Lorne Michaels Considering Retirement From ‘SNL’

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 19: Lorne Michaels, winner of Outstanding Variety Sketch Series for “Saturday Night Live”, poses in the press room during the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards at L.A. LIVE on September 19, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Rich Fury/Getty Images)

Lorne Michaels, the co-creator of SNL, is contemplating retirement from the late-night comedy sketch show.

“I’m committed to doing this show until its 50th anniversary, which is in three years,” said Michaels during an interview with CBS: This Morning. “I’d like to see that through, and I have a feeling that’d be a really good time to leave.”

Michael’s echoed the same sentiment in October of last year while talking with NBC’s Today.

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