Innholdsfortegnelse for July 22, 2019 i TV Guide Magazine

@TVGMMattRoush I found the article “Characters of a Certain Age” [June 24, page 5] to be informative. But if the networks are bringing on shows for and about the 50-and-older crowd, why did Fox cancel The Cool Kids? I can’t think of a show [better] suited for that audience than one set in a retirement community. The Cool Kids was true to life. —Bruce MATT ROUSH: The trend of featuring more mature characters isn’t going away, but circumstances differ for every series. In the case of The Cool Kids, it might have been the right show on the wrong network. Once Fox got the rights to air WWE’s SmackDown Live on Fridays in the fall, the night’s older skewing comedy block—including the successful return of Last Man Standing—became history, and…

Hart to Hart Weekdays, 11/10c, and weekends, midnight/11c, FETV; Daily, 3am/2c–7am/6c, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries; Saturdays, 6am/5c–8am/7c, Cozi TV WHEN THEY MET, it was murder! At least, that’s how gravel-voiced butler/cook/chauffeur Max famously described the relationship between his wealthy employers, amateur detectives Jonathan and Jennifer Hart, in the opening credits of Hart to Hart. And 40 years after stars Robert Wagner and Stefanie Powers solved their first crime on the ABC caper (that suspicious suicide was murder!), the sizzle hasn’t fizzled. During a joint phone call—she in her part-time base of London; he in Aspen, Colorado, where he lives with actress wife Jill St. John—they excitedly finish each other’s sentences and laugh almost nonstop. (“We talk quite regularly,” Powers admits. “We also email and send each other dirty jokes.”) No…

30 YEARS! OH, BOY, HOW time flies. It’s been three decades since NBC debuted this sci-fi show about accidental time traveler Sam Beckett (NCIS: New Orleans’ Scott Bakula), forced to “leap” into other beings—including a pregnant teen, Lee Harvey Oswald and, infamously, a chimp—to change history for the better. Bakula’s exuberant performance as the goodhearted scientist, not to mention his chemistry with Dean Stockwell as cynical holographic guide Al, kept Quantum Leap alive from 1989 to 1993. Here, Bakula picks his three top leaps. “The Leap Home, Part 1” The emotional Season 3 opener deposits Sam back into his teenage self in 1969 Indiana to save his dad (also Bakula!) and brother (David Newsom) from early deaths and his sister (Olivia Burnette) from an abusive marriage. “Shock Theater” In Sam’s…

“DON’T ACT LIKE food,” Shark Week’s Paul de Gelder reminds me cheerfully on a boat in the Bahamas as we prepare to scuba dive in shark-populated waters. No problem, Paul. I’m psyched to meet the stars of the annual finfest (airing July 28–August 4) firsthand, but I don’t want to lose any fingers. As we splash into the 82-degree Atlantic, I mentally rerun de Gelder’s pre-dive briefing: “Food” moves fast and erratically, like a fish, or stays on the surface, like a seal. He became a morsel himself 10 years ago. While he was training with the Australian Navy, a bull shark took his right arm and leg. “I was in murky water in a black wet suit looking like an injured seal on the surface,” de Gelder says. “My…

MOVIES 9:27am/Sea of Love 8:27c (1989) Starz 10:45am/Gunfight at the 9:45c O.K. Corral (1957) TCM 12:30/Serenity 11:30am c (2005) Showtime Showcase 2/1c The Perfect Storm (2000) AMC 2/1c World War Z (2013) FX 2:15/1:15c Stripes (1981) IFC 4:20/3:20c Hot Tub Time Machine (2010) Epix 6/5c American Gangster (2007) BET 6:10/5:10c Love, Simon (2018) Cinemax 8/7c Punchline (1988) HDNet Movies 9/8c Finding Dory (2016) Freeform 9:30/8:30c Red Sparrow (2018) HBO 9:55/8:55c The Heat (2013) FXM 10/9c 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) TCM Midnight/The Right Stuff 11c (1983) SundanceTV 1:05am/Sunshine (2007) 12:05c HBO2 1:35am/Willard (1971) 12:35c Flix The Detour 10:30/9:30c, TBS The dysfunctional Parker family has been scouring the globe in Season 4 for runaway teen Delilah (Ashley Gerasimovich). Tonight, the sitcom flashes back to one humiliating stop, when ex–con artist mom Robin and bumbling dad Nate (Natalie Zea and Jason Jones, above), plus goofball son Jared (Liam Carroll),…

