Innholdsfortegnelse for February 27, 2017 i TV Guide Magazine

@TVGMMattRoush When We Rise Shining dramatic light on activism for equality and human rights The sweeping storytelling can be as messy as the very act of revolution MINISERIES PREMIERE Monday, Feb. 27, 9/8c, ABC @WhenWeRiseABC NO ONE SAID changing hearts and minds would be easy. “It’s lonely and it’s tough, and nobody believes in you until after you’ve succeeded,” longtime activist Cleve Jones (Guy Pearce) explains in 2008 to a new generation of crusaders on the final night of When We Rise. He hopes his audience of millennials can fully appreciate all that he and his brothers and sisters endured while standing up, often against violent retribution, for gay and women’s rights in the 1970s and then surviving the ravages of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s and ’90s. The…

When We Rise MINISERIES PREMIERE Monday, Feb. 27, 9/8c, ABC @WhenWeRiseABC “When We Rise says loud and clear that history is not a straight line—it is a pendulum” —Creator Dustin Lance Black When We Rise is a story Dustin Lance Black wishes he didn’t have to tell in the 21st century. “I’d give anything for this to be less topical,” says the Oscar-winning screenwriter, best known for the 2008 biopic Milk, starring Sean Penn. The four-night miniseries covers a lot of ground (the AIDS crisis, samesex marriage, police brutality) and keeps its lens locked on several segments of society. “It’s not just about LGBT people,” Black explains, “[but instead] that intersection of LGBT rights, the women’s movement, civil rights and every other minority movement. That’s why the word We is…

Bull Tuesdays, 9/8c, CBS @BullCBS NOTHING STAYS PUT for long on the Queens, New York, set of CBS’s Bull. Nearly every piece— including the conference table and the wall behind the judge’s bench—is built to be moved effortlessly. (The trick? Wheels.) But there is method to such madness. When trial consultant Jason Bull (Michael Weatherly, center, with Jaime Lee Kirchner and Chris Jackson) and his team at the Trial Analysis Corporation (TAC) travel to help a client in another city, the show’s production designer, Sarah Frank, and her crew don’t have to create a whole new backdrop for the characters. They just rearrange the scenery, and voilà: A breezy Southern courtroom becomes a cramped New England city hall. It’s sneaky, but so is Bull. Frank lets us in on even…

FEBRUARY 27, 2017 | PUZZLE #1304 ACROSS 1 ____ About You 4 Lamb Chop’s dad 7 He shoulders the sky 12 ____ of the Boys 13 Org. for Matlock 14 Dana of The Adams Chronicles 15 Lou Grant star (2 wds.) 17 Charles of Alice 18 PlayStation maker 19 Me, Myself & ____ 21 Lori’s boyfriend on Kyle XY 24 Ayres of Lime Street 27 Be noticeable (2 wds.) 30 Prison Break warden 31 Western about post– Civil War Texas Rangers 32 Mel of Shut Eye 34 Grand Ole ____ 35 Space ____ 37 Andy Taylor’s aunt 38 ____ Afire 39 Martin of SCTV 41 Food for Mister Ed 45 Eve’s tempter 47 An arc of colors 50 Graff of Mr. Belvedere 51 Animal Crack-____ 52 Actress Lupino 53 The Midnight Special host Helen 54 Professional hoops…

@TVGMMattRoush [Spoiler alert! Skip ahead if you want to avoid details on the February 6 episode of Jane the Virgin.] I don’t know if I can keep watching Jane the Virgin. I can deal with characters dying, but that was so horrible. Was it real? I’ve written you before to say how much I love Jane, but I seriously may stop because of this. ordan MATT ROUSH: Jordan is referring to the show killing off Jane’s (Gina Rodriguez) beloved Michael (Brett Dier). In an open letter, Jane’s creator, Jennie Urman, addressed grieving fans and admitted this had been plotted for quite some time. As Urman astutely notes, the real issue was timing: “I’ve had so many tweets lately about how Jane is a bright spot these days. And I know…

