![]() ![]() have assembled a similarly stacked cast of guest stars this time around - including Gabrielle Union, Skai Jackson, Kim Wayans, Amber Riley, and Ayesha Curry. And after securing everyone from Laverne Cox to Angela Bassett (who went on to receive an Emmy nomination for her performance) to guest star in its inaugural season, Thede & Co. ![]() Haddassah Olayinka Ali-Youngman, Pre-Ph.D?). The end-of-the-world interstitials continue - albeit without Brunson, who had to leave the show to develop her own comedy with ABC - as do some of the show’s most memorable characters. ![]() (Like many shows, it was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic.) In its sophomore outing, ABLSS continues to hilariously shine a light on specifically Black issues - too-long hair appointments, the overwhelming whiteness of the judicial system, the origins of CPT, twerking - through a universal lens. This Friday, HBO will premiere the long-awaited second season of Thede’s brilliant sketch comedy series. But fortunately, for us, that cancellation would eventually pave the way for A Black Lady Sketch Show. Unfortunately, The Rundown was unceremoniously canceled after only one (critically-acclaimed) season. In 2015, she became the first Black woman to lead a writers room for a late-night talk show when she accepted the position for The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, and two years later, she broke similar ground when she premiered her own late-night show on BET, The Rundown with Robin Thede. This didn’t come as a surprise to anyone familiar with Thede’s work - much of which was already history-making. This fact gave ABLSS a sense of built-in importance, but none of it would have mattered if the HBO series didn’t deliver the laughs. Created by Robin Thede (a Black woman), directed by a Black woman, written by Black women, produced by Black women, and starring Black women (including central cast members Thede, Ashley Nicole Black, Quinta Brunson, and Gabrielle Dennis), it was the first sketch comedy show in the history of the medium to center the Black female perspective. When it premiered in August 2019, A Black Lady Sketch Show felt like something entirely new and long overdue. ![]()
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