Innholdsfortegnelse for April 17, 2017 i TV Guide Magazine

@TVGMMattRoush TV Guide Magazine @TVGuideMagazine @tvguidemagazine America’s top TV critic Matt Roush answers your burning questions Psycho is one of my all-time favorite movies, and I was blown away by the twist on the shower scene in the “Marion” episode of Bates Motel. I thought it was a brilliant idea. What would have been the point of just remaking Psycho once the show’s storytelling caught up with it? I’d love to see Freddie Highmore and Vera Farmiga at least be nominated during the awards season. —Marci MATT ROUSH: You and me both. Empowering the modern-day Marion Crane (Rihanna) while punishing this unsavory Sam Loomis (Austin Nichols) was a smart and satisfying approach for fans of the Hitchcock original, from which the episode quoted liberally before taking its own turn to…

Chicago Fire DRAMA Tuesdays, 10/9c, NBC @NBCChicagoFire Five years ago, during the filming of the Chicago Fire pilot, legendary producer Dick Wolf was standing on a bridge over the Chicago River with Wolf Films president Peter Jankowski. “I said to him, ‘I can see an interconnected police show here and possibly several more behind that,’ ” Wolf recalls. The Windy City mother ship, as Wolf describes Fire, “was the perfect starting point because the characters are likable, they interact with police, victims go to the hospital and some of them end up in court.” Flash forward half a decade. The police drama Chicago P.D., hospital-set Chicago Med and new law series Chicago Justice are all sturdy hits for NBC. With Fire leading the way, the dramas are four of the…

Designated Survivor DRAMA Wednesdays, 10/9c,ABC @ABCDesignated IF YOU THINK it’s stressful being Tom Kirkman (Kiefer Sutherland)—the constantly imperiled POTUS-by-default on ABC’s Designated Survivor—imagine how the guy who’s tasked with keeping him alive must feel. Which explains why head Secret Service agent Mike Ritter rarely cracks a smile. “Most of what my character is involved in is heavy stuff,” LaMonica Garrett says. “Ritter is usually coming in with bad news!” There may be more of that in store on the April 19 episode, which tackles gun control, and again on April 26, when a surprising new twist develops in the Capitol bombing investigation. But while the series’ subject matter gets dark, there’s plenty of levity on the Toronto set. “If a scene is particularly weighty, then the atmosphere tends to go a…

NCIS: New Orleans APRIL 17–23 DRAMA Tuesday, April 18, 10/9c, CBS Need a TV vet who’s guaranteed to upgrade whatever show he’s in? Former Wings star Steven Weber (above) is your man—especially if he’s playing the twinkly-eyed villain (witness some recent memorably lean-and-mean turns on iZombie and How to Get Away With Murder). His current gig: portraying NCIS: New Orleans’ corrupt Mayor Hamilton, who’s about to toss Agent Pride (Scott Bakula) and his team the kind of wicked wild cards that will keep them busy for the rest of the season. We talked to Weber about breaking bad. When Mayor Hamilton debuted on NCIS: New Orleans in 2014, he wasn’t that terrible. Did you expect him to turn? I assumed he was the quintessential New Orleans politician, with his finger…

Weeknights, 12:37am/11:37c, CBS @latelateshow THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH JAMES CORDEN A LITTLE OVER two years after The Late Late Show With James Corden debuted “Carpool Karaoke,” the segment has grown to be one of the most recognizable aspects of the late-night series. With guests ranging from powerhouse songstresses like Adele (whose 2016 spot has more than 150 million YouTube views) and Mariah Carey to pop sensations like Justin Bieber and Bruno Mars (above, with Corden), it seems like everyone wants to jam with Corden. The bit has also helped grow The Late Late Show’s digital presence. The show’s YouTube channel has reached 10 million subscribers, and 19 of the top 20 viewed videos on the channel are from “Carpool Karaoke.” (The series has also spawned an upcoming spinoff for…

NFL DRAFT Thursday, April 27, 6/5c, NFL Network NFL Draft Red Carpet 8/7c, ESPN and NFL Network 2017 NFL Draft, Round 1 Friday, April 28, 7/6c, ESPN and NFL Network 2017 NFL Draft, Rounds 2 and 3 8/7c, ESPN2 2017 NFL Draft, Rounds 2 and 3 (continued) Saturday, April 29, noon/11am c, ESPN and NFL Network 2017 NFL Draft, Round 4 IF YOU’RE WONDERING what to expect from the NFL draft, think “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.” On the good side, running backs are back—big time. “It’s by far the most talented group we have seen in a long time,” NFL Network draft expert Mike Mayock says. “I have five running backs with first-round grades. To put things in perspective, only six running backs have gone in the…

