Innholdsfortegnelse for November 11, 2019 i TV Guide Magazine

@TVGMMattRoush Once again I have abandoned a promising new series because the show-runners make it too difficult to watch. I’m referring to USA’s Treadstone, and the problem is too many subtitles. I know they want to make it authentic, but having to continuously read the translations is way too distracting. And the subtitles run by too fast to keep up. I know this is a show I would really enjoy. Why do they sabotage their own shows this way? —JC MATT ROUSH: A common complaint in my inbox comes from viewers who find it hard to read subtitles, texts on cellphones, emails and other printed materials onscreen. With Treadstone, inspired by the Bourne franchise, I appreciate the show’s global scope and like that it isn’t asking its Asian, Russian and…

For decades, television and its stars have embraced an essential role as passionate advocates for lung cancer awareness. (The disease kills more people annually than colon, breast and prostate cancers combined.) November may be Lung Cancer Awareness month, but TV has never followed a calendar in shedding light on the illness. LUNG CANCER AWARENESS MONTH TV SENDS THE MESSAGE TV TYPICALLY APPROACHES serious health issues first through PSAs and reporting, then by dramatizing moments that will pull at audiences’ heartstrings. In May and June 1955—with the U.S. Surgeon General beginning a study on the effects of smoking—legendary CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow covered the controversial connection between smoking and cancer on his series See It Now. What made the show extra remarkable: Murrow, never seen on TV without a cigarette…

TODAY’S SPORTS PICK COLLEGE FOOTBALL 2:30/1:30c, NBC Navy at Notre Dame The Navy Midshipmen cruise into legendary Notre Dame Stadium to continue their long-standing rivalry with the Fighting Irish, led by quarterback Ian Book (below). WHERE THE AIR IS SWEET! Sesame Street SEASON PREMIERE 9am/8c, HBO Following last week’s prime-time celebration, the children’s staple steps jauntily into its landmark 50th season. In a new segment, “Big Bird’s Road Trip” travels around the United States and beyond to spotlight kids and where they live. Plus: This round’s guests range from ballet dancer Misty Copeland to musician Dave Grohl. A Classic Christmas (My Music) 8/7c, PBS (check local listings at pbs.org) To paraphrase the lyrics of a well-known Christmas carol, “Said Captain Stubing to Mrs. C, ‘Do you hear what I hear?’…

THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE SEASON 4 PREMIERE FRIDAY, NOV. 15 The Nazis are on the run. Well, one is, at least. In an otherwise quiet mountainside forest in the land formerly known as the United States of America, gunfire disturbs the tranquil, snow-covered setting as armed insurgents pursue a high-profile military man desperately trying to flee. The intense scene, which TV GUIDE MAGAZINE was on the Western Canada set to witness one wet day last March, is just one of many violent battles that play out as uprisings accelerate on the final season of Prime Video’s The Man in the High Castle. Can the good guys actually prevail this time? That question will be answered on the last 10 episodes of the alt-history sci-fi drama, which imagines a…

Nature 8/7c, PBS (check local listings at pbs.org) There’s no such thing as an average bear. Learn how the eight species of smart, strong, dextrous carnivores—including grizzlies, pandas, polar bears and real-life Paddingtons (aka the Andean, or “spectacled bear”)—hunt and raise cubs in a changing world. HANG ON, HAYES! SEAL Team 9/8c, CBS Bravo Team is on a mission to help the Secret Service prevent a sniper attack on U.S. dignitaries. But the brutal physical nature of the job may be catching up with team leader Jason Hayes (David Boreanaz), who contemplates surgery for an injury. Holmes and Holmes 9/8c, DIY Renovation pro Mike Holmes has some bad news for the homeowners of his latest project (otherwise known as the Half Done House). During demolition, he found faulty electrical wiring,…

