"I was picked because I have gray hair and glasses." The role went to comedian Jim Gaffigan. 2.Shane Gillis SNL cast Shane ...

Bonnie Hunt is among the many comedians who got their start at Chicago's legendary Second City improv school and comedy club ...

Lorne Michaels, the creator of Saturday Night Live, has said that he didn’t want to fire Shane Gillis from the show but was ...

Lorne Michaels said the decision to fire former castmember Shane Gillis from "SNL," after his controversial comments were ...

In a recent interview, Lorne Michaels finally spilled the tea on why Shane Gillis was actually canned by 'Saturday Night Live ...

In a statement at the time, Michaels, via a spokesperson said “after talking with Shane Gillis, we have decided that he will not be joining SNL.” Three months later, then-NBC boss Paul Telegdy ...

Lorne Michaels is putting the onus on NBC over the "Saturday Night Live" firing of Shane Gillis. The "SNL" creator said he was "angry" over the decision in a new profile in the Wall Street Journal.

In a Wall Street Journal feature about the landmark 50th season of sketch comedy institution "Saturday Night Live," executive ...