Innholdsfortegnelse for March 2, 2020 i TV Guide Magazine

@TVGMMattRoush If Michael Sheen is nominated for a 2020 Emmy for his unique role on Fox’s Prodigal Son as Dr. Martin Whitly—the serial killer known as “The Surgeon,” and dad to Malcolm (Tom Payne)—would he qualify as guest or supporting actor? Whichever, Emmy voters need to recognize his superlative performance on this genre-defying serialized procedural that even blends in comedy. Payne as Malcolm should most definitely also be nominated for lead. With great shows like this and CBS’s Evil, broadcast networks should not be ignored any longer. —Fred MATT ROUSH: I couldn’t agree more. In a less crowded field, bravura work like Sheen’s (who is both chilling and hilarious) would be a no-brainer for a supporting nomination. (While not in every episode, he’s part of the regular cast, so not…

MAKING THE CUT Tastemakers Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn reteam for a global fashion competition nearly two years after they left the (project) runway behind. March 27, Prime Video THE FUGITIVE New streamer Quibi reboots the ’60s drama to fit its noepisode-over-15-minutes format. Kiefer Sutherland (left) is the cop hunting an innocent man. April, Quibi UNBREAKABLE KIMMY SCHMIDT: KIMMY VS. THE REVEREND Kimmy Schmidt (Ellie Kemper) and her squad reunite for an interactive special! May, Netflix…

ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO March 16, 9/8c, The CW In Season 2 of the sci-fi drama, scientist Liz (Jeanine Mason) mourns her alien love, Max (Nathan Dean Parsons), and tries to connect with her newly resurrected dead sister (Amber Midthunder). Max’s alien family grieves in other ways: Isobel (Lily Cowles) seeks more independence; Michael (Michael Vlamis) seeks a missing pal—aided by nemesis Jesse Manes (Trevor St. John). “It’s hard to imagine trusting him,” says creator Carina Adly MacKenzie, “unless we did a full body snatcher–style personality transplant.” —Mandi Bierly ONE DAY AT A TIME March 24, 9:30/8:30c, Pop TV The Cuban American Alvarez family, rescued by Pop TV for a fourth season after Netflix canceled the comedy, returns with dating woes (for both Justina Machado’s mom Penelope and Marcel Ruiz’s son…

MOVIES 6:23am/5:23c Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986) 5StarMax 7:30am/6:30c Deception (1946) TCM 12:43/11:43am c and 11:18/10:18c Little Miss Sunshine (2006) Starz Comedy 5/4c The Perfect Storm (2000) AMC 8/7c and 10/9c Stand by Me (1986) BBC America 10:30/9:30c Avatar (2009) FX 11:03/10:03c Tropic Thunder (2008) IFC 2:49am/1:49c Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) Starz Comedy Tournament of Champions SERIES PREMIERE 10/9c, Food Network March Madness meets meats and veggies in this new competition that puts 16 chefs—including Alex Guarnaschelli, Amanda Freitag and Eric Greenspan—into NCAA basketball–style brackets for five weeks of face-offs. “The level at which chefs [perform] these days is very much that level of top athletes,” explains host Guy Fieri (below). “So it was a natural fit to plug them into a bracket system and see who comes out on top.” The quality of…

MOVIES 9:55am/8:55c Désirée (1954) FXM Noon/The 11am c Magnificent Seven (1960) TCM 5/4c Batman (1989) AMC 5:30/4:30c Ocean’s Thirteen (2007) Comedy Central 5:30/4:30c The Parent Trap (1998) Freeform 6/5c What’s Love Got to Do With It (1993) VH1 7:15/6:15c Cloverfield (2008) IFC 8/7c Ocean’s Twelve (2004) Comedy Central 9:35/8:35c American Graffti (1973) Showtime Family Zone Yesterday 8/7c, HBO Movie Pick This 2019 rom-com’s premise: After a bike accident, a struggling musician (Himesh Patel, below) wakes to find he’s living in a helter-skelter world where the Beatles never existed. Soon, he realizes he’s got a ticket to ride…to superstardom, thanks to those amazing songs everyone thinks he wrote. Success, though, also entails losing the most important person in his life (Lily James, Downton Abbey), which means he’ll need a little—you guessed it—help. House Hunters 7am/6c, HGTV Think small! The series’…

