The Saturday Night movie, now streaming on Netflix ... One such example is the inclusion of Milton Berle (played by J.K. Simmons), a TV star from the Golden Age who is shown causing a ...

As the saying goes, “There’s no business like show business.” And as the much lesser known saying goes, “The business of putting on a comedy show is a lot less fun than you would imagine.” Okay, maybe ...

Saturday Night recounts the true, although dramatized, story of the October 11, 1975 premiere of the now-renowned live comedy sketch show, Saturday Night Live, created by Lorne Michaels (who is played ...

Saturday Night would make ... Jason Reitman’s movie, essentially playing the role of the frog, is the cardigan-wearing Lorne Michaels (Gabriel LaBelle), young Canadian TV producer and wannabe ...

Saturday Night, a behind-the-scenes story of the 90 ... It's important to remember because it's the philosophy of one of the longest-running TV shows in American history, currently in its 50th ...

Michaels’ Toronto vowels were once said to have inspired Dr Evil in the Austin Powers movies. In Saturday Night, he is played ... John Belushi et al. TV historians may squint too at the pointed ...

Love movies? Live for TV? USA TODAY's Watch Party newsletter has ... fictionalized retelling of the sketch show's infamous first night in 1975 and finding triumph in what easily could have been ...

Timothée Chalamet performed two lesser-known Bob Dylan songs, in his own voice, as the musical guest as well as host of ...

Jason Reitman’s “Saturday Night” is a great look at the first year of “Saturday Night Live.” But “SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night” is a fascinating dissection of the series’ later years.

And naturally, the nightmare of sitting under the bleachers next to Michaels as one of your babies falls flat on its face during the Saturday-night dry run is like a devastating body blow to the ego.

There was a time when Saturday Night Live was not only funny, but even cutting-edge. NBC’s late-night sketch show has been a nursery for major comedic stars such as Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase and ...