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Lorne Michaels CM , LL.D (born November 17, 1944 in Toronto, OntarioLorne Michaels is a television producer and writer best known for creating and producing to a Jewish family in Toronto. He moved to Los Angeles from Toronto in 1968 to work as a writer for . During the late 1960s and early 1970s Michaels wrote for a number of Canadian TV series and specials such as in 1970. In 1972 he married his junior high school sweetheart, Rosie Shuster, who would work with him on as a writer [1]. She was the daughter of Frank Shuster, one half of the famous comedy team, Wayne and Shuster. Michaels and Rosie were divorced in 1980.

. The show, which is performed live in front of a studio audience, immediately established a reputation for being cutting edge and unpredictable. It became a vehicle for launching the careers of some of the best-known comedians in North America, including: Chevy Chase, John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Gilda Radner, Bill Murray, Eddie Murphy, Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Adam Sandler, and Will Ferrell. Originally the producer of the show, Michaels was also a writer and later became executive producer. He occasionally appears on-screen, as well. has been nominated for more than 80 Emmy Awards and has won 18. It has consistently been one of the highest-rated late-night television programs.

Michaels has been with about the supposed subversion of the United States by Canadian-born media personalities, with Lorne Greene as the leader of the conspiracy. Michaels was identified as the anointed successor to Green.

Michaels has been executive producer of NBC's . In 2004, he was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the first non-American to earn this honour. Speaking at the awards ceremony, original Don Roritor, a character played by Mark McKinney in the Michaels produced Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy, is also based on Michaels and is coincidentally quite evil as well.