SNL Studios

{{Short description|American production company}}

{{update|date=January 2011}}

{{Infobox company

| name = SNL Studios

| logo = Snlstudios.png

| logo_size = 200px

| type = Joint venture

| foundation = {{Start date and age|1997}}

| industry = Production company

| products = Saturday Night Live
A Night at the Roxbury
Superstar
The Ladies Man

| owners = Lorne Michaels
Universal Television

| footnotes = [https://www.imdb.com/company/co0098530/ SNL Studios] on the Internet Movie Database

}}

SNL Studios (also known as "Saturday Night Live Studios") is an American production company founded in 1997{{cite web |last=Hindes |first=Andrew |last2=Hontz |first2=Jenny |date=1998-06-29 |title=NBC, Par to form 'SNL' pic team |url=https://variety.com/1998/film/news/nbc-par-to-form-snl-pic-team-1117477996/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103144507/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117477996 |archive-date=2012-11-03 |access-date=2008-12-06 |website=Variety}} as a joint venture between Saturday Night Live creator and producer Lorne Michaels, NBC Studios, and Paramount Pictures.{{cite web |last=Eller |first=Claudia |date=1999-10-01 |title=Studios see green in less-than-worthy 'SNL' film spinoffs |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-oct-01-fi-17370-story.html |access-date=2009-10-20 |work=Los Angeles Times}} Paramount's part of the venture was dissolved in 2004 following NBC's merger with Universal Pictures to form NBCUniversal. SNL Studios produces Saturday Night Live in association with Broadway Video (also owned by Michaels),{{cite web |title=Saturday Night Live - All Bios - Newest - NBC Official Site |url=http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/about/ |access-date=12 January 2014 |website=NBC}} as well as produce movies, mainly featuring Saturday Night Live sketch characters, A Night at the Roxbury, Superstar and The Ladies Man.

Following the announcement of the creation of SNL Studios, veteran Saturday Night Live producer Marci Klein was named as the president of SNL Studios Television in 1999, while Richard Feldman was appointed head of SNL Studios Films in June of the same year.{{Cite web |last=Adalian |first=Josef |date=1999-12-02 |title=Klein tapped prexy of SNL TV prod'n arm |url=https://variety.com/1999/biz/news/klein-tapped-prexy-of-snl-tv-prod-n-arm-1117758533/ |access-date=2023-04-17 |website=Variety |language=en-US}} No on-screen logo was used until 1999.

Filmography

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! Title !! Release date !! Status !! Notes

A Night at the Roxburyalign="center" | October 2, 1998align="center" | ReleasedDistributed by Paramount Pictures
Saturday Night Livealign="center" | 1999–presentalign="center" | OngoingCo-production with Broadway Video; previously co-produced by NBC Productions (1975–1996) and NBC Studios (1996–1999)
Superstaralign="center" | October 5, 1999align="center" | ReleasedDistributed by Paramount Pictures
The Ladies Manalign="center" | October 13, 2000align="center" | ReleasedDistributed by Paramount Pictures

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