MOVIES 10am/9c Mommie Dearest (1981) SundanceTV 1:20/12:20c Beaches (1988) HBO 10:35/Vertical Limit 9:35c (2000) Epix 12:30am/Love Affair 11:30c (1939) TCM 2:10am/The Old Man 1:10c & the Gun (2018) HBO2\ Good Morning America 7am, ABC Daytime Pick Before country trio Lady Antebellum (with Hillary Scott, right) resume their Las Vegas residency in August, they hit NYC’s Central Park for an early bird set featuring “What If I Never Get Over You.” The Wrong Tutor MOVIE PREMIERE 8/7c, Lifetime Movies Network High school jock Eric (Nate Wyatt) needs an assist with his schoolwork, so Emily (Ivy Matheson) convinces his mom, Carol (Vivica A. Fox), to hire her as his tutor. This will turn out to be a poor decision. Andi Mack SERIES FINALE 8/7c, Disney Channel After three seasons, the GLAAD award–winning tween dramedy goes out with a…

VERONICA MARS SEASON 4 PREMIERE FRIDAY, JULY 26 As the theme song goes: “A long time ago, we used to be friends.” It’s been nearly 15 years since we first got acquainted with Veronica Mars, the scrappy teen private eye played by The Good Place’s Kristen Bell (right) who—armed with a telephoto lens and an endless supply of snarky comments—roots out assorted misdeeds in fictional Neptune, California. The 2004–07 cult series, which inspired a 2014 feature film and two novels, is now picking up where it left off, with an adult Veronica and her investigator dad, Keith (Enrico Colantoni), following the trail of a series of spring break bombings. Bell opens up her case file. What’s it like reprising your breakout role? I have so many feelings about it! I…

RIDING OFF INTO THE SUNSET! How the West Was Won 7/6c, INSP James Arness is synonymous with Gunsmoke’s Marshal Matt Dillon—but don’t overlook his role as frontiersman Zeb Macahan in this 1976–79 drama. “He’s lived by his wits and his experience and skill, and that molded the man’s character,” the actor once said. Tonight, INSP ends its run of all 29 episodes. Sherman’s Showcase SERIES PREMIERE 10/9c, IFC A fictional Soul Train–like variety show hosted by Sherman McDaniels (Bashir Salahuddin) is the subject of this sketch comedy series, which revisits the program’s greatest discoveries, dancer feuds and artist rivalries via faux clips. Exec producer John Legend (below) hosts tonight’s intro. Wahlburgers SERIES FINALE 10/9c, A&E As the reality show wraps its 10 seasons, the Wahlberg clan finally opens a burger…

We watch television 24/7 here at TV GUIDE MAGAZINE. At work, at home, on the road. And we know our readers are voracious TV watchers too. You’re always asking us for more information to help guide your viewing choices, so we’re coming to your TV rescue with three big changes. You love classic shows—from Frasier to Fantasy Island, Gunsmoke to All in the Family. So in our primetime grids, we’ve added seven networks from your request list—Grit, Antenna TV, Cozi TV, Comet, Decades, Heroes & Icons and ThisTV—where you can find those oldies. DIY Network is now in the grids too for how-tos on home improvement. We also know you love watching movies at home, so we’ve added a new movie schedule, full of daytime and late-night picks, for every…

