Innholdsfortegnelse for November 22, 2021 i TV Guide Magazine

“My husband and I got ourselves into a bit of a pickle,” is how mildmannered Susan Edwards (Oscar winner Olivia Colman) describes the brutal double murder that she and addled spouse Christopher (David Thewlis, right, with Colman) are running from in the truecrime black comedy Landscapers (Monday, Dec. 6, 9/8c, HBO). The limited series fascinates as the couple escape into fantasy while trying to keep their sanity. —Robert Edelstein The Show We’re Talking About in the Office The cattle-ranching Duttons do not break. At the end of the explosive Yellowstone Season 3 cliffhanger, patriarch John (Kevin Costner, below) lay on the road, riddled with bullets; Beth (Kelly Reilly) was the victim of a mail bomb; and Kayce (Luke Grimes) was being targeted. In the November 7 Season 4 premiere, we discovered…

Nash Bridges MOVIE PREMIERE Saturday, Nov. 27, 9/8c, USA IF NOT FOR Don Johnson’s gray goatee, this could be 1996 all over again. The dogged Nash Bridges hurtles down San Francisco’s hilly streets chasing a bad guy in his signature yellow ’Cuda convertible. His longtime partner in the Special Investigations Unit, Joe Dominguez (Cheech Marin), holds on for dear life. The familiar scene opens a new USA movie, with the potential to reboot the lighthearted CBS cop show 20 years after the series ended. “We got in the ’Cuda, and it felt like we had never left,” Johnson says. Marin agrees: “It felt like old times.” In 2021, Nash Bridges is a bit nostalgic for USA, once the home of blue-sky dramedies like Psych and Royal Pains. But Johnson, who…

PICK OF THE WEEK! The Waltons’ Homecoming MOVIE PREMIERE Sunday, Nov. 28, 8/7c, The CW IT WAS DECEMBER 19, 1971, when The Homecoming: A Christmas Story—about a loving Virginia family anxiously awaiting their patriarch’s return on the eve of the holiday in 1933—aired on CBS. At a time when cops and doctors dominated TV drama and All in the Family was pushing the envelope, the wholesome film was a surprise ratings hit, spawning the heartfelt, all-age-friendly The Waltons (1972–81). This Homecoming remakes the original with one familiar face in Richard Thomas, who played sensitive eldest son John Boy Walton for more than six years. “I do like the idea of the two shows ‘holding hands’ across 50 years,” Thomas says. After opening the new film as himself, the actor (as…

Phone a friend. Reaching out to say hello and check in on friends, old and new, is the perfect way to brighten someone’s day. And if you haven’t talked in months, or even a year or two? Even better. Taking the first step to reach out and spread some holiday cheer means a lot. Stick to a schedule. Since more activities are taking place from home, it’s easy to become lax about mealtimes, chores, and that endless holiday to-do list. Carving out a specific time—for watching your favorite show, catching up on emails, and even sneaking in a treat or two – helps you make the most out of every day. Give the gift of movement. Stressing out over what to get as a last-minute gift? Cubii’s compact seated ellipticals…

Five Festive New Movies 1 Father Christmas Is Back ’Tis the season for family infighting! Control freak Caroline Christmas (Nathalie Cox) invites her quirky sisters (played by Elizabeth Hurley, Talulah Riley and Naomi Frederick) to her fabulous country manor for a peaceful holiday retreat. But when their estranged father (Kelsey Grammer, above center) turns up with his muchyounger girlfriend, they don’t see his presence as a present. Available now 2 A Castle for Christmas Move over, Outlander! A new romance hits the Highlands when an author (Brooke Shields, top left) heads to Scotland to buy a castle from a reluctant seller with royal roots (Cary Elwes). Thankfully, a seasonal celebration and the lush setting help melt the chilly pair’s hearts. “The landscape, the castles, the villages…they lend a fairy-tale feeling,” director…

The Beatles: Get Back SERIES PREMIERE Thursday–Saturday, Nov. 25–27, Disney+ THE LAST-EVER FILM made by the Beatles may be titled Let It Be, but Peter Jackson knew he couldn’t do that. It was 2017, and the Oscar-winning filmmaker behind the Lord of the Rings trilogy—and a huge Fab Four fan—had been offered the opportunity of a lifetime: Take the 57 hours of long-unseen footage that had gone into making that notoriously depressing 1970 Beatles music documentary and breathe new life into the story that, history tells us, exposed the straining seams that foretold the breakup of the most famous pop band in history. What Jackson discovered while poring over footage left dormant for 47 years is a revelation, and the most telling—and entertaining—parts have been painstakingly restored and edited into…

