SNL Studios (also known as "Saturday Night Live Studios") is a production company founded in 1997 as a joint venture between ''

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'' creator and producer Lorne Michaels and NBC Studios. While this venture also initially included

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in which was also part of the venture, it was their part and was dissolved in 2004 following NBC's merger with

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to form

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. SNL Studios produces ''

'' in association with Broadway Video (also founded by Lorne Michaels), as well as produce movies, mainly featuring ''Saturday Night Live'' sketch characters, ''

A Night at the Roxbury ''A Night at the Roxbury'' is a 1998 American comedy film based on a recurring sketch on television's long-running ''Saturday Night Live'' called "The Roxbury Guys". ''Saturday Night Live'' regulars Will Ferrell, Chris Kattan, Molly Shannon, Mark ...

'', '' Superstar'' and '' The Ladies Man''. Following the announcement of the creation of SNL Studios, veteran ''Saturday Night Live'' producer

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was named as the president of SNL Studios Television in 1999, while Richard Feldman was appointed head of SNL Studios Films in June of the same year. No on-screen logo was used until 1999.

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