Saturday Night Liverecap: Melissa McCarthy

Spicey takes Manhattan as Melissa McCarthy joins the Five-Timers Club Melissa McCarthy is one of Americas funniest working comedians. A bonkers new Spicer sketch that took to the streets of New York? An off-the-wall bit about a woman in a bathrobe who scratches her head with a knife? Credit: Will Heath/NBC An entire sketch that existed solely to watch McCarthy get pied in the face over and over again? Melissa, we do not deserve you....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 209 words · Eddie Molina

Saturday Night Liverecap: Octavia Spencer

Despite Kate McKinnon’s best efforts as Jeff Sessions and Kellyanne Conway, the show delivered a dud. The actress scored with jokes about her long career of playing nurses and the inevitableHidden Fencesreference. “I get it, there were three black movies at the Oscars this year,” she said. Credit: Will Heath/NBC “And that’s a lot for America.” Because that was gold and so much better than a full sketch on the infamous photo would have been....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 247 words · Steven White

Saturday Night Liverecap: Scarlett Johansson

After all, this newfound cultural relevance was always a blessing as well as a curse. Set in the future, the sketch imagined how President Trump would react to an alien invasion. The whole thing has gone stale, mostly because it lacks a biting critique. Credit: Will Heath/NBC Luckily, later parts of the episode indicated better possibilities for the future. Before that, though, theres the matter of Johanssons monologue. Instead, the episode mostly highlighted her action-star skills, her singing talents, and general charisma....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 203 words · Brandi Frazier

Saturday Night Liveseason finale recap: Dwayne Johnson

Will it be hisBaywatchcostar Zac Efron? Will it be hisMoanacostar Auli’i Cravalho? Will it be hisFate of the Furiouscostar Vin Diesel?! (Probably not.) Anyway, the real question is: Will the Rock sink or swim? (That’s a rock joke, you see, because rocks can’t float. I bet I’m the first recapper ever to mention this.) (She announced her departureearlier in the day.) And that’s the mark of a true leader, isn’t it?...

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 367 words · Brett Owens

Saturday Night Liveseason premiere recap: Ryan Gosling

Here, he delivers more of the same. Covfefe!!!) The shows been off the air all summer, andthisis the best they could come up with? Its a silly, specific premise bolstered by Moffats performance and his pronunciation of frag, as in fragrance. Ive watched it like four times already. Expect to see a lot of GIFs in the future of McKinnon poking and prodding Goslings rear end. Best Skewering of HGTV: The Fliplets HGTV!...

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 222 words · Jaime Larson

Saved by the Bell EP on Zack and Kelly divorce

From school bells, to wedding bells to divorce lawyers? It seemsSaved by the Bellsweethearts Zack and Kelly didnt last the long haul. Probably not, said Engel in an interview withTVLine. Credit: Gary Null/NBCU Photo Bank Well, theyd be married but not to each other. Slater (Mario Lopez) would be a high school football coach. Screech (Dustin Diamond) would be Bill Gates, he said. Jessie would have just to Donald Trump.

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 70 words · Anthony Cole

Scandal's Bellamy Young on that shocking finale twist

Warning: This story contains major spoilers from the season finale ofScandal. Read at your own risk. And who better to push that agenda along than the Jackie O-like widow? Richard Cartwright/ABC Shocking as it may be, Olivia still plans to nominate Cyrus. EW turned to Bellamy Young to get the scoop. I certainly had hoped almost as deeply as Mellie did. But I didnt ever dare imagine that shed get it....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 314 words · Juan Baird

Scandal: It's all hands on deck to take down mysterious organization

They have such a beautifully conflicted relationship. Mystery Woman is trouble and theres more to it, Darby Stanchfield cautions. Its bigger than the audience knows. Credit: Mitch Haaseth/ABC Its going to take a lot of man and women power. Therefore, It will bring everybody back into the fold, Scott Foley concurs. What really will you do to get what you want? Shes going to stare it right down. Scandalairs Thursdays at 9 p....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 73 words · Jason Johnson

Scandal: Kerry Washington sounds off on tonight's shocking premiere

Before tonight’s shocking return ofScandalon ABC, EW talked to Kerry Washington, a.k.a. the indomitable Olivia Pope. But first,SPOILER ALERT!Do not read unless you’ve seen the episode. Credit: Tony Rivetti/ABC Shows are moving around all the time. The length of seasons is constantly changing. I hoped that our fans would stay with us. Did it feel different during the shoot? Childbirth is such a mystery. You don’t know when a baby is coming....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 341 words · Bryan Reyes

Scandal: Who has changed most in alternate-reality 100th episode?

Scandals world is about to get flipped upside down. How different is everyone in this alternate reality as a result? For one,as the promo revealed, apparently getting married. Mitch Haaseth/ABC But otherwise, Washington is staying mum. Everyone is so different, its really extraordinary, the actress says. Hes not the president of the United States, Goldwynconfirms. Its subtle, the difference, its just really interesting who he is and what he struggles with....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 301 words · Miranda Carter

Scandal: Who's actually responsible for that big death?

Warning: This story contains major spoilers from the season 6 premiere ofScandal. Read at your own risk! Who killed Frankie Vargas? Credit: ABC/Tony Rivetti It’s the question that will surely plagueScandal’s sixth season. Why not wait until after the Electoral College has made it official? So, how does Charlie fit into it? If it was deleted, how did Charlie then find it? But Jake surely isn’t acting alone. Hence, Rowan gets hispuppet as president....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 154 words · Bradley Mendoza

ScandalCast Shares Audition Stories

Plus: Executive producers Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers share their favorite audition stories. Kerry Washington(Olivia Pope) “I had a meeting with Shonda, not an audition. I remember walking in and seeing ‘Shondaland’ on the wall, and thinking, ‘Who is this person? Craig Sjodin/ABC via Getty Images I don’t know if I’m going to like this meeting.’ Here I am, years later, living in Shondaland and loving it! It’s the best ride of my life; I’m so glad I got on it....

May 1, 2025 · 4 min · 688 words · Alexandra Townsend

Scandalcast teases alt-reality 100th episode

Scandals 100th episode is going to take viewers way back to the beginning. The 100th episode is insane. This is a what if? Credit: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Its not a standalone. It actually informs your understanding [of these characters] when we get back to our normalScandalreality. We have some fantasy fulfillment, theres some dread fulfillment, Joshua Malina said. Added Lowes: Its really the OG Gladiator inside track. Its such a gift theScandalwriters gave to us....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 124 words · Brian Wade