Lorne Michaels, the creator of the long-running ... John Belushi, Bill Murray, Eddie Murphy, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and others. It also includes some of 80-year-old Michaels' personal correspondence.

Lorne Michaels, creator of NBC's “Saturday Night Live", has donated his archive to UT Austin's Harry Ransom Center.

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

Wayans is one of many funny people looking back at the weekly late-night staple's place in comedy history in the Peacock docuseries SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night. Recalling his time on season 11 in the fourth episode, “Season 11: The Weird Year," Wayans said he didn't feel a lot of nerves about auditioning or making the cast — at first.

The Harry Ransom Center at UT Austin received a collection donation from “Saturday Night Live” creator Lorne Michaels.

Live" creator Lorne Michaels has donated his career archive to the Harry Ransom Center cultural archive at the University of Texas.

“Saturday Night Live” creator Lorne Michaels has donated his career ... John Belushi, Bill Murray, Eddie Murphy, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and others. It also includes some of 80-year-old Michaels ...

The comic-actor, 56, spoke about his experience while speaking on the new Peacock docuseries SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night.

Getting fired from "Saturday Night Live" usually spells career disaster. But for Damon Wayans, getting the boot was exactly what he wanted.

Much about the show, which has been analyzed and reported on for half a century, is obvious. It isn't always good — practically (or entirely) never through a whole episode, and some would say a whole season.

Live' marks 50 years, Robert Downey Jr. and Anthony Michael Hall recently looked back on their brief run on the infamous Season 11.