CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – “The Cleveland Cavaliers not named LeBron James” took the spotlight in an unaired Saturday Night Live sketch. The skit, which was cut from programming due to time, features Saturday night’s host and performer Donald Glover as well as regular castmates Kenan Thompson, Kyle Mooney, and more. “Whatever LeBron needs, we’ll get it done, as […]

CLEVELAND –  Some call it offensive, and it has caused quite a social media debate on a Cleveland college campus. A local fraternity is under investigation after performing a variety show skit that offended some students.  The skit was performed by members of Phi Delta Theta during “Greek Week” at Case Western Reserve University.  Some […]

Fox cancelled the popular sketch comedy show back in 2009 after finding the show’s production too expensive to continue.   The CW is bringing back iconic sketch show “MadTV” for an eight-episode primetime run. The new “MadTV” will cast up-and-coming comedic actors alongside returning cast members who act as hosts. Original executive producer David E. Salzman […]

Are you Black? Check. Do you live in America? Check. Do you fear getting shot and killed just because you’re Black? Check. Are you sick of unchecked racism? Check. Then Comedy Central’s Key & Peele have imagined just the place for you in a funny as hell musical sketch called “Negrotown.” Jordan Peele unveiled the […]

It was a funny concept, but it just didn’t pan out that way for television. “Saturday Night Live” tried to go all in for their “Def TedTalks Jam,” but it fell pretty flat. One good thing about the sketch was Jay Pharoah’s impression of Def Jam founder and hip-hop pioneer, Russell Simmons. He was dead on […]

  Oooh wee, what’s up with that? What’s up with that?! According to TMZ, the rumor dancing across the internets is that SNL‘s longtime cast member Kenan Thompson is preparing to make his exit from Saturday night programming. Thompson, has been on the small screen for around two decades now. Many remember him from when […]

*”I’m the new black girl on SNL!” began Sasheer Zamata at a South by Southwest event in Texas over the weekend. Held at Austin comedy club Esther’s Follies, dozens were reportedly turned away at the door from the hot event, billed as “Up Next with Fred Armisen.” Top-lined by “SNL” alumnus Armisen — who has […]

*Fans finally got what they wanted! Sasheer Zamata, a strong and hilarious black female comedienne, is holding her own on “Saturday Night Live.” She stepped foot into the role of Olivia Pope (“Scandal“) — impersonating the iconic TV character. And she garnered a very funny lead role as it’s her first MAJOR performance on the […]

  *Reality-focused truTV is expanding into scripted programming with a green light to its first-ever sketch-comedy series, “Friends Of The People,” reports Deadline. Set to premiere this summer, the show stars comedians Kevin Barnett (“Guy Code”), Jennifer Bartels (“In Living Color” reboot), Jermaine Fowler (“Comedy Underground With Dave Attell”), Lil Rel Howery (“In Living Color”), […]

*The last time Michelle Obama and Jimmy Fallon were together on his “Late Night” series, they entertained us with the “Evolution of Mom Dancing.” Last night, on her first visit to the “Tonight Show” under Fallon, she appeared with the host and fellow guest Will Farrell in one of Fallon’s most popular “Late Night” sketches, […]

  *Deadline.com has posted a list of African American women finalists who will compete next week in New York for a gig on “Saturday Night Live.” “No one is talking,” writes Deadline’s Nellie Andreeva, “but I have compiled the names of nine young performers rumored to potentially take the ‘SNL’ stage on Monday to vie […]

  *Actor Jay Leggett, a cast member in Keenan Ivory Wayans’ sketch comedy series “In Living Color,” died Saturday after collapsing on a deer hunt, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. He was 50. Leggett’s death is believed to be heart-related, but the coroner says the official cause of death is still pending. The actor died […]