The woman who has photographed 25 years of “S.N.L.” hosts knows how to coax playful shots out of Kim Kardashian, Helen Mirren and Donald Trump.

But on February 16th “Saturday Night Live” ( SNL) will celebrate its 50th birthday on air, 979 episodes after its launch. A slew of tributes is also filling the airwaves. A new film, “Saturday Night”,

If it felt like “Saturday Night Live” took to the airwaves in 1975 with a renegade spirit, 50 years later it’s become not only a late-night tradition, but traditional. Hitting the half-century mark is a milestone.

Live' Costume Designer Tom Broecker Wants Every Host to Feel at Home NEW YORK (AP) — Costume designer Tom Broecker has been working at “Saturday Night Live” for more than 30 years so, like the show, he’s become an institution.

Since the beginning of "Saturday Night Live," Boston has been part of the SNL fabric, from the Boston teens to its athletes and politicians.

For decades, the ‘Saturday Night Live’ creator Lorne Michaels has been wining and dining celebrity hosts and staff members on Tuesdays at the unassuming Midtown restaurant Lattanzi.