Innholdsfortegnelse for 11/21/2016 i TV Guide Magazine

TV GUIDE MAGAZINE and USA Network celebrated Shooter star Ryan Phillippe on November 2 at Riviera 31 in Los Angeles with sponsors Indian Motorcycle, Tito’s Vodka, Peroni, Banfi , and Sofi tel LA. 1. Phillippe cheekily posed with his cover image. 2. The Shooter cast, including Shantel VanSanten, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Omar Epps and exec producer John Hlavin, was on hand to support their leading man. 3. Epps tests out an Indian Motorcycle, the same brand Phillippe’s character rides on the series. 4. Phillippe and TVGM Editorial Director Nerina Rammairone. 5. The show’s military adviser, Steven Seapker and star Eddie McClintock. 6. TVGM President Paul Turcotte jokes with Celebrity Page host Jaymes Vaughan.…

KEY ELEMENTS TO any TV reboot include finding the right way to put a fresh spin on a familiar world and assembling actors who embody the spirit of the original cast. Another common denominator that’s working for CBS’s popular reboots Hawaii Five-0 and MacGyver: executive producer Peter M. Lenkov. He’s the first to admit it isn’t easy to reimagine a hit and shares his thoughts on how he’s getting it right. Was being a TV producer always your plan? My dream would’ve been to be a rock star, telling stories like Bob Dylan or Bruce Springsteen, but I didn’t have that ability. So I’m telling stories in a different way— I tell them in 43 minutes rather than three minutes. What did you learn from reimagining Hawaii Five-0 that helped…

40 million Fans who tuned in to Fox for Game 7 of the World Series to see the Chicago Cubs defeat the Cleveland Indians, making it the most-watched baseball game since 1991. 30% Increase in Facebook traffi c on election night. 71.4 MILLION Number of viewers who watched electionnight coverage. 9 Number of new fall broadcast series, out of 20, given a full-season order as of press time: American Housewife, Bull (above), Designated Survivor, Kevin Can Wait, Lethal Weapon, MacGyver, Speechless, This Is Us, Timeless. 669 Total episodes of The Simpsons that will have aired aft er the just-announced 29th and 30th seasons. This renewal gives the comedy the largest number of episodes for any scripted primetime series.…

@TVGMMattRoush SERIES PREMIERE Friday, Nov. 25, NETFLIX @GilmoreGirls EVER KNOWN A special someone who comes back into your life after years of absence, and when you reconnect, it’s as if no time has passed at all? That’s the sweetly satisfying and powerfully emotional rush Gilmore Girls fans will feel when gorging on the post-Thanksgiving feast of this blissful four-part reunion (see page 30). Though nearly a decade has gone by since the original series signed off, the good news is that little has changed in the beguiling Brigadoon of Stars Hollow, Connecticut, a safe-haven hamlet for lovably eccentric oddballs. Their overly caffeinated queen bee, now and forever, is that quirky chatterbox of an inn owner, Lorelai Gilmore (fizzy, funny Lauren Graham), who hasn’t missed a beat, or seemingly taken a…

IT’S 8:30AM ON a soundstage in Astoria, Queens, but in the Brooklyn brownstone formerly shared by divorced couple Noah and Helen Solloway (Dominic West and Maura Tierney), it’s nearly dinnertime. Tierney is filming a scene for the third season of The Affair, Showtime’s juicy highbrow soap about the far-reaching consequences of Noah’s summer tryst with a Montauk, New York, waitress, Alison Lockhart (Ruth Wilson). Tierney’s character is busy prepping a meal for her three youngest children and her boyfriend, and somehow the Golden Globe–winning actress is seriously running the risk of being upstaged by a steaming vat of pasta she drains in each take. “It’s too much. It’s stealing the scene!” jokes consulting producer Anya Epstein, who also wrote the episode. Of course, this is The Affair, so this moment…

Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade 90th Celebration Wednesday, Nov. 23, 8/7c, NBC On the night before the big day, as your turkey is brining and your pies are baking, take a look back at the nine decades that led up to the 2016 parade. Through archival footage and brand-new interviews, this hourlong tribute spotlights the event’s rich history, from the first-ever licensed character balloon—Pat Sullivan and Otto Messmer’s famous Felix the Cat, which in this year’s parade will be re-created exactly as the black-and-white feline first appeared in 1927—to the Macy’s Parade Studio’s latest innovations. Meanwhile, parade pros, hosts and a bevy of celebrity performers are primed to share their unique perspectives on this holiday tradition. “Everybody has a parade memory,” says Amy Kule, the event’s executive producer. “What you’re going…

