Saturday Night Live

Chevy Chase was the first to break one of Lorne Michaels’ cardinal rules live on-air, nearly 50 years ago. Jason Zinoman looks at the many who followed.

People is the latest magazine to pay tribute to SNL on its 50th, assembling Leslie Jones, Kate McKinnon, Seth Meyers, Molly Shannon, Kenan Thompson, and Bowen Yang for a new cover story.