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Lorne Michaels Isn’t Ready to Leave ‘Saturday Night Live’ Quite Yet: ‘I Don’t Feel I’m Done’

In regards to his tenure at 'Saturday Night Live,' Lorne Michaels recently said, 'I don't feel I'm done.'

The show’s 50th Anniversary special airs on NBC and streams via Peacock this Sunday, February 16 and features talent such as Sabrina Carpenter, Tom Hanks, Eddie Murphy, Tina Fey, Ayo Edebiri, Pedro Pascal, John Mulaney, and many many more. “SNL” has always aimed to mock those in powers, but by platforming Donald Trump with a hosting gig in 2015 ahead of his first primary run, Michaels may have set off a chain reaction that’s led us to our current situation. Speaking to the NY Times in 2016 ahead of the election, Michaels said of the controversial choice, “There’s a smugness to that attitude that causes the voting public to go, ‘We’re smarter than that.’ Donald’s giving voice to what polite society sort of sat on for a while, things that are felt but that no one is articulating.

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