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Garrett Morris Says Lorne Michaels Wouldn’t Let Him Play A Doctor in the ‘SNL’ Premiere Because He’s Black

Garrett Morris says that Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels isn’t racist — though he did hire racist writers and didn’t think that America was ready for a Black doctor in 1975. The only person of color from the inaugural SNL cast has never been shy about discussing the difficulties he experienced during his five-year tenure on the institutional […]

‘Saturday Night Live’ Visual Effects Artists Unionize With IATSE

Sixteen visual effects artists who work on pre-recorded digital shorts for “Saturday Night Live” have unionized with IATSE and won official recognition from series producer Broadway Video and NBCUniversal. IATSE confirmed the development on Monday. The organizing drive by IATSE follows the union’s successful bid to organize “SNL” editors in October 2022. Those members ratified […]

‘SNL’ Is Becoming Nothing More Than a Cheap Rip-Off of Itself

We should have expected a nostalgia-heavy season in honor of Saturday Night Live’s 50th anniversary. But nostalgia comes in many packages. Sometimes it’s a sweet remembrance of the good times we’ve shared. Sometimes it’s revisiting the past in desperate attempts to recreate old glories. Last night, SNL served up its own version of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, inviting poor Michael Keaton […]