Innholdsfortegnelse for October 12, 2020 i TV Guide Magazine

NEW GIGS Ty Pennington is setting up new digs. The home-improvement guru will top-line Ty Breaker, an eight-episode series coming to HGTV early next year. Pennington will try to convince families to upgrade their current home, while a rotating group of designers push them to instead move to a new fixer-upper. Buongiorno! Sopranos alum Lorraine Bracco is also heading to HGTV. The actress renovates a 200-year-old home in Sicily on My Big Italian Adventure, premiering October 30. “I’m here to pay homage to my family,” she said. Former House star Lisa Edelstein is joining Fox’s 9-1-1: Lone Star in the recurring role of Gwyneth, ex-wife to Rob Lowe’s Owen Strand. The actors also played love interests on The West Wing early in that drama’s run. SIGNING OFF Speaking of 9-1-1:…

Tuesday, Oct. 20, 9/8c, PBS (check local listings at pbs.org) A ONE-MAN TMZ, Walter Winchell commanded a mighty microphone on radio in the 1930s and ’40s, and with his nationally syndicated newspaper columns could make or break careers with a single burst of rat-a-tat-tat innuendo. A lively installment of American Masters uses his own words (read in a gleeful staccato by Stanley Tucci) to illustrate Winchell’s punchy, punny tabloid style. He held millions rapt as he created a new form of journalism, blurring the line between news and entertainment, dishing on celebrities and dabbling in politics. The Power of Gossip is also a cautionary tale of hubris, as Winchell indulges in petty feuds and amplifies McCarthyism, leading to a downfall. By 1967, he was so desperate, he took out a full-page…

Burning Questions NOV. 2, 10/9C ABC AFTERSHOCKS REVERBERATED from an earthquake that flattened a brewpub during an event attended by members of St. Bonaventure’s staff in last season’s finale. Lives were upended and many characters were left in flux. But there was also a long-awaited, heart warming moment: When Dr. Shaun Murphy (Freddie Highmore) finally emerged from the rubble, the woman he’d been pining for, exuberant Lea Dilallo (Paige Spara), pledged her love to her former roommate with a kiss that was definitely more than just a “happy to see you.” Exec producer David Shore and Highmore, who plays Shaun, a brilliant young surgeon on the autism spectrum, preview Season 4. Does the story pick up right where we left off last season? Pretty soon after, but don’t expect resolutions…

“WE ARE GOING TO reflect what the world is like in 2020 for Chicago firefighters, pandemic and all,” executive producer Derek Haas says. “It will be a year of new challenges”—and many changes, both personal and professional, for the members of Firehouse 51 in Season 9. Paramedic Sylvie Brett (Kara Kilmer) is breaking in yet another partner now that Emily Foster (Annie IIonzeh) returned to medical school. She becomes a mentor to young medic Gianna Mackey (new cast member Adriyan Rae, Vagrant Queen), who grew up in the same rough South Chicago neighborhood as firefighter Joe Cruz (Joe Minoso). Look for Brett and Mackey to quickly find themselves in harrowing circumstances, Haas reveals: “Don’t miss the premiere’s last 10 seconds.” Brett could experience a new partner in her personal life…

OCT. 21, 9/8C ABC EASY IS NOT a word that’s ever been used to describe life for the Conner clan. Since we first met them in the 1988–97 sitcom Roseanne (and its 2018 revival), they have faced the same problems as many blue-collar Americans. Thankfully, the spinoff begins Season 3 proving that if any family can get through 2020’s challenges, it’s this one. “The Conners are built for this crisis,” says executive producer Bruce Helford. They’ve formed their bubble and “have nine people living in the house…. Nine people and two bathrooms.” Safety protocols have also impacted the restaurant they own, the Lunch Box. “Jackie [Laurie Metcalf] is delivering food since they can’t afford a delivery service,” Helford says. Later in the season, Wellman Plastics—where Roseanne (Roseanne Barr) and Jackie used…

