Innholdsfortegnelse for September 17, 2018 i TV Guide Magazine

@TVGMMattRoush What do you think about Crazy Ex-Girlfriend recasting Greg this season? I doubt this will work. Santino Fontana’s version of Greg was such a major part of the show’s first season and a half, and they wrote him out so well, I don’t see the need for this. Nothing against Skylar Astin, who will probably do a good job, but this seems like an exceedingly weird choice. —Jake MATT ROUSH: Well, Crazy is and always has been an exceedingly weird, yet wonderful, show. And this is one of its wildest leaps yet—not so much recasting the part but reimagining the role so we now see him from the perspective of a very different Rebecca (Rachel Bloom). “It will be kind of a great statement on how our perception of…

KILLING EVE Writing for a Drama, Phoebe Waller-Bridge THERE WERE TWO genuine success stories last season. The biggest was the revival of Roseanne, which finished as the No. 3 show. The smaller, way-more-fun triumph was the word-of-mouth campaign that made this spy vs. assassin drama a phenomenon. Viewership increased with every episode, which hasn’t happened to a show in 10 years. Waller-Bridge should win not just for writing the complex lady bosses—newly recruited MI6 agent Eve (Sandra Oh, up for lead actress) and psychopath Villanelle (the sadly not-nominated Jodie Comer, far left, with Oh)—but for gleefully subverting plot expectations and never letting us get comfortable with whom we root for. It’s a storytelling rush. —Michael Fell, Editor-in-Chief YVONNE STRAHOVSKI Supporting Actress (Drama), The Handmaid’s Tale IS SERENA JOY Waterford a…

CRITICS WEREN’T SURE what to make of Dick Wolf’s Law & Order spinoff with a sex-crimes slant when it arrived in 1999. For every “crackling-sharp” and “dead-on,” there was a “formulaic” or “uneasy-making.” But Mariska Hargitay—who has played intrepid NYC cop Olivia Benson, now the lieutenant, since Day 1—and her Special Victims Unit costars quickly won over fans, and along the way to amassing 434 episodes, she earned eight Emmy nods, winning one. A producer and occasional director, Hargitay has been greatly affected by SVU’s stories of sexual assault and domestic violence, launching the Joyful Heart Foundation in 2004 to help empower survivors. (Her documentary about the backlog of untested DNA rape kits, I Am Evidence, can be seen on HBO Go and HBO Now.) Ahead of the two-hour episode…

Sept. 24, 10/9c, CBS BULL IS ON THE MEND Jail time. Romantic travails. A heart attack. In just two seasons, trial consultant Dr. Jason Bull (Michael Weatherly) has dealt with more than his share of upheaval—and Season 3 doesn’t let up. Weatherly previews the docket for the prickly psychologist. The Case of the Health Nut The workaholic hit a wall last season when he suffered a heart attack on the courthouse steps. The medical emergency was an eye-opener for Bull, who now works and works out—simultaneously. “He’s got a treadmill in his office, and he’s trying to get himself together,” explains Weatherly, who’s lost 25 pounds since filming the finale. The Case of the Exiting Actress One member of the Trial Analysis team isn’t returning: tech expert Cable McCrory (Annabelle…

Sept. 25, 9/8c, Fox 3 QUESTIONS WITH… Seann William Scott THERE’S A NEW cop on the beat! Wesley Cole (Seann William Scott), a spirited officer fresh to the Los Angeles Police Department, joins by-the-book Det. Roger Murtaugh (Damon Wayans) to fight crime on the Fox dramedy Lethal Weapon. We interrogate Scott for more. 1 How would you describe Wesley? He’s an ex-CIA international operative who’s seen a lot of difficult stuff in the past and never stayed in one place very long. He moves to Los Angeles to be close to his 12-year-old daughter, Maya [Shay Rudolph], since he hasn’t really been there for her. 2 What’s his relationship like with Maya’s mother, Natalie (Maggie Lawson)? Her opinion was that he’s a great fling guy, but not a guy you’d…

