2014's best and worst in pop culture —
Best: In January, "Saturday Night Live" hired Sasheer Zamata, its first black female cast member in six years. The sketch show followed that up by bringing Leslie Jones out of the writers' room and in front of the camera, marking the first time the series ever had two black female cast members at the same time. Going into its 40th season in the fall, "SNL" made a bunch of other changes, too, like stealing Michael Che away from "The Daily Show" and snapping up Pete Davidson.