He’s ruled with absolute power for five decades, forever adding to his list of oracular pronouncements—about producing TV, making comedy, and living the good life.

The Harry Ransom Center at UT Austin announced Wednesday it has acquired the archive of the "Saturday Night Live" creator. The acquisition includes correspondence, scripts and photos from Michaels's teenage years through his storied career.

Although way off Broadway and far from the show’s New York City roots, the Ransom Center is one of the ... The Ransom Center plans an exhibit, “Live from New York! The Making of Lorne Michaels” to open in September with sketch drafts, correspondence ...

Michaels has no official ties to UT or Texas, but he's the latest of a group of entertainment bigwigs to select the Ransom Center to host personal archives. Robert De Niro donated his archive in 2006, and Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner also donated the show's archive in 2017 .

The Harry Ransom Center at UT Austin received a collection donation from “Saturday Night Live” creator Lorne Michaels.

A quintessential piece of television history is headed to Central Texas. Lorne Michaels, the mastermind behind Saturday Night Live, has donated his archive to the Harry Ransom Center at the ...

Live" creator Lorne Michaels has donated his career archive to the Harry Ransom Center cultural archive at the University of Texas.

The Ransom Center will open a special exhibition called "Live from New York! The Making of Lorne Michaels" on Sept. 20. "It will offer really a panoramic sweep of Lorne Michaels's career and the ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Lorne Michaels, the creator of the long-running ... Although way off Broadway and far from the show’s New York City roots, the Ransom Center is one of the top literary and ...

"The New Yorker" devotes 13 pages to a new profile of Lorne Michaels this week as his show, "Saturday Night Live," marks its 50th anniversary this year.

After just one season of “Saturday Night Live,” Pete Davidson wanted out. In the new “SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night” docuseries, the comedian revealed that he asked series creator and showrunner Lorne Michaels to cut him loose.

Digging through more than 900 episodes was bound to yield some surprises — and some warm memories. The experience didn’t disappoint.