Oct. 9, 9/8c, The CW THE ELECTRIFYING FIRST season dimmed with Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams) taking down Martin Proctor (Gregg Henry), the leader of the secret government agency experimenting on the citizens of Freeland. But even though the costumed hero, his superpowered daughters, badass ex-wife Lynn (Christine Adams) and mentor Gambi (James Remar) saved the day, they still have a major fight ahead of them: Ruthless crime lord Tobias Whale (Marvin “Krondon” Jones III) used Proctor’s severed thumbs to unlock a briefcase containing…something bad. So, what’s in there? We polled the cast for their best bets. • “The future of Freeland.” —Adams • “A highly specialized mutant weed.” —Damon Gupton (William Henderson) • “Tobias hasn’t been able to see it yet because he’s blinded by the glowing green light,” but…

Sept. 26, 9/8c, Fox NOW THAT’S A shooting Star! The soapy music-industry drama closed Season 2 with talent manager Carlotta (Queen Latifah) pulling a gun on her own pistol-packing, streetwise sister, Cassie (Brandy), for playing a role in the murder of Jahil (Benjamin Bratt). Obviously they survive, but now that Brandy is a series regular, we’re dying to hear what her devious bad girl has in the chamber for Season 3. 1 How much fun is this gig? What a great role. And I’m a villain! It’s hard playing that against Queen because I love her and have known her for years. I was like, “How am I gonna be mean to you?!” 2 What do we learn about Cassie this season? We find out why she is the way…

Sept. 27, 10/9c, ABC “HER KID IS here.” On the Season 4 finale of the twisty legal thriller, Frank (Charlie Weber), the right-hand man of defense lawyer Annalise (Viola Davis), spotted new Middleton University student Gabriel (Rome Flynn), made a phone call and—with those four words—teed up the puzzle that will drive the drama going forward. “It’s the big arc of the first half of our season, revealing who Gabriel is, whose child he is,” explains creator and executive producer Peter Nowalk. Perhaps Mom is Annalise, perhaps it’s her longsuffering associate Bonnie (Liza Weil), “or maybe it’s some other her,” teases Nowalk. Flynn isn’t the only new series regular: Amirah Vann’s tough-as-nails attorney, Tegan Price, returns with an expanded role, and Oscar winner Timothy Hutton (Ordinary People) joins as Emmett,…

Monday, Sept. 24, 8:30/7:30c, CBS (timeslot premiere: Thursday, Sept. 27, 8:30/7:30c) YOUNG SHELDON, THE Big Bang Theory prequel focusing on boy genius Sheldon Cooper (Iain Armitage) and his East Texas family, was the top new sitcom last year. Now, the middle-class Coopers are back to conquer life’s big and small challenges. “There doesn’t have to be an earthshattering event to cause a ripple in this family,” says Zoe Perry, who plays Sheldon’s loving mom, Mary. Ripple No. 1: Sheldon continues auditing a college course taught by Meemaw’s (Annie Potts) boyfriend, Dr. John Sturgis (Wallace Shawn)—and meets another 10-year-old prodigy, Paige (Mckenna Grace). “She might be as gifted as Sheldon,” says Perry. Mary is also tested. “She receives devastating news that shakes her to her core and makes her question her…

Sept. 28, 8/7c, CBS NOW THAT HE’S walked away from the government’s secret Phoenix Foundation, will uber-resourceful Angus “Mac” MacGyver (Lucas Till) use his pocketknife for, well, normal things? “The first half of the season is getting Mac to come back and then [figuring out] what will motivate him to stay,” says executive producer Peter Lenkov. The absence hits operative Jack Dalton (George Eads) hard. “If he’s not protecting Mac, he can’t function,” Eads says. So he puts himself in harm’s way to get Mac back. Of course, Mac’s father, foundation head James “Oversight” MacGyver (Tate Donovan), who turned up in the finale after a nearly 20-year absence, could sour the deal. “They’re going to be forced to work together, and Mac has to learn how to trust him,” Lenkov…

