Live' alum noted it “wouldn’t have f------ taken much” to make him stay Chevy Chase is revealing what Lorne Michaels could ...

They used to call me the king of the pitch, because I would pitch as if I was doing stand-up,” Smoove shares. “I think the ...

The episode starred the original "Saturday Night Live" cast members — Gilda Radner, John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Garrett Morris, Laraine Newman and Chevy Chase, who did double-duty as the show's first ...

Chevy Chase’s legacy with SNL is marked by both his groundbreaking role as an original cast member and rumors of a hosting ban following a controversial 1997 appearance.

"I'm getting my own Chevy Chase moment," says the director of the comedy icon's reaction to his film chronicling the moments leading up to the first-ever episode of Saturday Night Live 50 years ago.

Saturday Night recounts the true, although dramatized, story of the October 11, 1975 premiere of the now-renowned live comedy sketch show, Saturday Night Live, created by Lorne Michaels (who is played ...

Michaels, 80, said while profiled for The New Yorker ahead of his biography — Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live — coming out on Feb. 18 that he never intended to make Chase stay ...

In 1975, Chase was the first host of Weekend Update, which helped him earn two Primetime Emmy awards in 1976. Soon after, he shocked fans when he left early in SNL’s second season. NBCU Photo ...