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ADAM LEVINE Number of seasons: 10 Wins: 3 (Season 1’s Javier Colon, Season 5’s Tessanne Chin, Season 9’s Jordan Smith) The expert opinion: The Maroon 5 frontman’s greatest power is his song selection for contestants, says Medved, citing Chin’s rendition of Bob Marley’s “Redemption Song.” “Tessanne’s from Jamaica, and that was a really good match,” Medved says. But Levine may have a problem grooming artists for commercial success, as evidenced by the meager sales of Chin’s debut album. In the first week, it sold just 7,000 copies. CHRISTINA AGUILERA Number of seasons: 6 Wins: Still waiting… The expert opinion: Of the current roster (CeeLo, Usher, Shakira and Gwen Stefani have also taken turns in the chairs), Aguilera has the worst success rate. Medved attributes that to her frequently predictable song…

Many First Ladies have had an outsize impact on the popular culture, but only Nancy Reagan, who died March 6 at age 94 of congestive heart failure, first came to public notice as an actress (as Nancy Davis). Her first of four appearances on TV GUIDE MAGAZINE’s cover predated husband Ronald Reagan’s plunge into politics. In November 1958, the couple costarred in a Thanksgiving-themed edition of CBS’s General Electric Theater—he was the anthology’s host and sometimes star—playing modern Native Americans in a fable about a turkey destined, ironically, for the U.S. president’s dinner table. Her next cover, in March 1983, trumpeted a more memorable TV cameo: gueststarring as herself, the First Lady, on NBC’s Diff’rent Strokes opposite Gary Coleman to promote her “Just Say No” antidrug campaign. Reagan told us…

SERIES PREMIERE Wednesday, March 30, Hulu ON HULU’S SELF-DUBBED “faith thriller” The Path, once you join the cultlike movement known as Meyerism, straying isn’t an option. That proves a problem for Eddie Lane (Breaking Bad’s Aaron Paul), a faithful, two-decade member of the group, which purports to lead adherents to a higher plane known as “The Light.” Eddie is married to lifelong member Sarah (True Detective’s Michelle Monaghan), and when the series begins, he’s just returned from a psychedelic retreat in Peru. “He had an eye-opening revelation,” says Paul, “and he can no longer buy what they’re selling. He’s afraid to say anything because he would lose his family if they knew.” Making matters worse: Meyerism’s de facto leader and Sarah’s sexy ex, Cal (Hannibal’s Hugh Dancy), who’s ready to…

SERIES PREMIERE Monday, April 11, 9/8c, TBS A DILAPIDATED MINIVAN carrying a family of four on a 1,400-mile trek across eight states for 21 hours—is this a summer vacation or cruel and unusual punishment? Either way, that’s the “fun” trip Nate Parker (Jason Jones) decides to embark on in TBS’s new comedy series The Detour. As Nate, wife Robin (Natalie Zea) and their 11-year-old twins, Delilah (Ashley Gerasimovich) and Jared (Liam Carroll), make their way from Syracuse to Fort Lauderdale, they’ll deal with the alltoo-real struggle of forced family time and a constant barrage of very-adult impediments, like a car accident, a kidnapping scheme and an unfortunate pit stop at a strip club. And that’s just in the first episode. Throughout Season 1, the family members find themselves swept into…

BACK IN 2009, Aussie actress Melissa George recurred as surgical intern Dr. Sadie Harris on Grey’s Anatomy. Seven years later, she’s getting a major promotion, starring as worldrenowned heart-transplant surgeon Alex Panttiere on the new dramedy Heartbeat (the series moves to its regular timeslot on March 23 at 8/7c). As the good doc juggles her high-stakes job and raising two kids, she’s also involved in a complicated love triangle with two handsome doctors. George fills us in on the new gig while, appropriately, breastfeeding her 4-month-old son in a park. We’ve seen millions of medical shows on TV. How is this one different? It’s a character-driven drama, but with comedy. It’s a tone that I haven’t seen. You feel something, but then you’re laughing. Panttiere is romantically attached to two…