ZEROZEROZERO SERIES PREMIERE FRIDAY, MARCH 6 Violent and gritty, the drama ZeroZeroZero weaves together several overlapping tales from the international cocaine trade: suppliers in Mexico, buyers in Italy and shippers in the U.S. (Bloodline’s Andrea Riseborough, below center, plays one such dealmaker.) To tell the story with the “utmost realism,” executive producer Stefano Sollima says he didn’t shy away from showing the horrors of the industry “regardless of how brutal and repelling.” —EA AGATHA CHRISTIE’S THE PALE HORSE SERIES PREMIERE FRIDAY, MARCH 13 Most Agatha Christie stories can be called dark and twisty, but The Pale Horse may just be the creepiest yet. When star Rufus Sewell (above) read the script adapted by Sarah Phelps (who’s brought several Christie stories to the screen), “I was slightly in shock and I…

MOVIES 10am/9c Frankie and Johnny (1991) HBO Signature 12:30/11:30am c Captain Phillips (2013) AMC 2:39/1:39c The Truth About Cats & Dogs (1996) Starz Comedy 10:35/9:35c Pleasantville (1998) Indieplex 11:30/10:30c Shazam! (2019) HBO Comedy Council of Dads SERIES PREMIERE 10/9c, NBC After being diagnosed with cancer, a young father, Scott (Tom Everett Scott), tells his wife, Robin (Sarah Wayne Callies), he wants three of the most important men in his life to step in should she or their kids need help. A heavy, heartbreaking concept, but Callies promises Council is “not a show about grief, it’s a show about living.” Tonight, we meet the trio (above, from left)—Scott’s oncologist and Robin’s best bud (J. August Richards), his oldest friend (Clive Standen) and his AA sponsee (Michael O’Neill)—as Robin learns that being strong for her family isn’t…

Strike Back 10/9c, Cinemax Suspecting that the terrorist Zayef (Alec Secareanu) plans to deploy highly destructive stolen military tech during a UN conference in Munich, Sergeant “Mac” McAllister (Warren Brown) and his special-ops team head to Germany, where an epic showdown and an unexpected disaster await. Flack SEASON PREMIERE 10/9c, Pop TV London’s messiest celebrity publicist (Anna Paquin, left) seems to have finally gotten her act together on the dark comedy’s sophomore season. But soon her recovery from druggin’, boozin’ and sleepin’ with clients is jeopardized by some surprising news. MOVIES 10:52am/9:52c Lucas (1986) Starz Encore 1:55/12:55c Fighting With My Family (2019) Epix 5/4c The First Wives Club (1996) Pop TV 7:35/6:35c First Man (2018) Cinemax 8/7c Top Gun (1986) AMC…

ACROSS 1 Unit of medicine 5 Donna Summer’s song “____ Girls” 8 ____ the Sheriff 12 Long of Roots: The Next Generations 13 Organization for Denny Crane (abbr.) 14 McCallany of Mindhunter 15 Dweeb or geek 16 The Cornhusker State 18 Baio’s last name on Joanie Loves Chachi 20 Mario Bros. foe 21 Leif of The High Chaparral 23 Dolly Parton in 9 to 5 25 The Pine Tree State 29 Where the Wild Things ____ 30 Yunjin of Lost 32 Outdoor exercise 33 David of Outsiders 36 Newspaper type 39 Turner of Body Heat 41 Jerry of Law & Order 44 Laura Ingalls nemesis 47 ____ Exposure 49 ____ Variety 50 Summer of Problem Child 51 Shoebox letters 52 Gross of The Little Mermaid 53 Angela’s ____ 54 Sun up to…

LOVE IT! Cheers to Cheer for giving us real squad goals. Netflix’s fascinating docuseries about Texas’ Navarro cheerleading team flips the script on what most folks think about pom-pom shakers (like Kassidy Warnol, left) to show just how focused, fit and fierce these undeniable athletes truly are. Cheers to Lego Masters for redefining the phrase “building excitement.” The lively new Fox series, hosted by Will Arnett, blends competition with nostalgic kids’ play as major Lego aficionados (like teammates Krystle and Amie, right) construct intricate designs that hit us like a ton of plastic bricks. Cheers to Chilling Adventures of Sabrina for conjuring up a brew of badass women. Kiernan Shipka is A-plus as the titular teen witch, but Part 3 of Netflix’s horror romp has us over the full moon…

QUICK TAKE America’s Got Talent needs to cut all the big production numbers with lighting and costumes, as that is not part of the talent being judged. Have them do the number twice: Once with all the glitz, and once with just the talent. Then judge the talent. —Richard WELCOME BACK! Fans were overjoyed to see Raúl Esparza return in a short scene on the February 6 episode of Law & Order: SVU. But it just whetted our appetite for more Barba! —Nancy TOO MUCH? Will someone please tell Kelly Clarkson that she is miked and doesn’t have to yell all the time? Love her and her show, but OMG, she needs to tone it down! She is screwing up my hearing aids! —Jan Email us: letters@tvgm.com COMING NEXT ISSUE…

