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    IamnotStarJones: Um no SNL can't do better. Accept it, don't watch, move on. more »
    Kapwan: They still have yet to have an Asian or Indian person as a cast member to my knowledge. (unless they had one during the 80s when no one was watching)... more »
    Danielle Kouyoumdjian: Oh, let me tell you how much we POC love to be told that our experiences and authenticity as a POC are somehow "invalid" or "read as white" due to our... more »
    ArtfulSlinger: I love Jenny. She's hysterical and really deserves this, but how is there not more COLOR on this show. more »
    Mutley: Fox News Headline: General Electric hires Iranian Terrorist for Extremist Liberal Show. Solders at risk? more »
    RonMwangaguhunga: SNL really, really needs more people of color. And probably behind the scenes as well. Ironic -- and sad -- that this counterculture Boomer show is no... more »
    Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!: I was going to comment on how all the female cast members are blurring into the same half-smiling thin brown-haired women, but then all the boys excep... more »
    Luckwouldhaveit: Am I the only one who noticed that last season, once SNL had lost Tina Fey and Maya Rudolph, and Amy Poehler was on maternity leave, there was a sudde... more »
    truckasaurus: I suppose this is good, but I'll be more surprised when they hire an unattractive female comedian more than once every two decades. Or - gasp! - an ov... more »
    kixiechic: But I also can't help noticing that a whole lot of the POC they've hired in the last 10 years have read white or close to it. I understand that visua... more »
    random_play: Still better than being the other black guy more »
    hortense: Jenny Slate is hilarious and I hope they give her a lot of screen time. And you're right about overusing Wiig- It was disappointing last season when... more »
    NellMood: Just a quick note, but I think Nasim Pedrad is Iranian-American? Iran isn't considered an Arab country... more »
    bajita: I saw Jenny Slate's one-woman show at UCB and it was one of the best I ever saw there. She deserves it. more »
    Dvora: "Sklar notes that the addition of Slate and Pedrad "brings the [male to female] ratio to 4:3 – perhaps the best for women in SNL's 35-year history,"... more »
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    2 New Women Join Cast Of SNL

    It looks like Saturday Night Live will be adding two new women to the cast this season, Brooklyn comic Jenny Slate (left) and L.A. Upright Citizen Nasim Pedrad. More »
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    Samantha Bee Brings "Maverick" Back To Sarah Palin Narrative

    Jon Stewart, suffering from significant disappointment that Sarah Palin resigned during his week off, had correspondent Samantha Bee attempt to explain it all to him. Because, while Stewart understands "Harvard basketball," Bee said he doesn't know "maverick basketball." More »
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    Can Anna Faris Fluff The House Bunny Into Box Office Gold?