RELATED STORIES Annie Flynn Ray Bello aka Rebel is mad as hell and she’s not gonna take it anymore. The ABC drama from Krista Vernoff (and loosely based on activist/exec producer Erin Brockovich) kicks off with the title character (played by Sons of Anarchy‘s Katey Sagal) crashing a corporate party to interrogate Mr. Duncan, a […]
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Law & Order: Organized Crime Premiere Recap: Stabler’s Got a New Gig, Old Vendetta in SVU Spinoff — Grade It!
Perps of the world, you’re on notice: Law and Order‘s Elliot Stabler is back on duty. The detective, played by longtime SVU star Chris Meloni, returned in a crossover event Thursday that ended with the premiere of his new spinoff, Law and Order: Organized Crime. In a moment, we’ll want to hear what you thought of […]
Breeders Season 2 Premiere Recap: Therapy Is for the Squirrels — Grade It!
RELATED STORIES Does parenting get any easier as your kids get older? If you were to ask Breeders‘ Paul and Ally, that answer would probably be “hell no.” The FX comedy starring Martin Freeman and Daisy Haggard returned Monday with the first two episodes of its sophomore run, and despite a significant time jump that […]
BTS Performs ‘Dynamite’ at 2021 Grammys — Watch and Grade It!
RELATED STORIES Two years after first stepping foot on the Grammys stage as presenters, the boys of BTS returned at the end of Sunday’s ceremony, lighting up (a recreation of) the Los Angeles Convention Center like… well, you know. Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V and Jungkook came together for a crowd-pleasing performance of their […]
South Park Vaccination Special Welcomes Back Mr. Garrison as QAnon’s ‘Chosen One’ — Grade It!
RELATED STORIES Six months after South Park explored the origins of the coronavirus (we wish we could forget what Randy Marsh and Mickey Mouse did in that back alley!), the series returned to Comedy Central on Wednesday with an equally tasteful “vaccination special.” The hour-long marathon of madness began like any normal episode, with Cartman […]
Delilah: Grade OWN’s Legal Drama From Greenleaf Creator Craig Wright
RELATED STORIES Close friendships are hard to find. Perhaps that’s why the established bond between besties Delilah (How to Get Away With Murder‘s Maahra Hill) and Tamara (Girlfriends‘ Jill Marie Jones) feels so believable in the Season 1 premiere of OWN’s new legal drama Delilah. When Delilah’s ex-husband Gordon (Lyriq Bent) created drama and confusion […]
Good Girls Season 4 Premiere Recap: Trouble’s a Foot — Grade the Episode!
RELATED STORIES A roaming pup out for a stroll digs up yet another huge problem for Beth Boland. The canine fetches a dead foot — Lucy’s foot, to be exact — and his owner’s blood-curdling scream is what kicks off Season 4 of Good Girls. If these first few minutes are any indication, it’s going […]
Clarice: Grade the Premiere of CBS’ Silence of the Lambs Sequel
RELATED STORIES The aftermath of the Buffalo Bill fiasco is about to be revealed. Clarice, CBS’ Silence of the Lambs sequel series, premiered Thursday, taking stock of FBI Agent Clarice Starling’s life one year after the events of the Oscar-winning Jonathan Demme film. While her life has been a hellacious cocktail comprised of one part media circus […]
CBS’ Equalizer: Grade Queen Latifah’s Debut as the Ass-Kicking Mom We Need
RELATED STORIES Nine minutes. That’s about how long the wait time is for Queen Latifah to start beating down bad guys in CBS’ reboot of The Equalizer. And boy, is it worth the wait. The pilot episode premiered Sunday following the Super Bowl, and stars Latifah as Robyn McCall, a newly retired CIA operative who […]
Dickinson Season 2 Premiere Recap: I Only Have Eyes for Sue (Plus, Grade It!)
RELATED STORIES Dickinson kicked off Season 2 with Emily getting some scary medical news… along with an opportunity to share her poems with the world. Friday’s premiere opens with a history lesson, with a narrator telling us that details of the real Emily Dickinson’s life after Sue and Austin’s wedding are sketchy, and perhaps we […]