SATURDAY NIGHT (15) 109 mins ★★★★☆ ONCE you’ve seen the first ever Saturday Night Live sketch you’ll wonder how the show lasted a week let alone half a century. The skit featuring the late, great

Lorne Michaels donates his "Saturday Night Live" archive to UT Austin's Harry Ransom Center, showcasing nearly 50 years of TV history.

Saturday Night recounts the true, although dramatized, story of the October 11, 1975 premiere of the now-renowned live comedy sketch show, Saturday Night Live, created by Lorne Michaels (who is played by Gabriel LaBelle in the movie).

Punk rock band Fear caused mayhem on Saturday Night Live on Halloween in 1981, bringing a most-pit to Studio 8H for the first time. Days after the show, rumors started to swirl that the band fronted by Lee Ving,

The last month or so has been big for surprise additions to Netflix’s streaming roster. A few weeks ago, the streaming service added a bunch of big Warner Bros. releases to the lineup without announcing them in the monthly newsletters.

Live” is having a 50th anniversary, and things are happening. Jason Reitman’s backstage dramedy “Saturday Night,” released last year, is

Netflix’s top 10 movies list is constantly shifting as new releases get added to the streaming service. But with several options to choose from, finding a movie actually worth watching can be overwhelming.

Lorne Michaels, a writer and broadcaster before ... Chevy Chase has a confrontation with Milton Berle. John Belushi is never where he ought to be. Henson, creator of The Muppets, doesn’t seem ...

Try telling the story of American comedy without mentioning Saturday Night Live, and see how far you get. For half a century, the sketch show has been a cultural fixture, with countless cast members ascended to stardom. A pity, then, that the big-screen account of the truth behind it has ended up being Saturday Night .

Saturday Night, a behind-the-scenes story of the 90-minute build-up to the very first episode of Saturday Night Live, is a loving and entertaining tribute to an American TV institution.

Jason Reitman’s dramedy about the behind-the-scenes shenanigans that went on before the American comedy show’s first broadcast is contrived