NEW YORK (AP) — “Saturday Night Live” is adding a black woman to its cast after being criticized for a lack of diversity. NBC said Monday that Sasheer Zamata will join the show later this month. She is a recent University of Virginia graduate who has worked for the Upright Citizens Brigade comedy group in […]
For iPhone users: It’s hard to believe in 2014 we are still talking about the importance of diversity on television; more specifically the importance of African Americans on television. Here’s why it’s even more surprising, Nielsen, the respected company in America that tracks television use and ratings show African-American consumers are 43 million strong and […]
It’s been five years since a woman, who looks remotely ethnic has been cast on “Saturday Night Live,” but that has all changed after a…
NEW YORK (AP) — “Saturday Night Live” is adding a black woman to its cast after being criticized for a lack of diversity. NBC said Monday that Sasheer Zamata will join the show later this month. She is a recent University of Virginia graduate who has worked for the Upright Citizens Brigade comedy group in […]
If the reports are true, a new Black woman will soon join the cast of “Saturday Night Live!” According to the Jasmine Brand, the NBC…
NEW YORK (AP) — “Saturday Night Live” plans to add one or two black female performers to its cast as soon as January. A representative for the NBC sketch-comedy show on Thursday confirmed reports it’s answering complaints about its lack of diversity by staging showcases to choose at least one black female cast member and […]
Addressing criticism over its lack of African American women in the cast, NBC‘s “Saturday Night Live” held an audition for black comediennes at The Groundlings in Los Angeles earlier this month, according to Deadline.com. The show holds showcase/auditions for potential new talent with some regularity in various locations. But this one attracted more media attention […]
Lady GaGa and R. Kelly didn’t hold anything back during their performance of “Do What You Want” on “Saturday Night Live” last night. The singing…
Apparently, R. Kelly sees nothing wrong with a little bump ‘n grind of Lady Gaga on live television. In what looked like a blatant attempt to out-buzz the Miley Cyrus/Robin Thicke VMA spectacle, Gaga and Kelly simulated multiple sexual positions during a performance of their new single “Do What U Want” on “Saturday Night Live.” […]
Despite several star turns by African-American actresses on the small screen of late, longstanding television institution “Saturday Night Live” has an alarming lack of Black…
In the age of Beyonce, Oprah and Kerry Washington, it’s hard to believe that a show as versatile as “Saturday Night Live” could have a…
11/04/13- Tom Joyner Morning Show commentator Roland Martin talks with Rashad Robinson, Executive Director of ColorofChange.org about Saturday Night Live making light of the lack of black female cast members and what he thinks needs to be done for change to occur,. — ROLAND MARTIN : Over the weekend Kerry Washington hosted Saturday Night Live, of […]
