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'Biography' focuses on 'SNL'
A&E's two-hour behind-the-scenes retrospective of "Saturday Night Live" is as good as the real thing.
"Biography Close-up: Saturday Night Live" (9 p.m.
today, A&E) combines a weeklong visit to "SNL" last November with a terrific history of the television icon that has spawned numerous pop-culture characters and catch phrases.
It's must-see TV for fans of the show and its stars from Chevy Chase and John Belushi, to Will Ferrell, Ana Gasteyer, Chris Kattan and Darrell Hammond.
Host Harry Smith chronicles the frantic pace in a studio in Rockefeller Center as writers, producers and performers assemble television's only live weekly minute variety show as they have done for 26 years.
As versatile impersonator Hammond explains: "The show goes on at , not because it's ready, but because it's "
Through the November week with guest host Gwyneth Paltrow, "Biography" recounts the history of the show.
Crammed into two hours are 20 interv