Lorne Michaels has maintained no musical guest has ever been "banned" from Saturday Night Live. A number of artists have performed controversial sets during SNL's musical guest slot over the show's 50- year history.

When they appeared on the iconic sketch show in April 1996, they caused chaos both on-air and backstage, according to the former band's guitarist, Tom Morello, who appears in the new documentary Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music.

Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray and other stars of the US comedy were regular visitors when Jason Reitman was young. Now he’s made Saturday Night about its first episode

The Oscar winner who co-directed '50 Years of SNL Music' on taking on significant performances by Sinead O'Connor, Kanye West and Ashlee Simpson: "I want[ed] to cover every controversial moment on the show.

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

Cinco Paul’s cult TV show Schmigadoon! makes the jump from Apple TV+ cancellation to a world premiere musical at the Kennedy Center.

It was never a question whether or not Amy Poehler would join the cast of Saturday Night Live, but she still had to audition like everyone else.

The Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia founder recently revealed her former parole officer forced her to miss a major career milestone.

As I got older and developed some responsibilities, the subway sometimes let me down. I have been late to work because of police investigations and medical emergencies, and unable to board the C at Clinton-Washington during rush hour because it was too crowded.

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The White House rescinded an order today that froze trillions of dollars in federal grants and loans in an effort to purge the government of what President Trump has called a “woke” ideology. The directive had been temporarily blocked by a federal judge.