IMPORTANT DATE IN TV HISTORY: December 13, 1975 PROGRAM ORIGINALLY AIRED ON THIS DATE: Saturday Night Live, “Richard Pryor” (season 1, episode 7). [Stream on Hulu.] ...

This was the case with Saturday Night Live. Launched in 1975 as NBC’s Saturday Night, SNL is one of the longest running variety shows on US TV. Created by Lorne Michaels, SNL’s format hasn’t ...

This Saturday (September 27), NBC will air a December 1975 show featuring host Richard Pryor and musical guest Gil Scott-Heron. The following weekend on October 4, the Peacock Network has ...

Comedians like George Carlin and Richard Pryor were, of course, a part of that transformation in the early 70s, alongside Saturday Night Live.

He mixed all of those things, but always had a singular vision.” In 1975, Pryor appeared on “Saturday Night Live,” at the time considered among TV’s most irreverent shows.

Wexler knew how to craft a beautiful image, and the lighting in "Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip" is exquisite - a fact that is more evident than ever before on the new 4K disc.

Richard Pryor Created Laughter From Pain (The Root) — Before there was Tracy Morgan, Dave Chappelle or Eddie Murphy, there was Richard Pryor, one of the greatest comedians to ever live.

Eddie Murphy revealed that the late Richard Pryor still has an outstanding IOU. During an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Wednesday night (Nov. 29), Murphy revealed he’s been watching The ...