Innholdsfortegnelse for January 4, 2021 i TV Guide Magazine

Falling The mystery-celebrity-with-a-mic series should stick to the competition. This week’s episode—a special holiday singalong where nobody was sent home—got its lowest numbers of the season. Falling The legal drama lost more than 1 million viewers when comparing the 2019 season’s first four episodes (which had an average audience of 5.5 million) with this season’s (4.2 million). Staying strong A rescheduled Cowboys–Ravens NFL game sacked everything on Tuesday, but Gibbs and crew still emerged as the top scripted series of the week. Holding steady Dream sequences featuring beloved past cast members Patrick Dempsey (above) and T.R. Knight have helped the hospital hit continue to win its Thursday timeslot (excluding sports) during Season 17. Smart Watch If you have a half hour, watch this comedy Two Tims are better than one!…

HOW WOULD YOU cope if, at 25, you’d already survived run-ins with two monstrous killers? How would that shape the way you see the world? CBS’s psychological crime drama aims to answer those questions (and many others) as it delves into the post–Silence of the Lambs life of behavioral science specialist Clarice Starling (Rebecca Breeds). Though the characters from the 1991 film (and Thomas Harris’ 1988 bestselling novel) have appeared in other projects, “no one’s told this part of the story,” says Breeds. WRESTLING WITH DEMONS The series picks up in the early ’90s, after newly minted FBI agent Starling rescued Catherine Martin (Marnee Carpenter) from serial killer Buffalo Bill’s basement. Starling is in FBI-mandated therapy but has mostly avoided dealing with the trauma of that near-death experience—not to mention…

WHERE WE LEFT OFF San Francisco programmer Zoey Clarke (Jane Levy)—who can see people’s inner thoughts revealed via song-and-dance numbers—spent Season 1 of this joyful musical comedy torn between longtime friend Max Richman (Skylar Astin) and coworker Simon Haynes (John Clarence Stewart). Choosing between the two was paused, though, when her loving father, Mitch (Peter Gallagher), lost his longtime battle with PSP (progressive supranuclear palsy). WHERE WE PICK UP Six weeks have passed, and “Zoey has not heard a heart song since her dad died,” says exec producer Austin Winsberg. Cue the family’s theme: “Carry On,” by Fun. Her abilities do return—as does a certain someone, somehow. Promises Winsberg: “There will be opportunities to see Peter Gallagher this season.” Meanwhile, he adds, Zoey makes a decision about her romantic quandary,…

This just in: The addictive drama about the behind-the-scenes dysfunction in the (fictional) UBA network’s news division has added another powerhouse to the cast. As TV journalist Laura Peterson, Julianna Margulies brings “an amazing new spark” to the team in Season 2, says executive producer Kerry Ehrin. Considering the morning show coanchors—hotheaded newbie Bradley Jackson (Reese Witherspoon) and steely veteran Alex Levy (Jennifer Aniston)—went off script and exposed on-air what their company’s top exec knew about a sexual harassment scandal, perhaps Laura is being groomed as a replacement?…

Supergirl (TBA, The CW) After six seasons, it’s up, up and away for Kara Zor-El (Melissa Benoist). But first, she has to save the world at least one more time! When last we saw the Girl of Steel and her super crew, Brainy (Jesse Rath) was near death, Alex (Chyler Leigh) had suited up as a new vigilante, and Lena (Katie McGrath) and Kara had finally made amends. Good thing, because it will take a united front to defeat Lena’s evil genius half brother, Lex Luthor (Jon Cryer), and the immortals of Leviathan. Other series finishing their runs in 2021: Conan (Monday through Thursday, 11/10c, TBS) After 10 years, funnyman Conan O’Brien exits his talk show in June. Next up: a variety program on HBO Max. Vikings (Wednesday, Dec. 30,…

After a handful of well-received guest spots on The CW’s Supergirl and Arrowverse crossovers, Tyler Hoechlin (Teen Wolf) and Elizabeth Tulloch (Grimm) have been promoted to full-time gigs as DC Comics’ original supercouple! Unlike previous incarnations of the Metropolis twosome, Clark Kent and Lois Lane are married and raising two boys with very different personalities, says showrunner Todd Helbing. “We’ll explore the struggles and the consequences working parents face and how the time commitments of stressful jobs—like being the Man of Steel and the most famous journalist in the world—have an effect on the family,” he says. Of course, the two also have responsibilities that regular moms and dads don’t—such as saving the world from villains like the Stranger (Wolé Parks), a mysterious entity intent on bringing Supes down to Earth.…

