Thursday, March 5, 2026

Watch Trailer: “SNL” Lorne Michaels Documentary Looks Like Fun, If Not Wholly Objective, About NBC’s Standard Bearer

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Here’s the trailer for “Lorne,” the aptly titled documentary about Lorne Michaels, legendary producer of “Saturday Night Live.”

Morgan Neville directs, following his Paul McCartney film, “Man on the Run.”

It’s not going to be an objective doc since it’s authorized by Lorne and is released by Universal/Focus, aka NBC, the company that has kept him in business for 51 years.

But you might say Michaels has kept NBC in business for 51 years. The success of “SNL” is staggering on its own. So many careers, shows, movies, and projects have been launched because of Michaels, he’s literally kept the network going. From “30 Rock” to the Blues Brothers, “Wayne’s World,” and for 12 years, The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and “Late Night” with Seth Meyers.

The movie will be fun, and hopefully we’ll learn a little about this TV titan.

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Roger Friedman began his Showbiz411 column in April 2009 after 10 years with Fox News, where he created the Fox411 column. His movie reviews are carried by Rotten Tomatoes, and he is a member of both the movie and TV branches of the Critics Choice Awards. His articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. He is also the writer and co-producer of "Only the Strong Survive," a selection of the Cannes, Sundance, and Telluride Film festivals, directed by DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.

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