Innholdsfortegnelse for April 27, 2020 i TV Guide Magazine

@TVGMMattRoush Some of the developments in the latest season of The Walking Dead are reprehensible. Do you honestly believe that in any reality a mother would abandon her two young children as Michonne (Danai Gurira) did on the chance that maybe Rick (Andrew Lincoln) would be alive? This is just another convoluted plot twist to accommodate an actor’s desire to leave a series without having to actually kill the character. It’s second only to the awful Alex Karev (Justin Chambers) development on Grey’s Anatomy for worst plot point of the year. —JV MATT ROUSH: At least Michonne got to appear in an actual exit episode, which is more than you can say for the clumsy way they snuck Alex off Grey’s Anatomy with Dear John letters. It’s a fair debate…

In our April 13 issue, we asked you to share the new discoveries and old favorites you’re watching, as well as who you’re watching with. I WATCHED The Last Ship [about a global pandemic] when it came out in 2014. TNT started running it again.… I’m not freaking out about COVID-19 because The Last Ship shows that most of the good guys win in the end. OK, it’s just a TV show, but it was awesome! —Robin Airs late-night Tuesdays; see TNTdrama.com for listings MY DAUGHTER had previously watched Hart of Dixie and suggested I would like it. We are now watching it together.… It’s great bonding time! —Marge Netflix WITH TOP CHEF: ALL STARS LA on, our family has decided to watch all the seasons over from the beginning. We love…

Monk 1/noon c, SundanceTV Daytime Pick Adrian Monk is a man for our times: The obsessive-compulsive police consultant (Tony Shalhoub, below) has an assistant to hand him disinfecting wipes! The quirky 2002–09 procedural airs on SundanceTV in 13-episode Tuesday blocks. Ellen’s Game of Games 9/8c, NBC R&B star Usher helps host Ellen DeGeneres emcee the game “Knockin’ Boots.” Contestants try to name a song or sing lyrics that include a specific word—and try to avoid having a giant boot kick them into a vat of suds. A quarantined nation thanks them for their service. Inside the Vatican 9/8c, PBS (check local listings at pbs.org) Security officers, gardeners, nuns and Pope Francis himself share details of what goes on at Vatican City, headquarters of the Catholic Church and its own mini-country…

Movie Pick Hustlers 8/7c, Showtime A wily group of exotic dancers get down to some risqué (and risky!) business in this critically acclaimed 2019 drama based on true events. Jennifer Lopez gives a career-best performance as Ramona, a longtime dancer at a high-end strip club who becomes a nurturing figure to the venue’s newest performer, “Destiny” (Fresh Off the Boat’s Constance Wu, above right, with Lopez). When the 2008 recession puts them in need of quick cash, the pair recruit a few coworkers and devise a highly illegal plan to seduce, drug and rob some well-off male patrons. Soon enough, they’re rolling in the dough—but how long can they keep it going? Game Show Network Daily Draw 4:30/3:30c, Game Show Network Daytime Pick When you watch Get a Clue, you have…

THE EDDY SERIES PREMIERE FRIDAY, MAY 8 “We’ve all learned to hide what’s burning inside.” So goes a lyric from jazz pianist/Paris music club owner Elliot Udo (André Holland) in The Eddy, Netflix’s new drama from La La Land director Damien Chazelle. That song snippet speaks to the heart of this emotionally honest, music-infused show, in which guilt-ridden Elliot and his rebellious teen daughter, Julie (Amandla Stenberg), struggle to reconcile years after a family tragedy. It’s a process complicated by a murder in the premiere. “Finding their way to loving each other properly is the backbone of the story,” says executive producer Alan Poul, who developed the series “backward,” starting with 12 songs from Grammy winner Glen Ballard and Randy Kerber. After hearing the music, Chazelle joined, then screenwriter Jack…

Newly Available Angel Has Fallen (2019) Secret Service agent Mike Banning (Gerard Butler) races to clear his name after he’s implicated in a plot to kill the U.S. president (Morgan Freeman). The Death of Stalin (2017) Veep creator Armando Iannucci brings his dark humor to the power struggle that unfolded in the USSR after Joseph Stalin died in 1953. Steve Buscemi and Jeffrey Tambor costar. The Hangover (2009) Mike Tyson, a tiger, a Las Vegas elopement—it’s all here in this wild tale of a bachelor party gone way, way wrong. The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017) After a doctor (Colin Farrell) takes in a troubled teen boy (Barry Keoghan, Chernobyl), his wife (Nicole Kidman) and kids begin to suffer from serious ailments. Lethal Weapon (1987) Mel Gibson and Danny…

