Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live

"He’s been compared to everyone from Darth Vader to the Wizard of Oz. But Saturday Night Live creator and executive producer Lorne Michaels has remained a coolly enigmatic figure for most of the show’s 50-season tenure – ripe for a star-filled, myth-busting biography. Susan Morrison, an editor at The New Yorker, got Michaels to open up in interviews, developing a detailed, knowing look at his career, from his early days in Canadian TV to his status as major gatekeeper in American comedy. She explores it all in a 656-page tome flipping between his life story and work on one episode in 2018, revealing how Michaels leverages a detached confidence and command of the zeitgeist to keep SNL relevant."