'SNL' took a look at what the popular show would look like with a Black host and questions.
Here's your morning tea for September 24, 2015.
Everyone wants in on Empire’s magic, including Saturday Night Live. Fox’s freshman series continues to break records each week by climbing up the Nielsen ratings chart and SNL is getting in on the action, sort of. Last night the legendary sketch comedy series featured, SNL players Leslie Jones and Kenan Thompson, along with host Chris Hemsworth […]
Hot on the heels of the news that “Saturday Night Live” will hire their first Black comedienne in 5 years, the sketch comedy show announced that it will also add two Black women to their writer’s room, according to The Hollywood Reporter. MUST READ: We Made It: Black Woman Sasheer Zamata Cast On ‘Saturday Night Live’ LaKendra Tookes (left) and Leslie […]
A group of Black comediennes have responded to Kenan Thompson’s suggestion that Black women aren’t “ready” when they audition for “Saturday Night Live,” so therefore, none can be cast. “It’s just a tough part of the business,” Kenan explained. “Like in auditions, they just never find ones that are ready.” Must Read: Win $2,500 In […]
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 diversity problem. But, it’s true. After weeks of criticism and letters from civil rights groups, SNL’s founding producer has finally issued a response to the controversy. In a recent interview […]
Hey-yooo!!! Look who’s making a return to BET’s “The Game” to stir things up! None other than Brittany Daniel aka Kelly Pitts the ex-wife of San Diego Sabers QB Jason Pitts (Coby Bell) who was phased out of the show shortly after it made the jump from The CW network to BET. Brandy, who plays “Chardonnay,” […]
It’s no secret that “Saturday Night Live” has a diversity problem. The show’s 39th season kicked off two weeks ago with six new cast members including five White men, one White woman and, for the sixth year in a row, not a single Black female actress. Now that Kenan Thompson has declared his cross-dressing days […]
It’s not all laughs with comedian Kenan Thompson. He’s in love and tells Wendy about his romantic first kiss with his current girlfriend.
