Jean Doumanian (born circa 1934 as Jean Karabas in Chicago, Illinois) is an American producer.
Doumanian is probably most well known for her short reign as producer of Saturday Night Live between November 1980 and March 1981. Her style and critiques angered many of the SNL staff, which soon led to the return of producer, Dick Ebersol and then later, Lorne Michaels.
Show creator Lorne Michaels resigned as producer of SNL at the end of its fifth se...
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Jean Doumanian (born circa 1934 as Jean Karabas in Chicago, Illinois) is an American producer.
Doumanian is probably most well known for her short reign as producer of Saturday Night Live between November 1980 and March 1981. Her style and critiques angered many of the SNL staff, which soon led to the return of producer, Dick Ebersol and then later, Lorne Michaels.
Show creator Lorne Michaels resigned as producer of SNL at the end of its fifth season and the entire cast and writing staff followed. Michaels later claimed that leaving SNL at the end of the 5th season would be the biggest error of his life. Doumanian, who was an associate producer for the first five seasons of the show and produced a special for Michaels in 1978, was one of the few who stayed around. She was offered Michaels' job running SNL and took over the show for the 1980 season, hiring a completely new cast and new writers (many people refused to go near the show because of loyalty to Michaels). The show was...
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