AP Spotlight NBC's 'Sunday Night Football' celebrates 20 years of dominate JOE REEDY Associated Press Sep 20, 2025 Sep 20, 2025 Updated Mar 26, 2026 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Dick Ebersol helped change comedy and late-night television when he teamed up with Lorne Michaels to create "Saturday Night Live" in 1975.kAm(96? :E 4@>6D E@ DA@CED E6=6G:D:@?[ t36CD@=VD 4C62E:@? @7 Q$F?52J }:89E u@@E32==Q @? }qr :? a__e 2=D@ 92D 925 2 D:8?:7:42?E :>A24E]k^AmkAmxE :D 7:EE:?8 E96? 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