Innholdsfortegnelse for April 16, 2018 i TV Guide Magazine

The Late Late Show Carpool Karaoke Primetime Special 2018 Monday, April 23, 10/9c, CBS JAMES CORDEN IS buckling up for another trip to primetime—after scoring Outstanding Variety Special Emmys for his first two specials—and this one is shaping up to be a gas too. The one-hour show will boast new installments of his Late Late Show hits “Carpool Karaoke” and a Sound of Music–themed “Crosswalk the Musical” (past iterations have seen the likes of Hugh Jackman and Hamilton’s Lin-Manuel Miranda performing full-blown musical numbers in between red lights on Broadway in Manhattan and Los Angeles’s Beverly Blvd.). “There might be an Academy Award winner strutting out in the road,” Corden teases. The host won’t reveal who his newest singing passenger is. “We haven’t shot it yet, so I don’t want…

New column No. 2! Must-see makeover shows Trading Spaces Saturdays, 8/7c, TLC Reunited, and it feels…just like the early aughts! During its original 2000–2008 run, TLC’s hit series Trading Spaces became a trailblazer for the home makeover genre. But now that it’s back, the show is going out of its way to not break new ground, staying faithful to the core concept—two sets of homeowners revamp a room for each other on a tight timeline and budget—and cast (including host Paige Davis, right, and fan-fave designers like Vern Yip, Genevieve Gorder and Doug Wilson). In the April 21 episode, a couple and their son and daughter-in-law tackle a pair of bedrooms outside Atlanta. Davis sings the praises of keeping it old-school. Were you surprised when TLC decided to revive the…

THE AMERICANS’ HOLLY TAYLOR MY CURRENT FAVORITE SHOW BoJack Horseman (below). It’s hysterical and sad all at once. Plus, my costar Margo Martindale is awesome in it. THE FUNNIEST PERSON ON TV Ellen DeGeneres. She is so funny and, most importantly, kind. I love that she helps people who really need it. THE SHOW THAT ALWAYS MAKES ME LAUGH The Office. It really doesn’t get old. THE SHOW I MISS MOST Friends. There has never been a show quite like it. GUILTY-PLEASURE SHOW Kids Baking Championship on Food Network. It’s unbelievable how the kids can create these amazing desserts, while all I can make is toast. WHAT I EAT WHILE WATCHING Fresh-baked chocolate chip cookies! Premade dough, though. Nothing too fancy. WHAT I HATE-WATCH Any reality television that centers around…

BIGGEST JAW-DROPPERS! Scandal SERIES FINALE 10/9c, ABC NOBODY BUT GOD, creator Shonda Rhimes and her cast and crew know how Scandal will end tonight after its seven-year run. (Katie Lowes, who plays gladiator Quinn, will only let slip that “fans will feel both contentment and sadness.”) Whatever happens, in years to come as we sip red wine and flash back on the series’ D.C.-set high melodrama, we’ll remember indomitable spinmeister Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington, right)…beating a villainous ex-VP to death with a chair, fighting terrorists holding her hostage and taunting true love President Fitzgerald Grant (Tony Goldwyn) with “If you want me, earn me!” Here, the cast gives us their own favorite shockers. BELLAMY YOUNG (President Mellie Grant) “Pressing the Flesh” (Season 7, Episode 2) “Mellie’s speech ‘There’s a famine…

MEET THE CREW: MAGICIAN DAVID KWONG Deception 10/9c, ABC A MAGICIAN NEVER reveals his secrets—unless he coproduces a drama about an illusionist who aids the FBI. Even then, David Kwong (inset) says, “There are rules.” No. 1: Avoid tricks in use today. “We don’t want to ruin anyone’s show,” he notes. Tonight, Cameron (Jack Cutmore-Scott, right) tackles a Fashion Week robbery with century-old black art—a way to hide things in plain sight. “If you put black on black and shine lights toward the audience, the layers become indistinguishable,” Kwong says. (Search Omar Pasha on YouTube ASAP!) The Harvard grad, 37, also consults for NBC’s Blindspot and constructs New York Times crosswords. Let’s just say we’re pretty amazed. How is your expertise incorporated into the writing process? Sometimes we shape the…

