For ‘SNL’ Cast, Being Diverse May Be Better Than Being ‘Ready’; New York Times, 10/29/13

Jason Zinoman, New York Times; For ‘SNL’ Cast, Being Diverse May Be Better Than Being ‘Ready’ : "Let me state the obvious: That “Saturday Night Live,” once home of the Not Ready for Prime Time players, has hired only three black women for its main cast— in addition to Yvonne Hudson, a featured player in 1980 — in four decades says more about the show than about the talent pool. That doesn’t mean that the show’s executive producer, Lorne Michaels, discriminates so much as he doesn’t put a premium on this kind of diversity."