Outstanding Comedy Series 2007 30 Rock 2008 30 Rock 2009 30 Rock Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series 1976 Saturday Night Live 1977 Saturday Night Live 1993 Saturday Night Live Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special 1999 Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program 1978 Saturday Night Live 1989 Saturday Night Live 2002 Saturday Night Live Outstanding Writing in a Variety, Music or Comedy Special 1973 Lily (1973 special) 1975 The Lily Tomlin Special 1977 The Paul Simon Special Lorne Michaels, CM (born November 17, 1944) is a Canadian television producer, writer and comedian best known for creating and producing Saturday Night Live and producing the various film and TV projects that spun off from it..