Michaels had left in 1980 but was coaxed back by then-NBC president Brandon Tartikoff. Michaels fired everyone from Season 10 (stunningly, the likes of Billy Crystal, Martin Short and Christopher ...

NBC’s president at the time, Brandon Tartikoff, was intent on canceling the show, but Michaels begged for another opportunity. Tartikoff agreed, but only if most of the new cast was jettisoned.

Brandon Tartikoff. “They never call the manager with good news. Brandon told me that after 11 years, ‘SNL’ was over. There’s to be no ‘next year.’ I didn’t argue with him at that time.

Kevin Nealon, who joined the following year, says, “The head of the network [Brandon Tartikoff] was talking about canceling the show. Lorne Michaels returned to save his first love. It’s a ...

His wife Lianne Sharabi, who was from Bristol, and daughters Noiya and Yahel were found murdered in their safe house "cuddled together" in 2023. Lianne's parents Gill and Pete Brisley told the BBC ...

Writer, producer, political campaigner and all round polymath Franklin Tartikoff is one of the country's most eminent intellectuals. But tragedy and horror are about to engulf the vast old country ...

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Launched in 2023, the Maximum Effort Channel was promoted as Reynolds’ attempt to channel his inner Brandon Tartikoff by programming and distributing a television network of his own — or so he said in ...

BRANDON TARTIKOFF: Hello. I'm Brandon Tartikoff, president of NBC Entertainment. MICHAELS: Someone said, you know, you've already done "Saturday Night Live." Somebody who wants to be you does ...