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Ahead Of Its 50th Anniversary, ‘SNL’ Boss Lorne Michaels Says “I Don’t Feel I’m Done”

Lorne Michaels is not done with Saturday Night Live. The man who created NBC’s long-running comedy series has flip-flopped over the years about his potential exit from the show. But today, two days ahead of the 50th anniversary of the show, Michaels said, “I may be wrong. But I don’t feel I’m done.” Michaels doesn’t […]

Michaels doesn’t do much press these days – he didn’t even take part in any of the four documentaries about SNL on Peacock – but he did speak to his old friend Maureen Dowd in the New York Times ahead of Sunday’s live, three-hour show. Asked whether he wants the show to finish in suttee, the ritual in which a Hindu wife is immolated upon her husband’s funeral pyre, would he prefer that SNL ends with him? This is no surprise given the list of stars returning to Studio 8H including Adam Sandler, Amy Poehler, Andy Samberg, Chevy Chase, Chris Rock, Eddie Murphy, Fred Armisen, Garrett Morris, Jane Curtin, Jason Sudeikis, Jimmy Fallon, Kate McKinnon, Kenan Thompson, Kristen Wiig, Laraine Newman, Maya Rudolph, Molly Shannon, Pete Davidson, Seth Meyers, Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan, Will Ferrell and Will Forte.

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