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 Late Show with Stephen Colbert and NBC’s SNL.
A somewhat curious note of this category is that Ashley Nicole Black will compete against herself, having been involved in writing on both The Amber Ruffin Show and A Black Lady Sketch Show.
It marks The Amber Ruffin Show’s first Emmy nomination since the weekly show launched last year. However, it is not Ruffin herself’s first nom, having been nominated in this category for her work, alongside her head writer Jenny Hagel, on Late Night with Seth Meyers.
The Amber Ruffin Show is...
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 Late Show with Stephen Colbert and NBC’s SNL.
A somewhat curious note of this category is that Ashley Nicole Black will compete against herself, having been involved in writing on both The Amber Ruffin Show and A Black Lady Sketch Show.
It marks The Amber Ruffin Show’s first Emmy nomination since the weekly show launched last year. However, it is not Ruffin herself’s first nom, having been nominated in this category for her work, alongside her head writer Jenny Hagel, on Late Night with Seth Meyers.
The Amber Ruffin Show is...
- 7/13/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
If you haven't seen the one-of-a-kind, comedic genius that is A Black Lady Sketch Show, I'm afraid you're missing out. If you have heard of the show, you're probably aware that the Black-women-led sketch series is paving the way for Black women in comedy in more ways than one. But did you know there's a deeper meaning and intention behind the show's name? On the press tour for A Black Lady Sketch Show, the show's creator Robin Thede, actress/writer/comedian extraordinaire, who also stars in the show, repeatedly pointed out that she decided to name the show A Black Lady Sketch Show instead of The Black Lady Sketch Show because she hopes the series is the first of many sketch shows that center Black women, not the only.
"There is so much more space for us," Thede said in an Ig Live promoting the second season of the show,...
"There is so much more space for us," Thede said in an Ig Live promoting the second season of the show,...
- 5/12/2021
- by Madison Tyler
- Popsugar.com
The ladies of “A Black Lady Sketch” show are back and the second season will be launching even sooner than fans expected.
The sketch comedy series from creator Robin Thede will return on April 23, with a six-episode season airing on HBO and available to stream on HBO Max.
“Oh you thought a pandemic was going to stop me?” Thede says in a teaser for the new season, which you can watch above.
Returning cast members include Thede, Ashley Nicole Black and Gabrielle Dennis, who will be joined by featured players Laci Mosley and Skye Townsend. Additionally, many guest stars will appear throughout the season, including executive producer Issa Rae, Gabrielle Union, Jesse Williams, Miguel, Skai Jackson, Laz Alonso, Ryan Michelle Bathé, Omarion, Kim Wayans, Ayesha Curry, Lance Gross, Wunmi Mosaku and more.
A scheduling conflict caused by industry-wide Covid-19 shutdowns kept Season 1 cast member Quinta Brunson from appearing in Season...
The sketch comedy series from creator Robin Thede will return on April 23, with a six-episode season airing on HBO and available to stream on HBO Max.
“Oh you thought a pandemic was going to stop me?” Thede says in a teaser for the new season, which you can watch above.
Returning cast members include Thede, Ashley Nicole Black and Gabrielle Dennis, who will be joined by featured players Laci Mosley and Skye Townsend. Additionally, many guest stars will appear throughout the season, including executive producer Issa Rae, Gabrielle Union, Jesse Williams, Miguel, Skai Jackson, Laz Alonso, Ryan Michelle Bathé, Omarion, Kim Wayans, Ayesha Curry, Lance Gross, Wunmi Mosaku and more.
A scheduling conflict caused by industry-wide Covid-19 shutdowns kept Season 1 cast member Quinta Brunson from appearing in Season...
- 3/23/2021
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
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 Ashley Nicole Black. Issa Rae, Gabrielle Union and Jessie Williams are among the guest stars set to make appearances this season. Additional guests are singer Miguel, Skai Jackson, Laz Alonso, Omarion, Kim Wayans, Ayesha Curry, Lance Gross and Lovecraft Country’s Wunmi Mosaku.
Quinta Brunson, who was a cast member in season one, will not appear this season due to Covid shutdown-related scheduling conflicts.
