Innholdsfortegnelse for October 14, 2019 i TV Guide Magazine

The Winchester brothers are nearing the end of the road. But we’ve still got a whole new season of Supernatural to enjoy—until next spring’s series finale hits fans in the heart harder than a bullet from the Colt revolver, of course. Senior writer Ileane Rudolph sat down with stars Misha Collins, Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki (below, from left, goofing around during our cover shoot) on the Vancouver set for a conversation about how the actors are coping with saying goodbye to their characters, the show and the loyal viewers. We’ve also got scoop on the good vs. evil battles on deck, how newest musketeer Alexander Calvert’s half-angel Jack will come back into play and the really good reason Dean sings in a later episode. We know fans of Supernatural…

THE 2019–20 TV SEASON has officially begun…but did anyone notice? During the broadcast networks’ premiere week (September 23–29), ratings were less than spectacular overall, with high-profile new series failing to break out and some returning favorites taking a blow. In fact, looking at the average ratings for premiere week over the past five years (see chart below)—when hits like NBC’s Blindspot (2015) and CBS’s Young Sheldon (2017) emerged—approximately 12 million total viewers disappeared. The biggest year-to-year drop: from 2018 (27.4 million) to this year (22 million). Luckily, the news isn’t all bad, particularly for a few returning shows. While the Season 2 premiere of Fox’s The Masked Singer (8.0 million) was down from last January’s series debut (9.4 million), it did help Fox win Wednesday night in both total viewers…

Modern Love SERIES PREMIERE Friday, Oct. 18, Prime Video IF LOVE WERE easy, would there be so many movies, books, songs and sonnets written on the subject? No matter where you fall on the romantic spectrum, this entrancing eight-episode anthology is likely to warm, break, tickle or lift your heart—sometimes all at once. Based on the New York Times column of personal essays about relationships of all sorts, Modern Love is an irresistible confection of perfectly cast, sensitively written and utterly enjoyable short stories that belie their brevity with deep emotion. The star power in these intensely urban fables can be dazzling, most notably Anne Hathaway’s wrenching tour de force as a bipolar lawyer whose delirious flights of madcap fancy are followed by inconsolable wallows in dark depression. Could such…

MOVIES 8:35am/7:35c The Seventh Sign (1988) HDNet Movies 9:25am/8:25c Working Girl (1988) HBO 2 11:10am/10:10c She’s Having a Baby (1988) Showtime 2 11:30am/10:30c The Boston Strangler (1968) FXM 11:41am/10:41c Leap Year (2010) Movieplex 2:45/1:45c The Omen (1976) AMC 3/2c The Lawnmower Man (1992) Showtime 2 3/2c This Is 40 (2012) TNT 3:20/2:20c The Island (2005) Cinemax 5:15/4:15c The Exorcist (1973) AMC 8/7c Lords of Dogtown (2005) Flix 9:45/8:45c Annie (1982) TCM 10:15/9:15c Carrie (1976) AMC 10:30/9:30c Interview With the Vampire (1994) BBC America 11:17/10:17c Shattered Glass (2003) Movieplex 1am/midnight c Welcome to Marwen (2018) HBO Treadstone SERIES PREMIERE 10/9c, USA Odds are good that as you’re reading this, one of the Bourne action movies is airing on some channel—and odds are better that if your TV is on, you’ve been sucked in. So it’s truly exciting to see fresh material…

THE LAUNDROMAT MOVIE PREMIERE FRIDAY, OCT. 18 If there’s any actor who can make a film about financial crimes exciting, it’s Meryl Streep (left). In Steven Soderbergh’s darkly comic drama based on the 2016 Panama Papers scandal, she plays a widow determined to learn why an insurance company isn’t paying what she’s owed after her husband’s death in a boating accident. That story, the “emotional heart of the movie,” according to Soderbergh, is one of many overlapping tales that reveal how some of the world’s elite use shady means to protect their wealth at the expense of others. The all-star cast includes David Schwimmer, Sharon Stone, Gary Oldman and Antonio Banderas (the latter two serve as the movie’s flamboyant narrators). All signed on quickly, says Soderbergh: “Everybody… just felt like…

LOVE IT! Cheers to The Masked Singer for being in tune with what we sometimes need. With so many gritty dramas and negative real-life news cycles, it’s nice to have a shiny, silly piece of musical brain candy like Fox’s costumed karaoke show as an escape. Cheers to Bluff City Law’s appeal. NBC’s new legal procedural acquits itself nicely by giving equal weight to the trial of the week and the emotional travails of fiery attorney Sydney Strait (Caitlin McGee) as she tries to make a case for returning home to Memphis to work with her estranged, iconic lawyer dad (Jimmy Smits). Cheers to A Million Little Things for a priceless casting call. Bringing back Melora Hardin (The Bold Type) as Maggie’s newly single mom on the ABC drama is…

