Nigeria continues to flex its cinematic muscle as a Screen Scholar favorite (seriously, we’ve been clocking her for a while) hosts SNL for the first time–it’s her second appearance as musical guest. JASON’S PICK:The Man of God [Netflix]Nollywood (Nigeria’s filmmaking industry) has become huge and … Continue reading What To Watch: 04/16/2022
On a relatively busy Saturday, a classic British quiz show gets an American makeover that actually looks quite faithful to the original (and that’s a good thing); Jake Gyllenhaal makes his second appearance on SNL this year–albeit, the previous turn was as the subject of … Continue reading What To Watch: 04/09/2022
It’s an extremely sparse Saturday unless you like melodramatic movies or fix-it shows. Oh, there is that longest running comedy on television with a new episode featuring a promising host. BRAD’S PICK:Saturday Night Live [NBC, 11:30p]Catwoman herself Zoe Kravitz is hosting a new episode of … Continue reading What To Watch: 03/12/2022
Television has worn itself out and is mostly taking a break from new material today, but there are two old Saturday faithfuls: a new SNL and a new Lifetime movie, and there’s a Screen Scholar editor there for both. JASON’S PICK:Saturday Night Live [NBC, 11:30p]Oscar … Continue reading What To Watch: 03/05/2022
For a second it seemed that John Mulaney’s runaway train to becoming the first former SNL writer to join his former show’s five-timers club seemed like it may have been slowed for a bit. In late 2020, Mulaney suddenly wound up in rehab, and very … Continue reading What To Watch: 02/26/2022
It’s a Saturday of a holiday weekend, so as could be expected there’s not much action, but there is a new SNL. It’s hard to tell what that will mean in this stage of the pandemic. When we last saw the players, they were understandably … Continue reading What To Watch: 01/15/2022
On many Saturdays, there is barely any point to creating this post, and in fact, often we have been known to skip a Saturday or two. However, last Saturday was about as action packed as a normal Thursday and while this week’s Saturday content is … Continue reading What To Watch: 11/13/2021
Jill Scott is still living her life like it’s “Golden,” as she takes one of the late Michael Landon’s signature roles in the least gritty reboot of 2021, leading off one of the busiest Saturdays we’ve seen here–coming fresh on the heels of one of … Continue reading What To Watch: 11/06/2021
The screen content providers have got a nice little Saturday planned out for you, where even though the longest-running comedy TV show is crowning it “Jason Day,” our Jason goes in a different comic direction. JASON’S PICK:Ricky Velez: Here’s Everything [HBO, 10p]Larry Wilmore’s The Nightly Show … Continue reading What To Watch: 10/23/2021
Saturdays, while more busy with new content lately, are still quite the hodgepodge, and tonight we’ve got a Lifetime remake of a Lifetime classic, painting-themed anime, a whole lot of animals, chefs in love, improv bites, and, of course, a new SNL. BRAD’S PICK:Blue Period … Continue reading What To Watch: 10/09/2021
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