Ego Nwodim has decided to leave “Saturday Night Live” (SNL) alongside multiple other cast members and writers who are departing the flagship late-night show ahead of Season 51. As “SNL” goes through a ...

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Sherri Shepherd has urged Saturday Night Live to hire another Black woman after the exit of long-time cast member Ego Nwodim, who was the iconic sketch show‘s only Black female cast member. On ...

As Saturday Night Live (SNL) gears up for its 50th-anniversary celebration, one of the show’s most elite groups—the Five-Timers Club—remains overwhelmingly male. Despite the late-night sketch comedy ...

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 ...

Sherri Shepherd is imploring Saturday Night Live to cast another Black woman after Ego Nwodim’s departure from the show. The actress and comedian called out the lack of diversity in the late-night ...