@TVGMMattRoush The Emmys have never been more awful than they were this year. That they didn’t see fit to give The Big Bang Theory, a wildly successful hit, a proper acknowledgment the way they did Game of Thrones and Veep was terrible. I expected the Big Bang cast to present a comedy award, and instead they were sidelined to a clip reel. And I can’t understand why the producers didn’t try to capitalize on the 25th anniversaries of Friends and ER. Rather than bad banter and shtick, the Emmys should do more to pay homage to the reason we’re all watching: the TV shows! —Molly MATT ROUSH: All very valid points, and even if the logistics had worked against gathering the entire Big Bang, Friends and ER casts, any effort…

THE DOCTOR’S SECRET WEAPON THE GOOD DOCTOR MONDAYS, 10/9C, ABC Yes, Dr. Shaun Murphy (Freddie Highmore) and his fellow physicians on The Good Doctor are at the top of their game. And offscreen, the actors and writers have a great coach to help their characters stay that way. Dr. Oren Gottfried, the drama’s lead medical consultant, tries to ensure that the cases handled at San Jose St. Bonaventure Hospital are as legitimate as they are dramatic. “I present all areas of medicine,” says the professor of neurosurgery at Duke University, who both weighs in on the validity of the writers’ ideas and makes his own plotline pitches. “It’s rarely stories from my daily work,” he adds, although Gottfried does pull some concepts from a journal of “cool, interesting cases” he’s encountered…

The Kominsky Method SEASON PREMIERE Friday, Oct. 25, Netflix ALAN ARKIN IS having trouble hearing. But before you make any assumptions about the 85-year-old’s auditory senses, we can confirm it’s just a bad phone connection. A few weeks before The Kominsky Meth od’s return, Arkin and costar Michael Douglas, 75, both called TV GUIDE MAGAZINE: Arkin rang us up from Nova Scotia, where he has a home, while Douglas, on his cellphone outside somewhere in New York, sounded like he was underwater. “I can [barely] hear him. But that’s OK. I know what he’s going to say,” Arkin quips. The Oscar winners were both eager to discuss Season 2 of creator Chuck Lorre’s Emmy-nominated comedy about dedicated acting teacher Sandy Kominsky (Douglas) and his best friend of four decades, grumpy…

MOVIES 1:30/12:30c The Princess Diaries (2001) CMT 1:40/12:40c A Fish Called Wanda (1988) The Movie Channel 7/6c A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) Syfy 8/7c Bugsy (1991) Epix 9/8c The Hummingbird Project (2019) Showtime Daytime Pick CREEPY & QUIRKY Twin Peaks Noon/11 am c, Decades Stock up on pie and coffee—lots of coffee—for this 32-hour marathon of every episode of David Lynch’s 1990–91 masterwork. After the reveal of who killed Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee) blows your mind, you can start all over again Sunday: Season 1 and the Season 2 premiere repeat at 8/7c. The DNA of Murder With Paul Holes 7/6c, Oxygen Even in retirement, the onetime cold-case investigator spearheaded the 2018 ID of the Golden State Killer. In this new series, Paul Holes tackles more unsolved deaths. Tonight: a brutal crime in…

BREAKING BAD Before diving into El Camino, revisit the compelling saga of high school teacher turned meth maker Walter White who, in creator Vince Gilligan’s words, “transforms himself from Mr. Chips to Scarface” on the 2008–13 drama. All five seasons available BETTER CALL SAUL The Breaking Bad prequel (Season 5 will debut on AMC in 2020) presents another metamorphosis: Shifty attorney Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) becomes even shiftier Saul Goodman, the morally bankrupt lawyer from Bad. Seasons 1–3 available…

Newly Available Along Came a Spider (2001) A former detective (Morgan Freeman) comes out of retirement when a U.S. senator’s daughter is kidnapped. Based on the James Patterson bestseller. Charlie’s Angels (2000) “Good morning, angels.” Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu kick bad-guy butt in a film based on the iconic 1976–81 ABC series. Exit Wounds (2001) Steven Seagal and rapper DMX star in a cheese-tastic action movie about a Detroit cop and a crime lord who join forces to stop a treacherous plot involving police. The Flintstones (1994) Yabba-dabba do see this live-action adaptation of the classic cartoon if you’re nostalgic for the 1960–66 ABC series. John Goodman stars. Fractured (2019) Netflix Original Recovering alcoholic Ray (Sam Worthington) rushes his hurt daughter to a hospital, where she and…