Lethal Weapon 8/7c, Fox Trust issues abound for cop Murtaugh (Damon Wayans) when a jacket belonging to daughter Riana (Chandler Kinney) turns up at a crime scene. But who’s that lurking behind the camera? Clayne Crawford (right, aka Riggs), directing his first episode. The 100 SEASON PREMIERE 9/8c, The CW A six-year jump on the sci-fi drama finds heroine Clarke (Eliza Taylor) stranded on Earth, waiting to hear from trusty Bellamy (Bob Morley) and friends up in space, and the bunker squad below ground. At least she has spunky Madi (Lola Flanery). And a just-landed transport of prisoners…. Genius SEASON PREMIERE 9/8c, National Geographic Antonio Banderas stars as brilliant artist and inveterate womanizer Pablo Picasso in Season 2 of Nat Geo’s Genius, a follow-up to last spring’s portrait of Albert…

ACROSS 1 Big Bang Theory character 4 Baby bear 7 ___ From the Crypt 12 Any Day Now setting (abbr.) 13 Men of a Certain ___ 14 Sailor Moon genre 15 American Crime star (2 wds.) 18 Good Times family 19 Flipping ___ 20 Ward of Graves 21 ___ Tree Hill 22 Sheep cries 26 Major ___ 27 Martin star Campbell-Martin 28 Nina on The Family (2 wds.) 33 ___ Nation 34 Columbus Day month (abbr.) 35 Mob activity 36 ___ We There Yet? 37 Exodus writer Leon 41 This ___ House 42 Oteri of SNL 43 Shades of Blue star (2 wds.) 48 Winter of Modern Family 49 Peggy of Grace Under Fire 50 Sue ___ Langdon 51 Fence entrances 52 Covert Affairs job 53 ___, Dear DOWN 1 Ranks 2 I Shouldn’t Be ___ 3 Malcolm-___ Warner 4 Felines 5 Cry of disgust…

WHAT ABOUT… While I enjoyed “Ozymandias,” the Breaking Bad episode chosen for No. 1 [“65 Best Episodes of the 21st Century,” April 2], I don’t think it was their best. Season 3’s “Fly” was a brilliantly written tour de force showcasing the talents of Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul. And it was hilarious—hands down my favorite. —Bill How many Emmys did Tony Shalhoub win as Monk, and you couldn’t find an episode to highlight? You also forgot Psych. I miss fun procedurals. —Jamini How can you have a list of “Shocking Deaths” [page 27] and not include Poussey Washington’s in Orange Is the New Black? Her tragic loss rewrote the entire next season. —Lynn It made me so happy to see Sam Heughan finally recognized for his phenomenal acting on…

PREMIERES Civilizations April 17, 8/7c, PBS Forged in Fire: Knife or Death April 17, 10/9c, History Last Outpost April 17, 10/9c, Discovery The Originals April 18, 9/8c, The CW Jay Leno’s Garage April 19, 10/9c, CNBC Westworld April 22, 9/8c, HBO Into the Badlands April 22, 10/9c, AMC Genius: Picasso April 24, 9/8c, National Geographic The 100 April 24, 9/8c, The CW The Handmaid’s Tale April 25, Hulu Archer: Danger Island April 25, 10/9c, FXX Brockmire April 25, 10/9c, IFC Code Black April 25, 10/9c, CBS My Partner Knows Best April 25, 10/9c, Lifetime Quantico April 26, 10/9c, ABC Rustic Rehab April 26, 11/10c, HGTV Ancient Aliens April 27, 9/8c, History The Good Witch April 29, 9/8c, Hallmark Channel RENEWALS Arrow The CW Black Lightning The CW Crazy Ex-Girlfriend The…

Source: Nielsen Media Research, March 26–April 1, 2018, in millions Superstar Showing With 9.6 million viewers tuning in on Easter Sunday, NBC’s heavenly Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert renewed our faith that viewers still want to see folks belt it out on live TV. (Fox’s A Christmas Story Live! attracted just 4.5 million last December.) Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical, starring John Legend as Jesus Christ and Sara Bareilles (above) as Mary Magdalene, also rose above Fox’s 2016 spiritual musical offering, The Passion (6.7 million). Praise be! Cable Drama Faceoff The Walking Dead hit another season low last week. What’s with the zombie-like ratings for the former juggernaut? It’s Peak TV, and audiences are spoiled for choice with tons of awesome cable drama options—like the Syfy newbie…

