Donald Trump has had a rocky relationship with NBC's “Saturday Night Live, ” the sketch-comedy show he accused of orchestrating “ Republican hit jobs ” during his first presidential term. But many "SNL" cast and crew members believed they helped get him elected.

And it was “not because it portrayed him as heartless," according to The New Yorker's profile of the show's creator Lorne Michaels.

From the daily newsletter: how Lorne Michaels became the king of Saturday night. Plus: Trump’s Greenland gambit; a rare look at Terrence Malick; and Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni, and the collapse of #MeToo.

There are a variety of ways to celebrate Saturday Night Live‘s historic 50th anniversary, and we’re here to pump (clap) you up with information. First, an exceptional four-part docuseries, SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night,

NBC’s live sketch comedy variety show returns to our screens soon after a four-week break. Here’s who will be entertaining us.

He’s ruled with absolute power for five decades, forever adding to his list of oracular pronouncements—about producing TV, making comedy, and living the good life.

Donald Trump’s SNL episode was the fourth of Season 41, airing back in 2015. It appears he was set for an approved-by-Michaels sketch in which the business mogul would be dressed up like a tree while standing next to Shel Silverstein’s titular Giving Tree,