TRIPLE THREAT! Thank you, NBC, for the best Chicago Fire-Med-P.D. crossover ever [October 16]! It was a perfect mix. And congrats to Dick Wolf, the other producers and their casts. The acting was excellent, and these shows were amazing! —MaryAnn SPINE-CHILLING JOY Kudos to [showrunners] Robert and Michelle King for creating Evil, a series that is both deliciously creepy and thought-provoking. —Sharon FIERCELY FRESH Nancy Drew has been given the dark and edgy Buffy the Vampire Slayer makeover, and she has never looked better! Thank you, The CW. I love Nancy’s new revision. —Aimee Email us: letters@tvgm.com COMING NEXT ISSUE ▸ BLUE BLOODS Dinner is served! We went to the CBS show’s set for TV GUIDE MAGAZINE’s November 25 issue to watch the Reagans (including Frank, played by Tom Selleck,…

BLUE’S CLUES & YOU! SERIES PREMIERE MONDAY, NOV. 11, 9am/8C, NICKELODEON Fresh from starring in Broadway’s Aladdin, Joshua Dela Cruz (right) hosts the rebooted Blue’s Clues & You! He’ll guide our favorite mystery-solving pup, Blue (sorry, Scooby!), as she plays her favorite game, Blue’s Clues, following a trail of three hints to unravel a puzzle. (Blue gets an assist from some household pals like alarm clock Tickety Tock and Sidetable Drawer, and even turns to viewers for help.) But first, Blue must teach Josh—cousin to former clue-seekers Steve (Steve Burns) and Joe (Donovan Patton)—and a new generation of fans the rules of the game when the Nickelodeon series returns for the first time since 2006. More than 3,000 people auditioned to be the new host, and WWE star John Cena…

The Crown SEASON PREMIERE Sunday, Nov. 17, Netflix IT WASN’T QUEEN Elizabeth’s posh accent, her mannerisms or the icy glare she could level when displeased. No, for Olivia Colman, the hardest part of playing The Crown’s stoic monarch was keeping her tears at bay during certain scenes—particularly in a heart-wrenching episode about the 1966 Aberfan disaster, in which 144 Welsh people, including more than 100 schoolchildren, died in a mining avalanche. “I can’t even think about it. It makes me want to cry,” Colman tells TV GUIDE MAGAZINE during a visit to the set in rainy Crowthorne, England. In her trailer before slipping into costume, she pulls her robe more tightly around her and tries to keep her feelings in check. “It’s so sad,” Colman continues. Series creator Peter Morgan…

MOVIES 9:46am/8:46c and 5:06/4:06c Cocoon: The Return (1988) Retroplex 10:29am/9:29c Romancing the Stone (1984) Starz Encore Action 11am/10c Anastasia (1997) HBO Family 11:15am/10:15c Enemy at the Gates (2001) Cinemax Noon/11am c Single White Female (1992) Epix 12:37/11:37am c Anything Else (2003) Starz Comedy 2:35/1:35c The Holiday (2006) Freeform 3:45/2:45c Playing for Keeps (2012) HDNet Movies 4:21/3:21c Raising Arizona (1987) Starz Encore Classic 4:23/3:23c Kate & Leopold (2001) Movieplex 4:30/3:30c Great Balls of Fire! (1989) This TV 6:10/5:10c The Darjeeling Limited (2007) HBO 8:57/7:57c Friends With Benefits (2011) Starz 11:08/10:08c Sea of Love (1989) Retroplex 12:05am/11:05c Aquaman (2018) HBO 2 1am/midnight c Cool Hand Luke (1967) TCM A Million Little Things 9/8c, ABC Unconventional family ties have been generating a million little problems for Maggie (Allison Miller) and live-in boyfriend Gary (James Roday) since Jason Ritter’s Eric (above, with Miller) arrived on the scene. Eric, the transplant recipient of Maggie’s late brother’s heart,…

MOVIES 7am/6c Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013) FXX 8:15am/7:15c Moonlight Mile (2002) HBO Signature 10am/9c Bad Times at the El Royale (2018) HBO 2 11am/10c Cliffhanger (1993) BBC America 11:15am/10:15c The Replacements (2000) TBS 11:30am/10:30c Married to It (1991) This TV 12:25/11:25am c Passenger 57 (1992) HDNet Movies 1/noon c Madea’s Family Reunion (2006) BET 2:20/1:20c Paddington 2 (2017) HBO Family 3/2c What About Bob? (1991) Cinemax 7/6c McLintock! (1963) getTV 8/7c Shane (1953) TCM 10:14/9:14c Pale Rider (1985) SundanceTV 10:35/9:35c Dangerous Liaisons (1988) HBO 2 Midnight/11c Speed (1994) Paramount Network 3:45am/2:45c Keanu (2016) TBS Editors’ Choice Ray Donovan SEASON PREMIERE 8/7c, Showtime TROUBLED FIXER TO the stars Ray Donovan (Liev Schreiber) might be a tougher therapy patient than Tony Soprano, so expect Ray’s analyst, Dr. Arthur Amiot (Alan Alda, above), to do serious digging for the truth in Season 7. Multiple Emmy winner Alda, currently also in the hot film Marriage…