Law & Order: SVU Wednesday, April 18, 9/8c, NBC PICK OF THE WEEK! ALEX CABOT JUST can’t quit SVU! Stephanie March’s popular former assistant district attorney was a regular for three seasons (2000–2003) with recurring stints sprinkled in after (most recently, 2012). Even off-camera, the character has been a champion of justice. The explanations given for her absences have included investigating rape in the Congo, training upstate in Albany—even hiding out in Witness Protection when she was thought to be dead. Tonight, Cabot is back in New York, “more passionate about defending victims’ rights than ever,” March says. She catches us up. How does Cabot get involved with her old friend Lt. Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay, inset, right, with March) and the sex-crimes unit this time around? They meet accidentally,…

★ EDITORS’ CHOICE Live From Lincoln Center Presents: Sutton Foster in Concert 9/8c, PBS (check local listings at pbs.org) SHE CAN ACT. She can sing. She can dance. We’re pretty sure the only thing Sutton Foster can’t do is fly to the moon. Before playing Liza, a fortysomething single mom who fakes being in her twenties to land a publishing job on TV Land’s Younger (back June 5), the Broadway vet won two Tony Awards (out of six nominations). Now she’s got her own hourlong set on PBS’s classiest concert series. How does she do it? Which stresses you out more: a solo gig or starring in a Broadway musical? Depends. There’s pressure for both. What stresses me out most is not feeling 100 percent. A tiny cold can be…

The Beach House MOVIE PREMIERE 9/8c, Hallmark Channel JUST AS THE weather warms up, Hallmark Hall of Fame is ready with The Beach House, a sun-dappled adaptation of Mary Alice Monroe’s bestselling novel. Minka Kelly (Friday Night Lights) plays Cara Rutledge, a Chicago ad exec who’s flooded with emotional aha moments during a visit home to see her mom, Lovie (Andie MacDowell), in South Carolina. MacDowell, star of Hallmark Channel’s original series Cedar Cove, was instrumental in creating her latest role: She was the first to hit up exec producer Dan Wigutow about giving this yarn the movie treatment. “Andie is from South Carolina herself and was aware of the book, so she brought it to me and said ‘Wouldn’t it be great if we could do this?’” says Wigutow.…

The goal of Sudoku is to fill in every empty box with one of nine letters. Each letter can appear only once in each horizontal row, as well as in every vertical column and in each of the 3x3 grids. Each finished puzzle will contain the spelling of a TV star, character, setting or show. Last issue’s puzzle, about Jasmine Guy’s BET show, contained the letters A D E H I P Q T and U. The finished grid spelled out The Quad. Syfy’s newest show appears in this issue’s puzzle at left. It has the letters A C K N P O R T and Y. LAST ISSUE’S PUZZLE LAST ISSUE’S SOLUTION…

STREAMING STANDOUT MY NEXT GUEST NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION WITH DAVID LETTERMAN Now streaming on Netflix On each monthly installment of David Letterman’s new Netflix series, the late-night vet engages in deep conversation with a different VIP. Sometimes I laugh, sometimes I learn a lesson—often it’s both. The episodes already streaming feature such wide-ranging guests as former President Barack Obama, George Clooney (above right, with Letterman), Malala Yousafzai and Jay-Z. Up next: tête-à-têtes with Tina Fey and Howard Stern. My only complaint? I can barely stand the wait. —Danielle Roth, Editorial Intern APP-TASTIC FAMILY FEUD & FRIENDS Available for iOS and Android Survey says: This app rules! The iconic game show, hosted by Steve Harvey (left), can now be experienced right from your phone. Compete for the most points—and bragging rights—by…

New column No. 1! What to watch with your kids Lucky Dog Weekends, check local listings, CBS Come for the cute, stay for the cause. “When I was in my late teens, I started seeing how many dogs are euthanized every year because they can’t find a home,” says L.A.-based animal trainer and Lucky Dog Ranch owner Brandon McMillan (above). “It’s well over a million.” Now, McMillan is spreading the word through this Emmy-winning and p-awwww inspiring series that showcases his efforts to rescue cast-aside canines from death row and re-home them with new families. “The whole point is proving that shelter dogs are not damaged goods,” he says. His case is more than made in the April 21 best-of episode about five of his most meaningful matches between pooches…

