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Clearly, ‘SNL’ didn’t get the memo that ‘SNL’ doesn’t hire “hot” women

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The creators of Evil have promised to solve three big mysteries before the show signs off for good.

Jon Stewart elaborated a bit more on the end of his Apple TV+ show, explaining that the company wouldn’t allow him to do a story on A.I. or interview Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan for his podcast on their platform.

Andy Cohen regrets stepping into the Kate Middleton mess — but frankly, I don’t think there’s anything to apologize for because I am still not convinced that the farmer’s market footage was Kate. THERE. I SAID IT.

Wheel of Fortune‘s April Fool’s Day prank was … weird.

Make this happen, The Boys.

Wait, SNL doesn’t hire “hot” women? Huh. No one tell anyone on the current cast, FOR SURE.

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This is the same brain rot in the people who failed to see the sex appeal of Gillian Anderson in The X-Files, I’m guessing.

Don’t hold your breath for any more Samwell shenanigans on the upcoming Jon Snow spin-off.

Speaking of, the spin-off of the spin-off of The Big Bang Theory will return to its multi-camera sitcom roots.

Georgia Secretary of State writes a letter to Larry David, congratulating him for being the first and only person arrested for distributing water bottles to voters, and apologizing for not being able to pardon him. Well played, sir.

#MeToo

The big, heartbreaking, disturbing news over the past few weeks has been the bombshell ID documentary, Quiet on the Set, which detailed the rampant abuses on children’s television, specifically that of Nickelodeon creator Dan Schneider, and the pedophilia charges against two of his employees, Brian Peck and Jason Handy.

The four- (to be five-) part documentary outlined a number of offenses, the most horrific belonging to Jason Handy’s grooming of countless victims, and the sexual abuse of Nickelodeon superstar Drake Bell at the hands of Brian Peck. Bell himself came forward to tell the story of his repeated abuses when he was 15 in this documentary, a heartbreaking and powerful story, and to call out the Hollywood players who stood by Peck during his court sentencing. Bell claims that he has not heard from any of the 41 people who wrote letters in support of Peck since the documentary aired.

Recently, two Boy Meets World actors, Will Friedle, and Rider Strong, spoke on their podcast about their support of Peck at the time, and their regret at having done so. Bell has released a statement that suggests he doesn’t believe their sincerity.

More appallingly, stars of another Schneider series, Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide, brutally mocked Bell and his abuse in a recent podcast. Unsurprisingly, Bell was not amused.

One publicly apologized.

As for Bell’s Drake and Josh co-star, Josh Peck, Bell has said that he has reached out privately, and urged people to not attack him. Peck then released his own statement on Instagram:

Nickelodeon has since put out a statement: “Now that Drake Bell has disclosed his identity as the plaintiff in the 2004 case, we are dismayed and saddened to learn of the trauma he has endured, and we commend and support the strength required to come forward.” 

All of this has been complicated by the fact that Bell himself was recently charged with being inappropriate with a minor. He took a plea deal, and obliquely referred to it in the documentary. He also was accused of verbal and physical abuse by an ex-girlfriend, which he has denied. Bell’s supporters are now attacking his accusers in appalling ways. A REMINDER: Both things can be true: Bell can be a victim of horrific abuse, and he could have then gone on to abuse others.

As for Dan Schneider, the documentary suggests that he was abusive in his own ways, sexually harassing his adult employees, underpaying his female writers, and over-sexualizing his underage stars. The A.V. Club has a good breakdown of all the revelations and allegations in the documentary.

Schneider has denied sexualizing his child actors, insisting that people are projecting their “adult minds” onto the scenes in question. (Of course, Schneider himself was an adult with an “adult mind” when he wrote said scenes, so I’m not sure this is quite the defense he might think it is.) He has also released a video apology, though some of his former stars find it lacking.

Some other Nick stars have come forward to discuss their own experiences since watching the documentary:

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Others have extended their support, including Melissa Joan Hart who says she believes the accusers 100%, and Kenan Thompson who has called for more investigations.

Other stars, notably Amanda Bynes and Ariana Grande, two of Schneiders’ “favorites,” have declined to participate in or comment on the documentary.

Blue’s Clues‘ Steve Burns took to TikTok to check in on the whole generation traumatized by the documentary:

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