WHERE WE LEFT OFF Wrongly convicted inmate Aaron Wallace (Nicholas Pinnock), who became a lawyer while serving the first nine years of a life sentence, scored a major victory in the fight to clear his name: He successfully argued that his drug-trafficking case should be retried. But in the final moments of the drama’s first season, newly elected state attorney general Glen Maskins (Boris McGiver) offered Aaron clemency if he’ll just drop the case—and threatened to go after Aaron’s wife, Marie (Joy Bryant), if he won’t. WHERE WE’RE HEADED “It’s what [Aaron] does in the face of that decision that will change all the characters’ lives forever,” says series creator Hank Steinberg, warning fans not to assume that Season 2 will revolve around Aaron’s retrial. The social justice warrior will…

Dirty Dancing. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Risky Business. The next classic the ’80s-set comedy pays homage to is Airplane! In the Season 8 premiere, “The crazy, dysfunctional Goldbergs take to the air,” reveals exec producer Alex Barnow. As smothering mother Beverly (Wendi McLendon-Covey) and gruff dad Murray (Jeff Garlin) fly the fam to Miami, look for slapstick silliness and cameos galore, including David Leisure (Empty Nest), who played a Hare Krishna in the movie. For the second of the night’s back-to-back episodes, the family is at home in Jenkintown. Former nerd Adam (Sean Giambrone) starts his senior year, and his older siblings Erica (Hayley Orrantia) and Barry (Troy Gentile) deal with Bev’s attempt to bond with them before they return to college. Her nest getting emptier, Beverly will later set…

The time has come for the Cloud 9 crew to bid farewell to ambitious store manager Amy Sosa (America Ferrera, who exits the comedy after Season 6’s second episode). The single mom is set to move from Missouri to California for a job at HQ, and as of now, her coworker beau Jonah (Ben Feldman) plans to go with her—but plans can change. “It’s so rare that I get story points I’m not allowed to talk about,” says Feldman, when asked why Jonah may stay behind. “You’ll have to see.” While he admits Ferrera’s departure creates “a big hole that we will have to fill with antics and comedy and charm,” he also notes that Superstore is an ensemble show. And one that’s never shied away from real-world issues, which…

WHERE WE LEFT OFF A failed adoption devastated Rome and Regina (Romany Malco and Christina Moses); Gary (James Roday Rodriguez) put ex Maggie (Allison Miller) in the friend zone as she left for Oxford; widow Delilah (Stephanie Szostak) introduced her kids to her hot EMT beau Miles (Parker Young); and recovering alcoholic Eddie (David Giuntoli) was hit by a car while on the phone with wife Katherine (Grace Park). WHERE WE’RE HEADED Toward mystery! Showrunner DJ Nash says Eddie’s accident may not be an accident at all: “We pick up with Katherine on that call…the phone was knocked out of Eddie’s hands and someone picks it up.” Nash is mum on whether or not the dad survives, but he does reveal that Regina’s anger over the lost baby threatens to…

TROUBLE IN PARADISE? Private investigator Thomas Magnum (Jay Hernandez) got a surprising new boss—partner in crime-fighting Juliet Higgins (Perdita Weeks)—when the reboot ended Season 2. (Novelist Robin Masters gave the British majordomo his Hawaiian estate, which satisfied her immigration issues via property ownership and made her security head Magnum’s supervisor.) Three months have passed, and Higgins is “bleeding red ink,” says exec producer Eric Guggenheim. So for the PI biz, “She wants to focus on higher-paying cases and land bigger fish, which leads to conflict.” In Episode 2, they take on a repo job that is high-reward but also high-risk. You’ll see the pair’s simmering sexual tension hasn’t abated, but Cupid strikes in the premiere when Higgins meets a trauma surgeon. “This is a big step for her—she hasn’t had…

