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Len Berman: Top 5 Sports Stories

source: Huffington Post

The first baseball awards. Oakland closer Andrew Bailey is the American League Rookie of the Year. Florida outfielder Chris Coghlan is the NL winner. 3. Taking a Knee 4. You're Kidding Right? 5. 20/20 Hindsight Bonus Birthday: Live from New York! SNL creator Lorne Michaels. 65.

Published Tue, Nov 17

Michaela Watkins

source: boards.nbc.com

Is Lorne Michaels out of his ******* mind? He gets the funniest woman on his show since Cheri Oteri, & he lets her go after a couple of seasons? No wonder SNL sucks so bad now. When I saw Angie Tempura on weekend update for the first time, I thought, "All right, here we go... SNL is on its way back."...

Published Sun, Oct 25

Barry Michael Cooper: Tracy Morgan's I Am The New Black: Manchild At 30 Rock

source: Huffington Post

Morgan waxes movingly for each and every day he gets above ground, and showers effusive praise on Martin Lawrence -- who gave Morgan his first shot on network television -- Chris Rock, Alex Baldwin, Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels (who hired Morgan as a cast member in 1996), an...

Published Mon, Oct 19

Lorne Michaels goes easy on Jenny Slate for SNL f-bomb

source: TV Squad

For those who missed it (or weren't on the east coast) on Saturday night, new SNLer Jenny Slate managed to do something in her first-ever sketch that hadn't been accomplished on the show in 28 years: she let loose with an f-bomb. Continue reading Lorne Michaels goes easy on Jenny Slate for SN...

Published Mon, Sep 28

Second City sends another one of its ...

source: Chicago Tribune

Any time "Saturday Night Live" head man Lorne Michaels visits Chicago on a talent-scouting trip, he has one rule with iO founder Charna Halpern: Don't ... Second City funnyman O'Brien to join 'Saturday Night Live' writing ...Chicago Sun-Times

Published Fri, Aug 14

Sports Night rewind: "Thespis"

source: sepinwall (Blogspot)

• "Sports Night" takes place in a parallel universe for a number of reasons, not least of which is the idea that Lorne Michaels, given the power to pick Letterman's replacement, would have thought to hire a sportscaster with no national profile. (Conan had no profile of any kind, of course,...

Published Tue, Jul 7

TV Junkie: Conan's First Guests; The Peabodys; 'Law & Order' Will ...

source: LAist

 CA We were pleased that AMC's "Breaking Bad" won at Monday's Peabody Awards ceremony but we weren't happy to read that "Saturday Night Live"'s Lorne Michaels is considering a "MacGruber" movie. "MacGruber" is funny for the 20 second segments it has on ...

Published Tue, May 19

Will Ferrell-Hosted, Cameo-Laden SNL Season Finale Will Come To Traumatize Lorne Michaels

source: Gawker

Ferrell's opening monologue was essentially one giant "fuck you" to the Tony voting committee and Broadway, who - if they have any brains about them at all - will give themselves national exposure by handing Ferrell a Tony for his solo show on Broadway (and subsequent HBO special). He's co...

Published Sun, May 17