"Losing Bowen would have been very, very tough," said an "SNL" source of Lorne Michaels' big move to keep Yang on board.

The SNL stage is always a crapshoot — some acts are better than others at making a nondescript space exciting, to say nothing of the show's eternally shaky sound mixes — which makes ranking each ...

Earlier today, Lorne Michaels began his yearly ritual of tossing departing SNL writers and cast members into a volcano with ...

NBC's Saturday Night Live Season 50 main cast and featured players include Sarah Sherman, Kenan Thompson, Michael Longfellow, Emil Wakim, Devon Walker, Chloe Fineman, Jane Wickline, Ashley Padilla, ...

NBC's Saturday Night Live Season 50 main cast and featured players include Sarah Sherman, Kenan Thompson, Michael Longfellow, Emil Wakim, Devon Walker, Chloe Fineman, Jane Wickline, Ashley Padilla, ...

The changes in the weeks leading up to season 51 are part of a well-established pattern in the show's long history.

For a show that's never been shy about celebrating itself, Saturday Night Live was bound to lean hard into its 50th season. But the results were... For a show that's never been shy about celebrating ...