LOVE IT! Cheers to Chilling Adventures of Sabrina for honoring its ancestors. Netflix’s update of the girl we first loved on Sabrina, the Teenage Witch conjured up original cast members Beth Broderick and Caroline Rhea to reprise their roles as aunties Zelda and Hilda (above, from left: Miranda Otto, Rhea, Broderick and Lucy Davis). It’s an inspired bit in the just-dropped final season. Cheers to HBO for investing in Industry. Like a Grey’s Anatomy for the finance crowd, this high-adrenaline drama about a group of cutthroat newbies (including Myha’la Herrold and Harry Lawtey) navigating their first year at a London banking firm is hotter than a blue chip stock and was just picked up for Season 2. Bottom line: It’s time to rally around this one. Cheers to The Voice’s…

@TVGMMattRoush I have been watching CBS’s The Amazing Race for many years, but this season may be my last. I am so disgusted with the “alliances.” It takes away from the excitement of the race for teams to tell others how to finish a task or what to expect. It just doesn’t seem fair. We miss out on the fun of watching the struggle. If this happens in the next season, I’ll stop watching. Your thoughts? —Larry MATT ROUSH: If this becomes the strategy going forward, I agree it will be a game changer in the worst sense of the phrase. There have been alliances before, but never one so determined to share answers to puzzles to so many teams in an effort to block weaker ones. The gloating by…

Bridgerton Available now, Netflix LUSTIER THAN THE average Masterpiece, with tongue planted firmly in rouged cheek, Bridgerton is power producer Shonda Rhimes’ stylish if overwrought series debut at the Netflix ball. With show creator Chris Van Dusen (Scandal) adapting books by Julia Quinn, this eight-part period romance is obsessed with the toxic consequences of scandal, albeit of a comparatively milder variety than on Rhimes’ outrageous ABC melodrama. All of 1813 London, from commoner to imperious Queen Charlotte (a droll Golda Rosheuvel), hangs on every word printed in Lady Whistledown’s Society Papers, an anonymously written pamphlet of insider gossip that’s unafraid to name names and sully reputations. Deliciously voiced by a saucy Julie Andrews, Lady Whistledown is a pot-stirring scold given to making overripe statements like “There is no parasol in…

KYRA SEDGWICK WASN’T looking for a sitcom as her next TV project. Yes, since her TNT drama The Closer wrapped in 2012, she’s admired Allison Janney’s work on Mom and guest starred on a dozen episodes of Brooklyn Nine-Nine as a rival to Andre Braugher’s Captain Holt. But the wheels didn’t start turning to look for a full-time comedy gig until she watched husband Kevin Bacon in the “Draft Dodger” episode of All in the Family on ABC’s Live in Front of a Studio Audience in December 2019. “He had the best time, and it was comedy that was funny but also really about something,” she recalls. Then writer Kari Lizer (The New Adventures of Old Christine), whom Sedgwick had worked with on a failed HBO pilot in 2014, came…

WHERE WE LEFT OFF Just with one of 2020’s most jaw-dropping twists! Traumatized criminal psychologist Malcolm Bright (Tom Payne) proved he’s not like his serial killer father, Dr. Martin Whitly (Michael Sheen), when he resisted shooting ruthless Nicholas Endicott (Dermot Mulroney). But then Malcolm watched his “normal” sister, Ainsley (Halston Sage), snap: She slit the billionaire’s throat and stabbed him seven times. “My girl!” exclaimed their proud dad, who happened to phone then. “Now there’s this huge secret, and all of these different fears, and the only person Malcolm can get advice from is his father—the one person he tries to avoid talking to,” Payne says with a laugh. WHERE WE PICK UP A few months later, the siblings’ secret is still safe. Life goes on with Lt. Gil Arroyo…