ACROSS 1 Poker variety 5 How I ____ Your Mother 8 Highlander 12 Hector Elizondo sitcom 13 ____ Doky Ranch 14 Edible tropical root 15 Out of control 16 Newspaper job 18 Grease director Kleiser 20 The ____ Trail 21 Mad About You cousin 22 Soothsayer 23 Stranger Things’ town 27 Squirrel away 30 Chief of security on Star Trek: DSN 31 American ____! 33 Once named 34 ____ Edition 37 Tasha’s nickname on Orange Is the New Black 40 A Supernatural brother 42 ____ Girl 43 Beverly D’ ____ 45 A Roman emperor 49 Star of Madam Secretary (2 wds.) 51 Martial arts facility 52 Large book 53 ____ of Zorn 54 Mild yellow Dutch cheese 55 John of The New Leave It to Beaver 56 Energy unit 57 Gilbert…

I seriously hope that Milo Ventimiglia gets award nominations for his role in This Is Us. He has been a revelation as Jack. Every week he makes me cry because of some way he bolsters his kids and makes them feel better. Could this happen? —Jen MATT ROUSH: I’d like to think so. It would be quite an achievement for a broadcast-network series, or its stars, to break into those tough drama categories, especially at the Emmys for a freshman season. (The Golden Globes respond faster to buzz, so that’s more of a possibility.) It may be a long shot for a show like This, which is scaled to represent ordinary life, but Ventimiglia gets my vote as TV dad of the year, and he and the show deserve to be…

A Golden Setting What’s elegant? Tons of twinkle amid a snowy setting. Start with an allwhite table: tablecloth, plates and roses. Add some sparkle with strings of lights, dozens of candles, silver flocking and gold pinecones. And tease them with dessert—a vanilla layer cake under glass. Pear-tail Be the bearer of beautiful Bellinis. In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, mix 2 shots pear nectar and 1 shot pear brandy. Strain into two glasses filled with crushed ice. Top off with champagne and, if desired, garnish with pear slices. Turkey Tips While roasting your turkey at 350 degrees, baste with pan juices every 15 minutes for extra moisture and flavor. Garnish your turkey with fresh herbs and the fruits of the season for a fun, festive flair. For more of…

The Walking Dead Sundays, 9/8c, AMC @WalkingDead_AMC It’s not about the zombies. Never has been, really. AMC’s The Walking Dead, now in its seventh season, continues to earn monster ratings with its apocalyptic tale of a world overtaken by flesh-eating corpses. In fact, the horrifying and controversial October 23 episode, in which good guys/audience favorites Glenn (Steven Yeun) and Abraham (Michael Cudlitz) were bashed to death by the show’s new baseball-bat-wielding supervillain, Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), drew an audience of 17 million—the second-highest rating in the program’s history. It also marked an epic shift in the series. Gradually those hordes of voracious cadavers have become, for the most part, rather manageable, and it’s now time to face the harsh truth foreshadowed in Robert Kirkman’s acclaimed comic book series: The dead…

Michael Che Matters STAND-UP SPECIAL Friday, Nov. 25, Netfl ix The Saturday Night Live Weekend Update anchor proves he really isn’t afraid of controversial subjects—like gun control, Black Lives Matter and white girls dancing—in his new stand-up set. Che joins other comedians with Netflix specials this year, including fellow SNL vets Colin Quinn and Dana Carvey (available now), Chapelle’s Show cocreator Neal Brennan (December 16) and Late, Late Show sidekick Reggie Watts (December 6). Mercy MOVIE PREMIERE Tuesday, Nov. 22, Netfl ix Going home to say goodbye to your dying mother isn’t meant to be fun. But it’s also not supposed to morph into a scary movie. Zoo star James Wolk (above) plays one of four brothers whose return to his childhood stomping grounds becomes terrifying thanks to a secret…

