Broadway Video is an American multimedia entertainment studio founded by Lorne Michaels, creator of the sketch comedy TV series Saturday Night Live and producer of other television programs and movies.

Lorne Michaels, who launched Saturday Night Live in 1975, produced several television specials under the banner of Above Average Productions before incorporating Broadway Video in 1979.

The specials and other comedy and musical projects helped Broadway Video grow "from a one-room operation into a first-class production company, the foundation of a small empire.

The company's animated series, The Awesomes, created by Seth Meyers and Mike Shoemaker, premiered on Hulu in 2013 and ran for three seasons (30 episodes total) through 2015.

[8] Mulaney, which aired on Fox in the fall of 2014, starred comedian John Mulaney,[9] It has also been involved with Man Seeking Woman, based on Last Girlfriend on Earth by Simon Rich,[10] Documentary Now, created by Fred Armisen, Bill Hader, and Seth Meyers[11], and the served as the producer of The Maya Rudolph Show variety show pilot that aired on NBC on May 19, 2014.

[13] Other work includes Staten Island Summer, written by Colin Jost and directed by Rhys Thomas[14] Broadway Video revived the Above Average name in June 2012, when it created a division for producing digital content.

As of 2014, the network featured over 50 channel partners, including such comedy troupes as the Upright Citizens Brigade, The Lonely Island, Good Neighbor, POYKPAC, and BriTANicK.

[17] Its videos frequently feature current and former Saturday Night Live cast members[18] such as Vanessa Bayer, Kristen Wiig, Jay Pharoah, Jason Sudeikis, Taran Killam, and Kate McKinnon[19] as well as up-and-coming comedians.

The company's library contains over 1,000 hours of programming including Saturday Night Live, Portlandia, The Awesomes, Above Average webisodes, The Kids in the Hall, The Best of the Blues Brothers, All You Need Is Cash, and musical performances by Neil Young, Randy Newman, and The Beach Boys.

[23] The division has syndicated episodes of "Saturday Night Live" in over 200 countries and has licensed the "SNL" format in Italy, Spain, Japan, Korea, Brazil, Russia, Canada, Mexico, France, Turkey and Germany.