As the show gears up to celebrate its milestone, here are 12 moments over the past five decades when the show didn't just reflect pop culture — it drove it.

NBC's three-hour 2015 special featured A-listers playing classic Saturday Night Live characters and so. many. cameos. Revisit ...

NEW YORK — “Saturday Night Live” was built with a cast of young no-names performing countercultural comedy. Fifty years later ...

However, as a result, a vicious “scrum,” as Morello describes it, broke out between the roadies and the “burly” crew members, ...

The highly entertaining Ladies and Gentlemen gets into the best and most controversial musical moments from 50 years of SNL ...

CREDIT: Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Rage Against The Machine were locked in a room by the Secret Service after their performance on Saturday Night Live in 1996. The band appeared as the musical guests ...

“SNL” was also instrumental in promoting hip-hop. Debbie Harry, an unlikely ambassador for rap, pushed for Funky 4 + 1 to perform with her on an episode she hosted in 1981, marking the first ...

Because in America, all men are created equal," he began, launching into a rap: "America, not England, we do win the sequel / And we will have leaders, but know one thing / In America, we will never ...

Timothee Chalamet appeared as both the host and musical guest on Saturday Night Live, performing three songs by Bob Dylan. Chalamet, who recently portrayed Dylan in the biopic A Complete ...

Look how bad he wants to do a rap.” He even walked right up to Miranda’s face, causing Miranda to break a little when he called him a series of nicknames: “Laura Linney… Lin-Manuel Miranda ...

“Saturday Night Live” cast member Chloe Fineman has no regrets about calling out X owner Elon Musk for making her cry when he hosted “SNL” in 2021. On Tuesday night, Fineman took to her ...