Rock the Block SERIES PREMIERE 9/8c, HGTV Four homes, four HGTV stars, one winner. Restored by the Fords’ Leanne Ford, Good Bones’ Mina Starsiak Hawk, Hidden Potential’s Jasmine Roth and Windy City Rehab’s Alison Victoria get $175,000 budgets to renovate identical L.A. homes. Every week, a reno pro judges their progress on a specific space (tonight, it’s Tarek El Moussa on the master suites). The woman who ultimately raises the value of her home the most walks away with bragging rights—and a street named in her honor. American Pickers 9/8c, History Scavenger extraordinaires Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz visit Oregon, where a flour mill owner is selling collectibles to finance restoration of the historic business after a fire. Hey, is that a penny-operated lighter fluid dispenser? THE TRIPPIEST EPISODE YET!…

TODAY’S SPORTS PICKS NBA BASKETBALL 8/7c and 10:30/9:30c, TNT Milwaukee at Houston, L.A. Clippers at Golden State TNT’s doubleheader has MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks in Houston to face James Harden and the Rockets, followed by Kawhi Leonard and the L.A. Clippers in San Francisco’s new Chase Center to run the floor with Stephen Curry (right) and the Golden State Warriors. The Unicorn 8:30/7:30c, CBS The freshman comedy about moving on after a loss continues to find laughs where you least expect them. Tonight, widower Wade (Walton Goggins) realizes daughter Grace (Ruby Jay) scoring the lead in the school musical may have been due to pity casting. How to Get Away With Murder 10/9c, ABC Viola Davis reminds us why she’s an Emmy and Oscar winner when, in…

RETURNING PLAYERS Thank you, FBI, for bringing John Boyd on board. He was wonderful as almost-never-without-food junior FBI agent James Aubrey in Bones, and he fits in well with the FBI team. —Marsha Cheers to the return of [Gilmore Girls character] Lane Kim! Keiko Agena is a quirky delight on Prodigal Son. —Aimee FOND FAREWELL As a fan from Day 1, I was totally satisfied with the Suits finale [September 25]. What a great way to wrap up the lives and loves of these wonderfully written characters. Bravo! —Jeanne BUSY BINGER Kudos to Netflix for a great story in Unbelievable! I watched all eight episodes in one day. —Susan Email us: letters@tvgm.com COMING NEXT ISSUE LAW & ORDER: SVU Cheers to another year of the longest-running drama, now airing its…

Haunted Gingerbread Showdown Sundays, 10/9c Food Network VERMONT-BASED PASTRY CHEF Gesine Prado wasn’t always a confectionary professional. But the lawyer and former production company president (she headed up sister Sandra Bullock’s Fortis Films) found herself “baking in all of my free time and thinking about baking in my non-free time.” So in 2004, she followed her dream and relocated from Los Angeles to the Northeast. Since then, Prado has penned five cookbooks and led Food Network’s Baked in Vermont—where she showed off her skills from her baking school, Sugar Glider Kitchen, set in a converted 18th-century farmhouse—and is currently a judge on Haunted Gingerbread Showdown. Here, Prado reveals how she got her sweet tooth. When did your love of baking begin? I’m convinced it started in utero. The second I…

EILEEN LEAHY (SHOSHANNAH STERN) Orphaned and deafened by a banshee as an infant, the endearing hunter was executed in Season 12 by a hellhound in an operation to exterminate American hunters. ADAM MILLIGAN (JAKE ABEL) Sam and Dean’s half brother was pulled into Lucifer’s Cage, the most heavily protected part of Hell, in Season 5. To many fans’ dismay, our heroes have never rescued their little bro. AMARA (EMILY SWALLOW) After being punished by her sibling God, the soul-eater came back in Season 11 and resurrected Winchester matriarch Mary. Also known as The Darkness, Amara is now reconciled with God and lives in Reno. KEVIN TRAN (OSRIC CHAU) The nerd turned prophet died but wasn’t sent to Heaven until Season 11. An alternate Kevin briefly appeared in Season 13’s Apocalypse…

MOVIES 6:30am/5:30c The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (2014) Syfy 9am/8c King Kong (1976) IFC 9:03am/8:03c The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 (2015) Syfy 9:30am/8:30c Body Snatchers (1994) AMC 11am/10c Sleepy Hollow (1999) SundanceTV 11:35am/10:35c School Ties (1992) Epix 1/noon c Quintet (1979) FXM 2:15/1:15c Only Angels Have Wings (1939) TCM 2:30/1:30c Get Out (2017) FXX 5:30/4:30c The Crazies (2010) AMC 6/5c Platoon (1986) Epix 6:58/5:58c Dragnet (1987) Starz Encore Classic 8/7c and 10:30/9:30c Road House (1989) BBC America 8/7c and 10:30/9:30c Top Gun (1986) Paramount Network 1am/midnight c Dirty Dancing (1987) Paramount Network 1:45am/12:45c Poltergeist (1982) TCM WE WENT GHOST HUNTING! The Holzer Files 10/9c, Travel Channel “Did anyone else feel that?” I asked. I was standing in the gloomy dining room of San Diego’s Whaley House (above). Built in the 1850s on the site of a gallows, it’s been…

