In the end — well, not “the end,” but after a half century — “Saturday Night Live” went from being a shining beacon for the comedy counter culture to a full on representation of what popular culture ...

From Eddie Murphy to Will Ferrell to Tina Fey, these are the 50 people who made "SNL" what it is, 50 years into its run.

If you wanted to succeed in comedy, performing at Studio 8H was a rite of passage. As the iconic variety show turns fifty, is ...