Lorne Michaels Wants To Stick With ‘SNL’ At Least Through Its 50th Anniversary In 2024

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“Saturday Night Live” without Lorne Michaels at the helm is inevitable. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the 77-year-old co-creator and executive producer of Global’s late-night variety sketch show opened up about his future retirement. READ MORE: ‘SNL’: Tom Hanks & Tina Fey Induct Paul Rudd Into The 5-Timers Club In Unique COVID-Safe Intro “You know, I think I’m committed to doing this show until its 50th anniversary, which is in three years,” he said.

The 50th anniversary would be in 2024. “I’d like to see that through and I have a feeling that’d be a really good time to leave.

But … I won’t want the show ever to be bad. I care too deeply about it. It’s been my life’s work. So I’m gonna do everything I can to see it