NETFLIX Kevin James: Never Don’t Give Up STAND-UP PREMIERE Tuesday, April 24 The former King of Queens (below) quips about parenthood, fan photos, his untalented children and food allergies during his first comedy special in 17 years. Obviously, Kevin can wait. But not anymore! Kodachrome MOVIE PREMIERE Friday, April 20 A dying man and his estranged son (Ed Harris and Jason Sudeikis) drive across the country to bring four rolls of undeveloped Kodachrome film to the only lab that can still process it. Bobby Kennedy for President SERIES PREMIERE Friday, April 27 Four episodes of never-before-seen archival footage and new interviews with RFK’s closest confidants and staff reexamine the political trailblazer’s all-too-short career. The Week Of MOVIE PREMIERE Friday, April 27 A loving middle-class father (Adam Sandler) is stubbornly determined…

10/9c, ABC Memo to Designated Survivor’s President Kirkman (Kiefer Sutherland): Watch your back! Michael J. Fox (right) joins the ABC drama for a five-episode arc this week to play Ethan West, a high-powered attorney investigating the beleaguered POTUS’s fitness for the job. The verdict? Instant conflict. “Their approach to power is so different,” says showrunner Keith Eisner. “It’s exciting to see how this crafty lawyer and common-man president face off.” Even so, the odd couple won’t be clashing the entire time. When Ethan experiences a personal crisis, he and Kirkman are brought together—at least for the moment. “Ethan’s an adversary who becomes an ally who becomes an adversary again,” says Eisner, noting that the role was conceived specifically for Fox. As hoped, the industry vet proved to be the perfect…

DAYTIME PICK EVE’S FIRST 100 DAYS The Talk 2/1c, CBS She’s not the hostess with the mostest…hours at the table, that is! But this week will mark Eve’s 100th episode since joining The Talk’s lively panel in November. During that time, the hip-hop star and actress has embraced the daytime chatfest’s ultrapersonal tone, getting real about her stripper past, a home-invasion scare and her 2007 DUI. “It’s challenging, but at the same time, it’s been therapeutic. These are things I probably needed to get out at some point,” says Eve, who sits alongside Julie Chen, Sara Gilbert, Sheryl Underwood and Sharon Osbourne. “Hopefully there are people watching that I’m helping in some way.” Those tell-all sessions are easy compared to grilling guests. “I’ve met so many icons already: Elton John,…

★ EDITORS’ CHOICE Barry 10:30/9:30c, HBO GRANTED, HENRY WINKLER is virtually synonymous with the Fonz, the iconic greaser he played for 10 years on Happy Days. But if any role could supplant that one in our minds, it’s the 72-year-old’s scene-stealing turn as self-important acting teacher Gene Cousineau on the new HBO comedy Barry. Gene rules over his pupils—including Bill Hader’s titular hit man and aspiring thespian—with a signature blend of bombast and intimidation. And yet, there’s something undeniably endearing about the guy. (On tonight’s episode, his wildly entertaining romance with a murder detective reaches a turning point.) Winkler cracks wise about the business of show. Bill Hader told us that he’d always pictured you for this part—but you still auditioned for it! I sat in those metal chairs and…

@damianholbrook LOVE IT! Cheers to Jesus Christ Superstar Live for taking us to church. Our hands to God, it was impossible not to feel uplifted by NBC’s concert event starring John Legend (left), Sara Bareilles and Alice Cooper, who all gave spirited life to Andrew Lloyd Webber’s rock opera. Can we get an amen? Cheers to Wild Wild Country for being a wild, wild ride. Netflix’s six-part docuseries about Indian guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (right) and his commune’s invasion of a small Oregon town in the ’80s is so full of crazy twists and sketchy turncoats, it literally redefines the idea of a “cult favorite.” Cheers to Supernatural for its most animated episode ever. Jinkies! The cartoon crossover of Sam and Dean (Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles) and Scooby-Doo and the gang was…