Descendants 3 MOVIE PREMIERE Friday, Aug. 2, 8/7c, Disney Channel THIRD TIME’S THE magical charm for the song- and dance-filled movie franchise built around the good offspring of iconic Disney evildoers. In this installment, the story returns to its roots and “gives the promise of a brighter future and brings hope [to those less fortunate],” says director-choreographer Kenny Ortega. To accomplish that, the main Villain Kids (or VKs)—Mal (Dove Cameron), daughter of Sleeping Beauty’s Maleficent; Jay (Booboo Stewart), son of Aladdin’s Jafar; Evie (Sofia Carson), daughter of Snow White’s Wicked Queen; and Carlos (Cameron Boyce, who passed away July 6 due to a seizure), son of 101 Dalmatians’ Cruella de Vil—return to their former home on the Isle of the Lost, a slum where villains and their children are banished…

20 YEARS The West Wing Josiah Bartlet (Martin Sheen) still occupies the White House on Netflix, home to creator Aaron Sorkin’s idealistic NBC drama (1999–2006). In the real world, The West Wing Weekly podcast from Joshua Malina (staffer Will Bailey) debuted a new season July 9. 25 YEARS ER Since NBC’s influential medical drama landed on Hulu in 2018, nearly 100,000 viewers have binged all 331 episodes from its 1994–2009 run. Half of all ER streamers are under age 34, so a whole new generation is getting to know the team at Chicago’s County General. 30 YEARS Seinfeld The show about nothing still means something: A food truck and trivia vending machines are part of the anniversary fun in NYC (the 1989–98 NBC sitcom’s setting); the interactive Seinfeld Experience starts…

JAG 4/3c, WGN America Daytime Pick No need to be a stickler and start from the beginning! WGN America is well into Season 4 as it airs all 10 rounds of the beloved military procedural (1995–2005), but stalwart Navy lawyer and officer Harmon “Harm” Rabb Jr. (David James Elliott, below) is impressive no matter where you jump in. Today’s schedule features eight episodes! THE LATEST IN LOUISIANA Queen Sugar 9/8c, OWN Bordelon brother Ralph Angel (Kofi Siriboe) may not be Blue’s (Ethan Hutchison) biological dad, but the boy’s behavior has him and mom Darla (Bianca Lawson) concerned. Also, as Ralph Angel’s sis Nova (Rutina Wesley) promotes her tell-all on the road, her renewed romance with ex Octavia (Cree Summer) falters when big differences are revealed. 3 COOL THINGS ABOUT MARS…

Widows 7:45/6:45c, HBO Writer Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl) and director Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave) combine talents for this exciting 2018 drama about the wives of four dead criminals planning a heist to pay off their debts. Widows bounces from action flick to political thriller, driven by a fine cast (including Viola Davis, right, with Garret Dillahunt and Colin Farrell). Movie Pick TODAY’S SPORTS PICK MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 4/3c, FS1 New York Yankees at Boston Aaron Judge and his New York Yankees teammates visit Beantown’s Fenway Park to take on fierce rivals the Red Sox. Uncovered: The McMartin Family Trials 7/6c, Oxygen This special revisits accusations of child molestation at a family-run California school. You remember the lurid ’80s and ’90s headlines, but did you recall that the seven-year trial ended…

THE BOYS SERIES PREMIERE FRIDAY, JULY 26 The Avengers have assembled, the Arrowverse has expanded and comic book adaptations are pretty much everywhere. But none are quite as, um, colorful as The Boys. “This is in many ways the antisuperhero show,” says showrunner Eric Kripke (Supernatural). “It’s for people who maybe are getting a bit tired of superhero stories.” Based on Garth Ennis’ 2006–12 comic book of the same name, the irreverent (and very adult) action comedy imagines a world where costumed crime fighters including Queen Maeve and The Homelander (Dominique McElligott and Antony Starr, above) are egotistical, entitled and responsible for property damage and deaths from their savethe-day tactics. “What would happen if superheroes existed in the real world with all their privilege, influence and power?” says Kripke. “They’d…

Newly Available Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974) Oscar winner Ellen Burstyn is tough and tenacious as aspiring singer Alice in Martin Scorsese’s classic film (which, of course, was the inspiration for Linda Lavin as the new girl in town in TV’s Alice). The Book of Eli (2010) A hardened survivor (Denzel Washington) protects an important book while making his way across a postapocalyptic America. The Brothers Grimm (2005) Matt Damon and Heath Ledger star as the brothers behind all those fairy tales—but this time, they’re the heroes. Frozen River (2008) Two mothers (Melissa Leo and Misty Upham) forge a profit-making scheme to smuggle migrants over the U.S.– Canada border. Nights in Rodanthe (2008) A woman (Diane Lane) looks after her friend’s remote B&B for a weekend. Lucky for her:…

