This year’s PEN America Literary Gala will be notable for the presence of “Saturday Night Live.”.
In a statement given to The Associated Press, PEN America CEO Suzanne Nossel said Michaels’ “unique brand of uproarious and fearless political and social sketches forever changed television and comedy.”
The PEN gala will be held at its longtime venue, the American Museum of Natural History, in New York.Netflix's chief content officer and co-chief executive officer, who will receive the Business Visionary Award because of “the transformative impact of Netflix on storytelling, society at large, and on book adaptations as a critical source of content.”
Michaels, 78, has been overseeing SNL since it first aired in 1975, aside from a few seasons in the 1980s. The show helped launched the careers of Bill Murray, Adam Sandler, Eddie Murphy and many others stars, and has included Jost, Tina Fey and Seth Meyers among its head writers. Michaels has previously received a Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.
Sarandos joined Netflix in 2000, and has worked on projects ranging from “House of Cards” to Martin Scorsese's epic “The Irishman," which the director has said would not have been possible without the backing of Netflix.
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