MONDAY, MARCH 21 NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship 6:30/5:30c, ESPN2 Second-round games NHL Hockey 7:30/6:30c, NBCSN Flyers at Islanders TUESDAY, MARCH 22 NBA Basketball 8/7c, TNT Rockets at Thunder NHL Hockey 8:30/7:30c, NBCSN Kings at Wild NBA Basketball 10:30/9:30c, TNT Grizzlies at Lakers WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23 NBA Basketball 8/7c, ESPN Knicks at Bulls NHL Hockey 8/7c, NBCSN Bruins at Rangers NBA Basketball 10:30/9:30c, ESPN Clippers at Warriors THURSDAY, MARCH 24 NCAA Basketball Championship 7/6c, CBS and TBS Regional semifinals FRIDAY, MARCH 25 NCAA Basketball Championship 7/6c, CBS and TBS Regional semifinals NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship 7/6c, ESPN and ESPN2 Regional semifinals SATURDAY, MARCH 26 College Lacrosse noon/11am c, ESPNU Syracuse at Duke NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship noon/11am c and 7/6c, ESPN Regional semifinals College Baseball 3:30/2:30c, Fox Sports 1 Texas Christian…

Backstreet’s back, all right—and this time they’re bringing a zombie apocalypse with them. Nick Carter, of Backstreet Boys (and Dancing With the Stars) fame, has found his crown jewel in this Syfy zombie Western, which he stars in, wrote and produced. The off-thewall B-movie takes place in a town overrun by a villainess named Apocalypta (MADtv’s Debra Wilson), who uses the undead (and Backstreeter AJ McLean as her right-hand man) to wreak havoc. Taking down Apocalypta will prove a feat for the titular seven hired guns, portrayed by a rogues’ gallery of boy-banders, including Carter’s bandmate Howie Dorough, ’N Sync’s Joey Fatone, 98 Degrees’ Jeff Timmons and O-Town’s Erik-Michael Estrada. Carter plays Jack, the gang’s reclusive leader, inspired by his love of Clint Eastwood movies. “I have this thousand-mile stare…

@damianholbrook CHEERS TO DAMIEN for remembering where he came from. The Omen’s little devil has grown into a scary leading man (Bradley James) with his own series, which is using deeply creepy clips from the 1976 classic to remind us just how much hell this guy is capable of raising. CHEERS TO WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE for hitting 1,000 episodes. Raise a glass to Andy Cohen (with Wacha the dog, Kristin Chenoweth, a gay shark and Chrissy Teigen), whose rowdy, boozy talk show has become one finely aged late-night option. CHEERS TO SARAH PAULSON for being the guiltiest pleasure. The crown jewel of FX’s The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story has been a master class of quiet pathos as her prosecutor Marcia Clark is surrounded by tons of…

FOLLOW US> TV Guide Magazine @TVGuideMagazine @tvguidemagazine Write to us: Letters, TV Guide Magazine, 50 Rockefeller Plaza, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10020, or email letters@tvgm.com Quick Clicks When we spoke to X-Files creator Chris Carter for our March 7 issue, he was hopeful that Fox would be revisiting the series again in the future, explaining that “the question is how to get it done.” Peter Clark hopes Carter and Fox can make it work. “One of my favorite shows,” he wrote. “I was disappointed there were only six episodes. Bring it back so we can learn about Scully and Mulder’s son, William!”…B. Greenspan was disheartened by our article on all the changes likely coming to ABC as a result of Entertainment President Paul Lee’s resignation. [“Rearranging the Alphabet,” March…

The big confrontation that fans of The Walking Dead have been waiting for is finally here. The survivors of the zombie apocalypse have spent the second half of Season 6 waging war against the Saviors, a band of marauding bullies who demand goods and supplies from smaller communities in exchange for protection. While there has been plenty of talk about Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), the leader of the Saviors has remained absent from the action. But that all changes during the April 3 season finale, when Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) and the Alexandrians come face-to-face with the psychopath for the first time. “It’s like meeting the president or the pope,” says executive producer Greg Nicotero, who also directed the episode. “You don’t just walk into the Oval Office; you’ve got…