TAURUS (April 20–May 20) This could be a pretty amazing time, even if we are all still in quarantine. However, cabin fever is also possible. If you’re feeling trapped, mix up your routine. Think about how you’ll change your life once we’re all out and make some plans for the future. LEO (July 23–Aug. 22) Some unexpected events in your professional life could unfold; your best bet is to go with the flow. In other words, even if you’re feeling stuck, let it all play out. You’re in a cycle where you can change the way you work. SCORPIO (Oct. 23–Nov. 21) Your love life is a potential hotbed at the moment. If you’re single, listen up—there has rarely been a better time to try online dating! If you’re attached,…

FULFILLING THE FERVENT hopes of millions of fans, Det. Elliot Stabler is coming back to the squad room. Christopher Meloni will revive the tough-as-nails NYC detective in a new drama for NBC, nine years after he left Law & Order: SVU, a show he once called “the millennium’s cultural touchstone.” The character—who, in a 2011 episode, ostensibly retired from the force after a tragic shooting at SVU headquarters—will head up a unit specializing in organized crime. No other cast has been announced, but Stabler’s wife, Kathy (Isabel Gillies), and one of his five children were slated to appear in SVU’s season finale (which never filmed due to the coronavirus pandemic), hinting that members of the Stabler family will be part of the story. NBC has ordered 13 episodes, making this…

@TVGMMattRoush Penny Dreadful: City of Angels Sundays, 10/9c, Showtime WHERE ARE THE monsters, you might wonder, if you come to the new incarnation of this atmospheric occult series expecting more of the Victorian Grand Guignol of Penny Dreadful’s intoxicating first three seasons. I loved creator John Logan’s literate mashup of the Frankenstein myth with vampires, werewolves and Dr. Jekyll, but in his City of Angels spinoff, he’s moved on to the Hollywood genre of 1930s film noir. The ghouls in this dark fable are corrupt politicians, racist cops and a clandestine cabal of dapper Nazis who see the growing metropolis of Los Angeles as “the future of America.” True, there is a demonic goddess named Magda (Game of Thrones’ Natalie Dormer, having a ball in multiple seductive roles), who takes…

MOVIES 3:16/2:16c Jane Eyre (2011) Starz Cinema 5:05/4:05c Glory (1989) Epix 8/7c Gladiator (2000) AMC 8/7c The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) TCM 9:38/8:38c First Man (2018) OuterMax 1:15am/ 12:15c Jaws (1975) Cinemax THEY SEEM SO LIFELIKE! Spy in the Wild 2 SEASON PREMIERE 8/7c, PBS (check local listings at pbs.org) The Nature series delivers more amazing action from cameras hidden in animatronic creatures. In “The Tropics,” a “spy” jaguar cub (below) debuts, and another spy captures the first footage of wild mountain gorillas singing while they eat. Married at First Sight: Where Are They Now? 8/7c, Lifetime This could be one heck of an anniversary party. Host Kevin Frazier catches up with couples from the series’ 10 seasons—some still together, some ready to be unmarried and some with dramatic baby stories to tell. What We Do in the Shadows 10/9c,…

Cold Justice SEASON FINALE 6/5c, Oxygen Dogged former prosecutor Kelly Siegler and investigator Abbey Abbondandolo wrap up the true-crime series’ fifth season in Florida, reexamining the then-unsolved 1997 murder of an aspiring police officer in Fort Myers. The Essentials 8/7c, TCM Movie Picks TCM’s roundup of must-see classic films unspools with a new host (tune in to find out who it is!) and a pair of Donald O’Connor laugh-getters, 1952’s Singin’ in the Rain and, at 10/9c, 1950’s Francis. Deadly Mile High Club MOVIE PREMIERE 8/7c, Lifetime Nightmare at 20,000 feet! Aspiring pilot Jake (Marc Herrmann) flies into the face of danger when he begins working with attractive instructor Tanya (Allison McAtee), who becomes obsessed with him. MOVIES 8am/7c Logan (2017) FX 5:30/4:30c The Longest Yard (1974) SundanceTV 7/6c G.I. Jane (1997) AMC…