“He’s still a beast!” Coyote exec producer David Graziano says, marveling at the ex–Shield star’s fighting form in this nail-biting drama. Emmy winner Chiklis plays crusty Ben Clemens, retiring from a 32-year career as a border patrol agent when a pregnant Mexican teen, Maria Elena (Emy Mena), needs his help crossing into America. “She’s got a father-shaped hole in her life and Ben has a daughtershaped hole,” Graziano says of their unlikely connection. Maria Elena also has ties to a Mexican cartel, who force Ben to use his resourcefulness for them. Through his circumstances, and the people he meets, he’ll see the gray in illegal immigration. “It’s not like Breaking Bad,” Graziano says. “In a way, it’s like Breaking Good.”…

A Perfect Planet (Monday, Jan. 4, Discovery+) Sir David Attenborough narrates this stunning five-part look at how powerful natural forces found only on Earth allow animals to thrive. Men in Kilts (February, Starz) Sam Heughan reunites with former Outlander costar Graham McTavish for a rollicking eight-episode road trip exploring the best of their native Scotland. (See page 5 for a sneak peek.) Hemingway (Monday, April 5, 8/7c, PBS, check local listings at pbs.org) Award-winning filmmakers Ken Burns and Lynn Novick shed new light on the influential American author’s tumultuous personal life and lasting literary legacy. Secrets of the Whales (April, Disney+) Sigourney Weaver narrates the breathtaking four-part deep dive into five whale species, revealing life and love from their perspective. Ultimate Viking (TBA, Smithsonian Channel) Game of Thrones’ Kristofer Hivju and…

During a secret mission, an extraterrestrial (Alan Tudyk, Firefly) is stranded on Earth—in the aptly named Patience, Colorado. So he poses as small-town doctor Harry Vanderspeigle and is roped into solving a murder mystery! (His frame of reference: Law & Order.) As he gets to know the townsfolk in this comedy-drama (based on the Dark Horse comic book series), “Harry begins to see their humanity,” showrunner Chris Sheridan says. “Like a child seeing the world for the first time, Harry’s own humanity grows. Does he have what it takes to destroy the very people he is beginning to care about?”…

READER FAVE I’m really disappointed that Ted Lasso was not on “Matt Roush’s Top 10 of 2020” list [December 21 issue, page 6]. With its warm, kindhearted theme, this is one show that helped us through the dark days of the pandemic. —Craig MISSING HALF Our family loved CBS’s Mom from the beginning, but it’s not Mom without Anna Faris. It was the chemistry between Faris and Allison Janney that made the show great. We aren’t watching the new season. —Phil and Betty BAH, HUMBUG The CW had their heart in the right place, but they misfired with their Greatest Holiday Commercials special [December 9]. Most of the ads showed families getting together, parties, people physically connecting—which we can’t do this season because of the pandemic. I found it hard…

Like a lot of us, Jane Krakowski (30 Rock) remembers watching classic quiz show Name That Tune while growing up. “My family would be yelling at the TV, trying to out-name the tunes,” she recalls. Now she’s hosting Fox’s revival, where contestants guess popular songs in hopes of taking home big money. American Idol’s Randy Jackson is also on board as inhouse bandleader. Taping in Australia in front of a live (and COVID-safe) audience, the show’s main focus, Krakowski says, is “obviously winning the contestants a lot of money.” Three rounds yield the chance to take home a near-$200,000 purse. The first rotates between six games, like Mix Tape (songs from Krakowski’s playlist). The second is the always tense Bid-A-Note, where contestants challenge each other to “name that tune” in…

Could the latest task for Henry Cavill’s monster-hunting Witcher, Geralt of Rivia, be even more formidable than slaying beasts? In Season 2 of this fantasy drama (based on the video games and Andrzej Sapkowski’s novels), the solitary swordsman “has a much harder job: learning how to be a father figure to a girl he barely knows,” show creator Lauren Schmidt Hissrich reveals. The action resumes directly after the finale’s brutal Battle of Sodden Hill, between the residents of the Continent and the evil Nilfgaardian Empire. Having survived a near-fatal run-in with a particularly hungry zombie, Geralt finally has come across Ciri (Freya Allan), the magical young princess he is meant to protect—and possibly train. Says Hissrich: “Geralt and Ciri find themselves facing the reality of being ‘destined’ for each other.”…

