"Comedy slowly became rock n roll," says Joe Piscopo, a Saturday Night Live cast member between 1980 and 1984, in the opening episode of SNL 50: Beyond Saturday Night. The Peacock docuseries, which is exec produced by Morgan Neville,
Beyond Saturday Night executive producer, talks about his relationship to SNL and picking what stories to tell from the show's 50 years.
From the moment Morgan Neville was approached about making a documentary tied to the 50th anniversary of “Saturday Night Live,” he knew that he didn’t want to capture this comedy staple in a ...
Each episode of the Morgan Neville-produced series examines a different aspect of the comedy institution, with stars including Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, Bill Hader and many more.
NBC's archetypal comedy program "Saturday Night Live" should have died in 1985, a decade after a volcanic debut that launched stars such as John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase and Gilda Radner. And yet a half-century later, producer Lorne Michaels and his merry maniacs are still at it. What gives?
Instead of being a comprehensive history, the docuseries examines cast member’s auditions, the writers’ room, the “More Cowbell” sketch, and the weird 11th season.
which is executive produced Morgan Neville, will feature 60 contributors: former and current alumni, as well as some of the writers who helped craft the show. “Saturday Night Live” Season 50 ...
We're talking with Executive Producer, Academy, and Emmy-Award Winner Morgan Neville about the new Peacock original docuseries celebrating SNL’s 50th season.
Whether Morgan Neville drew inspiration from those ... By that standard, the “Saturday Night Live" 40th anniversary special wrung out all the juice its tribute cloth soaked up from over the ...
Academy and Emmy Award winner Morgan Neville brought new insight into a television institution through the new docuseries “SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night.” Four episodes featuring
Saturday Night Live turns the big 5-0 this year and to ... Executive-producer Morgan Neville, the Academy and Emmy Award-winning filmmaker behind documentaries Piece by Piece and 20 Feet From ...
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night offers one of the most in-depth looks yet at the making and impact of the long-running cultural instruction that is Saturday Night Live. The docuseries is told across four episodes,