Innholdsfortegnelse for July 24, 2017 i TV Guide Magazine

@TVGMMattRoush I was wondering what you thought about the new twist on Syfy’s Face Off. I am still enjoying this “Divide & Conquer” season but worry the reboot to the teams was unnecessary and may become a negative. —Sharon MATT ROUSH: Well, it hasn’t happened yet. So far, so good, partly because the new format reflects the reality that most special-effects makeup artists work in shops, requiring collaboration and leadership skills. And because the challenges require multiple creatures every week, each contestant usually has something of his or her own to be judged upon. This is not without setbacks, though, as we’ve seen when one team loses repeatedly and has to make adjustments. Face Off has always been a favorite of mine in the reality- competition genre, and this season’s…

LOOKING FOR MORE shows to obsess over? Dive a little deeper into the TV lineup and check out some lesser-known networks that may have slipped past your channel-surfing radar. “As a network that is breaking through, we get to be crusaders,” says Brad Schwartz, president of Pop, one of the niche-ier cable outlets vying for viewers. “To compete, we think differently and get to be innovative.” Schwartz sees another bonus for startup nets and those just outside of the spotlight: “With the incredible changes going on in the industry, we get to build a media business from the ground up with all of those chal- lenges in mind, instead of reacting to them.” Here are some networks to check out when you spend quality time with the remote. DIY While…

EVEN AS WE look ahead to the new fall series, there’s still value in veteran shows, especially the ones that have succeeded for decades. Their ratings may no longer make the Top 10 in total viewers or the advertiser-coveted 18–49 demographic, but they deserve recognition. So here is a list of the Tenured 10, all primetime broadcast shows. What is it that has made them outlast the rest? 1 60 Minutes, CBS, 1968 The newsmagazine’s founding fathers are gone, but its original mission continues: Tell interesting stories in clear and compelling ways. Fast approaching its golden anniversary, this still-excellent series—a reliably scrupulous example of “real news”—remains relevant and popular, ending last season at No. 12 among all viewers. 2 20/20, ABC, 1978 20/20 has survived by adapting (its premiere was such…

1 60 Minutes CBS 7.4 The No. 1– ranked newsmagazine clearly isn’t worrying about timeslot competitor Sunday Night With Megyn Kelly, which fell to 3.2 million viewers aft er premiering with 6.2 million last month. 2 The Big Bang Theory CBS 7.1 3 Celebrity Family Feud ABC 6.8 4 Little Big Shots: Forever Young NBC 6.7 5 Big Brother CBS 6.4 The Sunday edition reached 6.4 million viewers, up from last week’s 5.2 million. But that didn’t help the debut of game show Candy Crush which followed. It drew 4 million viewers, behind timeslot rival Steve Harvey’s Funderdome. Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular NBC 6.4 7 Big Brother (Wednesday) CBS 6.2 8 Big Brother (Thursday) CBS 6.1 9 Blue Bloods CBS 5.5 10 American Ninja Warrior NBC 5.1 NCIS CBS 5.1 12 Dateline NBC 5.0 13 Life in Pieces CBS 4.9 14 America’s Got Talent NBC 4.8 NCIS: New Orleans CBS 4.8 16 Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks (Encore) NBC 4.7 Steve…

Collateral Beauty DRAMA (2016) Saturday, Aug. 5, 8:15/7:15c, HBO Love (Keira Knightley), Time (Jacob Latimore) and Death (Helen Mirren) have some soul-searching sit-downs with Howard (Will Smith, left) to help him deal with the passing of his young daughter. Or are they actors hired by Howard’s business partners to make him look unfit? Or are they really Love, Time and Death pretending to be actors? Howard has to figure it all out to save his sanity. Billy Lynn’s Long Halft ime Walk DRAMA (2016) Saturday, July 29, 8/7c, Starz Director Ang Lee’s latest was shot in superhigh definition, and the picture quality in theaters was a heated point of cinephile debate. At home, though, you can settle in and focus on the story of a courageous Iraq War vet (Joe Alwyn, right)…

