[Burnett:] Tonight, there is going to be a new king of late night. And now, we are not talking about Jimmy Fallon because, obviously, he spent take time to see how that works. Talent search is gig as the host of NBC's "Tonight show." But is man behind the camera. The executive producer, Lorne Michaels who is the king. If that name sounds familiar it is because Lorne is also the brains and creative mind behind "Saturday Night Live," "Late night with Seth Myers," which will airs next week, and "30 rock" which just finished its seventh season and a whole lot of movies too, remember "Mean Girls?" That brings me to tonight's number which $115,000. Supposedly, that is how much NBC paid Lorne Michaels for his first late night series, "SNL." Now, sure, that was back in 1975. So, the inflation adjustment, it is a lot more. But it is I mean, I don't think it is a drop in the bucket. It is a fraction of drop in the bucket of what he is worth which is now supposedly $350 million. Jarett Wieselman senior editor for buzz feed and he is OUTFRONT. I mean, these numbers are pretty stunning. Talk about, you know, self made through his talents. I mean, personally Michaels won 13 Emmy's, named one of "Time" magazine's most influential people in the world. What is it about him?
[Jarett Weiselman, Senior Editor, Buzzfeed:] Look. No one is more keenly aware of Lorne Michaels legacy than Lorne Michaels. Every decision he makes is designed to either enhance his legacy or cement his place in history. So, he does not feel any decision is too small from casting to costumes to the shows he chooses to put his alumni into, everything is brilliantly chosen and handcrafted to make sure that Lorne Michaels brand continues to be the number one brand in comedy.
[Burnett:] Well, I mean, I got to say, he is the best argument I have heard from micromanagement. They usually tell you that it is bad, you should delegate. Why I think this guy shows the other way. Amy Poehler and Tina Fey, people he has found, right, but they have won best actress. He has had best actor in a comedy in the Brooklyn 99 with Andy Samburg. Best supporting actor in Nebraska. I mean, it is pretty incredible when you look at his resume. You can't say that all of that is luck by any stretch of the imagination. It has to be a pretty incredible talent.
[Weiselman:] Absolutely. You know, I think one of the brilliant things Lorne has done, is he has turned "the Saturday Night Live" writers' room into this incredible comedy workshop. You know, you come and you will be every "SNL" cast member gets to write, gets to pitch ideas and that really turns them into the people who will shape the future of comedy. You come in, you learn from the masters and then you will become the master who teaches the next generation.
[Burnett:] All right, so here is the one question I had. He is going to be in charge of all of NBC's late night which is a really powerful place to be, right? So, is that the good thing or all the shows are going to feel the same? Because I don't care how talented you are, it is really, really difficult to run that much programming as one person and not have it all start to feel the same.
[Weiselman:] Absolutely. You know, the great thing about having Seth out front and Jimmy out front is they bring in incredible writing teams. You know, Lorne is going to be involve as an executive producer but he is not going to be writing the scripts for both shows and "Saturday Night Live" at the same time. So, I think you will have the Lorne stamp of approval, but you won't have every word sounding like it comes out of Lorne Michael's mouth.
[Burnett:] All right. Well, thank you very much. Appreciate it. We will see how tonight goes.
[Weiselman:] Thank you. Still to come, the white man who fired a gun into an SUV of black teens faces serious prison time. It is essentially going to be a life sentence. But so many people feel that he beat the system and that there was a great injustice done. Plus, a divers tug of war with an octopus, all of it caught on camera. And speaking of photos, Jeanne Moos shows us how not to take a selfie.
[Unidentified Female:] I do sometimes when I get into a bus and then I have taken picture and I'm like did I just take a picture of myself? God, that's look ugly.