comic skits for the program, which often lampoon modern politics and society. Each episode has a celebrity presenter who generally introduces the show, acts in skits with the cast, and provides special musical performances. Typically, a cold open skit that introduces the program concludes with the line, "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!" thus officially kicking off the show.
Michaels departed the show in 1980 to pursue other options. After a season of unfavorable reviews, he was replaced by Jean Doumanian, who was later replaced by Ebersol. Before Michaels came back in 1985, Ebersol presided over the program. Michaels has been the showrunner ever since. While performing on the program, several SNL cast members became nationally famous and found success in film and television, both in front of and behind the camera. Other people connected to the program, such writers, have gone on to have successful careers in television and cinema production, writing, and acting.
