Scandal Watch: Welcome Back, Gladiators

If you hadn't already marked your calendar for February 27, you surely would have found out on Twitter: Scandal is back! After an excruciating two-and-a-half-month hiatus and a midseason finale featuring a holy-rolling 

"Grey's Anatomy" rose 11% from its mid-season finale to a 3.0 (9.3 million people watched total), while "Scandal" grew 3% to a 3.3. An Oscar countdown special averaged about 4.7 million viewers. "American Idol" fell a tenth of a point from last week to

Behind this week's cover Photograph by Adrian Gaut; Jersey lettering by Justin MetzBehind this week's coverSitting in Memorial Hall at the heart of the Chapel Hill campus of the University of North Carolina, Mary Willingham wondered what William Friday 

"Grey's Anatomy" rose 11% from its mid-season finale to a 3.0 (9.3 million people watched total), while "Scandal" grew 3% to a 3.3. An Oscar countdown special averaged about 4.7 million viewers. "American Idol" fell a tenth of a point from last week to

Freek Spinnewijn, director of FEANTSA, an umbrella organisation of homelessness bodies across Europe, said it was a scandal that so many homes have been allowed to lie empty. "You would only need half of them to end