ROSE LESLIE The Good Fight CBS All Access My current favorite show It’s a toss-up between Taboo (above) and Stranger Things. The funniest person on TV Daisy May Cooper on BBC’s This Country. Her approach to the character is so astute. The show that always makes me laugh Takeshi’s Castle—my favorite humor of all time is slapstick. The show I miss most Breaking Bad. Nothing has ever replaced it—yet! The show I’d like to guest star on The Fall. Gillian Anderson is mesmerizing. What I eat while watching Most recently it was mint gelato from Talenti. My guilty pleasure The Great British Bake Off . That’s my sweet tooth talking. My dream costar Damian Lewis. Gingers have to stick together!…

Speechless COMEDY Wednesdays, 8:30/7:30c, ABC @Speechless_ABC NOBODY COULD ACCUSE Minnie Driver of portraying the perfect sitcom mom, and that’s exactly how she likes it. On ABC’s freshman hit Speechless, Driver plays Maya DiMeo, a woman who would do anything for her three kids—and we do mean anything (think: sabotaging the high school’s homecoming bonfire upon learning that her son J.J., who has cerebral palsy, won’t be able to partake along with his classmates). Sure, she’s loving, fearless and generally means well, but she’s also deeply flawed, and a far cry from the doting maternal figures who once ruled the tube. Here, Driver—mother to son Henry, 8, and a veteran of movies like Good Will Hunting and TV series The Riches and About a Boy—discusses the joys of breaking the Jell-O…

The Handmaid’s Tale DRAMA SERIES PREMIERE Wednesday, April 26, Hulu @HandmaidsOnHulu IF THERE’S ONE thing that characterizes Elisabeth Moss’s career, it’s complexity. “I love the juxtaposition of vulnerability and strength,” she explains, “and the idea that we all have a person in us who can be strong and smart and still scared.” In Hulu’s adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s dystopian classic The Handmaid’s Tale, she gets to play every emotional shade available. Ahead of the show’s highly anticipated premiere, Moss, 34, looks back at key TV roles that have defined her career. PICKET FENCES (1992–1995) When she was only 10, the actress was cast as precocious preteen Cynthia Parks on the CBS drama Picket Fences. Even at that age, she remembers noting the quality of the material on David E. Kelley’s…

Catastrophe COMEDY SEASON PREMIERE Season 3, Friday, April 28, Amazon Marrieds Sharon and Rob (Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney, above) continue to navigate life’s rougher patches (examples: infidelity, unemployment, toddlers who bite). Prep the tissues for the season ender, which features the late Carrie Fisher (as Rob’s monstrous mom) in one of her final roles. Bill Nye Saves the World REALITY SERIES PREMIERE Friday, April 21, Netflix The proverbial science guy turns mythbuster in a new series where he takes on beliefs about sex, climate change and alternative medicine from an academic point of view. And because Nye can’t, obviously, do it all on his own, he’s called in some big-name reinforcements, including Zach Braff, Rachel Bloom, Tim Gunn, Wil Wheaton, Karlie Kloss (above, with Nye) and Joel McHale. Girlboss…

Joan Crawford and Bette Davis wrap up their Feud on FX on April 23. You can catch Crawford in a minimarathon of pre–What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? flicks on TCM Friday, April 21, starting at midnight. Humoresque (1946) This was Crawford’s follow-up to her commercial and critical success Mildred Pierce, which won her her sole Academy Award for Best Actress. Here she plays an older woman and patroness to struggling violinist John Garfield, stuck choosing between his music and the woman he loves. Autumn Leaves (1956) In another older woman– younger man story, Crawford falls for Cliff Robertson (right). It’s helmed by Baby Jane’s director, Robert Aldrich. Queen Bee (1955) Crawford is a Southern belle with a mean streak as wide as her Georgian mansion. She’s unhappy when anyone…

ACROSS 1 Shari Lewis’s puppet pal, ____ Chop 5 John of Touched by an Angel 8 Emotes on a TV show, for example 12 Robert of The Sopranos 13 Propel, in a way 14 Fuller House’s Loughlin 15 Bobby’s position on The Practice (2 wds.) 18 Crows 19 Italian white wines 20 ____ to Me 21 Canal of song 22 Elegant and fashionable 25 Traditional dress from Bavaria 28 Harris of Thirtysomething 29 ____ Close to Home 30 Penn’s silent partner 34 Scottish drinking cups 37 There’s one under Bruce Wayne’s house 38 Mr. Robot network 39 Ointments 41 The 2004 Battlestar Galactica series is one 45 Ulla’s job on Flipper 47 Kind of carpet 48 McClanahan of Golden Girls 49 Former Tonight Show host 50 From ____ to Eternity…