MOVIES 6:15am/5:15c Alien: Resurrection (1997) AMC 11am/10c Widows (2018) HBO 2 Noon/11am c Me Before You (2016) CMT 4/3c Revenge of the Nerds (1984) BBC America 5:30/4:30c That’s Entertainment (1974) TCM 6/5c The Birds (1963) Starz Encore 8/7c The Green Mile (1999) SundanceTV 8/7c Wonder Woman (2017) TNT The Simpsons 8/7c, Fox Beware! The series’ 30th “Treehouse of Horror” special coincides with Episode 666! Look for a demonic baby Maggie (above), Milhouse’s trip to a Stranger Things–esque dimension, Selma’s E.T. romance and body-switching antics from dearly departed Homer. Watchmen SERIES PREMIERE 9/8c, HBO Lost mastermind Damon Lindelof updates the alternate reality of Watchmen, an ’80s DC Comics series, for this present-day drama starring Regina King (left). The result: Democrat Robert Redford has been POTUS for 27 years, personal tech devices are banned, gun control is strict—and…

MOVIES 6am/5c Escape From the Planet of the Apes (1971) IFC 8:15am/7:15c Signs (2002) HBO 2 9am/8c Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) FXX 10:10am/9:10c Spaceballs (1987) Epix 11:30am/10:30c Adaptation. (2002) Showtime Noon/11am c When Harry Met Sally… (1989) Showtime Showcase 12:14/11:14am c The Girl in the Spider’s Web (2018) Starz 1:15/12:15c From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) AMC 3:05/2:05c Gosford Park (2001) The Movie Channel 5:12/4:12c Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) Indieplex 8/7c Bedazzled (2000) Cinemax 10/9c Silver Bullet (1985) AMC 10/9c The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018) Epix 11:16/10:16c The Money Pit (1986) Starz Encore Family 12:30am/11:30c Mahogany (1975) TCM 1am/midnight c The Wedding Planner (2001) SundanceTV TODAY’S SPORTS PICKS MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 8/7c, Fox World Series: Game 1 The 115th World Series begins at the home park of the league champion with the better regular-season record. The L.A. Dodgers hope…

MOVIES 6/5c Leprechaun (1993) AMC 8/7c Beauty and the Beast (2017) TNT 10/9c Awakenings (1990) Flix 10/9c Speechless (1994) This TV 10:30/9:30c Cinderella (2015) TNT Midnight/11c Once Bitten (1985) This TV HALLOWEEN COMES EARLY… It’s a freaky Friday of Halloween episodes. On Magnum P.I. (9/8c, CBS), private eye Thomas Magnum and shifty pickpocket Jin (Jay Hernandez and guest star Bobby Lee, right) dress up as John Lennon and Yoko Ono to nab a fugitive at a costume party. “Jay brought John back to life in a way only a cool dude could,” Magnum costume designer Ashley Heathcock assures us. On Hawaii Five-0 (8/7c, CBS), Dr. Max Bergman (Masi Oka), dressed this year as John Wick from John Wick: Chapter 2, returns for a party that gets cut short. The gang is called away to search…

MOVIES 12:30/11:30am c Dick (1999) The Movie Channel 1/noon c Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) TBS 1:33/12:33c Red (2010) Syfy 3:45/2:45c Final Destination (2000) IFC 4/3c Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) TBS 5/4c Valkyrie (2008) Showtime Showcase 5:30/4:30c What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) TCM 7:30/6:30c The Internship (2013) Comedy Central 8/7c The Karate Kid (1984) SundanceTV 8/7c and midnight/11c Pet Sematary (1989) BBC America 10/9c and 2am/1c Pet Sematary II (1992) BBC America 11/10c The Karate Kid Part II (1986) SundanceTV 11:20/10:20c Dark Shadows (2012) Freeform 1:05am/12:05c Team America: World Police (2004) Cinemax 3:30am/2:30c Velvet Goldmine (1998) Flix The Munsters 11am/10c, Cozi TV Cozi TV scares up 13 hours of shenanigans from 1313 Mockingbird Lane, home of The Munsters. With plotlines about a husband in the doghouse, a science fair project and an ill-fated camping trip,…

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