Innholdsfortegnelse for February 1, 2021 i TV Guide Magazine

Mondays, 9/8c, TNT TWO TRAINS ARE not better than one. That becomes clear early on in the second season of the claustrophobic thriller set in a new Ice Age, when what’s left of humanity lives aboard the perpetual-motion locomotive Snowpiercer. The propulsive action of the first year grinds to a narrative halt upon the arrival of the train’s long-thought-dead inventor, the megalomaniacal Joseph Wilford (Sean Bean), aboard the supply train Big Alice. Smugly gloating and preening, Bean hams it up as Wilford battles for control against Layton (Daveed Diggs), Snowpiercer’s revolutionary leader, and Melanie (Jennifer Connelly), the engineer who left her boss behind. The potent class conflicts that fueled the first season are subsumed by a Team Layton versus Team Wilford standoff, which takes so long to come to a…

PICK OF THE WEEK! The Equalizer SERIES PREMIERE Sunday, Feb. 7, following Super Bowl LV, CBS JUSTICE HAS A new face. Queen Latifah stars in the action-packed thriller The Equalizer, a reboot of the 1985–89 crowd-pleaser led by Edward Woodward. The Oscar nominee makes the title role her own as Robyn McCall, a skilled ex-CIA agent who finds, shall we say, creative ways to ensure the down and out are treated fairly when the system fails them. “This is a chance for viewers to say, ‘Yeah. One for the little guy,’” says Latifah. Robyn is still tight with her former boss and mentor, the well-connected William Bishop (Chris Noth), and is raising a teen daughter, Delilah (Laya DeLeon Hayes), with help from her Aunt Vi (Lorraine Toussaint). The actress, producer,…

MOVIES 10:05am/9:05c Ninotchka (1939) Movies! 11:35am/10:35c The King of Staten Island (2020) HBO2 10/9c To Sir, With Love (1967) HDNet Movies 10:08/9:08c Enemy of the State (1998) USA 10:40/9:40c The Witch (2016) Showtime Women Chicago Med 8/7c, NBC Roller-coaster couple Ethan Choi and April Sexton (Brian Tee and Yaya DaCosta, below) are currently, well, civil—but that changes tonight. As emergency chief, he had forced the nurse to leave her work on the COVID ward (not cool), but, exec producer Andrew Schneider says, April “is finding new meaning and purpose as a caregiver” now that she’s volunteered for a heart drug trial. The latest discord bubbles up when April’s medical-resident brother, Noah (Roland Buck III), returns to the ED. “He faces an ethical and personal dilemma with a patient,” hints exec producer Diane Frolov—and has a…

I WANT SCI-FI THRILLS… OUTSIDE THE WIRE In this futuristic nail-biter, drone pilot Lt. Thomas Harp (Damson Idris) is assigned to locate a powerful doomsday device in a war zone under the direction of tough Captain Leo (Anthony Mackie, above right, with Pilou Asbæk). The fact that Leo is a top-secret android, not human, complicates the mission. Available now I WANT TO BE SCARED… RED DOT Romance, reconnecting… and running for their lives. On a snowy camping trip to rehabilitate their marriage, couple David (Anastasios Soulis) and Nadja (Nanna Blondell) find themselves stalked by someone who torments them with a laser pointer. You know, the kind used on hunting rifles. Premieres Feb. 11 I WANT INTERNATIONAL DRAMA… THE WHITE TIGER Based on the New York Times bestseller, this dark dramedy…

Time loops, amnesia, criminal acts…this February 14, settle in for a romantic comedy that goes beyond the standard boy-meets-girl, boy-falls-forgirl formula. We picked five of our favorites now streaming on Hulu. DATE NIGHT Swiping another couple’s restaurant reservations has disastrous consequences for married couple Phil and Claire Foster (Steve Carell and Tina Fey)…particularly because there’s a hit out on the people they pretend to be. Soon, their ho-hum night out includes car theft and impersonating a prostitute. 50 FIRST DATES Adam Sandler leans into another lovable everyman character in this hilarious and heartwarming movie. He plays Henry, who comes up with increasingly elaborate and ridiculous schemes to make his crush Lucy (the sensational Drew Barrymore), who has amnesia, fall for him again and again. This is one you’ll definitely remember.…