MASTERPIECE’S SWEEPING SAGA of a returning English soldier adjusting to life back in 18th-century Cornwall takes a turn in its penultimate round—and puts another strain on the marriage of Ross Poldark (Aidan Turner) and headstrong miner’s daughter Demelza (Eleanor Tomlinson). Following her infidelity last season, “trust needs to be rebuilt,” writer Debbie Horsfield says. “How they rebuild and reconnect is the journey of Season 4.” It will be rocky going, considering Poldark is bound for Westminster to dabble in politics. “He is always off on a mission of some kind,” Horsfield says. “That can be at the cost of time with his wife and family.” Expect to say goodbye to some favorites—“We lose some popular characters,” reveals Horsfield—but take comfort in knowing some things remain unchanged: Yes, Poldark doffs his…

CASTLE ROCK This horror series inspired by the setting of many Stephen King stories has wrapped up Season 1—which is riddled with nods to his books and movies. Can you spot them? We scared up a few to start… The actors Sissy Spacek (above) broke out in 1976’s Carrie and Bill Skarsgard appeared in the 2017 remake of It. Jackie Torrance Jane Levy’s character shares her name with her psycho uncle Jack (from The Shining, played in the 1980 film version by Jack Nicholson, right). Headlines In one episode, an old newspaper references a “rabid dog,” aka 1981’s Cujo. Sheriff Pangborn The lawman (Scott Glenn) was a character in some of King’s other stories, including 1991’s Needful Things.…

NEW EDITION The promos for the new CBS series God Friended Me make it look like an updated version of their late-’90s show Early Edition, starring Kyle Chandler, but instead of getting a newspaper, the lead gets “friended” on Facebook. Or is it just me? —Rob COMIC-CON LOVE As usual, TV GUIDE MAGAZINE has hit it out of the ballpark. I wait with bated breath each year for the Comic-Con issue. I went to four different bookstores to find the one with Arrow on the cover. [Editor’s note: It’s also available at tvinsider.com/comicconmag2018] It was chock-full of info on my favorite shows. Very happy reading! —Elizabeth HEY, BANG! We love The Big Bang Theory. Instead of ending it because Jim Parsons wants out, why not send Sheldon off to the…

DRAMA SERIES ○The Americans, FX ○The Crown, Netflix ○Game of Thrones, HBO ○The Handmaid’s Tale, Hulu ○Stranger Things, Netflix ○This Is Us, NBC ○Westworld, HBO COMEDY SERIES ○Atlanta, FX ○Barry, HBO ○black-ish, ABC ○Curb Your Enthusiasm, HBO ○GLOW, Netflix ○Silicon Valley, HBO ○The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Amazon Prime ○The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Netflix LEAD ACTOR, DRAMA ○Jason Bateman, Ozark ○Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us ○Ed Harris, Westworld ○Matthew Rhys, The Americans ○Milo Ventimiglia, This Is Us ○Jeffrey Wright, Westworld LEAD ACTRESS, DRAMA ○Claire Foy, The Crown ○Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black ○Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid’s Tale ○Sandra Oh, Killing Eve ○Keri Russell, The Americans ○Evan Rachel Wood, Westworld LEAD ACTOR, COMEDY ○Anthony Anderson, black-ish ○Ted Danson, The Good Place ○Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm ○Donald Glover, Atlanta ○Bill Hader, Barry…

Hope in the Wild SERIES PREMIERE Saturday, Sept. 29, 11am/10c, CBS A wild animal’s bark can be as scary as its bite, but that doesn’t stop wildlife rehabilitation expert Hope Swinimer (above). The series follows Swinimer and her medical team as they rescue injured and orphaned critters—everything from raccoons to bald eagles—nurse them back to health and return them to their natural habitats. Lucky Dog, Dr. Chris Pet Vet and Pet Vet Dream Team help round out the CBS Saturday morning lineup. Save My Life: Boston Trauma Hulu Time is of the essence when dealing with the real-life medical emergencies chronicled in this six-episode series from 2015. Be warned: The moments captured on camera aren’t for the faint of heart. Patients include a teenager who severs his hand in a…

