Sykes Signs On to Challenge SNL

It's her second shot on the network
By Ambreen Ali,  Newser Staff
Posted Apr 1, 2009 3:08 PM CDT
Sykes Signs On to Challenge SNL
Sykes' new show will include commentary and skits performs outside of the studio.   (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

The last time Wanda Sykes had a show on Fox, Wanda at Large lasted just 19 episodes. But "if Rihanna can go back to Chris Brown, I can go back to Fox," Sykes tells the Los Angeles Times. Beginning this fall, she'll have a Saturday late-night talk show on the network, which promises to feature Sykes' biting views and panel discussions on controversial issues,.
(More Wanda Sykes stories.)

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