Dexter Sundays, 9/8c, Showtime NO MATTER HOW you slice it, it’s safe to say this about serial killer Dexter Morgan: He’s gotten rusty after abstaining from murder for 10 years. As viewers saw on the debut episodes of the 2006–13 Showtime drama’s revival, the former Miami P.D. forensics blood expert—who has lived by a code to kill only bad guys—committed his first murder since faking his death in the series finale. And mistakes were made. Big ones. For starters, he was caught on a camera stalking his prey, reckless party boy Matt Caldwell (Steve M. Robertson)! “In terms of executing a kill,” says Hall, “[Dexter] wants to get his mojo back.” That’s a tall order considering what he’s facing. Living under the assumed name Jim Lindsay in fictional Iron Lake,…

JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass DOCUMENTARY PREMIERE 7/6c, Showtime On the anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s (above) assassination, director Oliver Stone asks historians and witnesses to examine the evidence that has been declassified in the 30 years since his film JFK. Whoopi Goldberg and Donald Sutherland narrate. Dancing With the Stars SEASON FINALE 8/7c, ABC Get ready to dance with joy! Season 30’s Mirrorball Trophy winner is announced. OPEN WIDE AND SAY “ARF!” Vetsgiving 10/9c, Nat Geo Wild This annual celebration of beloved TV veterinarians runs through Sunday with almost round-the-clock programming. Look for these special premieres at 10/9c: tonight, Critter Fixers: Country Vets; on Tuesday, Heartland Docs, DVM; on Wednesday, The Hatcher Family Dairy; on Thursday, The Incredible Dr. Pol; and on Friday, Dr. Oakley, Yukon Vet.…

95th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade 9am, NBC The Mandalorian’s Baby Yoda (above) flies high for the first time as a new balloon when the parade marches back to its traditional route on the kid-lined, cheer-filled streets of New York City. Plus: Carrie Underwood, the Sesame Street Muppets and Wicked. The Magic Maker 8/7c, ABC A man walks on water to propose! A soldier reappears to his family from overseas! In this special, ordinary folks learn how to do the extraordinary from illusionist Adam Trent. The Nine Kittens of Christmas MOVIE PREMIERE 8/7c, Hallmark Channel A sequel to a 2014 favorite: Fire captain Zach (Brandon Routh), who never managed to pop the question, reconnects with vet Marilee (Kimberley Sustad) to find homes for kittens and give us a forever happy ending.…

Wellington Paranormal 8:30/7:30c, The CW The holidays are a scream in the Cops-meet-creatures mockumentary set in the same universe as What We Do in the Shadows. New Zealand police officers Minogue and O’Leary (Mike Minogue and Karen O’Leary, above) have their hands full with a possessed doll and teleporting partiers. Maybe if they’re really good, that demonic mall Santa will give them a new assignment for Christmas. Say, traffic? —Damian Holbrook Christmas at Castle Hart MOVIE PREMIERE 8/7c, Hallmark Channel Sisters (Lacey Chabert and Ali Hardiman) on holiday in Ireland to find their late father’s relatives make time to pose as elite event planners and help an earl (Stuart Townsend) save his family’s estate. WETUMPKA CAN DO SO MUCH! Home Town Takeover: Where Are They Now? 8/7c, HGTV Ben and…

Newly Available Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992) The scary (and sensual) story of the seductive Transylvanian bloodsucker (Gary Oldman). Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder and Anthony Hopkins costar. The General’s Daughter (1999) Two military investigators (John Travolta and Madeleine Stowe) look into the death of [see title] and uncover a conspiracy in a mystery based on the Nelson DeMille bestseller. A River Runs Through It (1992) The beauty of the Montana landscape is rivaled only by the beauty of a young Brad Pitt in director Robert Redford’s coming-of-age tale about the two very different sons (Pitt and Craig Sheffer) of a stern fly-fishing minister (Tom Skerritt). Stripes (1981) Bill Murray hams it up as a U.S. Army enlistee whose antics overseas cause international trouble in this classic comedy costarring Harold Ramis. Total Recall (2012) The iconic 1990…

