Keke Palmer and SZA’s “One Of Them Days” is a stark reminder of the scarcity — and necessity — of funny Black women duos ...

Kenan Thompson is way off the mark in suggesting that the reason Saturday Night Live has too few black female comedians is that there aren’t enough funny, talented black women for the job, Yesha ...

Comedian Joanna Briley is on a mission to create opportunities for Black women in comedy through Black Women in Comedy Laff Fest, a sisterhood-driven showcase celebrating their talent. She joins TODAY ...

Whoever replaces Seth Meyers on Saturday Night Live will be bringing some much-needed diversity to the show’s predominantly white male cast. The New York Times reports that a black, female cast member ...

Sherri Shepherd attends Tyler Perry's "Duplicity" New York Premiere at Museum of Modern Art on March 18, 2025 in New York City; Ego Nwodim attends the Fast Company Innovation Festival 2025 on ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - NBC's sketch comedy show "Saturday Night Live" has hired two black women as writers, the network said on Wednesday, days after the show added a black female comedian to its ...

The internets kind of erupted this past week when Kenan Thompson, of SNL (and before that “Kenan and Kel” on Nickelodeon–never forget.), told TV Guide that the reason SNL doesn’t feature any black, ...

She's the first black female stand-up comic to host in the show's 43 seasons. — -- Tiffany Haddish made history Saturday night, becoming the first black female stand-up comedian to host "Saturday ...

Over the past 50 years, “Saturday Night Live” has had 171 cast members. Only seven have been Black women, and just five lasted longer than one season. In 1980, Lorne Michaels introduced Yvonne Hudson ...