Tina Fey

By Tracy Clark-Flory What a year in lady-news. We watched Hillary Clinton make her historic bid for the White House (and then witnessed her ripped apart by rabid male pundits, called the C-word in a million different ways and otherwise attacked with sexism of the "Iron my shirt!" variety). We all, even Middle Am...

By Judy Berman So I was excited to hear that "SNL" has hired two new ladies to fill Poehler's shoes. Abby Elliott and Michaela Watkins will make their debut on Saturday night's broadcast. Watkins, a member of the Groundlings improv troupe, played a recurring role on Season 4 of "The New Adventures of O...

By Katharine Mieszkowski Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin. When it comes to women in American politics, there's been only one topic in the last few months. But while we've been talking about Bristol, Trig and Tina Fey, some potentially good news snuck up on us: This election day will likely bring a record number...

By Sarah Hepola Tracy Clark-Flory: That was pathetic. Michelle Obama -- or, rather, the media's handling of her -- is a comedy gold mine! Why not lampoon the media's curmudgeonly response to her sarcasm, or spoof a certain cable news network questioning her patriotism? Without Tina Fey or Amy Poehler (o...

By Judy Berman When we heard the news, on Friday, that Sarah Palin would appear on "Saturday Night Live" this weekend, the mood at Broadsheet headquarters was decidedly skeptical. Would giving Palin equal time detract from Tina Fey's hilarious and trenchant critiques of her candidacy? Or would the "...

By Judy Berman For years, Tina Fey has been the thinking person's TV idol. But for most of that time, she remained vastly underappreciated. Sure, Fey was the (first female) head writer of "Saturday Night Live," but the show's dearth of acting talent (Horatio Sanz, Jimmy Fallon, I'm looking at both of you)...