Shades of Blue SEASON PREMIERE Sunday, March 5, 10/9c, NBC @nbcshadesofblue Oh, snap! Yep, that’s exactly what New York City cop Harlee Santos did to her baby daddy’s neck in last spring’s shocking season finale of Shades of Blue. He was a brute, an abuser, a total psycho—and he definitely had it coming. But no way can she ever confess to killing him. When the hit NBC thriller returns this week, only a few moments have passed since the slaying, but Harlee (played by superstar Jennifer Lopez) is already in survival mode. Where will she stash the corpse? How will she keep her daughter from finding out? Things will take an even darker turn when Harlee buries the body in the dead of night—but not before jumping down into the…

Weekdays, NB @NBCDays IT’S NEVER A good sign when you start out your life working in porn. Days of Our Lives’ Nicole Walker— played by Arianne Zucker—has endured years of heartbreak, much of it triggered by her deep need to be loved and to have a child. Now, after two miscarriages and being pronounced barren, Nicole finally has a little girl, thanks to her best friend, Chloe (Nadia Bjorlin), who delivered the baby via surrogacy using one of Nicole’s embryos. But, hey, this is Days! Chloe now wants to keep that kid and the court has sided with her because, well, Nicole has a reputation for being pretty freakin’ nutty. On March 1, Nicole will kidnap her own baby and go on the lam. This can’t end well, right? Zucker…

@damianholbrook Cheers to Survivor for recycling responsibly. The cast of Season 34— subtitled “Game Changers”—is a killer collective of worthy vets, including Jeff Varner (who first played on Season 2), fan favorite Michaela Bradshaw (left) and two-time champ Sandra Diaz-Twine. LOVE IT! HATE IT! Cheers to Matt Iseman for being the best thing about The New Celebrity Apprentice. The always affable American Ninja Warrior host proved that good guys don’t always finish last by winning Ahnold’s first season without resorting to the underhandedness we usually see in the boardroom. Cheers to Supergirl for serving up heroines without capes. Whether it’s DEO agent Alex (Chyler Leigh) fighting crime with ladylove cop Maggie (Floriana Lima, right, with Leigh) or badass mogul Lena Luthor (Katie McGrath) battling her own evil bloodline, Melissa Benoist’s…

LEADING LADY Paul Koval enjoyed our ode in the February 13 issue to television icon Mary Tyler Moore, who passed away on January 25, but he was hoping for even more Moore. “Your tribute to the late, great Mary Tyler Moore was quite wonderful,” he wrote. “However, since she was on 28 TV GUIDE MAGAZINE covers throughout her career, I really think that you should have devoted your entire cover to her!” DOCTOR ON CALL Wendy Weidman agreed with our Cheer [February 13] about bringing in a new Doctor on Doctor Who once Peter Capaldi exits the series later this year, and she even named some of her personal frontrunners for the role. “I am excited about seeing a new Doctor soon, and I have a couple suggestions for the…

Riverdale Thursdays, 9/8c, The CW @CW_Riverdale HELLO, DADDY! NEARLY 30 years after making Beverly Hills, 90210 high school bad boy Dylan McKay a pop-culture phenomenon, Luke Perry is playing a working-class single father— and he couldn’t be happier. “I love working with this kid,” Perry says of on-screen son K.J. Apa, who stars as classic comic book hero Archie in The CW’s subversive teen drama Riverdale. “I feel fortunate that I still get to do this. I really enjoy my job.” Here, the 50-year-old actor looks back on some of his most famous TV gigs. Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990—95, 1998–2000) “I’m no fool; I know what Dylan McKay did for me,” admits Perry, whose sideburned alcoholic teen hunk romanced both Midwest beauty Brenda (Shannen Doherty) and local rich girl Kelly…

UConn: The March to Madness PREMIERES Wednesday, March 1, 10/9c, HBO @HBO THE UNIVERSITY of Connecticut Huskies women’s basketball program is a finely tuned winning machine. Head coach Geno Auriemma has led the Huskies to 28 straight NCAA Tournament appearances, 17 trips to the Final Four and 11 national championships. On February 13, the Huskies reached their milestone 100th consecutive win in a streak that began November 23, 2014. This spring, they’ll be favored to win their fifth straight national title. That women’s college basketball doesn’t share the same media spotlight with the men’s game doesn’t diminish the fact that UConn has one of the most successful programs at any level of sports. Now fans will get to see the inner workings of UConn’s operation as HBO Sports and IMG…