Newly Available District 9 (2009) An Oscar-nominated sci-fi thriller that imagines a world where aliens who have landed on Earth are locked up in internment camps. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) Johnny Depp and Benicio Del Toro take a drug-induced road trip in this quirky black comedy based on Hunter S. Thompson’s 1971 novel. Grease (1978) “They think our love is just a growing pain/Why don’t they understand, it’s just a crying shame…” It’s impossible not to sing along while watching the 1950s-set musical about a bunch of randy teenagers. Holiday in the Wild (2019) Netflix Original See page 48. How to Be a Latin Lover (2017) A kept man (Eugenio Derbez) must learn to make it on his own after his wealthy, much older wife (Renée Taylor)…

All Rise 9/8c, CBS Fall’s breakout courtroom drama offers compelling cases, like tonight’s murder trial with an 11-year-old witness. But All Rise fans also love the friendship between prosecutor Mark Callan and Judge Lola Carmichael (Wilson Bethel and Simone Missick, above). We put the actors on the stand. —Mandi Bierly HE SAID Wilson Bethel Besides mutual respect, what’s the secret to Lola and Mark’s friendship? They aren’t super stuffy and pretentious. I imagine they’d be the kind of people who’d turn up a dance party. Which of you is more likely to go off-script? Equally likely. Although Simone is more likely to get away with it. When did you know you’d be friends in real life? Simone showed up at a barbecue at my house a few years ago with…

MOVIES 6am/5c Beaches (1988) HBO 7:43am/6:43c Street Fighter (1994) Starz Encore Action 8:15am/7:15c Admission (2013) IFC 9am/8c Passengers (2016) FX 10am/9c Fuzz (1972) This TV 11am/10c Marley & Me (2008) Freeform 12:56/11:56am c The Big Lebowski (1998) Starz 2/1c The Red Shoes (1948) TCM 3/2c What’s Love Got to Do With It (1993) BET 7:35/6:35c Superstar (1999) HDNet Movies 8:40/7:40c The Mighty Ducks (1992) HBO Family 8:49/7:49c Inside Man (2006) Starz Encore Classic 9:25/8:25c The Out-of-Towners (1999) Starz Comedy 11:08/10:08c Brokeback Mountain (2005) Starz 1:15am/12:15c Daylight (1996) Cinemax 3:35am/2:35c Red River (1948) Retroplex Editors’ Choice The Unicorn 8:30/7:30c, CBS Even if CBS hadn’t already ordered a full season of The Unicorn, Walton Goggins would know the heartfelt and hilarious freshman comedy—about widower Wade Felton navigating parenthood and dating after the loss of his wife—was touching viewers. “I’ve become a repository for sadness, and for trauma, and for joy, but in…

Us 8/7c, HBO Movie Pick They say we all have look-alikes running around, but after watching writer-director Jordan Peele’s fright-filled 2019 follow-up to Get Out, you’ll hope not! Here, the doppelgängers live underground—and come up to kill, led by the bloodthirsty Red (Lupita Nyong’o, left). She and her brood attack Adelaide (also Nyong’o) and her family. Fittingly, even the title of this film has a dual role: It’s a play on “U.S.,” so expect some sharp sociopolitical commentary with the jump scares. TODAY’S SPORTS PICK COLLEGE FOOTBALL 2:30/1:30c, NBC Boston College at Notre Dame In a rivalry nicknamed the Holy War, the B.C. Eagles land in Notre Dame Stadium for an afternoon showdown with the Fighting Irish. The Kitchen: Thanksgiving Live 11am/10c, Food Network Hosts Sunny Anderson, Alex Guarnaschelli, Katie…