@TVGMMattRoush SERIES PREMIERE Thursday, March 5, FX on Hulu YOU WON’T BELIEVE your eyes—and maybe you shouldn’t—when you discover the game-changing secrets of Devs. That’s the name given to a hush-hush development division of a truly creepy high-tech quantum computing company. I couldn’t spoil the surprise if I wanted to, because even after succumbing to eight hypnotic hours of this elegantly suspenseful limited series, I’m not entirely sure I understand it. This is science fiction for those who take their science very seriously. Beyond all of the ensuing mumbo jumbo about determinism vs. free will, quantum mechanics and the possibility of multiple realities, Devs operates like any gripping story about mad scientists with a God complex. The maddest, and saddest, of the lot is Forest (a shaggy Nick Offerman in…

’30s PENNY DREADFUL: CITY OF ANGELS Premieres April 26, 10/9c, Showtime In this spinoff of the popular horror show, the Angel of Holy Death (Lorenza Izzo) and her demon sister, Magda (Natalie Dormer), roam 1938 L.A., a city rife with political demagogues, foreign agents and vulnerable communities. —IR ’60s SHE WALKS WITH APES Premieres April 22, 9/8c, BBC America This doc profiles pioneering primatologists Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey and Biruté Galdikas, dubbed the Trimates. They went to live among, respectively, chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans to better understand our closest genetic relatives—and witness a different kind of swingin’ ’60s. —John Hogan ’80s LET’S GO CRAZY: THE GRAMMY SALUTE TO PRINCE Premieres Spring, CBS Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to celebrate this thing called Prince’s life—including the towering achievement that…

DRAGNIFICENT! Ready to get zhuzhed up? RuPaul vets Alexis Michelle, BeBe Zahara Benet, Jujubee and Thorgy Thor (left) bring Eleganza Extravaganza to everyday women. April, TLC FASHION’S A DRAG A fierce panel of queens and fashion mavens join host Willam Belli (A Star Is Born) to read celebs for style faux pas in this daily review on the mobile-only streamer. April, Quibi WE’RE HERE This six-episode unscripted series sends Drag Racers Bob the Drag Queen, Eureka O’Hara and Shangela to prep smalltown residents for a one-night drag show. April 23, 9/8c, HBO…

Better Things SEASON PREMIERE 10/9c, FX When it rains, it pours—in Los Angeles?—in an exceptionally wet fourth season of star and director Pamela Adlon’s brilliant, bittersweet slice-of-life comedy about Sam Fox, a resilient trying to survive a midlife crisis. Landing acting gigs at 50 is no joke, and yet there are plenty of laughs as Sam (Adlon, above left, with Mikey Madison) wrangles three headstrong daughters able to whipsaw from tender affection to bristling hostility in a blink. Her own mercurial mother (Celia Imrie), who is also her neighbor, is coping with a heart condition—a shock, because the woman often seems utterly heartless. Hanging with friends is nearly as stressful, since they all seem to be in varying states of relationship crisis. Somehow, with her sardonic wit and deep reserves…

MOVIES 10am/9c and 7/6c The Matrix (1999) BBC America 11am/10c Dreamgirls (2006) TBS 3/2c The Help (2011) Showtime 2 4:19/3:19c Gran Torino (2008) AMC 7/6c Babe (1995) HBO Family Rob Riggle: Global Investigator SERIES PREMIERE 10/9c, Discovery The Marine turned comedian is on a mission to solve our greatest mysteries, starting in the Greek isles. Atlantis can’t stay lost with Riggle on the case! Ride With Norman Reedus SEASON PREMIERE 12:10am/11:10c, AMC  Late-Night Pick Fans of The Walking Dead know what it means when Michael Rooker visits the Norman Reedus travel show to bike around Birmingham and Atlanta: Dixon brothers reunion! TODAY’S SPORTSPICKS NBA BASKETBALL 3:30/2:30c, ABC Los Angeles Lakers at L.A. Clippers Two of the best in the West have at it in their shared arena: LeBron James, Anthony Davis and the Lakers do…