A Black Lady Sketch Show season one touched on culturally relevant themes as social norms, anxiety, religion, sex, dating and relationships. Each episode consisted of five to six sketches,...
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 Ashley Nicole Black. Issa Rae, Gabrielle Union and Jessie Williams are among the guest stars set to make appearances this season. Additional guests are singer Miguel, Skai Jackson, Laz Alonso, Omarion, Kim Wayans, Ayesha Curry, Lance Gross and Lovecraft Country’s Wunmi Mosaku.
Quinta Brunson, who was a cast member in season one, will not appear this season due to Covid shutdown-related scheduling conflicts.
A Black Lady Sketch Show season one touched on culturally relevant themes as social norms, anxiety, religion, sex, dating and relationships. Each episode consisted of five to six sketches,...
- 3/23/2021
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
The Black Lady Sketch Show will go on — starting Friday, April 23 at 11/10c, when HBO premieres Season 2 of the acclaimed comedy series.
The six-episode season will also be available to stream on HBO Max.
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Nominated last year for three Primetime Emmys (including for Outstanding Variety Sketch Series and guest actress Angela Bassett), the narrative sketch comedy series features a core cast of Black women living relatable,...
The six-episode season will also be available to stream on HBO Max.
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Nominated last year for three Primetime Emmys (including for Outstanding Variety Sketch Series and guest actress Angela Bassett), the narrative sketch comedy series features a core cast of Black women living relatable,...
- 3/23/2021
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Amber Ruffin exudes Big Capricorn Energy. Ambitious, tenacious and undeniably talented, the zany comedian — whose birthday is Jan. 9 — is carving her own path in a field that’s hard-pressed to give Black women their proper due.
As host of Peacock’s The Amber Ruffin Show, which has been nominated for a Writers Guild Award for Comedy/Variety Sketch Series, she’s the only Black woman with a late-night show currently on the air. Her infectious charm and sharp social commentary make her a TV fixture, so much so that NBC is testing her show out with a broadcast audience. The...
As host of Peacock’s The Amber Ruffin Show, which has been nominated for a Writers Guild Award for Comedy/Variety Sketch Series, she’s the only Black woman with a late-night show currently on the air. Her infectious charm and sharp social commentary make her a TV fixture, so much so that NBC is testing her show out with a broadcast audience. The...
- 2/27/2021
- by Keisha Hatchett
- TVLine.com
HBO Max is going virtual for its third annual “Our Stories to Tell” series at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. The three-day event, which celebrates the streamer’s commitment to multicultural storytelling and creators, will take place Jan. 29 through 31.
The mix of invite-only and public online events will spotlight the talent and executives who bring streamer’s award-winning programming to life, featuring conversations with such talent as Holly Walker (A Black Lady Sketch Show), Jamie Chung (Lovecraft Country), Shangela (We’re Here), and Leticia Delora (Perfect Life).
“Since its inception in 2017, these Our Stories To Tell discussions have provided a space for connection ...
The mix of invite-only and public online events will spotlight the talent and executives who bring streamer’s award-winning programming to life, featuring conversations with such talent as Holly Walker (A Black Lady Sketch Show), Jamie Chung (Lovecraft Country), Shangela (We’re Here), and Leticia Delora (Perfect Life).
“Since its inception in 2017, these Our Stories To Tell discussions have provided a space for connection ...
- 1/26/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
HBO Max is going virtual for its third annual “Our Stories to Tell” series at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. The three-day event, which celebrates the streamer’s commitment to multicultural storytelling and creators, will take place Jan. 29 through 31.
The mix of invite-only and public online events will spotlight the talent and executives who bring streamer’s award-winning programming to life, featuring conversations with such talent as Holly Walker (A Black Lady Sketch Show), Jamie Chung (Lovecraft Country), Shangela (We’re Here), and Leticia Delora (Perfect Life).
“Since its inception in 2017, these Our Stories To Tell discussions have provided a space for connection ...
