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 ...

With Ego Nwodim gone, Sherri Shepherd says SNL has no excuse not to bring new Black female comics on the show. Sherri Shepherd has a message for “Saturday Night Live”: hire another Black woman and do ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The legendary series recently debuted Season 51 with no Black ...

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 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 ...

Ego Nwodim is sharing her feelings about her time on "Saturday Night Live" and her decision to leave the late-night series just before its 51st season. On Wednesday's episode of "Sherri," Sherri ...

Maya Rudolph is weighing in on the recent “Saturday Night Live” cast shakeups and why they don't surprise her. Prior to the Oct. 4 Season 51 premiere of the late-night sketch comedy series, a slew of ...

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 ...

For the first time in over a decade, Saturday Night Live is heading into a new season without a single Black woman in its lineup. The change comes after Ego Nwodim, who joined the sketch comedy series ...

Sherri Shepherd urged "Saturday Night Live" to quickly hire another Black woman following the departure of Ego Nwodim, who had been the show's only Black female cast member since Punkie Johnson left ...