Football fans are rejoicing at the start of the NFL season—even if the games don’t count! Preseason Kickoff The NFL made some changes to the preseason kickoff festivities. In past years, the Hall of Fame Game was held on a Sunday, the day after the Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Ceremony. Moving the game to before the ceremony should help avoid embarrassments like last year, when logos painted on the field for the ceremony made for unsafe conditions, and the game was canceled just prior to kickoff. The Hall of Fame Game in Canton, Ohio, takes place on a Thursday night, as Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys face the Arizona Cardinals (Aug. 3, 8/7c, NBC). The move also shines a bigger spotlight on the induction ceremony (Aug. 5,…

My current favorite show Billions. I love the writing and the characters. My dream costar Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Or Chris Hemsworth (above). I don’t really need to say why, do I? The show I miss most Friday Night Lights. It reminds me of my small hometown of Canal Fulton, Ohio, where football ruled. My guilty pleasure As much as I hate to say it, I do check in to see what the Kardashians are up to every once a while. MARY MURPHY So You Think You Can Dance Mondays, 8/7c, Fox What I eat while watching Cereal. I like bran flakes with a little bit of almond milk and honey. The show that always makes me laugh Grace and Frankie—Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin together. What I hate-watch Swamp People. After…

@TVGMMattRoush Ozark evokes modern classics like Fargo, Justified and Breaking Bad DRAMA STREAMING NOW Netflix OH, HOW I tried to resist Ozark. Having detested Netflix’s dull psychosexual bummer Gypsy last month, I wasn’t eager to dive into a new rabbit hole of intrigue about a family in crisis and another in a long line of ethically challenged heroes. But that’s before I met Marty Byrde, a money-laundering mastermind deftly played by Jason Bateman, who also directs the first two and last two thrilling episodes of this 10-part nail-biter. The binge isn’t my favorite mode of TV consumption, but I devoured Ozark. Bateman stars opposite the excellent Laura Linney as unfaithful wife Wendy, and their strained marriage becomes a combative business partnership when a bloody conflict with a Mexican cartel sends…

Ballers COMEDY Sundays, 10/9c, HBO @BallersHBO “Between ‘Action!’ and ‘Cut!’ I play for blood, and Dwayne gives as good as he gets” HE’S SPENT DECADES as the poster boy for goodness, decency and sunny optimism. But now Steve Guttenberg—at age 58—is reveling in the chance to be a world-class ass. The actor, best known for the hit films Three Men and a Baby, Cocoon and the Police Academy franchise, has joined HBO’s Ballers as Wayne Hastings Jr., a spectacularly rich and ruthless Las Vegas casino magnate who believes he’s God’s gift to the universe. Hastings has it all, and then some. Or so he thinks. But then he meets former NFL sensation Spencer Strasmore (Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson)— now a money manager for sports stars—who is dangling quite the tantalizing…

Somewhere Between DRAMA SERIES PREMIERE Monday, July 24, 10/9c, ABC Second chances are a nice notion to fix a mistake or right a wrong—but what about stopping a murder? And what if the victim was your own child? That’s what news producer Laura Price (Paula Patton, right) experiences in the new ABC thriller Somewhere Between. After the loss of her 8-year-old daughter (Aria Birch), Laura miraculously wakes up a week earlier and attempts to change her family’s fate. Patton previews the edge-of-yourseat drama. Time travel is a big part of the show’s setup, but would you call this a sci-fiadventure? It’s definitely not sci-fi. Sure, it takes the surreal idea of going back in time, but then looks at what happens as you get a second chance—and, of course, how…