Oct. 16, 9:30/8:30c, ABC FIRST COMES LOVE, then comes marriage…then comes divorce and a possibly ill-advised hookup? Exes Lena (Jenna Fischer) and Martin (Oliver Hudson), who alternate weeks living in the main family home and its garage apartment to keep things easier for their three kids, had sex in last season’s finale. “There is curiosity, confusion and trepidation,” Fischer says. “But in the first few episodes, you’ll know where they’re headed.” One possible obstacle to a reunion: that other cliffhanger, which saw Martin’s girlfriend, Lisa Apple (Monica Barbaro), buying a pregnancy test. Is a baby carriage next?…

Sept. 25, 8/7c, Fox NO ONE SAID being a hero was easy! In the sci-fi drama’s second round, the renegades of the Mutant Underground are stuck in the middle of an increasingly polarized debate as antimutant sentiment grows alongside a militant movement for their rights. “The X-Men believed mutants and humans could live together in peace,” exec producer Matt Nix says of the Marvel source material. “Now that dream hangs in the balance.” Meanwhile, volatile Reeva Payge (newbie Grace Byers) takes over the Hellfire Club, and pregnant Polaris (Emma Dumont) struggles to control her magnetic abilities—with potentially devastating consequences.…

Sept 26, 8/7c, Fox HOW THE MIGHTY have fallen. The once-powerful Lyon music dynasty took some major hits, including a hostile takeover, on Season 4. Flashing forward two years, Empire finds the clan eager to claw back to the top. JAMAL (Jussie Smollett) The R&B singer found more than just himself on his soul-searching trip to London. Executive producer Brett Mahoney teases “a new love” for the middle Lyon boy, who is set to “become the hero his family needs to build a new empire.” ANDRE (Trai Byers) Now that he’s caused the death of ex-stepmom Anika (Byers’s real-life wife, Grace Byers) so she couldn’t take over Empire Entertainment with the deceptive Eddie (Forest Whitaker), “Andre embraces his darkness,” says Mahoney. LUCIOUS (Terrence Howard) After losing his record label, the…

Oct. 4, 9/8c, ABC IT TURNS OUT the heated competition for the captain’s post was nothing compared to the raging skyscraper blaze that left the Seattle station’s squad in jeopardy in May’s finale. Season 2 of the Grey’s Anatomy spinoff immediately reveals what happens—and for those who survive, life won’t be the same. “It was a heightened experience for them all,” says executive producer Stacy McKee. “We’ll be examining how this event altered them.” As the squad adjusts, a new chief is selected. Will the ambitious Andy (Jaina Lee Ortiz) land her dream job? We’ll also meet a returning firefighter (Boris Kodjoe) and police officer Tanner’s (Alberto Frezza) dad (Dermot Mulroney)—and learn more about life away from the firehouse. “We’re diving into their pasts,” teases McKee, who promises Grey’s crossovers.…

Sept. 28, 8/7c, Fox Q&A TIM ALLEN You can’t knock down conservative, cantankerous Mike Baxter (Tim Allen). The opinionated marketing director at Outdoor Man sporting goods stores returns in Last Man Standing after a year and a half off the air. (ABC canceled the show in 2017.) The sitcom’s seventh season will now air on Fox, but the premise remains the same. Mike is still outnumbered by women—dynamic wife Vanessa (Nancy Travis) and their three spirited grown-up daughters, Kristin (Amanda Fuller), Mandy (Molly McCook) and Eve (Kaitlyn Dever). Allen gets real about the comeback. How’s the vibe on set? Everybody’s grateful. We feel like we should be jumping up and down, popping sparkling grape juice bottles. We’re right back doing the work. And excited as heck. What’s in store for…

Now airing, 9/8c, Showtime THOSE GALLAGHERS ARE still as shady as ever. On Season 9 of the dark comedy Shameless, criminal and single father of six Frank (William H. Macy) launches a new illegal scheme providing, uh, special services to the sex-starved PTA moms at his son Liam’s (Christian Isaiah) school. As for his kids, well, they’re not all right. Gay activist Ian (Cameron Monaghan), arrested in the Season 8 finale, remains in jail. Reformed delinquent Carl (Ethan Cutkosky) suffers at the hands of an unstable wife. And the eldest, ambitious new landlord Fiona (Emmy Rossum, who announced August 30 she’ll be leaving the show), takes a big risk to climb out of the gutter once and for all by borrowing money against her apartment building. “Fiona’s trying to step…

