'Saturday Night Live' Adds First African-American Female in Five Years

Upright Citizens Brigade alum Sasheer Zamata will join the late-night sketch series Jan. 18. NBC's Saturday Night Live has added an African-American woman castmember: Sasheer Zamata. The Upright Citizens Brigade alum has boarded the Lorne Michaels-produced late-night sketch series and will make her debut Jan. 18, when Drake hosts. The casting comes after showcases featuring black female comedians were held in New York and Los Angeles after the long-running sketch series faced widespread criticis...