10 Cloverfi eld Lane (2016) Saturday, Dec. 3, 10/9c, Epix Is it outside chemicals? The Russians? Aliens? Or none of the above? Mary Elizabeth Winstead isn’t sure if John Goodman (above, with Winstead) has given her refuge in an underground bunker or if she’s been kidnapped by him. Eddie the Eagle (2016) Friday, Nov. 25, 8/7c, HBO British Olympian Eddie Edwards competed in the ski jump in the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. Though farsighted and outclassed by the other athletes, Edwards became a hero. Hugh Jackman (right, with Taron Egerton as Eddie) costars as Eddie’s coach in the inspirational tale. The Hateful Eight (2015) Saturday, Dec. 3, 8/7c, Showtime A bounty hunter, a hangman, a prisoner, a sheriff, a Mexican, a little man, a cowpuncher and a Confederate walk…

HOLBROOK @damianholbrook Cheers to The CMAs for proving that country music is a national treasure. Like the Grammys in denim, the award show’s 50th anniversary bash slayed with an epic Beyoncé–Dixie Chicks duet, classic clips and a slew of appearances by icons old and new. Cheers to Supergirl for its super Mon. You don’t need X-ray vision to see how charming Chris Wood is as Mon-El, an alien who just may be worthy of our ’girl Kara (Melissa Benoist, with Wood). Cheers to The Exorcist for bedeviling us. Between the reveal that Geena Davis (right) is Regan from the original film, the cinematic scares and the twisted mythology about high-society Satanists, this show is a hella good time about some bad people. Cheers to The Odd Couple for marshaling the…

TOM KIRKMAN, DESIGNATED SURVIVOR The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (Kiefer Sutherland) inherited the presidency after a terrorist attack killed everyone ahead of him in line for the job. Oval Office Antics Kirkman has been putting together his Cabinet, ordering the mission to capture a terrorist and squinting. A lot. FITZGERALD GRANT, SCANDAL The fictional 44th POTUS (Tony Goldwyn) rose to power through a rigged election, a Macbeth-ian wife and the least ethical staffers this side of the real Washington. Oval Office Antics Fitz’s domestic affairs with fixer Olivia Pope would make even Bill Clinton and JFK blush. CONRAD DALTON, MADAM SECRETARY Dalton (Keith Carradine) used to run the CIA, respects women and took a stand against global warming. Can he run in 2020? Oval…

FROM THE FIRST bar heard in Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’s 2015 pilot, cocreator and star Rachel Bloom suddenly became the patron saint of the modern TV musical. A year later, she has a Golden Globe (for best actress in a musical or comedy) and two Emmy nominations (for original music). And we still can’t get the brilliantly funny lyrics of ditties like “The Sexy Getting Ready Song” (about the undignified ways women prep for dates) and “Settle for Me” (a Fred and Ginger spoof about loving the one you’re with) out of our heads. So who better than Bloom—currently starring in the show’s second season—to wax poetic about the importance of TV musicals, whether they be originals like her own series, pop mashups like Glee and Galavant or spirited revivals like NBC’s…

DAYS OF OUR LIVES Weekdays, NBC @nbcdays HI, MOM, I’M back from the dead! Days of Our Lives heroine gone bonkers Abigail Deveraux (Marci Miller), who was believed to have perished in a plane crash, recently popped up in Salem and shocked the hell out of her grieving mother, Jennifer (Melissa Reeves). Now Abby is hiding out in the attic of the Deveraux family home—when, that is, she’s not lurking about town quietly observing her husband, Chad DiMera (Billy Flynn), and their infant son. “Abby still loves Chad but knows, deep in her heart, that it’s best if he never knows she’s alive,” says Miller, who joined Days this month, replacing the popular Kate Mansi. “The last thing her husband needs is to be sacrificing his life taking care of…

Washington Redskins at Dallas Cowboys Thursday, Nov. 24, 4:30/3:30c, Fox @NFL NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE THE DALLAS COWBOYS are blessed with a cornucopia of quarterbacks for their Thanksgiving game. Will they serve up veteran Tony Romo, who missed the first half of the season with a back injury, or rookie Dak Prescott (right) when they host NFC East rival Washington? Prescott, a fourth-round draft pick, led the Cowboys to their first 7–1 start since 2007. “He was thought to be a project,” says Fox analyst and former Dallas quarterback Troy Aikman.“Obviously, no one expected him to have to play this year. He got his chance and he’s taken it and run with it.” The Mississippi State alum also replaced an injured starter in both high school and college, “and he never…