SEPTEMBER 10 Jack Irish (Acorn TV) 12 American Horror Story: Apocalypse (FX) 13 Snatch (Sony Crackle) 14 American Vandal (Netflix) BoJack Horseman (Netflix) Deadly Women (Investigation Discovery) The World’s Most Extraordinary Homes (Netflix) 16 The Circus (Showtime) 17 Let’s Make a Deal (CBS) The Price Is Right (CBS) 19 Black Ink Crew (VH1) Total Divas (E!) 21 Art in the Twenty-First Century (PBS) My Lottery Dream Home (HGTV) 23 Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (CNN) 9-1-1 (Fox) This Is Life With Lisa Ling (CNN) 24 Ackley Bridge (AcornTV) The Big Bang Theory (CBS) Bull (CBS) Dancing With the Stars (ABC) The Good Doctor (ABC) Halloween Baking Championship (Food Network) The Resident (Fox) Secrets (Smithsonian Channel) The Voice (NBC) Young Sheldon (CBS) 25 The Gifted (Fox) Lethal Weapon (Fox) Life Below Zero (National Geographic) NCIS (CBS) NCIS: New Orleans (CBS) This Is Us (NBC) 26 American Housewife (ABC) Chicago Fire (NBC) Chicago Med (NBC) Chicago P.D. (NBC) Empire (Fox) The Goldbergs (ABC) Modern Family (ABC) South Park (Comedy Central) Star (Fox) Survivor (CBS) 27 The Best Thing…

QUINCY DOCUMENTARY PREMIERE FRIDAY, SEPT. 21 Quincy Jones, the famed musician and producer, gets a well-deserved close-up in this intimate portrait of his life, directed by his daughter Rashida Jones (Parks and Recreation). Expect to see rare archival footage and hear stories about the 27-time Grammy winner (below) working with industry icons including Michael Jackson and Aretha Franklin. HOLD THE DARK MOVIE PREMIERE FRIDAY, SEPT. 28 In a cold, remote Alaskan village that seems straight out of a nightmare, grieving mother Medora (Riley Keough) enlists the help of noted wolf expert Russell Core (Westworld’s Jeffrey Wright, above) to look for her missing son. Sadly, the boy has been taken by a pack of the wild beasts and is presumed dead. But Medora needs solid answers. Unfortunately for Core, he has…

Monday, Sept. 17 The Witch (2015) Netflix Banished from a Puritan plantation in 17th-century New England, a farmer moves near a forest where evil lurks. Saturday, Sept. 22 For Colored Girls (2010) Amazon Prime Video Janet Jackson and Kerry Washington star in this film about the struggles of 10 women. Hot Summer Nights (2018) Amazon Prime Video An awkward teen (Timothée Chalamet) falls in with a bad crowd while living with his aunt on Cape Cod. The Shape of Water (2017) HBO Now This stunning tale of a mute custodian who falls for an aquatic creature won the 2018 Best Picture Oscar. Tuesday, Sept. 25 A Wrinkle in Time (2018) Netflix See page 67. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) Netflix See page 67. Thursday, Sept. 27 Escape Plan 2: Hades (2018)…

ACROSS 1 Porgy and ___ 5 16th president 8 Is in the red 12 Hobbling 13 Nathan Fillion on Firefly 14 Ramp 15 Aeryk of Brooklyn Bridge 16 Attractive companion (2 wds.) 18 Sheriff Lobo on B.J. and the Bear 20 Ripped 21 Art of Tough Cookies 23 William Demarest on My Three Sons 27 Goofball member of the Shasta McNasty band 28 Designer Rykiel 29 Queen of _____ 33 Bill Bixby on The Incredible Hulk 34 Cheryl of Suburgatory 35 _____ About You 36 Verdugo of Marcus Welby, M.D. 37 The Boys _____ (2 wds.) 42 Tent door on M*A*S*H 44 Ally McBeal’s roommate 45 Hunted something down (2 wds.) 49 Teachers 50 Move gently 51 One Day _____ Time (2 wds.) 52 Arrange in a cabinet 53 TV station on Jack & Jill 54…

