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| 2025 | NBC plans to rebroadcast O'Connor's unedited live performance in a documentary special '50 Years of SNL Music', with Lorne Michaels acknowledging her bravery and sincerity. |
| 2025 | Donated his personal archives to the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin. |
| 2024 | Gabriel LaBelle portrays Lorne Michaels in the biographical film 'Saturday Night', which depicts the behind-the-scenes events leading to the first episode of Saturday Night Live. |
| 2024 | Produced the Mean Girls film |
| 2023 | After O'Connor's death, her SNL incident is revisited, with commentary suggesting she was unfairly treated and never professionally recovered from being 'totally cancelled'. |
| 2023 | After O'Connor's death, public opinion shifted retrospectively in support of her earlier protest against Catholic Church abuse. |
| 2023 | Executive produces Bupkis, continuing his extensive involvement in television comedy production |
| June 2023 | The lawsuit between Kesha and Dr. Luke was settled out of court. |
| May 2023 | Gottwald won the ASCAP Pop Music Award for Songwriter of the Year. |
| 2022 | Dr. Luke was nominated for Song of the Year for 'Kiss Me More' at the Grammy Awards. |
| 2022 | Dr. Luke was nominated for Best Rap Song for 'Best Friend' at the Grammy Awards. |
| 2022 | He produced the number one song 'Super Freaky Girl' by Nicki Minaj. |
| 2022 | Dr. Luke was nominated for Album of the Year for 'Planet Her (Deluxe)' at the Grammy Awards. |
| 2022 | Produced 'Leopoldstadt' at the Longacre Theatre, winning the Tony Award for Best Play |
| 2022 | Received a Peabody Award for his work as executive producer of the Spanish-language comedy series Los Espookys, and nominated for a second Peabody Award for producing Documentary Now!. |
| 2021 | Dr. Luke was nominated for Record of the Year for 'Say So' at the Grammy Awards. |
| 2021 | Dr. Luke launched Amigo Records as an imprint of Republic Records and signed artists including Kim Petras. |
| 2021 | Dr. Luke was nominated for Producer of the Year at the iHeartRadio Music Awards. |
| 2021 | Expands his executive production portfolio to include multiple series like Kenan, That Damn Michael Che, Schmigadoon!, and MacGruber |
| December 2021 | Honored at the Kennedy Center Honors, alongside Justino Diaz, Berry Gordy, Bette Midler, and Joni Mitchell. |
| November 2021 | James Austin Johnson takes over the role of portraying Donald Trump on SNL after Trump leaves the White House. |
| November 2021 | James Austin Johnson began portraying Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live during season 47, with his impression receiving critical acclaim for its skill and accuracy in capturing Trump's mannerisms and speech patterns. |
| 2020 | Time magazine named Sinéad O'Connor the most influential woman of 1992 for her protest against the Catholic Church. |
| 2020 | Time magazine named Sinéad O'Connor the most influential woman of 1992 for her protest against the Catholic Church. |
| 2020 | Appears at the Mark Twain Prize ceremony honoring Dave Chappelle |
| November 2020 | Alec Baldwin's final portrayal of Donald Trump on SNL, just after the presidential election. |
| 2018 | Produces the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards and appears in the HBO documentary Love, Gilda |
| 2018 | Produced 'Mean Girls' on Broadway and for the North American tour at the August Wilson Theatre |
| May 11 2018 | Promoted to Companion of the Order of Canada (C.C.). |
| 2017 | Reunited with his band, resuming the name 'The World's Most Dangerous Band', and recorded a self-titled album. |
| 2017 | Reunited with his band, recorded a self-titled album, and went on tour, making appearances on Jimmy Kimmel Live and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. |
| 2017 | Made a cameo appearance as himself in Sandy Wexler |
| February 2017 | El Nacional, a Dominican newspaper, mistakenly published Baldwin's picture instead of Trump's, quickly apologizing for the error. |
| 2016 | Produced three films: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, Brother Nature, and Masterminds |
| November 22 2016 | Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States's highest civilian honor. |
| October 15 2016 | Baldwin appeared in an SNL episode featuring a parody of the third presidential debate, and later performed a sketch with Cecily Strong as Melania Trump, parodying Beyoncé's Lemonade album. |
| September 2016 | SNL announced Alec Baldwin would replace Darrell Hammond in portraying Donald Trump in presidential debate parodies, which unexpectedly shocked Hammond. |
| 2015 | Concluded his long-running collaboration with David Letterman when the Late Show ended after 33 years of working together. |
| 2015 | Produced Staten Island Summer |
| 2015 | Michaels executive produces the Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special, celebrating the landmark comedy show he created |
| December 2015 | Killam and Strong reprise their Trump characters in a Christmas-themed sketch, presenting a 'Naughty and Nice' list where Donald places Santa on the 'naughty' list for being able to fly over a wall. |
| December 2015 | Hammond returns to regularly impersonate Trump on Saturday Night Live after becoming the show's announcer in 2014. |
| December 19 2015 | Due to a shortage of cast members, Jimmy Fallon was initially considered to return and play Trump in a GOP debate sketch, but ultimately Darrell Hammond portrayed Trump instead. |
| October 2015 | Taran Killam debuts his portrayal of Donald Trump in the sketch 'A Message From Donald & Melania Trump', introducing Cecily Strong as Melania Trump. The sketch depicts the Trumps in their 'humble gold house', with Donald presenting himself as 'almost certainly your next president'. |
| February 2015 | Appeared on the 40th-anniversary special of SNL, playing music for Bill Murray's lounge-singer character. |
| 2014 | Dr. Luke was nominated for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical at the Grammy Awards. |
| 2014 | Dr. Luke became embroiled in a series of lawsuits with Kesha, known collectively as Kesha v. Dr. Luke, regarding allegations of abuse and employment discrimination. |
| 2014 | Dr. Luke was nominated for Song of the Year for 'Roar' at the Grammy Awards. |
| 2014 | Began producing The Tonight Show, further cementing his role in late-night television production. |
| April 3 2013 | Announced as the new executive producer of The Tonight Show, which subsequently moved to New York in early 2014 under the name The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. |
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