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For almost 50 years, "Saturday Night Live" has been run by the steady hand of its creator, Lorne Michaels. Save for a period ...

Lorne is irreplaceable,” Shannon tells PEOPLE before weighing in on a potential successor to the ‘SNL’ showrunner ...

Kenan Thompson joined the show in 2003 and is the longest-tenured cast member in its history.

During a sit-down for People in 10, the actress and comedian, 60, opened up about who might be up for the role of SNL ...

Molly Shannon believes there’s no one quite like Lorne Michaels when it comes to Saturday Night Live. In a recent interview ...

Live was created by Lorne Michaels in the mid-70s, and Molly says Kenan Thompson has done a remarkable job on the show.

Lorne Michaels, Chris Farley on “SNL” in 1993. NBCUniversal via Getty Images. Morrison recalled that Bob Odenkirk, who was a writer on the sketch comedy series at the time, once told her that ...

For years, speculation has swirled regarding whether Saturday Night Live creator and executive producer Lorne Michaels would step down. He had been teasing his own retirement for years but, after ...

Seth Meyers thinks Lorne Michaels already knows who will succeed him at Saturday Night Live. “I do believe he has already talked to himself about who it’s going to be,” Meyers said on Sunday ...

Lorne Michaels aside, there are few other key SNL players and writers who have stayed over a decade. However, Kenan Thompson is the longest tenured Saturday Night Live cast member by far.