Newly Available 50M2 ORIGINAL DRAMA A hitman (Engin Öztürk, above) who crossed his bosses hides out in a tailor shop in a small town. Locals think he’s the son of the deceased owner, so he adopts the man’s identity. How long before his past catches up with him? Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous ORIGINAL ANIMATED SERIES There’s hope for the teen campers fleeing the dinosaurs in Season 2 of the Steven Spielberg series. Another group of tourists could be their ticket out…if the dinos don’t get ’em. What Would Sophia Loren Do? ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY An Italian American film fanatic draws life lessons from the iconic Oscar-winning actress. Tuesday, Feb. 2 Tiffany Haddish Presents: They Ready ORIGINAL STAND-UP SERIES A new crop of comics picked by the Girls Trip star take the…

TCM Romantic Weekend Getaway 8/7c, TCM Movie Picks Here’s looking at you, Casablanca (1942), as you begin this three-day affair to remember. Also on tonight’s bill celebrating Hollywood’s greatest romances: West Side Story (1961) at 10/9c, Marty (1955) at 12:45am/11:45c and the underrated charmer Crossing Delancey (1988) at 2:30am/1:30c. Ancient Aliens 9/8c, History Well, this is pretty enterprising. Star Trek icon William Shatner sits down for a chat with UFOlogist Giorgio Tsoukalos and a panel of otherworldly experts to dish about ETs, archeological findings and the most hair-raising theories from the show’s past 200 episodes. Hip Hop Uncovered SERIES PREMIERE 10/9c, FX The six-part docuseries charts the origins of the music genre that first made waves in 1979 with the Sugarhill Gang hit “Rapper’s Delight.” MacGyver 8/7c, CBS Leave it…

EXTRA GREAT As a big fan of the original All Creatures Great and Small years ago, I eagerly anticipated the new version on PBS. It did not disappoint: lovely beginning of the story when James first gets the job, spectacular Yorkshire landscape and scenery, charming village of Dar-rowby, great cast and, of course, it was so wonderful to see Diana Rigg once more. All in all, it was a welcome return of the beloved series. Thank you, Masterpiece. —Christine BIG THANKS I wanted to thank you as a 30-year postal employee and a longtime subscriber for your note in the recent issue. We have been hit hard with packages and are not immune to COVID-19, and I really appreciate you recognizing that. We are all doing our best, working hard and…

It’s gonna be a hot one tonight! A trio of 9-1-1’s Los Angeles–based firefighters—Hen (Aisha Hinds), Buck (Oliver Stark) and Eddie (Ryan Guzman)—head to Texas to help 9-1-1: Lone Star’s Owen (Rob Lowe, right, with Hinds) and his team as wildfires devastate the Austin area (Monday, Feb. 1, 9/8c, Fox). All in a day’s work, says showrunner Tim Minear: “It’s not uncommon for fire companies from different states to go out of their jurisdiction in order to help.”…

Fridays, Disney+ YOU’VE NEVER SEEN anything like WandaVision—except for when you’re getting that comforting déjà vu old-school-TV vibe. Impeccably and cleverly crafted as a mashup of the otherworldly (the Marvel Cinematic Universe) and the nostalgic (sitcoms of the 1960s and beyond), this insanely entertaining fantasia works on so many weird levels it doesn’t matter if you’re as confused as its principal players. There’s a fine line between Nick at Nite and The Twilight Zone as Marvel heroes Wanda Maximoff (the deliciously perky Elizabeth Olsen) and her android soulmate Vision (a suave Paul Bettany) adopt the chirpy personalities of classic sitcom couples, though they’re not exactly sure why. “Is this really happening?” Wanda wonders, while an unseen audience laughs, claps and goes “Awww.” Their arrival as apparent newlyweds in the white-picket-fence…

Sundays (through Feb. 14), 10/9c, PBS (check local listings at pbs.org) IT’S RARE THESE days for a series to feel like it’s not long enough, but Masterpiece’s lively The Long Song, an unusually sensual three-part fable of slavery in 1830s Jamaica, is over before you know it. Maybe that’s because the story’s central figure and narrator, a slave born as July (Tamara Lawrance) and later rechristened Marguerite by her impossible mistress, is such good company. Irreverent and impudent, July survives the tragic chaos of the 1831 Christmas Rebellion uprising, which helped bring about the end of slavery in the British colonies. Still, she remains in service to the ridiculous, spoiled and vulgar Caroline (Hayley Atwell in a mostly thankless role), enjoying a promotion to housekeeper as well as the attentions…

