The art of TV comedy is distilled into its purest essence in the format of a sketch show. Sketch comedies have been entertaining viewers at home since the 1940s, when variety shows like Texaco Star ...

"The year 1975 was a hinge moment in America. The president of the United States had recently resigned in disgrace, and politics was deeply unsettled," the TK-year-old SNL boss explained of the show’s ...

Saturday Night Live has become a television institution over the years — but when it aired its very first episode 50 years ago on October 11, 1975, the world had no idea what it was in for. And after ...