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The ringmaster of Saturday Night Live is 80 years old. What happens to the show, not to mention American comedy, when he retires?
In London, he stopped by the Savoy Theatre to pose on the red carpet with Tina Fey at the British premiere of Mean Girls the musical, which he produced, and made time for dinner at the River Cafe with Jimmy Iovine, Paul McCartney, Dr. Dre, and Bruce Springsteen, who was in town to play Wembley Stadium. This 50th season of SNL has been a yearlong reminder of the influence that Michaels continues to exert not only over his show and the galaxy of comedians, musicians, and A-listers who have been drawn into its orbit but also over the power brokers and institutions that govern the world of entertainment from New York to Hollywood. SNL remains consistently profitable despite being incredibly expensive to produce, and clips from last season were viewed 3.1 billion times, making it, with apologies to the Bachelor franchise, the most culturally relevant product on network TV today.
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