ENGAGED E! News host Maria Menounos got engaged to longtime boyfriend and business partner Keven Undergaro on March 9 when he proposed on Howard Stern’s radio show. The couple has been together for roughly 19 years. IN COURT Dancing With the Stars cohost and Fox sportscaster Erin Andrews (below) was awarded $55 million in her civil lawsuit against Nashville Marriott, West End Hotel Partners and convicted stalker Michael David Barrett, stemming from a 2008 incident in which Barrett filmed her naked through the peephole in her hotel room and posted the footage online. BIRTH Gotham costars Ben McKenzie and Morena Baccarin welcomed daughter Frances on March 2. She is the couple’s first child; Baccarin has a 2-year-old son, Julius, with her estranged husband. NEW GIGS Jimmy Kimmel (right) will host the 68th…

MARCH 21 Dancing With the Stars (ABC) Teen Mom 2 (MTV) 22 Friday Night Tykes: Steel Country (Esquire) Good Bones (HGTV) Stitchers (Freeform) 23 The Carbonaro Effect (TruTV) Heartbeat (NBC) Little Women: Terra’s Little Family (Lifetime) Rogue (DirecTV) 24 The Catch (ABC) Sisters in Law (WE tv) 25 Atlanta Plastic (Lifetime) 27 Grantchester (PBS) Mr. Selfridge (PBS) Thicker Than Water (Bravo) 28 The Haunting Of… (LMN) Listed Sisters (HGTV) My Haunted House (LMN) Trailer Park Boys (Netflix) 29 Chopped: Champions (Food Network) Deadliest Catch (Discovery) Hack My Life (TruTV) Like a Boss (Oxygen) Million Dollar Critic (Cooking Channel) 30 Bering Sea Gold (Discovery) Empire (Fox) Lopez (TV Land) The Path (Hulu) Quit Your Day Job (Oxygen) Trailblazers (Discovery) 31 Archer (FX) Finding Bigfoot (Animal Planet) The Graham Norton Show (BBC America) Rush Hour (CBS) APRIL 1 Banshee (Cinemax) For Better or Worse (OWN) The Ranch (Netflix) What If We Get Married (TLC) Wynonna Earp (Syfy) 2 Deadly Possessions (Travel Channel) House Hunters Renovation (HGTV) My Cat From Hell (Animal Planet) We Bought…

Allison Williams is well aware that many viewers aren’t wild about her on-screen alter ego, Girls’ relentlessly type A Marnie Michaels. “People come up to me all the time and tell me that they hate her. They’re very vocal about it,” Williams says with a laugh. “I don’t think they’re expecting to hurt my feelings, but I feel very bonded to her!” Which is why Williams is particularly excited about tonight’s installment. This special episode will begin with an argument between Marnie and her new husband-slash-musicalpartner, Desi (Ebon Moss-Bachrach), and then follow the character straight through an uninterrupted day of assorted misadventures. “You’ll see her in a very real way, and not just making perfect decisions and doing all the right things,” Williams says. “Hopefully by spending this much time…

Faster than a speeding bullet and able to leap tall buildings, The Flash and Supergirl are the perfect pair for an epic mashup, which is exactly what’s on tap when Barry Allen (Grant Gustin)—The CW’s fastest man alive—crosses paths with Kara Zor-El (Melissa Benoist, above, with Gustin), CBS’s daughter of Krypton. “It’s one of the most fun episodes of any of the shows we’ve ever done,” says Andrew Kreisberg, who exec produces both series as well as The CW’s Arrow. Wished for by fans since Supergirl took off last fall, the team-up comes courtesy of a rare collaboration by the two networks. “I think [it happened] because everybody wanted to see it,” says Kreisberg, explaining that the heroes join forces after Barry “accidentally goes so fast that he jumps dimensions”…

