kenan thompson was the longest running snl cast member.
who is the longest running snl cast member?
kenan thompson
bullet::::- in the early part of this season, the show came under fire by critics, other african-american sketch comedians, and cast members kenan thompson and jay pharoah for its lack of racial diversity, specifically, hiring all white people as new feature players (even though noël wells is the first female hispanic cast member) and no black female cast members. this was mentioned and satirized on the cold opening of the episode hosted by kerry washington in which washington is forced to play michelle obama, oprah winfrey, and beyoncé knowles because of this. in response to this, lorne michaels held auditions exclusively for a black female cast member (one of which included erica ash from former rival sketch show "madtv"). on january 6, 2014, it was announced that sasheer zamata from the upright citizens brigade sketch troupe (new york city division) has been chosen as "snl"'s newest cast member, making this season the first time since season 31 that "snl" has had more than two black cast members, and the first time since 2007 that a black female cast member has been featured. in addition, lakendra tookes and leslie jones, both of whom were part of the december casting call for a new black female cast member, were hired as writers. by the season's end, tookes left the show while leslie jones would stay and eventually become a cast member, following her memorable, yet controversial weekend update segment about how america's perception of african-american beauty has changed and how jones' love life would have been better if she were a breeding slave.
history of saturday night live (2010–2015)
bullet::::- tina fey and amy poehler received a historic co-nomination for outstanding guest actress in a comedy for their roles as co-host of the christmas episode, which they ultimately won.





























bullet::::- fred armisen is now the latest former snl cast member to host snl for the first time (he is the 33rd former cast member to host), and it's the fourth time a former snl cast member has hosted a season finale,the others being dan aykroyd, will ferrell, and andy samberg.





























section::::2015–2016 season.:problems with election coverage.
history of saturday night live (2015–present)