Live' veterans participated in a "Tonight Show Joke Off," a riff on SNL's "Weekend Update" segment during which they battled it out for the best punchlines.

As the show gears up to celebrate its milestone, here are 12 moments over the past five decades when the show didn't just reflect pop culture — it drove it.

Live" stars Colin Jost, Marcello Hernández and James Austin Johnson are joining forces for a night of comedy at Mohegan Sun ...

Live” was built with a cast of young no-names performing countercultural comedy. Fifty years later, it is firmly part of the ...

If you wanted to succeed in comedy, performing at Studio 8H was a rite of passage. As the iconic variety show turns fifty, is ...

From The Lonely Island's Digital Shorts to Lisa from Temecula, IndieWire picks the 50 best 'Saturday Night Live' sketches of the 21st Century.

As 'SNL 40' turns the decade page to 'SNL 50,' the 'Weekend Update' joke swap between Colin Jost and Michael Che is one of the show's best creations.

The 50th anniversary special of "Saturday Night Live" is set to air this weekend. Here's which celebrities are expected to make an appearance.

The live, three-hour special for late-night comedy show will air on Feb. 16, one day after the show's first 1975 episode is ...

Amy Sussman/Getty Images; Will Heath/NBC Saturday Night Live has confirmed that its 50th anniversary special guest list will ...