Kerry Washington has signed an overall deal with ABC Studios, hopefully joining her boss Shonda Rhimes in churning out hit shows for the network.

Melissa Harris-Perry sat down with Anita Hill for Essence to discuss Hill’s experience in 1991, when she accused then-Supreme Court Justice nominee Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment, and what it felt like to be thrust into the national spotlight over such a personal matter.

Yet another major publication has insisted on Photoshop-fucking with Kerry Washington’s perfect human visage, but luckily, her perfect soul remains intact.

Shondaland will once again remain the most illustrious amalgamation of TV shows in all the land, because all of them have been renewed for another season on ABC.

If you tuned into Saturday Night Live’s February 13 show last night, you were probably expecting a Kanye performance or two, and maybe Melissa McCarthy reminding us that her penchant for face contortion is the apex of an actual art form. But the decades-old show might have bested last week’s Bernie Sanders cameo (and…

The trailer for the HBO movie about Anita Hill’s 1991 Senate testimony on the sexual harassment she faced from Justice Clarence Thomas is here.

In today’s Tweet Beat, Miley got to Christina Aguilera, Kerry Washington wants to chill and Solange holds the key.

Have ya heard that the Oscars have a diversity problem? In one of multiple subtle and not so subtle moves to remind the public that the Academy does actually know that people of color exist, they’ve added some oh so diverse new presenters to the ceremony.

While it wasn’t totally shocking for a Shonda Rhimes show to have an abortion scene, that episode of Scandal last year was a significant moment for primetime TV. Kerry Washington talked about its impact in an interview with WWD this week.

In wake of Friday’s shooting at a Planned Parenthood location in Colorado Springs, celebrities such as Chrissy Teigen, Kerry Washington and Kathy Griffin are offering their support for the women’s healthcare organization.

In case you had any doubt that Shonda Rhimes is the person keeping the lights on at ABC, her name is now attached to yet another upcoming project. This time, Scandal’s Kerry Washington and Katie Lowes will executive produce a series about a group of nannies under her production company.

September is here and that means Shonda Rhimes and her 50-11 ABC television shows are returning. Are you ready for Olivia and hot, brooding Fitz, Annalise and hot, brooding Frank, Jesse Williams, Jesse Williams and more Jesse Williams? Of course you are!

In today’s Tweet Beat, I would watch an Olivia Pope/Cookie Lyon crossover, Josh Groban is struggling and Solange speaks some hard truth.

Ava DuVernay is making history yet again. The Selma director has been hired to helm Black Panther, Marvel’s first black superhero movie, as the company’s first black female director. The film will star Chadwick Boseman, who has played James Brown and Jackie Robinson, respectively, in biopics.

Kerry Washington, who is playing Anita Hill in the upcoming HBO biopic entitled Confirmation, gave her fans proof in an Instagram on Tuesday. If Game Change, the story of Sarah Palin and John McCain’s presidential and vice presidential election campaign, is any indication, Confirmation will be amazing.

Blood Pressure Recaps is a series in which I monitor my pulse during pivotal, suspenseful scenes of a TV show to test its thrill levels. Last night’s season finale of Scandal is the first guinea pig.

Mellie has a meeting with Papa Pope, and Liv shares a tearful “goodbye” (yeah right) phone call with Fitz. Tonight is the Scandal season finale. Someone’s gotta die. Might be Jake. Can it please be Quinn.

The hashtag for tonight’s episode is #WhatIsFoxtail? So what is it? If Olivia doesn’t find out, she’s going to bust a cap in someone’s ass (metaphorically). I’m here for it.