“Predictable is boring, and boring is one thing you are not.” So said strong, compassionate Department of Justice lawyer Rita Devereaux to her long distance boyfriend, NCIS New Orleans boss Dwayne Pride, last year. Truer words. The pair, played by husband and wife of 11 years Scott Bakula and Chelsea Field, have shared some risky crime-fighting adventures during her visits—she even saved his life in a shoot-out! In Season 7, NOLA native Rita ditches Washington, D.C., and moves back, which can only be good for her driven man. “Rita has reassessed her life. She’s done pushing papers in a boring office job,” says Field, who debuted in Season 3 and returns in the second episode this fall. Not only does Rita want more meaningful work, perhaps involving a grassroots initiative,…

OCT. 11, 9/8C AMC “JUST LIVE.” SO said Morgan Jones (Lennie James) into his walkie when we last saw him, bleeding out from a bullet wound and hoping someone was listening. Vicious “visionary” Virginia (Colby Minifie) had shot the former leader and, with the help of her obedient Pioneers, split up his makeshift family, shipping them off to parts unknown. The drama’s sixth season jumps about six weeks into the future, revealing how Morgan manages to survive—and then comes up against a relentless bounty hunter hired by his foe. “Morgan’s fate is up for grabs, really,” James told TV GUIDE MAGAZINE on set outside Austin in February. “It doesn’t necessarily go the way everyone thinks.” That overcast day was his second to last directing Episode 2, which mostly follows smooth-talking…

DAVID ATTENBOROUGH: A LIFE ON OUR PLANET NEW DOCUMENTARY AVAILABLE NOW “The natural world is fading,” David Attenborough warns in his latest special. The conservationist, historian and velvetvoiced host of nature shows takes viewers on a visually stunning journey through the last century (using archival footage from his travels) to show how many of Earth’s creatures and habitats, which once thrived, are in grave danger. It’s a needed reminder about the fragility of life. THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7 MOVIE PREMIERE FRIDAY, OCT. 16 Writer-director Aaron Sorkin dramatizes what he calls “one of the craziest trials” in U.S. history. In 1969, activists including Abbie Hoffman (Sacha Baron Cohen) and Tom Hayden (Eddie Redmayne) were charged with conspiracy after a Vietnam War protest the previous year devolved into violence. The…

POP TV’S BELOVED sitcom Schitt’s Creek recently swept the Emmys for its final season, nabbing Outstanding Comedy Series as well as trophies for all four of its main actors. And now you don’t have to pay for a Netflix subscription to catch up on the story of the down-on-their-luck Rose family: The show recently started airing in syndication on broadcast channels across the country. What’s next for the award-winning cast? Daniel Levy The comedy’s cocreator and core cast member (as uptight David Rose) recently played a neurotic Los Angeles actor in HBO’s Coastal Elites, a special that was shot in quarantine. This holiday season, look for him opposite Kristen Stewart and Alison Brie in director Clea DuVall’s queer romantic comedy Happiest Season. He’ll also make his mark on TV for…

SEASON PREMIERE Friday, Oct. 9, Netflix A FUNNY THING about ghosts: The more you flesh them out, the less haunting they become. One reason I’ve never forgotten the 1961 film The Innocents, based on Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw, is that even when it’s over, you’re not sure if the spooky spirits are real or mere manifestations of a governess’ fevered imagination. No such ambiguity troubles The Haunting of Bly Manor, the second revisionist retelling of a classic ghost story by creator and showrunner Mike Flanagan (The Haunting of Hill House). The screws turn very slowly, though elegantly and creepily, in this mashup of James’ supernatural oeuvre. By the time you’ve made it through nine long but atmospheric hours of Netflix bloat, you’ll be on a first-name basis…