UPLOAD SERIES PREMIERE FRIDAY, MAY THREE THINGS TO KNOW Turns out, there is life after death—in the form of a virtual holiday. On this smart satire from Parks and Recreation cocreator Greg Daniels, Robbie Amell (left) is a coder named Nathan who, after suffering fatal injuries in a car crash, has his consciousness transferred into the heavenly digital resort Lakeview. Amell downloads the info on Upload for us. 1 The futuristic idea came from the past. Amell says Daniels conceived the series decades ago when he was a writer at Saturday Night Live, but nobody wanted to touch it until the success of shows like The Good Place: “It was too out there.” 2 It’s not just sci-fi. Once Nathan settles into his augmented afterlife, more emotional layers emerge. “It’s a…

ACROSS 1 My Two ____ 5 ____ Dark Materials 8 Manipulate 11 Broad City star Glazer 13 Noah’s ____ 14 Small taste 15 ____ a Certain Age (2 wds.) 16 Tip of a sock 17 1051, in Roman numerals 18 Cougar Town star (2 wds.) 21 “The way” in Eastern religion 22 The Simpsons’ Disco ____ 23 The Vanilla ____ Project 26 Elected officials (abbr.) 28 Golden Girls character from St. Olaf 32 Tosh.0 channel (2 wds.) 36 Once ____ a Time 37 Wedding phrase (2 wds.) 38 O’Neill and Asner 39 This American Life host Glass 42 Gun group (abbr.) 44 Allen Funt series (2 wds.) 50 Sex Education star Butterfield 51 Molly Shannon on Will & Grace 52 Sports setting 54 Illuminated 55 Australian bird 56 Sings lightly 57 Good Girls actress Whitman 58 Charlotte of The Facts of Life…

@damianholbrook LOVE IT! Cheers to Will & Grace for loving on Lucille Ball. The NBC comedy saluted I Love Lucy with its epic April 9 outing that saw Grace (Debra Messing, left), Karen (Megan Mullally) and even Jack (Sean Hayes) enact bits of the redhead’s iconic comedy. Even better than a shot of Vitame-atavegamin? Ball’s daughter Lucie Arnaz guest starred! Cheers to The Rookie for booking Grand Hotel alum Roselyn Sánchez (right) on the ABC drama. As an L.A. reporter who roped Chen (Melissa O’Neil) into a dangerous story, the so-watchable star got to spar—and spark—with real-life hubby Eric Winter, whose Officer Bradford found the newsy a tad too nosy. Cheers to The Walking Dead for introducing a royal live wire. In the AMC drama’s April 5 finale, fans finally…

Stay-at-home audiences are devouring TV, but social distancing has taken away sports and blown up the traditional production model. The networks are responding to the pandemic with a flurry of innovative programming. The Walking Dead’s Jeffrey Dean Morgan and wife Hilarie Burton (right) are hosting Friday Night In With the Mor-gans, an AMC talk show, from their Upstate New York farm. Ladles and laughter will come together on Food Network’s Amy Schumer Learns to Cook, due this spring. The comedian gets schooled by her chef husband, Chris Fischer. Also on the network, Ree Drummond’s The Pioneer Woman: Staying Home offers easy-to-make recipes in episodes filmed by her family. HGTV continues “Fan Favorite Fridays,” where viewer votes determine which series get an end-of-week marathon. The May 1 showdown: Windy City Rehab vs. 100…

MOVIES 1:40/ 12:40c Big (1988) HBO2 4:57/3:57c Atonement (2007) Starz Cinema 5:36/4:36c The Big Lebowski (1998) Indieplex 8/7c Network (1976) TCM 9/8c X-Men (2000) HBO Signature 11/10c Star Trek (2009) AMC Last Man Standing SEASON FINALE 8/7c, Fox Eldest daughter Kristin’s (Amanda Fuller) delivery date arrives! Can manly man Mike Baxter (Tim Allen) handle it? Blindspot SEASON PREMIERE 10/9c, NBC The drama’s fourth season ended with FBI agent Jane (Jaimie Alexander) watching as a drone strike destroyed a safe house with the rest of her team inside. Tonight, we learn who made it out alive, although we may have to wait for the identity of the ally helping her rescue computer whiz Rich Dotcom (Ennis Esmer) from a CIA black site. Young Sheldon SEASON FINALE 8/7c, CBS We’d never fault loving mom Mary Cooper (Zoe Perry) for her…

