“Scandal” fans rejoice!  The Pope family has been expanded with the addition of actress Khandi Alexander, who will play Liv’s mom, Maya Lewis.  Alexander is no stranger to primetime; the talented actress was recently seen on the HBO drama “Treme” (2010-2012),  and was a series regular on “CSI: Miami” as Dr. Alexx Woods from 2002-2009. […]

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Last night SNL brought in Kerry Washington to save them from themselves and from the comments Keenan Thompson made previously about black women comedians not being ready to be on SNL. While the reviews are mixed as to the show itself everyone pretty much agreed that the spoof on “What Does The Fox Say” was good. […]

Men will be boys, as demonstrated by Fitz and Jake in last night’s episode of “Scandal.”  Fitz, apparently still butt hurt by Olivia’s renewed interest in Jake,  had his presidential goon squad  security detail bring Jake in and work out his aggression in a “friendly” game of basketball.  Fitz’s true feelings came to the surface […]

On last night’s “Scandal,” more secrets and lies were revealed surrounding Rowan Pope and the mysterious Project Remington.  Wracked with guilt after killing Pete Foster, Huck runs to the nearest AA meeting, confessing his love for “whiskey” (wink, wink), while busybody Quinn listened in the shadows. Related: “Scandal” Star Tony Goldwyn On Season 3, Shonda Rhimes […]

It’s a dog eat dog world when it comes to pilot season on primetime television.  After only three episodes, NBC dropped the ax on Blair Underwood’s cop drama, “Ironside.”  Unfortunately, the series debuted to a 1.3 rating with adults 18-49 and 6.8 million viewers.   Just two years prior, Underwood’s NBC series “The Event” was […]

It’s not easy playing the most powerful man of the free world, but “Scandal” star Tony Goldwyn has put a spell on millions of fans as the handsome, charming and manipulative President Fitzgerald Grant III.  The “will they or won’t they” love affair between Fitz and crisis manager Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington)  is must see tv” on […]

If you’re still laid out from last night’s episode of “Scandal,” you’re not alone.  Shonda Rhimes has finally given primetime television an intelligent and truly powerful Black villain in the form of Rowan Pope (Joe Morton).  In a series of flashbacks, viewers learned the true nature of Rowan and Liv’s highly dysfunctional relationship, with some […]

Here comes the hell and high water! Last week’s season premiere of “Scandal” broke records with 10.3 million viewers and over 700,000 tweets.  Scandaholics were glued to their television screens as they  witnessed the epic showdown between Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington) and newly revealed daddy, Rowan Pope. RELATED: “Scandal” Review: Daddy Knows Best [Season 3, […]

Last week on the hit series “Scandal,”  Joe Morton, aka Rowan Pope, gave audiences full of adoring fans a dose of the Holy Ghost in their living rooms when he read his home-wrecking daughter the wrath of God for getting busted sleeping with the POTUS.  He offered her a one-way exit strategy and ended his […]

After a three month hiatus, last night’s season premiere of “Scandal” hit the ground running.  When we last saw Olivia Pope, her secret affair with Fitz had been leaked to the press and jaws dropped around the nation with the reveal that  shadowy government operative Rowan was actually her long lost father. READ: 5 Things […]

Get the dinner cooked, get the laundry done, get the kids to bed. “Scandal” is back tonight on ABC at 10 p.m. and according to…