Weekdays, ABC HERE’S ONE FOR the record books: General Hospital’s Scott Baldwin—cuddly tyke turned teen dreamboat turned slimeball attorney—is now the longestrunning character on American TV, first hitting Port Charles some 52 years ago. On August 2, Kin Shriner celebrates his 40th anniversary in the role. How can we not gab with the guy on such an awesome occasion? These days Scott is the consummate scam artist, but he was the town hero when you first played him, right? He was the golden boy! He stood for every thing good, following in his father’s footsteps to become a lawyer and marrying the love of his life—the beautiful Laura Webber. And everything was perfect until that clown Luke Spencer showed up. He stole Laura, and Scotty went bad after that. You can’t…

ACROSS 1 Phyllis Lindstrom’s spouse 5 Cuervo of A.K.A. Pablo 9 I’m Dickens, _____ Fenster 12 China Beach continent 13 Dead ________ 14 Bionic Woman employer 15 Catherine of The Dukes of Hazzard 16 Town on True Blood 18 Asparagus tip 20 Icicle hanger 21 Clint Eastwood on Rawhide (2 wds.) 26 Alien on Code Name: Eternity 29 Jack’s partner on Brooklyn South 30 _____ you serious? 31 Potts of Ghostbusters 33 Hair replacement 34 Jennifer of Soap 36 Wii gamemaker 38 Try out 40 Teen idol Garrett 41 Linda Evans on The Big Valley 45 Start of a deluge 49 The People Next _____ 50 Lynn Redgrave on House Calls 51 Cosmetic surgeon on Chicago Hope 52 Rooney’s estranged wife on EZ Streets 53 Whitman of Parenthood 54 The first…

THIS IS MORE like it—an Emmy nominations list teeming with new shows and actors, reflecting a year of breakthroughs on multiple platforms, including (miracle of miracles) where it all began: on network broadcast TV, which often feels like an Emmy afterthought. DRAMA Let’s start where so much of the new action is, with five first-timers among the seven nominees for best drama. NBC’s crowd-pleasing tearjerker This Is Us (11 nominations) is the first network drama to make the cut since The Good Wife in 2011. (Its spinoff, The Good Fight on CBS All Access, was thoroughly snubbed.) It was quite a year for Netflix, second only to HBO in total nominations (91 to 111). The streaming giant’s cult hit Stranger Things (with 18, including for breakout star Millie Bobby Brown) and…

Joe Mande’s Award- Winning Comedy Special COMEDY STAND-UP PREMIERE Tuesday, July 25, Netflix The former Parks and Recreation writer (and frequent Modern Family guest star) has some strong opinions on Shark Tank and Jewish summer camp. Lost in Oz ANIMATION SERIES PREMIERE Friday, Aug. 4, Amazon We’re not in 1900 anymore. This cartoon update of L. Frank Baum’s turn-of-the-century novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (and the 1939 Judy Garland movie) puts Dorothy Gale in skinny jeans, slaps hipster glasses on the Cowardly Lion and includes a munchkin who is taller than most humans. Still, the sweet, lesson-telling story survives. As do the flying monkeys! The Rich and the Ruthless COMEDY SERIES PREMIERE Friday, July 28, Urban Movie Channel Former Young and the Restless star Victoria Rowell (left, with Richard…

@damianholbrook LOVE IT! HATE IT! Cheers to The Mist for creeping under our skin. From the lockdown vibe of a town besieged by a fatal fog to the killer effects, Spike’s take on Stephen King’s novella-turned-movie has everything horror fans need to keep the chills this summer. Cheers to Casual for being a serious obsession. There’s nothing complicated about our feelings for Season 3 of Hulu’s poignant, often painful dramedy about disparate siblings (the equally excellent Tommy Dewey and Michaela Watkins, right) trying to figure out this thing called love amid some deeply strained family dynamics. Cheers to Playing House for not playing it safe. Writing Jessica St. Clair’s breastcancer battle into the comedy could have been a downer, but the on-screen bond between St. Clair and real-life bestie costar Lennon Parham (center,…