MOVIES 12:30/ 11:30am c The Rock (1996) AMC 1:10/12:10c Conrack (1974) FXM 2/1c Drumline (2002) VH1 2/1c Quigley Down Under (1990) INSP 3:30/2:30c National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989) IFC 4/3c I Know Where I’m Going! (1945) TCM 5/4c Iron Man 3 (2013) FX 6:20/ 5:20c Paint Your Wagon (1969) HDNet Movies 6:30/5:30c and 11/10c Twister (1996) AMC 7:23/6:23c (500) Days of Summer (2009) Starz Encore 8/7c Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) CBS 8/7c Rudy (1993) Showtime Extreme 8/7c Smokey and the Bandit (1977) SundanceTV 11:05/ 10:05c Honkytonk Man (1982) HDNet Movies 11:18/10:18c The Fly (1986) Retroplex 12:30am/ 11:30c Adrift (2018) The Movie Channel 2:30am/ 1:30c Silverado (1985) SundanceTV Editors’ Choice Billions SEASON PREMIERE 9/8c, Showtime EVERYTHING IS TEMPORARY: The opportunistic alliance between longtime enemies Chuck Rhoades (Paul Giamatti, above), the New York Attorney General, and shady finance mogul Bobby “Axe” Axelrod (Damian Lewis) collapses in the drama’s return. (The AG raids a cryptocurrency operation linked to Axe.) But both have other entanglements and…

MURDOCH MYSTERIES SEASON 13 AVAILABLE NOW Call it CSI: Turn of the Century. The Canadian drama, based on the book series by Maureen Jennings, features Yannick Bisson (above) as Toronto detective William Murdoch, a resourceful law officer who relies on what were then cutting-edge techniques (like fingerprinting) to solve crimes. In Season 13 (the previous 12 are also available), the dutiful officer investigates a bombing at a women’s suffrage rally and the death of two campers during a Halloween getaway. Creepy stuff, eh? —EA GOLD DIGGER SERIES PREMIERE MONDAY, MAY 4 Like the charming and enigmatic man referred to in the title, the six-part drama Gold Digger will captivate you instantly. Julia Ormond (Witches of East End) stars as Julia, a wealthy divorcée who incites the anger of her suspicious…

MOVIES 9:45am/ 8:45c The American President (1995) Showtime Showcase 1:59/12:59c Hoosiers (1986) Starz Encore 2:30/1:30c Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) FXX 6/5c Rocky (1976) Showtime Extreme 8/7c and 10:31/9:31c Taken (2008) IFC The Goldbergs 8/7c, ABC Love isn’t easy on this comedy. To keep overly involved mom Beverly (Wendi McLendon-Covey) at bay, young Adam (Sean Giambrone) stages a faux breakup. The return of brother Barry’s (Troy Gentile) ex Lainey (AJ Michalka) shakes up his relationship. CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’ American Housewife 9/8c, ABC Katie Otto’s (Katy Mixon) only birthday wish is a day without her kids, but a free family trip to California—courtesy of daughter Anna-Kat (Julia Butters) winning a Wildflower Girls contest—may get in the way! Brockmire SERIES FINALE 10/9c, IFC A blistering comedy signs off: We met Jim Brockmire (Hank Azaria, below) as a boozy MLB announcer melting…

Daytime Pick Heart of the Batter With Jordin Sparks SERIES PREMIERE 1/noon c, Cleo TV She starred in Broadway’s Waitress and she’s still baking! In this episode, which originally aired as part of her YouTube series of the same name, the American Idol champ shows her sweet side with individual-serving pumpkin cakes and strawberry Moscato cupcakes. Alaska Animal Rescue 9/8c, Nat Geo Wild This week, the Last Frontier’s conservation centers are kept busy with unexplained injuries in the wolf pack, an unusual operation to save a dying bald eagle and the surfacing of an alien shark from the deep. Line of Duty 10/9c, AMC The word twisty gets tossed around a lot with TV thrillers, but this British procedural—about an anti-corruption police unit—fully deserves it. Created by Jed Mercurio (Netflix’s…