~ Sam Eagle, The Goodfeathers, and Scrooge McDuck, for example ~
6A
Definite article that precedes a few answers in this puzzle, including its theme
7A
Something that can have a boss or an ace, or have its very identity questioned
9A
General Hospital's Jerome
10A
Dorothy Zbornak's ex-husband
12A
^Violent and mean^
13A
"As a ___, she's my very own guiding star. A 1928 Porter - that's my mother dear. 'Cause she helps me through everything I do and I'm so glad she's near."
15A
> Leighton on Gossip Girl >
16A
U.K. currency
18A
How you might caption a picture of someone baffled by a crossword puzzle
20A
Girls5Eva song including the line "Animal queendom feline synergy"
21A
AP subject taught by a philosophy professor on NBC/Peacock sitcom
23A
Howard played by Paul Ben-Victor in a 2000 biopic
24A
Gilligan's Island's was called "The Lagoon" and was located in Studio City
25A
This puzzle's theme, in a few different ways ~^>+<
26A
Word spoken before "Monty Python's Flying Circus"
29A
+2023 miniseries based on the same events as 2022's "Candy," "Love & _____"+
33A
One of Elon Musk's many enemies, for short
35A
^"Ms. Jackson if you're _____"^
39A
Ketchum who's gotta catch 'em
40A
Homeric lament
41A
When repeated, Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer's role in Grease: Live!
42A
What Kafka puts Josef K. through
44A
MTV series whose original run ended with the video for Britney Spears' "...Baby One More Time," for short
45A
Goofy son
46A
> 2006 rap: "What you want _______?" "To drink and fight!" "What you need _______?" "To fuck all night!" >
48A
Animal that sounds like you but it's actually her
50A
Played both Emmit and Ray on Fargo
51A
^Rapper Too _____^
Down
1D
One plus this equals a pop rock band
2D
~ Whether these or beads, Gob's not on board ~
3D
Org. led by Gen. Sarnoff for decades
4D
TV series named after its star, Lil Dicky
5D
Adult Swim's Delocated features this musical rite of passage: "___ Mitzvah"
6D
One of many rented and ruined by Eddie Munster and Freddy Krueger, on I Think You Should Leave
8D
> Original SNL cast member Morris >
10D
General Hospital writers in August of 2023
11D
Taiwanese capital
14D
Widespread language introduced in 1993, briefly
15D
2023 miniseries with tagline "Revenge is best served raw"
17D
< ____ Sides, Now <
19D
Perfume promoted by Miss Piggy
21D
< Descriptor for a teacher, a judge, and a girls club <
22D
< What at least one place is <
27D
What one TV genre was designed to sell, or a sitcom made to parody that genre
28D
> Vicky's younger sister on Fairly OddParents >
30D
Paper Boi's manager, whose name gets less ironic as the series progresses
31D
Dillon who portrayed what Entertainment Weekly incorrectly called "TV's first gender non-binary character" on Billions
32D
"Who's ____ girl? It's Jess!"
34D
Larry Miller reprised his role on an ABC Family series based on a movie based on a Shakespeare play whose title refers to this mammal
36D
Movie that Warner Bros. Discovery made and then shelved with no plans to ever release it: "Coyote vs. ____"
37D
Julie Andrews won an Oscar after Audrey Hepburn was cast in a role Andrews originated in a musical based on a play by this playwright
38D
+Reason to beware the ides of April+
43D
Olivia Rodrigo song that began as a poem written for a class at USC
47D
Black ___ Crew
49D
> Joe Pera Talks With You actor and writer Firestone >