“It’s just a comedy show, no agenda” —DAVID SPADE Lights Out With David Spade SERIES PREMIERE 11:30/10:30c, Comedy Central  Late-Night Pick Is it just us, or has late-night gotten a little intense lately? Luckily, David Spade is only in it for the laughs. On his new show Lights Out, the Saturday Night Live alum and his guests will kick back and discuss the latest in pop culture—the kind of thing he did in the ’90s in his recurring “Weekend Update” bit “Hollywood Minute.” He fills us in. Your show follows The Daily Show With Trevor Noah. So, no pressure, right? Well, I’ve heard a few shows [such as The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore and The Opposition With Jordan Klepper] didn’t perform well [in that timeslot]. It’s very high stakes.…

MOVIES 6am/5c Son in Law (1993) HBO2 7:50am/Bring It On 6:50c (2000) Cinemax 9:15am/Reality Bites 8:15c (1994) HBO 9:26am/Parenthood 8:26c (1989) Starz 9:30am/13 Going on 30 8:30c (2004) Showtime Noon/11am c Mean Girls (2004) HBO 3/2c House Party (1990) BET 3/2c Dances With Wolves (1990) Showtime 4:30/3:30c It Could Happen to You (1994) Epix 4:30/3:30c Passengers (2016) FX 6/5c House Party 2 (1991) BET 6:15/5:15c Peggy Sue Got Married (1986) Epix 8/7c The Da Vinci Code (2006) BBC America 8/7c Million Dollar Arm (2014) TNT 10/9c Step Up (2006) Pop TV 10/9c 12 Angry Men (1957) TCM 2am/1c The Grapes of Wrath (1940) TCM Holey Moley 8/7c, ABC Miniature golf—a contact sport? That’s the extreme fun of watching 12 colorfully clad players take on this show’s “golfstacle course,” vying for some green ($25,000, among other prizes) and bragging rights. Series creator Chris Culvenor handicaps a few favorite holes. THE DISTRACTOR Competitors…

MOVIES 9am/8c Sleepy Hollow (1999) Epix 9:06am/Toy Story 3 8:06c (2010) Starz 9:30am/A Fish Called 8:30c Wanda (1988) Showtime 10am/9c Fast and Furious 6 (2013) FX 11am/10c Braveheart (1995) SundanceTV Noon/11am c The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) BBC America 1/noon c Furious 7 (2015) FX 3/2c From Russia With Love (1963) BBC America 3:50/2:50c The Shining (1980) Showtime 2 4/3c The Fate of the Furious (2017) FX 4:30/3:30c Friday Night Lights (2004) Cinemax 5:30/4:30c Goldfinger (1964) BBC America 6/5c The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947) TCM 6:30/5:30c Beauty and the Beast (2017) TNT 9/8c Get Out (2017) FXX 2:30am/Heidi (1937) 1:30c TCM 3am/2c Almost Famous (2000) TBS Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Game of Cat and Mouse MOVIE PREMIERE 9/8c, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries “I’ve had one scare after another with you,” Aurora’s mother, Aida, says at the start of this entry in the popular Candace Cameron Bure franchise. She’s seen nothing…

@TVGMMattRoush Veronica Mars Kristen Bell is the bomb as Neptune’s grown-up private detective SEASON PREMIERE Friday, July 26, Hulu WHERE WOULD CULT TV be without streaming services? Shows as varied and distinctive as Breaking Bad, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and Schitt’s Creek found new life, and audiences, after being exposed on binge-friendly platforms. And in one of the year’s happiest comebacks, thanks to Hulu, the delightful Kristen Bell as Veronica Mars (once of UPN and The CW) is back where she belongs, after a 12-year absence and a crowdfunded 2014 movie. It works better as a series. Surf’s up, and teeming with puzzling red herrings in the upscale seaside California town of Neptune, which is rocked by a series of deadly spring break bombings. Sounds like a job for the West Coast’s…