When you tune in to a country music telecast, there’s a good chance you’ll hear songs from the stalwarts—Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood, Eric Church. Those favorites will all flaunt their skills at this year’s Academy of Country Music Awards, but the show will also welcome new blood to the stage: up-and-comer Cam—no last name necessary. The rising star stormed onto the charts in 2015 with her smash single “Burning House,” and her performance of the ballad at the ACMs will mark the first time the 31-year-old California native has ever performed at an awards show. “I remember thinking that people who were nominated are, like, famous country singers,” Cam says. “Now all of a sudden I’m part of the TV show.” Last year the then-unknown singer did attend the ACMs,…

HUNGRY FOR MORE zombies? Season 2 of The Walking Dead’s prequel, Fear the Walking Dead, begins April 10 on AMC in a new setting: the Pacific Ocean. Following the fall of Los Angeles, Fear’s survivors—led by high school counselor Madison (Kim Dickens) and English teacher Travis (Cliff Curtis)—have boarded a luxury yacht and are hitting the open waters in search of sanctuary. “It is not going to be The Love Boat with zombies,” promises showrunner Dave Erickson, who also confirms that the zombies cannot swim. “They can wade and their movement in water is really dictated by the level of decomposition and gases, which can be creepy or interesting.” All hands on deck!…

STEP ASIDE, JACK Bauer. A new team will watch the clock and save the world in 24: Legacy, a Fox pilot set to shoot in Los Angeles at the end of March. Fans of the original Emmy-winning series, which aired from 2001 to 2010 and spawned 2014’s 24: Live Another Day, should expect 24’s familiar realtime format—each episode represents one hour of a single, explosive day—and interweaving storylines. “This script is a page-turner,” Fox TV Group Chairman Dana Walden says. “It’s very reminiscent of the original.” Here, some intel about the sequel. 1 Corey Hawkins (Straight Outta Compton) plays Eric Carter, a member of a six-man Army Ranger squad that killed terrorist Ibrahim Bin-Khalid six months earlier. The soldiers changed their names and went into hiding, but jihadists found them,…

JASMINE GUY AND Kadeem Hardison never traded punches as Whitley Gilbert and Dwayne Wayne on the 1990s sitcom A Different World. But when Guy guest stars on Disney Channel’s K.C. Undercover (her three-episode arc begins April 10), things are, well, different. She plays Erica, an enemy agent with a secret familial connection to titular spy kid K.C. Cooper (Zendaya) and her secret agent dad, Craig (Hardison). Erica has been happily in hiding for years and is kicking mad when the Coopers appear on her turf asking for help. “Our characters are related, but we’re adversaries,” Hardison says. “Learning our fight scene was a blast. Once we got together again, it was as if we were never apart.”…

HOLLYWOOD MEDIUM WITH TYLER HENRY Sundays, 10/9c, E! HE LOOKS LIKE the boy next door, but there’s nothing ordinary about Tyler Henry. The 20-year-old star of the E! series Hollywood Medium With Tyler Henry claims he can channel the dead and he delivers the proof, in startling details that can’t be googled, to a kicky roster of celebrities—among them, NeNe Leakes, Amber Rose, Margaret Cho, Michael Sam, Bella Thorne, Candis Cayne, Jaime Pressly and Boy George. The series, which debuted January 24, is E!’s highest-rated reality launch in three years (not counting spinoffs) and has already been renewed for a second season. Of course, the cynics are out in full force, labeling Henry an opportunist who preys on the grieving. “There’s a big difference between cynicism and skepticism,” says Henry.…

HERE ARE SOME highlights from Freeman’s exploration of five major religions in the series: CHRISTIANITY Catholic Monsignor Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo (above, with Freeman) in Vatican City and a pastor at a Texas mega-church with the largest Protestant congregation in the U.S. are among the faithful who illuminate the beliefs of the world’s biggest religion, which has 2.2 billion followers. ISLAM The five pillars of Islam practiced by both the Sunni and Shi’a branches are explored in wildly different environments, from the 12th-century Al-Hussein Mosque in Egypt to the modern Islamic Cultural Center in New York City. HINDUISM Along the banks of the Ganges and other rivers in India, which is home to 94 percent of the planet’s 1 billion Hindus, ancient temple complexes reveal a faith that worships many deities,…