Editors’ Choice The Investigation SERIES PREMIERE 10/9c, HBO In the opening scene of this hit Scandinavian limited series, prosecutor Jakob Buch-Jepsen (Pilou Asbæk, Game of Thrones’ Euron Greyjoy) loses a murder trial due to lack of evidence, even though he’s certain the accused did it. This sets the stage for the also-thorny case that dominates this slow-burn drama, a real-life 2017 crime in which talented Swedish journalist Kim Wall goes missing while aboard her interview subject’s homemade submarine. When police find the sub, only the owner is on it, and it’s quickly sinking. Did he kill her, or is Wall still out there? And if he is guilty, how do they prove it? The Investigation is aptly titled: We never see the man or the grisly acts that are later…

Fast Foodies SERIES PREMIERE 10:30/9:30c, truTV Haute cuisine meets Happy Meals in this raucous—and often raunchy—competition. In each episode, Top Chef champs Kristen Kish and Jeremy Ford as well as Iron Chef America winner Justin Sutherland are tasked by celebrity guests including Joel McHale (above, with Kish) and James Van Der Beek to replicate their favorite fast-food item. The challenge is based on what exec producer Michael Rucker calls the “dirty secret” of fine dining: “Chefs don’t typically make themselves steak tartare or fresh pasta at the end of a sweaty, hectic night of service. They want to scarf down something fast, greasy, full of flavor and calories!” Next, the trio create their own elevated takes on that same grub, which is where things get wild. Tonight, a Chicago-style hot…

Tuskegee Airmen: Legacy of Courage Wednesday, Feb. 10, 8/7c, History PICK OF THE WEEK! AS AN ESPN sportscaster and Good Morning America host, Robin Roberts (inset) has covered many important stories. But producing and narrating this documentary, about America’s first Black military pilots, was special: Her father, the late Col. Lawrence Roberts, was one of them. “It was deemed that people of color were not smart enough to fly planes or be mechanics,” she says. Then, as World War II loomed, President Franklin D. Roosevelt approved a program to train Black pilots and support crew in Tuskegee, Alabama. In 1941, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt insisted on flying and being photographed with one of the airmen. In 1943, a squadron was finally sent to Europe to fight. The Tuskegee units’ success,…

Big Bend: The Wild Frontier of Texas 8/7c, PBS (check local listings at pbs.org) Thomas Haden Church narrates Nature’s close-up of the stunning national park, home to beavers grooming by the Rio Grande, a bear stealing an acorn woodpecker’s stash high in a tree and pallid bats stalking prey on the ground. Name That Tune 9/8c, Fox More contestants play the guessing game as we judge their music knowledge. GUEST STAR ALERT! Chicago P.D. 10/9c, NBC Lawrence Gilliard Jr.’s characters sadly died on The Wire and The Walking Dead. The situation sounds dicey for him again as Latrell Wade, a grieving father whom Detective Halstead (Jesse Lee Soffer) and Officer Ruzek (Patrick John Flueger) recruit to go undercover to solve a murder. Hart to Hart 10/9c, getTV Retro Pick Made…

Good dramas keep us guessing. As the giddily dark Prodigal Son (Tuesdays, 9/8c, Fox) continues its second season, we’ve got more to ponder than NYPD consultant Malcolm Bright’s (Tom Payne) volatile future. We also get to debate the escape plan his serial killer father, Dr. Martin Whitly (Michael Sheen, below), is hatching! One exciting development: Oscar winner Catherine Zeta-Jones joins the show March 2 as Claremont Psychiatric Hospital MD Vivian Capshaw. Will brilliant, manipulative Martin, who will be assigned to infirmary duty, charm her? We can’t wait to see.…

Wednesdays, 10/9c, Syfy THERE’S SOMETHING OFF about the new doctor in Patience, Colorado: his weird fixed grin, his slightly disembodied speech patterns and a laugh that sounds like a bark. If they only knew that Dr. Harry Vanderspeigle is, under his suit of skin, a crash-landed ET on a mission to destroy humanity—if he could find his missing equipment. Comic actor Alan Tudyk (Firefly) makes the most of this assignment, animating Harry with bizarre vocal inflections and a rubbery face of confusion as he succumbs to such human feelings as loneliness, self-doubt and jealousy. He’s a comic book character come to life, and Resident Alien (based on a Dark Horse comic) is a fun blend of sci-fi intrigue and knockabout humor. Only one resident—and with him, we—can see the menacing…

HOT SCOTS Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish of Men in Kilts We say “aye” to Men in Kilts: A Roadtrip With Sam and Graham, a rowdy trek through Scotland with native sons and Outlander stars Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish. (Heughan plays 18th-century Highlander Jamie Fraser; McTavish was his now-dear-departed uncle, Dougal MacKenzie.) Being a passenger in their wee camper van could not be better craic—slang for fun—as the lads wind through bonny scenery, stopping to explore cultural and historic sights (and flash some leg!). Heughan gets us going. Sweet gig! How’d you get the network to pay? I managed to fool them, didn’t I? [Laughs] Graham, one of my best friends, and I shot a pilot over a number of weekends. Starz and [the production company] Sony jumped on…