DEVS SERIES PREMIERE THURSDAY, MARCH 5 Murder, corporate espionage and cutting-edge technology run the code of this eerie new drama (which Matt Roush reviews on page 8). Here’s a quick download of some key info before you start watching. 1 Nick Offerman is nearly unrecognizable. The former Parks and Recreation cutup goes darkly unsympathetic as Forest, a Silicon Valley CEO tied to the death of one of his AI coders (Karl Glusman, far left, with Offerman). 2 Our hero is outmatched. As the dead man’s girlfriend and engineer Lily (Sonoya Mizuno) begins to investigate, Forest’s inner circle—which includes Star Trek: Picard’s Alison Pill and The Good Fight’s Zach Grenier—employs an arsenal of cyber tools to predict her moves, tamper with evidence and, ultimately, test her sanity. 3 It could happen.…

MOVIES 6:47am/5:47c Tangled (2010) Starz 3/2c Under Siege (1992) AMC 4:05/3:05c Glory (1989) Epix 4:50/3:50c The Book of Life (2014) FXM 6:15/5:15c The Little Princess (1939) TCM 8/7c The Blind Side (2009) Freeform 8/7c Speed (1994) AMC 11:45/10:45c 12 Monkeys (1995) Showtime Beyond 1:33a/12:33c Deadpool 2(2018) OuterMax Star Trek: The Next Generation 6/5c, BBC America It’s the riveting two-part 1994 series finale. Marvel at how Capt. Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) convinces his loyal crew in three timelines—his first day on the Enterprise, his present day and 25 years into the future (above)—to help him save humanity. Also at how much time he spends in a robe. S.W.A.T. 10/9c, CBS Deacon’s (Jay Harrington) gig moonlighting as private security at a big-time boxing match gets interesting when a prizefighter’s wife is kidnapped and the SWAT team is called in. Keep…

MOVIES 7am/6c Edward Scissorhands (1990) Freeform 3:30/2:30c X-Men (2000) IFC 5:16/4:16c Doctor Strange (2016) USA 7/6c Thor: Ragnarok (2017) TNT 8/7c All the President’s Men (1976) TCM 8/7c Furious 7 (2015) FX 9/8c The Matrix Reloaded (2003) AMC 12:30am/11:30c Stronger (2017) TNT Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw 8/7c, HBO Feel the need for speed? Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham (below, from left) rev into high gear as bickering special agents who team up to take down a cybernetic bully (Idris Elba) in this 2019 flick. It’s silly but fun, with The Crown’s Vanessa Kirby, Ryan Reynolds, Helen Mirren and Kevin Hart to help fuel the action. Movie Pick The Pioneer Woman 10am/9c, Food Network Daytime Pick Oklahoma’s Ree Drummond and her rancher husband, Ladd, celebrate their birthdays the way God intended—with her skillet spaghetti and meatballs.…

The NFL is one of the most popular sports leagues in the world. Not only is the Super Bowl the topwatched U.S. TV event every year (99.9 million viewers tuned in February 2 for Super Bowl LIV), but the league’s average per-game attendance of more than 66,000 is No. 1 in the nation. So at the season’s end, it’s natural for the faithful to feel a loss from the absence of padslapping action, soaring spirals and leaping touchdown catches. Thankfully, the newly revived XFL pro football league is filling that need with swift battles and budding new stars. A reboot of WWE CEO Vince McMahon’s ill-fated 2001 league that lasted one year, the XFL circa 2020 seems off to a more promising start. Eight teams, divided into East and West…

THE PLOT AGAINST AMERICA Philip Roth’s tale of a fascist America led by President Charles Lindbergh gets adapted with John Turturro and Winona Ryder (left). March 16, 9/8c, HBO MOTHERLAND: FORT SALEM No more burning at the stake! For 300 years, the U.S. has been recruiting witches as its military might in this female-driven yarn. March 18, 9/8c, Freeform THE WALKING DEAD: WORLD BEYOND Zombies rule the planet, and a new generation comes of age. Nico Tortorella (Younger) and Aliyah Royale (The Red Line) star. April 12, 10/9c, AMC…

MOVIES 6:35am/5:35c Arthur (1981) HBO Comedy 8:34am/7:34c Toy Story 3 (2010) Starz Encore 12:45/11:45am c Libeled Lady (1936) TCM 2:02/1:02c The Great Gatsby (1974) Retroplex 4/3c Election (1999) Showtime Next 5/4c Inside Man (2006) AMC 7/6c and 11/10c The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) FX 1:40am/12:40c Apocalypse Now (1979) HBO 2:47am/1:47c On Golden Pond (1981) 5StarMax TODAY’S SPORTS PICKS NBA BASKETBALL 7:30/6:30c and 10/9c, TNT Brooklyn Nets at Boston Celtics, Philadelphia 76ers at Los Angeles Lakers TNT’s doubleheader starts with an Eastern Conference Nets–Celtics clash. Then the 76ers hit L.A. for a showdown with LeBron James, Anthony Davis (below) and the Lakers. THIS WON’T BE EASY The Resident 8/7c, Fox Meeting your girlfriend’s family can be tough, but Dr. Pravesh (Manish Dayal) is determined to make a good first impression when VIP patient Nadine’s (Shazi Raja) father arrives for…