WHERE WE LEFT OFF Season 1 of the fantasy series—based on Philip Pullman’s young-adult trilogy about a girl’s quest to learn more about her coveted connection to a mysterious substance called “Dust”—ended on a sad note for young British adventurer Lyra (Dafne Keen). Her pal Roger (Lewin Lloyd) was an unforeseen casualty as her explorer father Asriel (James McAvoy) created a window into another world. Devastated Lyra stepped into the new dimension with her “daemon” Pan (voiced by Kit Connor), the physical extension of her soul. WHERE WE’RE HEADED In the new dimension, Cittàgazze, Lyra meets teenager Will Parry (Amir Wilson), who’s hiding out after accidentally killing a home intruder in a parallel universe based on our own. “Lyra is deeply suspicious of Will at first,” warns executive producer Jane…

The stories on Med’s sixth season will consider how first responders have been impacted by the coronavirus. But while the docs at Gaffney Chicago Medical Center will see COVID-19 patients, “we focus more on how other types of cases are treated in this new environment,” executive producer Diane Frolov says. “There is a huge strain on the hospital’s resources, and with vital equipment in short supply, our doctors are often caught in the dilemma of whom to try to save.” Amid all this, Dr. James Lanik (Nate Santana) quits as emergency department chief (but stays with the hospital), and a main character is unexpectedly named to the position. Cue some displeased colleagues. In such difficult conditions, love connections are both thriving and struggling. “There’s always a push-pull between Dr. Ethan…

Balancing real-life issues and comedy is in black-ish’s DNA. The family sitcom begins Season 7 with matriarch Dr. Bow Johnson (Tracee Ellis Ross), a frontline worker in the early days of the pandemic, toiling tirelessly to save lives “but also protecting her family,” says executive producer Courtney Lilly. Emotional dad Dre (Anthony Anderson) contends with working from home—and the fact that his advertising job makes him less essential than his wife. Dre has now accepted his feisty divorced parents Earl (Laurence Fishburne) and Ruby (Jenifer Lewis) reuniting. Cupid next strikes eldest son Junior (Marcus Scribner). “We’re going to investigate him having a serious girlfriend [Katlyn Nichol’s Olivia], dealing with his first real love and romance,” Lilly explains. And spirited twins Jack (Miles Brown) and Diane (Marsai Martin) start high school,…

Noble bounty hunter Din Djarin, aka the Mandalorian (Pedro Pascal), often repeats the mantra “This is the way.” The minds behind the Star Wars series have their own saying: “Not knowing is part of the magic,” according to exec producer Dave Filoni. We disagree, so here’s what we do know about Season 2: Mando’s quest to deliver the Child (Baby Yoda) to the Jedi continues, and we could learn more about the creature. “Revealing anything is a big deal, so we are cautious,” says Filoni. Mercenary Cara Dune (Gina Carano) and bounty hunter Greef Karga (Carl Weathers) return as allies along with warlord adversary Moff Gideon (Giancarlo Esposito). Actors Temuera Morrison (likely playing bounty hunter Boba Fett from the Star Wars films), Rosario Dawson and Timothy Olyphant join. And viewers…

MR. ROBOT SEASON 4 AVAILABLE NOW It’s the moment of reckoning for anarchic hacker Elliot Alderson (Emmy winner Rami Malek, below) as USA’s acclaimed drama heads to an unpredictable ending. In the fourth and final season, set over the 2015 holidays, Elliot struggles to keep his imagined alter ego (Christian Slater) under wraps—and under control—while he and computer-savvy sister Darlene (Carly Chaikin) aim to bring down the Dark Army’s secret honcho (BD Wong). Along the way, there are startling revelations and a finale honoring the show’s refusal to play by the rules of regular TV dramas. —Damian Holbrook THE GLORIAS NEW MOVIE AVAILABLE NOW The life of feminist icon Gloria Steinem is quite the trip in this feature based on the activist’s 2015 memoir, My Life on the Road. Director…

