This Saturday is about African American standup legends, Christmas, and nerdy intersectionalism. We’re gonna go with the comedy luminaries as our suggestions for a somewhat sunny Saturday. BRAD’S PICK:Lil Rel Howery: I Said It, Y’all Were Thinking It [Netflix]This bluntly titled hourlong is Lil Rel’a … Continue reading What To Watch: 11/12/2022
Christmas time is here again. Well, it probably should not be with 50 days til Christmas, but Saturdays abound with Lifetime and Hallmark movies and they always have shpilkis for the season, so get ready for some ugly, ugly sweaters. But we’re going to start … Continue reading What To Watch: 11/05/2022
Is it just us or is SNL going to the musical-guest-as-main-guest more than they ever have before. I mean, from Paul Simon to Justin Timberlake, there is certainly a history of that happening, but it seems to be every fifth week or so, now. At … Continue reading What To Watch: 10/15/2022
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
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