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Lorne Michaels Says “SNL” Has Never Banned Musical Guests

Lorne Michaels Says “SNL” Has Never Banned Musical Guests: 'We're Way Too Crass and Opportunistic'

The show's creator dispelled any rumors during the documentary 'Ladies and Gentleman...50 Years of SNL Music' Lorne Michaels is disputing any rumors about Saturday Night Live banning musicians. According to the creator of the long-running comedy sketch show,

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Lorne Michaels claims Saturday Night Live doesn't ban musical guests

Michaels and some cast members have hinted that certain hosts aren't welcomed back to Studio 8H. So it stood to reason that the same went for musical guests who either pushed the

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‘SNL’ Has ‘Never Banned’ A Musical Guest (Not Even Sinéad O’Connor) Despite Popular Belief, Lorne Michaels Explains

Live has had a broad variety of musical guests over the decades, and while the performances mostly go well, sometimes, there’s friction. Some (in)famous appearances have reportedly led to artists being banned: Acts like Sinéad O’Connor,

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‘Saturday Night Live’ season 50 schedule: Who is hosting ‘SNL’ tonight?

Season 50 of “ Saturday Night Live ” premiered on September 28, 2024, with several returning cast members (and 3 unexpected departures), and SNL is set to conclude on May 17, 2025. So, who will be hosting the momentous season’s remaining episodes?

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Martha Stewart says her parole officer wouldn't let her host ‘Saturday Night Live'

Live from New York, it wasn’t Martha Stewart. The domestic doyenne said her parole officer wouldn’t let her host “Saturday Night Live” after she got out of federal prison in Alderson, West Virginia, in 2005 after serving five months for lying about a stock trade.

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Martha Stewart Says She Had to Turn Down Hosting ‘SNL' 20 Years Ago Due to a Possible Parole Violation: I Was ‘So Pissed'

Martha Stewart has regrets. No, not necessarily about that whole insider-trading thing: In 2005, she had to turn down hosting "Saturday Night Live." Stewart said during "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" that she was asked by "SNL" creator Lorne Michaels to host an episode of the sketch series in 2005 after her release from prison.

Amy Schumer 'shocked' to learn her “SNL” porn teacher sketch is most viewed: 'Everybody's a pervert'

When informed in a recent interview with Howard Stern that her "Porn Teacher" sketch from the Oct. 10, 2025 episode of ...

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6 “Saturday Night Live” Legends Celebrate 50 Years of Laughs and “Very” Late Nights (Exclusive)

Leslie Jones, Kate McKinnon, Seth Meyers, Molly Shannon, Kenan Thompson and Bowen Yang sit down with PEOPLE to talk about how ...

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‘SNL’: Watch Timothée Chalamet Perform Trio of Bob Dylan Songs

Timothée Chalamet debuted as 'SNL' musical guest by performing three Bob Dylan tunes: "Outlaw Blues," "Three Angels," and ...

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Kenan Thompson and Ego Nwodim share discomfort during Ye's rogue MAGA performance on SNL: 'I'm out'

Kenan Thompson and Ego Nwodim recalled the discomfort of witnessing Kanye West's infamous MAGA rant during his 2018 'Saturday ...

Justin Timberlake Wore a Leotard and Tights in an Effort to Convince Beyoncé to Do Iconic 2008 SNL Sketch

Justin Timberlake says that, in order to convince Beyoncé to participate in a now-legendary 2008 sketch on Saturday Night ...

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Questlove says upcoming ‘SNL’ special is ‘love letter’ to show’s 50 years of musical performances

NBC’s celebration of “Saturday Night Live’s” 50-year history will continues this week with a new 3-hour documentary titled ...

How Did Questlove Make His New ‘SNL’ Doc? Step One: Watch 900 Episodes

Director of '50 Years of SNL Music' reveals inside story of performances by Kanye West, Ashlee Simpson, and more ...

All 42 musicians who have pulled double duty as host and musical guest on 'SNL'

Timothée Chalamet, Jack Harlow, and Dua Lipa are the most recent celebs to take on the double-duty challenge at "Saturday ...

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Where to Watch ‘Ladies & Gentlemen … 50 Years of SNL Music’

SNL is celebrating a big anniversary -- here's where to watch and stream the new documentary “Ladies & Gentlemen … 50 Years ...

Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Ladies & Gentlemen…50 Years Of SNL Music’ on Peacock, A Doc With Props For The Music Part Of ‘Saturday Night Live’

I think live music on TV is important.” He’s not wrong! And Ladies & Gentlemen…50 Years of SNL Music proves it.

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Saturday Night Live's Ana Gasteyer on How She Cooked Up Her Legendary Martha Stewart Impression on the Fly, Writing With Will Ferrell, and Why SNL Survives

By the nature of it being live, it's immediate and it's probably riskier,” Gasteyer says of SNL. “There's not a lot of time ...

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Lorne Michaels Says “SNL” Has Never Banned Musical Guests

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