Live’s new documentary separates fact from fiction about a rumoured in-studio riot during a 1981 musical performance by the punk rock band Fear

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.

Before his unauthorized improv, Wayans said in the doc he was warned by “SNL” great Eddie Murphy that as a Black man he would be pigeonholed into certain characters, so he’d better write his own, Deadline reported. But his attempts were rejected and ...

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

Wayans basically “broke the ultimate [ SNL] golden rule, which is no surprises,” according to Live From New York author James Andrew Miller. Former writer A. Whitney Brown added, “You cannot go rogue. You cannot try to steal a sketch.”

Questlove talks to IndieWire about "Ladies and Gentlemen… 50 Years of SNL Music," the NBC documentary he co-directed airing January 27 on NBC.

You can't talk about the most popular comedians of the 80s without mentioning actor and comedian Eddie Murphy. Aside from Adam Sandler, Tina Fey, and Will Ferrell, Murphy is undoubtedly one of the most successful comedians to come out of the ultra-popular live sketch comedy

Questlove's newest documentary features interviews and clips from 50 years of musical performances on Saturday Night Live.

Damon Wayans was a cast member during season 11 of SNL, when the show had an overhaul on existing stars participating.

The sketch comedy show is celebrating 50 seasons with two documentaries and an upcoming prime-time special that reflect on its standing as an American institution.

The startling “cold open” for a documentary about 50 years of “Saturday Night Live” music is proof that a musician — a specific kind of musician — had to put it together.

Questlove talks to IndieWire about 'Ladies and Gentlemen… 50 Years of SNL Music,' the NBC documentary he co-directed airing on NBC. INTERVIEW.