This episode of The Town is presented to you by AMC Networks.

Billy Magnuson and Zach Galfinacus star in the new series The Audacity on AMC and AMC Plus.

Influence rises, people unravel, and CEO meltdowns are business as usual among Silicon Valley Elite,

executive produced by Jonathan Glasser, a writer-producer of succession and better call

Saul. The audacity premieres April 12th only on AMC and AMC Plus.

It is Thursday, April 9th. After the big S&L 50 anniversary celebration last year, it's easy to think we know all there is to know about Saturday Night Live and its creator, Lorne Michaels. But think again, I'm an S&L ologist. I've read all the books and I still watch every week and we've done many episodes of the town about the show. but even I learned a bunch from the new documentary called Lorne.

It's premiering tonight in New York and will be in theaters on April 17th via Focus Features.

It's directed by Morgan Neville, who won an Oscar for 20 Feet from Stardom

and directed the Mr. Rogers Dock, Won't You Be My Neighbor?

He produced a lot of the SNL 50 docs.

And for this film, he got extraordinary access to 11 show weeks over two years of

SNL, including all the cast members you'd expect, some you wouldn't expect,

backstage moments that have never been shown before,

like the meeting between the dress rehearsal and the live show where SNL really

becomes the show that it is.

And most importantly, a ton of access to Lorne himself.

There's Lauren talking candidly with Steve Martin.

There's Lauren going to his secret retreat in Maine.

There's Lauren refusing to start meetings before 4 p.m.

Craig, take note of that one.

And most of all, there's Lauren holding together a show that has endured for 51 years

and become a cultural institution, not to mention a source of immense power for Lauren

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