The mix of invite-only and public online events will spotlight the talent and executives who bring streamer’s award-winning programming to life, featuring conversations with such talent as Holly Walker (A Black Lady Sketch Show), Jamie Chung (Lovecraft Country), Shangela (We’re Here), and Leticia Delora (Perfect Life).
“Since its inception in 2017, these Our Stories To Tell discussions have provided a space for connection ...
- 1/26/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Robin Thede predicted the end of the world in her HBO sketch comedy A Black Lady Sketch Show.
One of the first sketches in the six-part series, which launched in August 2019, features Thede, Ashley Nicole Black, Quinta Brunson and Gabrielle Dennis, dealing with “The Event,” which runs through the series.
“When I brought that idea into our writers room, I had a fever dream, literally like a sweating dream in the middle of the night,” Thede tells Deadline. “I woke up, wrote it on two sides of a paper, single-spaced, in this chicken scratch, and brought it into the writers. I said, ‘This is what the interstitials are going to be. This is what we’re going to do.’ And they all just looked at me like I was insane. They were like, ‘You need more sleep.’ But, it turned out to be prophetic, in so many ways.”
Coming up...
One of the first sketches in the six-part series, which launched in August 2019, features Thede, Ashley Nicole Black, Quinta Brunson and Gabrielle Dennis, dealing with “The Event,” which runs through the series.
“When I brought that idea into our writers room, I had a fever dream, literally like a sweating dream in the middle of the night,” Thede tells Deadline. “I woke up, wrote it on two sides of a paper, single-spaced, in this chicken scratch, and brought it into the writers. I said, ‘This is what the interstitials are going to be. This is what we’re going to do.’ And they all just looked at me like I was insane. They were like, ‘You need more sleep.’ But, it turned out to be prophetic, in so many ways.”
Coming up...
- 7/6/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
When Robin Thede’s Bet late-night show “The Rundown” was canceled in July 2018, she wasted no time in finding her next project, the HBO sketch comedy series “A Black Lady Sketch Show.”
The comedian, whose career started with sketch and improv comedy at The Second City theatre group in Chicago, had already been soft-pitching a sketch show to work on between seasons of “The Rundown.” The day the Bet show was canceled, she got a call from Issa Rae about what she planned on doing next, and had her answer ready to go.
“I just wanted to create a really authentic product, something that was uniquely from our point of view,” said Thede. “I set out to highlight black women living grounded experiences in a magical reality.” When she told the “Insecure” star about her vision, Rae immediately offered to take the show to HBO.
Also Read: Black Panther Party Dramedy From 'Insecure' Writer,...
The comedian, whose career started with sketch and improv comedy at The Second City theatre group in Chicago, had already been soft-pitching a sketch show to work on between seasons of “The Rundown.” The day the Bet show was canceled, she got a call from Issa Rae about what she planned on doing next, and had her answer ready to go.
“I just wanted to create a really authentic product, something that was uniquely from our point of view,” said Thede. “I set out to highlight black women living grounded experiences in a magical reality.” When she told the “Insecure” star about her vision, Rae immediately offered to take the show to HBO.
Also Read: Black Panther Party Dramedy From 'Insecure' Writer,...
- 8/16/2019
- by Kylie Harrington
- The Wrap
Just three days after The Nightly Show‘s untimely end was announced, Larry Wilmore on Thursday kept things 100 one last time — with the help of a very special guest.
“It’s never easy when your TV show gets canceled,” Wilmore began, “but for me, there has been a silver lining: all the free booze! Samantha Bee’s show sent over some cases of wine, [and] Stephen Colbert sent an amazing assortment of liquor.” (Let’s just say The Daily Show’s half-hearted pastries weren’t as well-received.)
Of course, no gift could possibly top Jon Stewart‘s; the former Daily Show...
“It’s never easy when your TV show gets canceled,” Wilmore began, “but for me, there has been a silver lining: all the free booze! Samantha Bee’s show sent over some cases of wine, [and] Stephen Colbert sent an amazing assortment of liquor.” (Let’s just say The Daily Show’s half-hearted pastries weren’t as well-received.)
Of course, no gift could possibly top Jon Stewart‘s; the former Daily Show...
- 8/19/2016
- TVLine.com
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