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Lorne Michaels Says SNL Season 50 Might Be a ‘Good Time to Leave’

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Lorne Michaels, godfather and executive producer of Saturday Night Live, might retire in three years, maybe, but then again maybe not. “I think I’m committed to doing this show until its 50th anniversary, which is in three years,†he told Gayle King on CBS Mornings. “I’d like to see that through, and I have a feeling that’d be a really good time to leave.†Michaels added that he will “do everything I can to see it carry on and carry on well.†King asked who Michaels thought might be his successor, but he said the moment’s “three years away†and didn’t give her even a smidgen of a hint. This isn’t the first time he’s suggested that the 50th season of SNL might be his point of retirement. He told Today on NBC last fall, “I really deserve to wander off†after season 50. His words, not ours.

Lorne Michaels Says SNL Season 50 Is a ‘Good Time to Leave’