What do Donald Trump’s ex-wife, the reigning Super Bowl MVP and a former teen starlet have in common? They’re all part of the latest crop of contestants who will bust a move—and hopefully not bust their egos—on Season 22 of Dancing With the Stars. Actress Marla Maples, Denver Bronco Von Miller and The O.C. expat Mischa Barton are among the 12 celebrities shimmying into the ballroom for the glory of holding up the coveted Mirror Ball trophy. Other cast members include Geraldo Rivera, Fuller House’s Jodie Sweetin and The Facts of Life alum Kim Fields. “From early signs, I think everyone’s got a chance of winning,” executive producer Rob Wade says. After taking a season off, judge Len Goodman returns. Also back in the fold is fan-favorite pro dancer Edyta…

MARCIA CROSS MADE a living playing larger-than-life characters on Melrose Place (crazy killer Kimberly Shaw) and Desperate Housewives (Martha Stewart wannabe Bree Van de Camp). But on the FBI thriller Quantico, the actress goes for strong and steely portraying Sen. Claire Haas, a candidate for U.S. vice president. We talked to Cross about her slightly more grounded role. An ambitious politician who has a difficult relationship with her son, FBI trainee Caleb (Graham Rogers). Claire has all the hallmarks of a villain. Is she? She is an ambitious woman, but I think of her as a hero who wants to save the country through political office. Her husband, Deputy FBI Director Clayton (Mark Pellegrino), died in a bombing. Claire then learned he was sleeping with trainee Shelby (Johanna Braddy), Caleb’s…

MONDAY, MARCH 28 NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship 7/6c, ESPN Regional finals NHL Hockey 10/9c, NBCSN Kings at Sharks TUESDAY, MARCH 29 NBA Basketball 8/7c, TNT Rockets at Cavaliers NHL Hockey 8:30/7:30c, NBCSN Avalanche at Blues Olympic Qualifying Soccer 9:30/8:30c, ESPN2 Colombia at USA NBA Basketball 10:30/9:30c, TNT Wizards at Warriors WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30 NHL Hockey 8/7c, NBCSN Capitals at Flyers THURSDAY, MARCH 31 NBA Basketball 9:30/8:30c, TNT Clippers at Thunder FRIDAY, APRIL 1 NBA Basketball 8/7c, ESPN Cavaliers at Hawks NBA Basketball 10:30/9:30c, ESPN Celtics at Warriors SATURDAY, APRIL 2 PGA Tour Golf 1/noon c, Golf Channel and 3/2c, NBC Shell Houston Open NCAA Basketball Championship 6/5c, TBS, TNT and TruTV Final Four IndyCar Racing 9/8c, NBCSN IndyCar Series in Phoenix SUNDAY, APRIL 3 NHL Hockey 12:30/11:30am c, NBC Bruins…

MARCH 21, 2016 | PUZZLE #1277 ACROSS 1 Holbrook and Linden 5 A naval military rank (abbr.) 8 Gomer Pyle, _____ 12 Sherif Taylor’s son 13 Director Howard 14 Patrick’s last name on SpongeBob SquarePants 15 Johnson’s superior of -cer on The Closer (2 wds.) 17 Turn of the sound 18 Bill of Aloha Paradise 19 Best cosmetic surgeon at Chicago Hope 21 Civil Wars lawyer 23 Nitty Gritty ____ Band 24 “Be serious!” (2 wds.) 28 Leonard of Star Trek 31 Dukes of Hazzard deputy 32 ____/Tuck 34 Back side of the neck 35 Waitress at a neighborhood bar on Strip Mall 37 Mom and Dad 39 Alex Karras on Centennial 41 Bandleader Severinsen 42 C.P.O. ____ 45 German philosopher 49 He ran the saloon on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman 50 Go to…