25 YEARS! ARE WE NO longer on a break? Friends fans (aka all of humanity) got a jolt of good news in June when Jennifer Aniston told Ellen DeGeneres the Central Perk door is open for a reunion. “The girls would do it,” she said of herself and costars Courteney Cox and Lisa Kudrow. As for Matt LeBlanc, David Schwimmer and Matthew Perry, “The boys would do it, I’m sure,” she added. “Anything can happen.” True, no official revival of the iconic 1994–2004 NBC sitcom is in the works. But the positivity is heartening after years of denials—from “When I’m asleep, I have this nightmare that we do Friends again and nobody cares” (Perry in 2017) to “Nobody wants to see Joey at his colonoscopy!” (LeBlanc in 2018)—and mini cast…

MOVIES 5am/4c Summer School (1986) Starz 9:35am/True Grit (2010) 8:35c Epix 3/2c The Terminator (1984) BBC America 3/2c Jack Reacher (2012) TNT 6/5c Something’s Gotta Give (2003) Pop TV 8/7c Murphy’s Romance (1985) HDNet Movies 10:35/Adrift (2018) 9:35c Showtime Women Midnight/Home Alone 11c (1990) AMC 2:15am/The Dresser 1:15c (1983) TCM BAD BUSINESS Queen of the South 10/9c, USA Drug queenpin Teresa (Alice Braga) has been in plenty of hot water since moving her operation to the Big Easy. The situation continues tonight when an FBI informant threatens her empire, plus turmoil within the family becomes a royal pain. Alone 10/9c, History You may be consumed by the imminent arrival of Shark Week—but over on Alone, where the survivalists are more than a month into their solo time in the Arctic, it’s Wolverine Week! One person’s close encounter with the ornery carnivore…

MOVIES 9:10am/Iron Man 2 8:10c (2010) Epix 11am/10c National Lampoon’s Animal House (1978) SundanceTV 1:30/The Bourne 12:30c Ultimatum (2007) AMC 2/1c Stand by Me (1986) BBC America 2/1c Creed (2015) BET 2/1c An American in Paris (1951) TCM 3:21/2:21c Kicking & Screaming (2005) Starz 3:30/2:30c Dark Skies (2013) IFC 4:05/3:05c Mystery, Alaska (1999) Cinemax 5:11/4:11c Jaws (1975) Starz Encore 9/8c San Andreas (2015) Syfy 9:15/8:15c The Other Boleyn Girl (2008) Showtime Showcase 10:35/9:35c The Martian (2015) FXM 11/10c Rooster Cogburn (1975) INSP 11:30/The Vow (2012) 10:30c Freeform 1am/I Am Legend midnight c (2007) AMC Shark Trip: Eat. Prey. Chum. 9/8c, Discovery They really do need a bigger boat for this star-studded first night of Shark Week. Girls Trip producer Will Packer and comedian Rob Riggle, who teamed last year on the special Shaq Does Shark Week, invite some of their famous funny friends to the Bahamas for more shark encounters. Along…

STEVIE NICKS: LIVE IN CHICAGO This 2014 work of magic was Nicks’ first filmed solo show since 1987. The singer-songwriter (right) performs classics she recorded with Fleetwood Mac like “Rhiannon,” “Dreams” and “Landslide,” plus her own solo hits including “Edge of Seventeen” and “Stand Back.” FRANK SINATRA: LIVE AT CARNEGIE HALL! Sip a martini as iconic entertainer Frank Sinatra (second from top), in full tuxedo, croons classic tunes in June 1980 at New York City’s famed venue. Backed by a full orchestra, Ol’ Blue Eyes sings, among others, “I’ve Got the World on a String,” “Come Fly With Me” and “Send in the Clowns,” all interspersed with Rat Pack–style patter. MADONNA: STICKY & SWEET TOUR This girl has plenty of material to fill a two-hour extravaganza! During her show, filmed…