@TVGMMattRoush This Tale depicts a world where women are denied jobs, property, independence The Handmaid’s Tale The mother of all nightmare futures DRAMA SERIES PREMIERE Wednesday, April 26, Hulu IF ONLY CALLING the midwife were an option. Or calling anyone. A pervasive gloom of disquieting submission cloaks Bruce Miller’s stark, stunning adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s classic nightmare allegory of gender oppression, the best original drama yet produced for Hulu. Subversive thoughts fester in the mind of Offred (the mesmerizing Elisabeth Moss, see page 28), one of the unlucky few whose fertility, amid a worldwide plague of barren sterility, renders her a prisoner of a totalitarian state, a so-called Handmaid whose caste is likened to “two-legged wombs.” “I need to scream,” thinks Offred while demurely grocery shopping for her masters in…

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks DRAMA MOVIE PREMIERE Saturday, April 22, 8/7c, HBO @HBO Her death was both a tragedy and a miracle. HBO’s The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks—based on the bestselling book and starring and executive produced by Oprah Winfrey—tracks the true story of medical marvel Henrietta Lacks, a poor African-American tobacco farmer and mother of five who succumbed to cervical cancer in 1951 but ultimately saved the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. Lacks’s extremely rare cells, taken from her cancerous tumor, are known to scientists as “immortal,” meaning they can live and rapidly reproduce outside the body and are thus invaluable to medical research. And they remain so to this day. But here’s the hitch: Even though Lacks’s cells have led directly to the…

“I wouldn’t say the door is closed [for the series]. I love these characters. If someone comes up with an amazing idea…” —Miller Prison Break ACTION Tuesdays, 9/8c, Fox @PrisonBreak OVER THE COURSE of a dozen years, actors Dominic Purcell (left) and Wentworth Miller have formed a strong partnership, in both the reel and real senses. The duo first worked together as siblings Lincoln Burrows and Michael Scofield in Fox’s action drama Prison Break, which premiered in 2005 and had a four-season run. Cut to 2014, when Miller suggested that Purcell join him for a guest spot on The CW’s The Flash, a reunion that led to the duo working on Flash spinoff DC’s Legends of Tomorrow and now Fox’s nine-episode Prison Break revival. As the formerlypresumed- dead Michael is…

Weekdays, NBC DAYS OF OUR LIVES HEY, BETTER LATE than never. Daytime drama great John Aniston—aka Victor Kiriakis on NBC’s Days of Our Lives—is basking in the glow of his very first Emmy nomination. At age 83! You’ve starred in soaps since 1969. What the hell took so long for you to get some Emmy love? You got me. I really haven’t a clue. [Laughs] But this is very encouraging. You always attend the Daytime Emmys to root for your nominated costars. Didn’t you ever feel left out? Oh, I’m sure I did. I get a little hopeful and then disappointed and discouraged—all of those things. But then, a lot of years I haven’t participated in the process. It’s a lot of work to get an Emmy! You have to sit…

The Perks of Being a Wallflower DRAMA (2012) Thursday, April 27, 8:30/7:30c, Freeform The Harry Potter wizards have been casting a big-screen spell over the muggle world ever since they graduated from Hogwarts in 2011. Hermione’s—um, Emma Watson’s— latest, The Circle, costarring Tom Hanks, opens in theaters on April 28. In Perks, which was Watson’s first leading role post-Potter, she plays senior and friend to freshman Charlie (Logan Lerman, left, with Watson), who has recently left institutional care to navigate the already stressful corridors of high school life. Indignation DRAMA (2016) Monday, April 17, 8/7c, HBO Logan Lerman (yes, him again!) plays Marcus, a working-class freshman at an Ohio college who falls in love with well-to-do fellow student Olivia (Sarah Gadon, right, with Lerman). Money, religion, mental institutions and the Korean War…

@damianholbrook LOVE IT! HATE IT! Cheers to The Voice for some brilliant voices. Even though we wish powerhouse belter Felicia Temple had survived the Knockouts, there are still enough hopefuls—including roofraisers Casi Joy (left) and Ashley Levin— to have us singing this season’s praises. Cheers to 13 Reasons Why for being the No. 1 reason we love binge-watching. In addition to standout turns by leads Dylan Minnette (below) and Katherine Langford, Netflix’s A-plus adaptation of Jay Asher’s twisty novel about a teen’s suicide is elegant, important and our new obsession. Cheers to The Walking Dead for covering its tracks. The reappearance of Michael Cudlitz’s Abraham was the only thing that took away the heartbreak of watching Sonequa Martin-Green’s (above, with Cudlitz) dying Sasha recall happier days with her late love.…