Primetime Emmy Awards Monday, Sept. 17, 8/7c, NBC FIFTH TIME’S THE charm? We certainly hope so for Henry Winkler, who scored acting Emmy nod No. 5 for his role as grandiose acting coach Gene Cousineau on HBO’s Barry. Whether he’s berating student (and hit man) Barry Berkman (Bill Hader) or getting his flirt on with gruff detective Janice Moss (Paula Newsome), Winkler (right and below, with Sarah Goldberg) is one of the best returning favorites of the season. He talks about his current Emmy prospects, as well as his first nomination in 1976 for the breakout role of Arthur “The Fonz” Fonzarelli on Happy Days. Television has been very good to me. My first job was on The Mary Tyler Moore Show [in 1973]; my second was Happy Days [1974–84].…

FOR THE RECORD PREMIERES I Feel Bad Sept. 19, 10/9c, NBC Battlefish Sept. 21, Netflix The Good Cop Sept. 21, Netflix Maniac Sept. 21, Netflix Magnum P.I. Sept. 24, 9/8c, CBS Manifest Sept. 24, 10/9c, NBC FBI Sept. 25, 9/8c, CBS New Amsterdam Sept. 25, 10/9c, NBC Mr Inbetween Sept. 25, 11:30/10:30c, FX Single Parents Sept. 26, 9:30/8:30c, ABC A Million Little Things Sept. 26, 10/9c, ABC Made in Mexico Sept. 28, Netflix The Cool Kids Sept. 28, 8:30/7:30c, Fox God Friended Me Sept. 30, 8:30/7:30c, CBS Rel Sept. 30, 9:30/8:30c, Fox FINALES Salvation Sept. 17, 9/8c, CBS Elementary Sept. 17, 10/9c, CBS Beat Shazam Sept. 18, 8/7c, Fox Love Connection Sept. 18, 9/8c, Fox Castaways Sept. 18, 10/9c, ABC America’s Got Talent Sept. 19, 8/7c, NBC MasterChef Sept. 19,…

@TVGMMattRoush The First Astronauts preparing for a Mars mission have earthly concerns SERIES PREMIERE Friday, Sept. 14, Hulu MOST SCIENCE FICTION can be classified as fantasy. Not so with The First, which is all too painfully real in its emotionally grounded human drama. “When it comes to Mars, we must get used to death,” says Laz Ingram (a nuanced Natascha McElhone, late of Designated Survivor), the visionary CEO of Vista, a private company working with NASA to launch the first manned flight to the red planet. She’s trying to satisfy a skeptical journalist’s concerns that the risks are worth the rewards of exploration. The crew members need less convincing—and in their stories, this eight-episode series created by Beau Willimon (House of Cards) has all the right stuff. Sean Penn, in…

Oct. 9, 8/7c, The CW NEWS FLASH: IN Season 5, Barry (Grant Gustin) runs up against a strange domestic situation, while his team of super friends face their own growing pains and a new threat. The Flash executive producer Todd Helbing clues us in. INSTA-PARENT BLUES Not only do Barry and wife Iris (Candice Patton) have to get to know Nora, their adult daughter from the future (Jessica Parker Kennedy), but the West-Allens also have to clean up the mess she’s run from. “It’s a big mistake,” says Helbing, adding that, even though Nora is from another era, “this is not a time-travel season.” MORE RALPH! The Elongated Man/former disgraced cop Ralph (Hartley Sawyer) will stretch even further now that he’s a series regular. “We’re going to start exploring a…

Sept. 27, 10/9c, CBS HONDO HAS A NEW WOMAN IN HIS LIFE! The drama stirs things up in its nail-biting premiere. An earthquake hits Los Angeles—just as Hondo (Shemar Moore) and his S.W.A.T. team are atop the city’s tallest skyscraper, trying to stop a helicopter from taking off with a kidnapped child aboard. “A big fight is happening inside the chopper, and one of the team members is hanging onto the skids. It’s spectacular,” enthuses executive producer Shawn Ryan. “It’s not CGI—we filmed it from a second helicopter.” The aerial antics propel S.W.A.T. into its sophomore season and the team’s frustrating pursuit of a criminal organization modeled after real-life 1970s-era U.S. radicals the Symbionese Liberation Army. “The group is copying the Patty Hearst kidnapping and crime spree,” says Ryan, referring…