Newly Available David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet New Documentary See page 70. Evil Season 1 See page 70. The Great British Baking Show New Season Ready for another hearty helping of comfort food? The heart warming competition from the U.K. returns with a new batch of eager amateur bakers and a new cohost, Doctor Who’s Matt Lucas. Oktoberfest: Beer & Blood New Series This German drama set in 1900 puts a gritty spin on the annual festival with a tale of rival brewers in Munich whose quest for dominance gets intense. Cheers to that! Schitt’s Creek Season 6 Crack open a bottle of Herb Ertlinger’s fruit wine—there’s so much to celebrate! The final season of this charming Pop TV comedy, which swept the 2020 Emmys in all major…

NO ONE MAKES us cringe (and laugh) quite like Larry David on HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm. In the acclaimed comedy, which premiered October 15, 2000, the Seinfeld cocreator plays a semi-fictionalized “Larry David,” a curmudgeon whose ill-timed gaffes, petty grievances, oddball hang-ups and constant kvetching leave viewers and his onscreen wife, Cheryl (Cheryl Hines), squirming and cracking up. The cast is signed up to film an upcoming 11th season, and the full series is available to stream on HBO Max. Here’s a look at some of the most awkwardly funny Curb shenanigans. BIGGEST BLUNDER When Larry, seated courtside at the Staples Center, mistakenly trips and injures Lakers star Shaquille O’Neal in “Shaq” (Season 2, Episode 8), he’s booed by fans and hated by everyone in L.A. But Larry finds unexpected…

Tomato, tomahto. Whether you’re a Jedi or a Trekker, we can all agree that the Force is strong in Uber Eats’ engaging new advertising campaign. The food-delivery service recruited Star Wars icon Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker) and Star Trek legend Sir Patrick Stewart (Jean-Luc Picard) for a series of cheeky commercials that feed off the sci-fi universe’s rival fandoms. In one, The Next Generation and Picard’s cricket bat–toting Brit taunts Hamill with “Careful, Daddy’s not here to save you.” Armed with a baseball bat, the actor best known for playing Darth Vader’s son replies, “Oh, I am my daddy…wait, what?” In other spots, Hamill takes jabs at Stewart’s royal title during a game of Connect 4, and Stewart mocks Hamill for crying foul after being bested at air hockey by saying,…

Fridays, Disney+ MEN WILL BE boys. Drawing back the squeaky-clean curtain of public relations shielding the pioneering Mercury 7 astronauts, Tom Wolfe’s 1979 bestseller and Philip Kaufman’s Oscar-winning 1983 movie humanized this rowdy, raunchy crew of ambitious space jockeys. A tepid eight-part remake, originally announced for the National Geographic channel, feels more like underpowered soap opera. “For some reason, people are captivated by their ordinariness,” observes public affairs officer John “Shorty” Powers (played by executive producer Danny Strong), and this new version of a now oft-told story does little to illuminate these extraordinary lives. Though it rarely achieves electrifying liftoff in the five episodes available for review, what resonates most is a character study of straitlaced den father John Glenn (a solid Patrick J. Adams). Given to lecturing his less…

FALL, 10/9C CBS WHAT VIRTUAL BACKGROUND would Dr. Jason Bull use for a Zoom video call? Michael Weatherly, the actor who’s played the esteemed trial consultant since 2016 on Bull, has opted for a whimsical beach bonfire setting as he joins TV GUIDE MAGAZINE to preview the CBS drama’s fifth season. It’s especially effective when he turns in his chair and pretends to warm his hands by the fake flames. Also when he stands, backs up about six feet and shouts, showing us how the experts at Bull’s Trial Analysis Corporation (TAC) might conduct their business now that the series—set and shot in New York City—will incorporate this year’s pandemic. But “this isn’t a show that will make you feel like it’s about coronavirus,” the NCIS veteran quickly adds. “It’s…