ACROSS 1 Nothing (Sp.)5 Actress Argento9 Upper limb12 Director Ferrara13 Stephen of Barry14 Extra charge15 Hatcher of Desperate Housewives16 ____ Dove18 Billy club20 Egan of Brooklyn Bridge21 Donovan of In Gayle We Trust23 Security guard on Top of the Heap25 Charlotte of Diff’rent Strokes26 Dr. Zhivago’s muse28 Bait31 Northern Exposure interjection32 ____ Chaney Jr.33 Long of NCIS: Los Angeles34 The ____ of Night36 Poison lead singer Michaels38 Perform on TV39 Let’s Make ____ (2 wds.)41 Hall & ____43 Spring month45 Space: ____ and Beyond47 The ____ Show With Tom Snyder (2 wds.)49 Whose Line ____ Anyway? (2 wds.)52 Contend for53 Actor and singer Burl54 Anderson of Nurses55 One Day at a Time mom56 Hearing devices57 Gunn of Breaking Bad DOWN 1 Lead singer on The Naked Brothers Band2 Sixteenth president3 Name of Jesse’s dad’s restaurant (2 wds.)4…

LOVE IT! Cheers to This Is Us for throwing out another curveball. The twist-filled NBC weeper tuned up a new mystery at the end of the October 22 episode (solidly directed by star Milo Ventimiglia): What’s up with that old photo that Kate (Chrissy Metz, above) found of herself as a teenager? This is us betting it’s something really bad. Cheers to Seth Meyers for delivering a stand-up set worthy of a standing O. For his Netflix special, Lobby Baby, the Late Night host (right) offers a closer look at the crazy birth stories of his two sons that celebrates his wife and shows how great comedy can be in the hands of good guys. Cheers to Watchmen for being so watchable. HBO’s violent, timely new drama is not only…

Going Back to High School On Disney+, it’s all about putting on a show, even decades later IN THE WONDERFUL world of Disney, now filtered through the new Disney+ subscription service, it seems you never forget your first high school musical. Or High School Musical, for that matter. Hoping for pop-culture lightning to strike again, the streaming platform revisits one of Disney Channel’s greatest hits, a 2006 kitsch classic that made household names of Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens. She’s apparently known as “V. Hudge” to a new generation of theater-camp geeks—who would seem to be the target audience for High School Musical: The Musical: The Series. It’s a very meta, but mostly meh, homage set in the same Utah high school where the original movie was filmed and which…

Mad About You SEASON PREMIERE Wednesday, Nov. 20, Spectrum Originals HAS IT REALLY been 20 years since we last saw Mad About You lovebirds Paul and Jamie Buchman? Technically, no, not if you remember the NBC sitcom’s 1999 series finale. It flashed forward to the year 2021, when the couple separated for several months before ultimately reuniting. “Literally, we said, ‘This way we don’t have to come back and we can’t come back. We showed the future already,’” recalls Paul Reiser, who also cocreated the series that earned costar Helen Hunt four Emmys. “And then here we are,” he continues, sitting with his TV wife in the Buchmans’ familiar Manhattan apartment, which has been re-created for a 12-episode revival on the on-demand platform Spectrum Originals. (The first six installments premiere…

MOVIES 11:22am/10:22c and 9/8c Pride & Prejudice (2005) Indieplex 12:30/11:30am c The Wilby Conspiracy (1975) This TV 2:12/1:12c and 9:53/8:53 Pleasantville (1998) Starz Comedy 2:35/1:35c Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986) Cinemax 2:40/1:40c Tron: Legacy (2010) Starz Encore Action 3/2c The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017) Showtime Family Zone 5:40/4:40c As Good As It Gets (1997) Epix 5:50/4:50c Home Alone (1990) Freeform 6:15/5:15c Marked Woman (1937) TCM 8/7c Clerks (1994) Cinemax 8/7c Despicable Me 3 (2017) FX 8/7c Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) Syfy 9/8c The Magnificent Seven (1960) HDNet Movies 10:35/9:35c Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018) HBO 2 11:24/10:24c The Jerk (1979) Retroplex 11:30/10:30c The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (2015) TNT WE’VE GOT QUESTIONS! Kings of Pain SERIES PREMIERE 10/9c, History Animal handler Rob “Caveman” Alleva and wild-life biologist Adam Thorn are on a painful mission. That is, they want to update the “pain index,” created by an entomologist in 1983…