Oct. 7, 10/9c, CBS It wasn’t just pillow talk when Secretary of State Elizabeth McCord (Tea Leoni, above) told husband Henry (Tim Daly) she was considering a presidential run. In the drama’s fifth season, Elizabeth begins quietly testing the waters and could soon share her news with current POTUS Conrad Dalton (Keith Carradine). But her priority, says executive producer Barbara Hall, “is her secretary of state job and keeping together the idea of [global] denuclearization.” So don’t expect an official announcement right away, since that would mean stepping down. (Still, Hall has already signed a possible primary opponent: Will Chase’s wealthy and charming Sen. Owen Peterson.) “The secretary will have to be aware of how everything she does now will affect her politically,” Hall adds. “Every issue that comes up…

Oct. 7, 9/8c, AMC Much like a small-town Georgia sheriff’s deputy felt when he awoke from a coma to a world of ravenous reanimated corpses, Andrew Lincoln is struggling to wrap his head around his upcoming exit from AMC’s horror hit The Walking Dead. “It’s very strange. I’m still in the stages of processing it,” says the man who has embodied Gary Cooper–esque hero Rick Grimes for eight seasons. The job of crafting the perfect farewell—set to air during the first half of Season 9—falls, of course, to Dead’s writers, led by executive producer Angela Kang. And she is well aware what a big deal this is: “We want to do right by this character. That’s been foremost on my mind pretty much every day when I wake up.” To…

Nov. 4, 8/7c, Starz INSIDE THEIR COLONIAL WARDROBE SARTORIALLY SPEAKING, IT will be hard for Outlander to top the kilt worn by rugged 18th-century Highlander Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan) and the red ball gown his 20th-century wife, Claire (Caitriona Balfe), modeled at Versailles. But as the time-traveling drama lands in America for Season 4, costume designer Terry Dresbach is up for the challenge. With the soulmates settling in North Carolina and revolutionizing their style along with their lives, Claire will upgrade from her Season 3 finale shipwreck rags. “The women’s clothes have a colorful floral palette. It’s American color: cotton, not the saturation of the silks in Paris,” says Dresbach, who consulted with experts at Colonial Williamsburg and the Smithsonian. “A lot of checks and mismatched patterns.” Later, the Frasers…

NOW ON NETFLIX ONCE UPON A TIME SEASON 7 Your wish has been granted: The entire fantasy series is available to binge now that Season 7 is streaming on Netflix. The final installment of the ABC fan favorite—which aired from 2011 to 2018—moves the action to Seattle, where Henry (Andrew J. West), the grandson of Snow White (Ginnifer Goodwin) and Prince Charming (Josh Dallas, above right with Goodwin), faces a slew of new troubles, including a memory-wiping curse. Meanwhile, a family feud rages among Cinderella (Dania Ramirez), Drizella (Adelaide Kane) and Lady Tremaine (Gabrielle Anwar). But the greatest threat may come from Rumplestiltskin (Robert Carlyle). And what role will Regina (Lana Parilla) play in all this? The last 22 episodes feature game-changing twists, including one involving Rapunzel (Meegan Warner, right).…

@damianholbrook LOVE IT! Cheers to Cheers vet Ted Danson. Now that Hulu and Netflix are carrying episodes of NBC’s perfect afterlife comedy The Good Place, you have no forking excuse not to be all caught up and ready to root for the devilishly delightful Danson on Emmy night. Cheers to Stand Up to Cancer for breaking down boundaries. More than 65 networks and streaming outlets united for a joint telecast of the biennial fundraising event, featuring everyone from Bradley Cooper and Katie Couric to Keith Urban and Reese Witherspoon (right). Not too shabby at all. Cheers to Younger for growing up so nicely. Buoyed by the dazzling Sutton Foster (left, with Peter Hermann) and her to-die-for cast, the gem wrapped its best season by (mostly) shedding Liza’s faux-millennial secret and setting the stage…