Private company

SNL Studios

American production company

SNL Studios (also known as "Saturday Night Live Studios") is an American production company founded in 1997 as a joint venture between Saturday Night Live creator and producer Lorne Michaels, NBC Studios, and, initially, Paramount Pictures. Paramount's part of the venture was dissolved in 2004 following NBC's merger with Universal Pictures to form NBCUniversal.2 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 19, 2026.

Overview

Jul 1997Founded1
  • Industrytelevision1

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SNL Studios (also known as "Saturday Night Live Studios") is an American production company founded in 1997 as a joint venture between Saturday Night Live creator and producer Lorne Michaels, NBC Studios, and, initially, Paramount Pictures. Paramount's part of the venture was dissolved in 2004 following NBC's merger with Universal Pictures to form NBCUniversal.2

Products and brands

  • Saturday Night Live

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Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

Former owners and parents

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Timeline

  1. Jul 1997Founded Founded1
  2. 1997Acquired Acquired by Paramount Pictures1

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