MOVIES 8:55am/Dunkirk (2017) 7:55c Cinemax 9am/8c Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) AMC 10am/9c Ghost (1990) SundanceTV 3:30/2:30c The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) SundanceTV 4/3c True Lies (1994) Cinemax 4:10/3:10c The Bourne Identity (2002) HBO2 4:30/3:30c Logan (2017) FX 4:30/3:30c Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) IFC 4:45/3:45c Primal Fear (1996) Showtime 8/7c The Shawshank Redemption (1994) AMC 8/7c Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) TCM 10:15/9:15c Galaxy Quest (1999) BBC America 10:30/Star Wars: A 9:30c New Hope (1977) TCM 11/10c Miss Congeniality (2000) TNT Midnight/Interview With 11c the Vampire (1994) SundanceTV 1am/A Star Is Born midnight c (2018) HBO Blood and Treasure 10/9c, CBS The globe-hopping action drama has scored a second season, so we can all invest in former FBI agent/stolen-arts expert Danny McNamara (Matt Barr) working out his daddy issues. Already shaken from revisiting the past with his incarcerated criminal father, Patrick (Mark Valley), the normally centered Danny will be rocked…

Fox & Friends 6am/5c, Fox News Daytime Pick Country singer Justin Moore hits Fox Square to celebrate the release of his new album, Late Nights and Long necks. Is it too early in the day for him to play “Jesus and Jack Daniels”? Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. SEASON FINALE 8/7c, ABC After a harrowing season filled with dangerous otherworldly gambling dens and parasitic aliens, the team must find a way to prevent the oncoming end of everything in this two-hour adrenaline-fueled finale. Will we lose another member in the setup to what could be the show’s last season? Reba 8/7c, UPtv The feel-good net begins airing the beloved 2001–07 comedy starring Reba McEntire (above) as a newly single Houston crack-up dealing with her wildchild daughter (JoAnna Garcia Swisher), unfaithful ex…

ACROSS 1 Central meaning5 Greek P8 Winter vehicle12 Handler of Fosse/Verdon13 Breathable gases14 “Voila!” (hyph.)15 Rob Lowe–hosted game show (2 wds.)18 Vinyl albums (abbr.)19 Actress Amy20 The Handmaid’s Tale actor Fiennes24 Dr. Skoda, on Law & Order25 Bad smells26 Lingerie item27 Sphere30 Hannity of Fox News31 Judd, ____ the Defense32 Ripening agent33 Sixth sense (abbr.)34 Tariff35 Air transport36 ____ All Night38 Earth, for one39 Landlord on Three’s Company41 Glee star Michele42 ____ Warrior (2 wds.)48 Jamie of M*A*S*H49 Curry formerly of Today50 American Idol host Seacrest51 Plate-carrying item52 Twin Peaks actor Wise53 Superman’s secret identity DOWN 1 Jewel2 ____ Got a Secret3 ____ Francisco4 Animal Kingdom network5 Alice Kramden’s husband6 Serpent’s sound7 British singer Rita8 Penny Dreadful actor Wes9 Former CBS News correspondent (2 wds.)10 Dutch cheese11 Speaker’s place16 Swiss mountain range17 Vicki Lawrence role20 CSI actor Zúñiga21…

@damianholbrook LOVE IT! Cheers to Stranger Things’ secret weapons. After being a bit back-burnered in Season 2 of the Netflix hit, Will Byers (Noah Schnapp)—the kid who first took us to the Upside Down!—is back with some juicy stuff for Season 3, as is our new favorite, Max (Sadie Sink, above, with Schnapp). We should all be as lucky as Eleven to have a bestie like her. Cheers to scripted dramas for leaving us in a lather. Between Stephanie (Robin Givens) ascending to full-on diva-dom on OWN’s juicy Ambitions and the steamy, twisty mystery of ABC’s Grand Hotel, fans of fun, sexy escapism have two destinations hotter than any beach this summer. Cheers to Pop TV for knowing a good thing when it sees it. As if we didn’t love the cable…