HOLIDAY IN THE WILD MOVIE PREMIERE AVAILABLE NOW Better watch your back, Hallmark: Netflix is muscling in hard on the Yuletide-originals territory. And one of its first offerings of the season presents a sweetly different take on the traditional made-for-TV romantic comedies. Rob Lowe (Code Black) and Kristin Davis (Sex and the City) trade Christmas trees for tusks and trunks in an Africa-set romance with a heartwarming message about saving at-risk animals. Davis, whom producer Brad Krevoy calls “a truly incredible activist for endangered elephants,” stars as Kate, a New Yorker who winds up alone at the holidays in Zambia after her husband bails on their second honeymoon—and their marriage. There, she meets Lowe’s Derek, a handsome and charming bush pilot with a heart of gold…when it comes to pachyderms,…

MOVIES 7:31am/6:31c Smokey and the Bandit (1977) Starz Encore Action 8:45am/7:45c Big Top (1988) Epix 9:08am/8:08c Smokey and the Bandit II (1980) Starz Encore Action 9:28am/8:28c Tremors (1990) Movieplex 9:45am/8:45c Won’t You Be My Neighbor? (2018) HBO 2/1c Grace Quigley (1985) This TV 3/2c Daddy’s Little Girls (2007) BET 6:18/5:18c Something New (2006) Starz Comedy 7:10/6:10c Back to the Future Part II (1989) Starz Encore 7:45/6:45c The Blind Side (2009) Freeform 8/7c Your Highness (2011) Cinemax 9/8c Back to the Future Part III (1990) Starz Encore 10/9c The Birdcage (1996) Pop TV 12:30am/11:30c Deception (1946) TCM 1:17am/12:17c One Crazy Summer (1986) Movieplex 3am/2c Outbreak (1995) BBC America The Conners 8/7c, ABC CONNER FAMILY TENSIONS run higher than a thermometer in a Thanksgiving turkey on tonight’s episode, and Katey Sagal has a front-row seat as Louise, the La Casita Bonita manager who fancies widower Dan (John Goodman, above, with Sagal). She scores an invite…

Hawaii Five-0 8/7c, CBS Crime doesn’t take a Thanks giving break! Tonight, the Task Force seeks a stolen koa tree (valued at more than a million dollars) that could help solve a 15-year-old case. Also, Danny (Scott Caan) temporarily moves in with partner McGarrett (Alex O’Loughlin). Fresh Off the Boat 8:30/7:30c, ABC Newbie business consultant Louis (Randall Park) helps his neighbor Honey (Chelsey Crisp, right, with Park) land a slot on Good Morning Orlando to promote her advice blog for moms. Unfortunately for him—but good for the sake of comedy—he forgets Rule No. 1: Keep the client happy! Long Lost Family 10/9c, TLC Lisa Joyner and Chris Jacobs host this docuseries that helps people locate their biological relatives. This week, Joyner is on a quest to find the mother of a…

MOVIES 8:30am/7:30c Galaxy Quest (1999) BBC America 11:30am/10:30c Ski Patrol (1990) The Movie Channel Noon/11am c Caddyshack (1980) SundanceTV 1/noon c Groundhog Day (1993) Paramount Network 1:30/12:30c Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015) FX 2/1c Fool for Love (1985) This TV 4:15/3:15c Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967) 7/6c A Christmas Story (1983) TBS 9/8c Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006) Comedy Central 11/10c The Wedding Singer (1998) Paramount Network 11:30/10:30c Walking Tall (2004) IFC 12:15am/11:15c The Fault in Our Stars (2014) FXM 2am/1c Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979) BBC America 4:50am/3:50c Nine Months (1995) HBO NCIS: Los Angeles 9/8c, CBS On his first day back at work in October to shoot tonight’s episode of NCIS: LA, Barrett Foa—aka brilliant technical operator Eric Beale—was lying face up in a chilly mud puddle, hands cuffed behind his back, in flannel space-print pajamas. It was midnight and raining on…