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It looks like Wanda Sykes’ Saturday nights are going to be much more open this year following the cancelation of her Fox late night talk show “The Wanda Sykes Show.” Though teens, who made up the majority of her audience, are going to be disappointed, it won’t be long before this loud-mouthed comedian returns to the stage. Most likely she’ll debut a new live album that pokes fun at her former network, an act that’s proven successful once before; It’s the second time Fox has shoved her off the air. When her sitcom Wanda at Large was moved to the “Friday night death slot” during its second season, Sykes made it clear she wasn’t a fan of Fox when her debut album Sick & Tired poked fun at the network, and chances are that tactic will work again.

Even without her talk show the actress and comedian doesn’t need much help keeping up with mainstream audiences, as she was recently honored with a GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) Media Award  in April. The openly-lesbian actress was given the Stephen F. Kolzak Award during the April 17 ceremony at Los Angeles’ Hyatt Regency Century Plaza. The awards “recognize and honor media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and the issues that affect their lives.” <a rel=”nofollow” onclick=”javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackPageview', '/outgoing/article_exit_link']);” href=”http://www.stubhub.com/wanda-sykes-tickets/”>Wanda Sykes tickets</a> keep audiences laughing as http://www.stubhub.com offers them now.

Hailed as “one of the funniest stand up comics” by both her peers and critics, Sykes has seen a slew of success in the past decade since she found mainstream success. Working her comedic ways all over Comedy Central for years, it wasn’t until Chris Rock found the Virginia native in 1997 that Sykes started to work full time in comedy. After earning her Bachelor of Science degree at Hampton University, Sykes tickled the fancy of patrons at the Coors Light Super Talent Showcase in Washington, D.C. For five years she was a writer and performer on HBO’s “The Chris Rock Show,” a position that earned her several Primetime Emmy nods and one win in 1999 for “Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Special.”

Eventually she became a correspondent for HBO’s Inside the NFL, but it was film roles in comedies like Pootie Tang and Down to Earth that helped her gain a more commercial audience. She attracted sports audiences with her NFL connections, and comedy fans with her film ones – adding up to a successful debut special Tongue United on Comedy Central. The hour-long premiere sparked her first Fox connection, a show which enabled Sykes to develop her acting, writing and producing. That debut year (2003) Sykes also appeared on HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm and voiced the character Gladys Murphy for Comedy Central’s Crank Yankers.

Sykes moved to larger acting roles with parts in the films Mother in Law, My Super Ex-Girlfriend and Evan Almighty as well as television’s The New Adventures of Old Christine. Her comedy continued to be her strong suit with her second HBO standup special “I’ma Be Me” premiering last year while she was named one of Entertainment Weekly’s 25 Funniest People in America.