What is performing or writing for "Saturday Night Live" really like? TODAY.com talked to past and present cast to learn what really goes on behind the scenes.

One-time-only collaborations included Bonnie Raitt and Chris Martin. Arcade Fire, David Byrne, Post Malone and Nirvana.

I don’t know of whom I’m more jealous, Lorne Michaels or Susan Morrison. The latter’s “Lorne” is one of the best biographies I’ve ever read. It’s as though she videotaped his life and the lives of ...

It can’t be, ‘I like everything you do’ — that’s dishonest,” “SNL” creator Lorne Michaels said of skewering both Republicans ...

SNL made sketches mocking Taylor Swift's girl squad, which she did not appreciate. Despite her direct request to Lorne ...

Lorne Michaels claims Taylor Swift once asked him to kill a Saturday Night Live sketch that poked fun at her girl squad but ...

The right has long despised the legendary sketch show for its supposed “liberal bias.” But the show’s history tells a ...

The news parody has launched comedy careers and courted controversy. Here, Lorne Michaels, Chevy Chase, Tina Fey, Michael Che and others recount its influential history.

How featuring the rushed and imperfect work of brilliant, stressed-out comics made SNL a comedy bastion.

A second sketch, “Tina & Amy’s Dope Squad,” aired on SNL later that season. It featured Tina Fey and Amy Poehler recreating the “Bad Blood” music video, as well as appearances by Aidy Bryant, Gayle ...

Saturday Night Live is celebrating its five decades with SNL50: The Anniversary Special, a three-hour event airing Sunday ...