In Season 1 of the wild postapocalyptic series, the passengers on the 1,001-car Snowpiercer seemed to be all that was left of humanity—until a second train appeared carrying Mr. Wilford (Sean Bean), the dastardly, charming and mercurial billionaire responsible for both vehicles. “Big Alice is a whole new world,” exec producer Graeme Mason says. “It has a much different social order: essentially, Wilford and everybody else.” To keep the peace on Snowpiercer, rebel leader Layton (Daveed Diggs) settles into a more political role, while ruthless Melanie (Jennifer Connelly) finds hope after being reunited with her daughter.…

Mr. Mayor costar Bobby Moynihan isn’t the only Saturday Night Live actor, past or present, branching out. In the sitcom Kenan (February, NBC), Kenan Thompson plays a widower juggling the pressures of hosting Atlanta’s second-place morning show with raising two daughters (Dani and Dannah Lockett) and managing a meddling father-in-law (Don Johnson) and a permanent-houseguest brother (Chris Redd).… “Weekend Update” cohost Michael Che stars in a still-untitled sketch series (Spring, HBO Max) examining topics like police brutality, unemployment and romance from a Black perspective.… In the comedy Chad (TBA, TBS), Nasim Pedrad channels the awkward adolescence of a Persian-American boy embarking on a desperate mission: achieving popularity as a high school freshman.… Kate McKinnon gets serious in The Dropout (TBA, Hulu) as disgraced Elizabeth Holmes, whose billion-dollar business Theranos came…

JANUARY JANUARY 18 All American (The CW) 9-1-1 (Fox) 9-1-1: Lone Star (Fox) JANUARY 19 The Night Caller (Sundance Now) N JANUARY 20 Nancy Drew (The CW) Riverdale (The CW) JANUARY 21 grown-ish (Freeform) Legacies (The CW) The Rev (USA) N Walker (The CW) N JANUARY 22 Little Women: Atlanta (Lifetime) Losing Alice (Apple TV+) N Painting With John (HBO) N The Sister (Hulu) N 3 Caminos (Prime Video) N JANUARY 24 Bridge and Tunnel (Epix) N Charmed (The CW) JANUARY 25 Snowpiercer (TNT) JANUARY 26 The Misery Index (TBS) mixed-ish (ABC) To Tell the Truth (ABC) JANUARY 27 Resident Alien (Syfy) N JANUARY 29 We Are: The Brooklyn Saints (Netflix) N JANUARY 31 The Long Song (PBS) N FEBRUARY FEBRUARY 3 Firefly Lane (Netflix) N FEBRUARY 4 Fast Foodies (truTV) N Impractical Jokers (truTV) Impractical Jokers: After Party (truTV) Summer House (Bravo) FEBRUARY 5 The Snoopy Show (Apple TV+) N FEBRUARY 7 The Equalizer (CBS) N FEBRUARY 8 Black Lightning (The CW) FEBRUARY 10 Tough as Nails (CBS) FEBRUARY 11 Clarice (CBS) N FEBRUARY 14 American Idol (ABC) Cherries Wild (Fox) N…

ACROSS 1 Better ____ Saul 5 Red meat 8 Ink splotch 12 WKRP in Cincinnati state 13 ____ of Cakes 14 Judge Judy’s garment 15 Second host of The Tonight Show 16 The Twilight Zone host Serling 17 ____ Stevens 18 Former Nickelodeon show about ducks 21 Attempt 22 Salem, on Chilling Adventures of Sabrina 23 Fred Flintstone’s boss 26 Dollface star Dennings 27 Lamb’s remark 30 Turturro of The Sopranos 31 Buddy 32 Olivia of The Rook 33 Survivorman host Stroud 34 One ____ at a Time 35 A male nanny 36 On the ____ 37 ____ 54, Where Are You? 38 The ____: weight-loss reality show (2 wds.) 44 ____ Burnett OutFront 45 Cry of discovery 46 Steven Spielberg TV movie 48 Cliff Clavin, often 49 Fresh 50 A Great Lake 51 Concludes 52 Laura ____…