MacGyver 8/7c, CBS Martial arts expert Desi Nguyen (Levy Tran, left) also has mad soccer skills! Tonight, she goes undercover on an Italian football team. Why? The shady organization Codex has been fixing matches, and if Team MacGyver can figure out which player is in cahoots with the group, they’ll be one step closer to identifying its key members. BASED ON A BESTSELLER The Most Dangerous Animal of All SERIES PREMIERE 10/9c, FX Over four intense episodes tonight, Gary L. Stewart recounts his search for the biological father who abandoned him—and his realization that this man could be Northern California’s infamous Zodiac Killer of the 1960s and ’70s. MOVIES 7:15am/6:15c Duck Soup (1933) TCM 7:45am/6:45c The Bravados (1958) FXM 10:25am/9:25 c The Natural (1984) Epix 2:45/1:45c Lolita (1962) TCM 4:30/3:30c Hitch (2005) Pop TV 8/7c…

Newly Available Blade Runner: The Final Cut (2007) Twenty-five years after he made this 1982 sci-fi thriller starring Harrison Ford and Sean Young, director Ridley Scott released his recut version, featuring even more action scenes. By the Sea (2015) Art imitating life? Prior to their split, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt made a drama about a married couple on the rocks. The Coldest Game (2020) Netflix Original See page 42. Cookie’s Fortune (1999) In an underrated mystery from director Robert Altman, two Southern sisters (Glenn Close and Julianne Moore) try to make their aunt’s suicide look like a murder. Dear John (2010) A weeper based on a 2006 Nicholas Sparks bestseller: A soldier (Channing Tatum) and his long-distance love (Amanda Seyfried) exchange sweet letters. Fools Rush In (1997) A bachelor…

150TH EPISODE! Mom 9/8c, CBS Babysitter’s club! For the comedy’s 150th episode, motherdaughter recovering alcoholics Bonnie (Allison Janney) and Christy (Anna Faris, above left, with Janney) team up with their ladies’ 12-step group to help widowed cat lady Marjorie (Mimi Kennedy) watch her formerly estranged son’s daughter for the first time. “Over seven seasons, we have watched Christy and Bonnie overcome their past and heal their relationship, and now we will see them rally around Marjorie to help her and her son do the same,” says cocreator Gemma Baker. “It was important that this landmark featured our entire cast and got back to what the series is about: hope, healing and redemption.” There’s been a lot of that since the show’s 2013 debut, when Bonnie unexpectedly showed up at understandably…

MOVIES 11:45am/The Man Who 10:45c Understood Women (1959) FXM Noon/11am c and 10/9c Spotlight (2015) The Movie Channel 3:30/2:30c Gypsy (1962) TCM 6/5c Moonstruck (1987) TCM 8/7c Black Panther (2018) TNT 9/8c Black Swan (2010) HBO2 1am/midnight c A Few Good Men (1992) BBC America TODAY’S SPORTS PICKS INDYCAR 3:30/2:30c, NBCSN Grand Prix of St. Petersburg IndyCar’s season opens with the Firestone Grand Prix through the streets and an airport runway in St. Petersburg, Florida. COLLEGE BASKETBALL 6/5c, TBS NCAA Selection Show Let the madness begin! The 68-team NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament field is announced live with analysis, debate and team reactions. Duncanville 8:30/7:30c, Fox The animated comedy takes on smart appliances. After a questionable saleslady (guest Ana Gasteyer) sells the family a fridge, mom Annie (Amy Poehler) feels replaced while dad Jack (Ty Burrell) distrusts the…

PISCES (Feb. 19–March 20) You can’t let money come between you and a friend, Pisces. You’ve managed to shed some people from your life these past few years—that’s a good thing, since they were likely not on your side. But avoid falling out now with someone close over cash. ARIES (March 21–April 19) The week has just begun—and it’s not feeling fun. But everything can still work out well for you, Aries. If someone is being mean, emotionally or financially, remember to breathe through it. It will pass! Plus, it helps to talk things out. TAURUS (April 20–May 20) You may be sensing a misunderstanding with a friend on the horizon, especially with a pal who is particularly touchy. The less you say, the less there is to take back.…