It’s a somber day in The Neighborhood. The CBS sitcom about a Black family and their relatively new white neighbors opens Season 3 with a timely episode. “We thought it was important to kick off with a story that addresses issues of police brutality against people of color,” executive producer Jim Reynolds says. The Butlers and Johnsons organize a peaceful protest, but things take a frightening turn for lovable curmudgeon Calvin Butler (Cedric the Entertainer) when son Malcolm (Sheaun McKinney) finds himself in jeopardy. Reynolds admits it was a “tightrope” to walk: “You have to treat the situation with respect…but we found ways to keep it funny.” More comic relief is on the way, as idealist Dave Johnson (Max Greenfield) campaigns to defeat unscrupulous city council member Isaiah Evans (returning…

FALL, 8/7C CBS THERE’S NOTHING QUITE like steely NCIS boss Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Mark Harmon) in crusader mode. He’s a man on a mission in the military procedural’s opening five episodes, a storyline starting in late 2019 that explains the lingering mystery of where Gibbs went back in Season 17 when he got a text and suddenly excused himself from a case. He told colleagues he was going fishing—but returned a few days later with a black eye! Turns out he and buddy/ex–FBI agent Tobias Fornell (Joe Spano) were pursuing the Canadian dealers who sold counterfeit opioids to Fornell’s daughter, Emily (Juliette Angelo), leading her to overdose and nearly die in the Season 16 finale. “They bring different energies to this chase,” says executive producer Steven Binder. “Gibbs has a…

When it comes to catching criminals, seasoned FBI supervisory special agent Jess LaCroix (Julian McMahon) usually gets his man (or woman). But one slippery bank robber, who eluded the dedicated Fed during an early case 18 years ago, pops up in the sophomore season “to settle their personal score,” showrunner David Hudgins says. “It’s a great episode where we unpack a lot of Jess’ backstory.” Prepare to get a lot more personal with all of the Fugitive Task Force. “Season 2 has a bigger emphasis on character,” Hudgins notes. Widowed dad Jess sparks with a love interest, complicating his relationship with his family, and viewers meet Jess’ divorced father Byron, a man who gave Jess “a very difficult childhood,” the exec teases. We’ll get better acquainted with others too, like special agents…

NOV. 11, 10/9C NBC Possible trouble for the go-their-own-way Intelligence Unit in Season 8 comes with new Deputy Superintendent Samantha Miller (Nicole Ari Parker), who arrives in Chicago with an intense police-reform agenda, in a story inspired by the country’s current movement. “Miller wants to abolish the ‘warrior cop’ mentality and help Hank Voight [Jason Beghe] and Intelligence adapt to the new reality,” says executive producer Rick Eid. “She views Intelligence as integral in this mission. If she can change Voight, the rest of the police force will follow.” Facing hostility from the community and scrutiny from his bosses, Voight must assess whether, indeed, “he’s part of the problem or part of the solution.” At least he has his team back. While the unit lost undercover specialist Vanessa Rojas (Lisseth…

“We find our guys isolated in snowcapped mountains, on the run, fighting for their lives,” executive producer Spencer Hudnut says of the action packed Season 4 opener. The hour begins to wrap up the Bravo Team’s deployment in Afghanistan, where they’ve been hunting a terrorist; reveals the crossroads in team leader Jason Hayes’ (David Boreanaz) past that led him to become the man we know; and deals with the aftermath of that unforgettable kiss he shared with analyst and interrogator Mandy Ellis (Jessica Paré). “That was two people trying to quiet the voices in their heads a little bit,” Hudnut explains. “Whether there’s further romance…we will see.” More intrigue follows: Ray Perry’s (Neil Brown Jr.) gig as warrant officer has massive repercussions throughout the season, and Clay Spenser (Max Thieriot) questions…

