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Editor’s Note: On June 22, 2020, veteran editor and Sunwise Media co-founder Ri-Karlo Handy penned a guest column for Deadline on the wide ranging response to his social media call for Black union editors just days beforehand. As Americans took to the streets after the killings of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd to…

A Black Lady Sketch Show will return for another go-round. HBO has renewed the Emmy-winning sketch comedy series for a fourth season. Created, written, executive produced, and starring Robin Thede, A Black Lady Sketch Show, per the logline, features a core cast of Black women living funny, relatable experiences in a…

Robin Thede of A Black Lady Sketch Show and Bridget Everett of Somebody Somewhere have taken over for Julia Louis-Dreyfus as the comedy queens of HBO. Here, Deadline checked in with multi-hyphenates about their start in Hollywood and how they made their visions a reality. Robin Thede After majoring in…

Composer Amanda Jones works on two HBO/HBO Max shows, Somebody Somewhere and A Black Lady Sketch Show, simultaneously. However, she says both are so different that the overlap isn't a problem. “I feel like the nature of Black Lady Sketch Show, each sketch is its own universe, its own vignette. So I can have a lot of…

EXCLUSIVE: We’ll be seeing more of Skye Townsend on Robin Thede’s A Black Lady Sketch Show. Townsend, who recurred as various characters in Season 2, has been promoted to series regular for the third season of HBO’s Emmy-winning sketch comedy series, executive produced by Issa Rae. Townsend appeared in six episodes in…

"There's so many stories to tell in our community and in two seasons and only 12 episodes, we've barely scratched the surface," says A Black Lady Sketch Show's Robin Thede of the ambition of the recently renewed series. "We talk about Black woman as if every Black woman just shows up in the same body and the same…

The Amber Ruffin Show and A Black Lady Sketch Show have both secured Emmy writing noms for the first time – noticeably helping to improve the diversity of the category. The Peacock series and the HBO show will compete in Outstanding Writing For A Variety Series against HBO's Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, CBS' The…

On the day that America officially recognizes Juneteenth for the first time as a federal holiday, A Black Lady Sketch Show's Robin Thede made it very clear that she has no time for whiners, and that Hollywood shouldn't be so quick to pat itself on the back while there is still a very long way to go when it comes to…

"There is a lot of effort put into recruitment, and not retention," said producer Monica Macer of the tactical inclusionary moves that much of Hollywood makes. "I want to keep creating spaces for writers of color to have a seat at the table, so that our stories can be centered," the former Queen Sugar and MacGyver…

HBO has picked up a third season of Robin Thede’s Emmy-nominated sketch comedy series A Black Lady Sketch Show, executive produced by Issa Rae. The renewal comes just ahead of Friday’s Season 2 finale. "Robin continues to break new ground in the world of sketch comedy," said Amy Gravitt, EVP, HBO Comedy Programming…

A Black Lady Sketch Show, Robin Thede’s sketch comedy series, will return to HBO for season 2. Set to premiere on Friday, April 23 at 11 p.m. ET/PT on HBO and HBO Max, A Black Lady Sketch Show‘s sophomore season will feature six episodes filled with new sketches from returning cast members Thede, Gabrielle Dennis and A…

EXCLUSIVE: Deniese Davis wants to bring some reform to Hollywood, literally. The Insecure co-executive producer has formed Reform Media Group to produce big screen and small screen content. In Davis' desire to both entertain and illuminate audiences, the A Black Lady Sketch Show producer and her new banner have signed…