MOVIES 12:45/11:45am c Us (2019) HBO Signature 3:52/2:52c Garden of Evil (1954) Retroplex 4:30/3:30c Jason Bourne (2016) FX 8/7c Groundhog Day (1993) AMC 8/7c The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) TCM 10:25/9:25c Sleepless in Seattle (1993) Starz Edge Charlie’s Angels 8/7c, getTV Retro Pick Outlandish undercover work was always an Angels specialty—as in these back-to-back 1977 hours, when a case “requires” Kelly (Jaclyn Smith) to masquerade as an ice-show skater and a belly dancer. The Resident 8/7c, Fox The doctors of Chastain Park Memorial are faced with a medical mystery. The whole staff must work to diagnose a mother and daughter suffering from symptoms that have the healers stumped. Meanwhile, newlyweds Conrad (Matt Czuchry) and Nic (Emily VanCamp) have big news to share with their colleagues. LUCKY THEM! Finding Your Roots 8/7c, PBS (check local listings…

Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer AILABLE ORIGINAL DOCUSERIES As psychotic murderers go, Richard Ramirez (above center) was one of a kind. Before his 1985 reign of terror across L.A., during which he often attacked people asleep in their homes, earning him the nickname the Night Stalker, “There had never been a serial killer like him,” director Tiller Russell explains. He was keen to craft the definitive look at the Ramirez case in this chilling four-part series. “His crimes were almost patternless,” Russell continues. “The victims were men, women and children; they lived in different parts of the city and came from different backgrounds.” Hinged on the recollections of L.A. County Sheriff’s Department investigators Gil Carrillo and Frank Salerno, the series plays out like a masterful thriller, with…

Flack AILABLE ORIGINAL DRAMEDY As waitress Sookie Stackhouse on HBO’s True Blood, Anna Paquin faced off with vampires and other creatures of the night. In Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman, her character grew up around ruthless mobsters. Now, on the dark dramedy Flack, the company Paquin keeps is even nastier: badly behaving celebrities! The Oscar winner plays Robyn, a London-based publicist with a roster of messy A-list clients. It’s not like Robyn is a role model either. “She is a disaster of a human,” Paquin says, “but is so good at work.” She shares more. What kind of demons is Robyn dealing with in this show? She is the elder of two daughters of a very mentally unwell mother who has committed suicide. And they have in their own ways adapted…

Newly Available Catch Me if You Can (2002) Frank Abagnale Jr. (Leonardo DiCaprio, above) is a pilot. No wait, he’s a doctor. Make that a lawyer. He’s none of those things, but he’s such a good con man, everyone believes him. Goodfellas (1990) “Never rat on your friends, and always keep your mouth shut.” Robert De Niro gives wise(guy) advice in a top-notch mob movie. Gothika (2003) A mental hospital shrink (Halle Berry) wakes up as a patient in the facility where she works. And she’s accused of murder. And a ghost has taken over her body. Julie & Julia (2009) Meryl Streep plays renowned chef Julia Child in a sweet comedy about a New Yorker (Amy Adams) who sets out to make all 524 recipes in Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking…

MOVIES 12:30/11:30am c Waiting to Exhale (1995) Freeform 1:43/12:43c A River Runs Through It (1992) Starz Edge 4:50/3:50c Annie Hall (1977) Starz Comedy 6:50/5:50c The Constant Gardener (2005) Showtime Women 7/6c Babe (1995) HBO Family 7/6c Furious 7 (2015) FX 7:40/6:40c First Man (2018) FXM 8/7c Frances Ha (2013) The Movie Channel Xtra 8/7c The Hunt for Red October (1990) BBC America 8/7c WarGames (1983) Flix 9/8c The Professional (1994) Indieplex 10/9c Logan (2017) FX 10/9c Lover Come Back (1961) TCM 10/9c Patriot Games (1992) Flix 10:23/9:23c My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002) HBO Family 11:30/10:30c Hustlers (2019) The Movie Channel Xtra 4am/3c Vertigo (1958) TCM WE PROFILE THE FBI! Clarice SERIES PREMIERE 10/9c, CBS It’s 1993. A year after the events of The Silence of the Lambs—and her sessions with Hannibal Lecter that led to the capture of fellow serial killer Buffalo Bill—traumatized agent Clarice Starling…