OCT. 15 CBS ALL ACCESS IN ITS THIRD season, Star Trek: Discovery really does boldly go where no person has gone before. “We jump 930 years to 3188 to save all sentient life,” says Sonequa Martin-Green, who plays Cdr. Michael Burnham. That’s 114 years later than any other Trek traveler has ventured. “We’ll find out how civilizations have evolved,” she continues. The first we see of Burnham, she’s hurtling solo through a wormhole in a time travel suit, followed by the USS Discovery. The Starfleet heroes are on a one-way trip after jettisoning their 23rdcentury lives and loved ones—goodbye, Spock! Their mission: Take the dangerous “Sphere Data” they saved from a genocidal AI far enough away that it can’t be located and used by other villains. To keep the new…

THE REALITY SHOWS Cops and Live P.D. have been axed, and scripted series about law enforcement are rethinking their own reality as well. Producers, writers and stars are taking police reform protests seriously—and viewers will see the results. Besides making writers’ rooms more diverse, networks and production companies are asking experts to help examine how they depict law enforcement, especially when interacting with the Black community. Ronald Davis, a former police chief who worked with the Department of Justice, met over Zoom with makers of CBS Studios shows such as Magnum P.I. and the NCISes. He and his team are a “brain trust,” he says, so storytellers can “understand the issues and the terminology [related] to what’s happening around them.” Now, on Chicago P.D., proud rule-breaker Voight (Jason Beghe) “will have…

“Codex is still a threat,” warns exec producer Monica Macer of the nefarious organization that operative Angus MacGyver (Lucas Till) and the secret government agency Phoenix Foundation tried to bring down last season. In the Season 5 opener, Codex kidnaps Phoenix owner Russ Taylor (Henry Ian Cusick) for one main reason: a prisoner exchange. So it’s assassin Murdoc (David Dastmalchian), held by Phoenix, for Taylor. More villains surface later, including duplicitous adversary Elliot Mason (Peter Weller), who could help the team for a change. “We love playing that gray area,” Macer says. Even trickier for Mac than destroying shatterproof glass with window cleaner and a hair dryer is navigating his love triangle with agent Desi Nguyen (Levy Tran) and brainy hacker Riley Davis (Tristin Mays). “With Desi, there’s a natural…

IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFETIME With 30 premieres on tap, Lifetime gifts us three new offerings to launch its festive season: In October 23’s Christmas on Ice, a former competitive figure skater (Abigail Klein) and ex pro hockey player (Ryan Cooper) team up to save a public rink. October 24’s Christmas Unwrapped centers on a reporter (Amber Stevens West) investigating a good guy’s (Marco Grazzini) claim that Santa provides all the presents he gives. And a reality-TV producer (Chelsea Hobbs) falls for a holiday-addicted subject (Christopher Russell) in October 25’s Forever Christmas. Melissa Joan Hart sparks with Jason Priestley in November 27’s Dear Christmas and directs Mario Lopez in November 21’s Feliz NaviDAD. Among the network’s firsts, real-life husbands Ben Lewis and Blake Lee play lead love interests in December 12’s…

OCTOBER 5 Big Hero 6 The Series (Disney XD) One Day at a Time (CBS) 6 Don’t Be Tardy… (Bravo) Ellen’s Game of Games (NBC) 16 and Pregnant (MTV) 7 Coroner (The CW) 8 Injustice With Nancy Grace (Oxygen) The Outpost (The CW) Supernatural (The CW) 9 Ghostwriter (Apple TV+) The Graham Norton Show (BBC America) The Haunting of Bly Manor (Netflix) Love After Lockup (WE tv) Raven’s Home (Disney Channel) 10 Eli Roth’s History of Horror (AMC) Secrets of the Zoo (Nat Geo Wild) 11 Fear the Walking Dead (AMC) The Spanish Princess (Starz) 12 The Family Chantel (TLC) Mystery Road (Acorn TV) 13 The Bachelorette (ABC) Finding Your Roots (PBS) Tell Me a Story (The CW) 14 The Amazing Race (CBS) Baroness von Sketch Show (IFC) The Real Housewives of Orange County (Bravo) Tyler Perry’s Sistas (BET) 15 Flip…