Music Box: Listening to Kenny G DOCUMENTARY PREMIERE 8/7c, HBO “Kenny G is the bestselling instrumentalist of all-time. He’s probably the most famous living jazz musician. And I made this film to find out why that makes certain people really angry,” says director Penny Lane at the start of this fascinating probe into the minds of music critics and scholars and the famed saxophonist him-self (above). Here are a few high notes: Kenny G went rogue on The Tonight Show, and “smooth jazz” was born. Promoting his fourth album in 1986, Arista Records still wouldn’t let Kenny release a single without guest vocals. Booked to play his latest R&B collaboration for Johnny Carson, he simply decided to perform his moody instrumental “Songbird” instead. The booker gave him the finger offscreen during…

Sister Swap: A Hometown Holiday MOVIE PREMIERE 8/7c, Hallmark Channel They don’t swap bodies, just locations! In the first of two intertwined movies, we meet the Swift sisters: Widowed restaurateur Jennifer (Kimberly Williams-Paisley) heads home to quaint Hazelwood and tries to create one more night of magic at her late uncle’s old movie theater—with help from her high school debate rival, fellow single parent Eric (Mark Deklin). Single Meg (Ashley Williams, above left, with Williams-Paisley) comes to Salt Lake City and stays to help Jennifer’s staff prep for a Christmas party contest (the plot of the Meg-focused December 12 sequel). The real-life sisters put a lot of themselves into the films. Kimberly has done work to preserve the movie theater in Franklin, Tennessee, saying: “To see the community come together…

Smart Watch If you have a half hour, check out this series Country star Trisha Yearwood turns Trisha’s Southern Kitchen into a ski lodge as part of a toasty wintertime feast with Smoky Chorizo Chili and Cheesy Veggie Melts. Saturday, Nov. 27, Noon/11am c, Food Network If you have an hour, watch this special What’s one thing more reliable than the shiny guiding light on Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer? It’s the great ratings for the holiday classic, which netted 5.7 million watchers last year. Monday, Nov. 22, 8/7c, CBS If you have a free evening, watch this movie In the wake of Army of the Dead’s stellar success, the heist comedy prequel Army of Thieves—about a group of safecrackers in the early stages of a zombie apocalypse—has unlocked some true…

Top Gear SEASON PREMIERE 10/9c, BBC America The British import roars back with driving challenges so creative (and sometimes hilarious) that even a non-gearhead can happily buckle in. Athlete Freddie Flintoff, racer Chris Harris and comedian Paddy McGuinness (above, from left) host their fifth season, one highlighted by the British Grand Prix and an Iceland expedition. TODAY’S SPORTS PICK COLLEGE BASKETBALL 10/9c, ESPN Good Sam Empire Classic: Gonzaga vs. UCLA In the 2021 Final Four, Gonzaga topped UCLA 93–90 with a buzzer beater in overtime to send the Bulldogs to the national title game. Both teams are in the preseason Top 5, so expect more fireworks in this rematch at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. MIDSEASON FINALE! New Amsterdam 10/9c, NBC Lovebirds Max (Ryan Eggold) and Helen (Freema Agyeman) are…

Editors’ Choice Harry Potter: Hogwarts Tournament of Houses SERIES PREMIERE 8/7c, TBS and Cartoon Network Accio remote! The 20th anniversary of the big-screen Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone arrives with a four-week trivia event hosted by Helen Mirren (above), a fan herself. Teams designated by the four houses at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry—Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw—test their knowledge of the books and films over four rounds to win a House Cup–style trophy (among other prizes). Keep an eye out for… AMAZING ARTIFACTS “We flew a plane over [to Los Angeles] that was packed full of real props,” says executive producer Robin Ashbrook. With objects such as floating candles, the Sorting Hat, Tom Riddle’s diary—even Hagrid’s oven gloves!—scattered about the set, “It’s like a living, breathing…

Newly Available Catching Killers ORIGINAL DOCUSERIES Hear straight from the heroic investigators who helped bring down Gary Ridgway (the Green River Killer), Keith Hunter Jesperson (the Happy Face Killer) and more in this look at the methods law enforcement used to hunt the murderers. The Mind, Explained ORIGINAL DOCUSERIES Why are some folks more creative than others? Why is it so darn easy to lose focus on a task? And how exactly does, um, brainwashing work? Season 2 of this fun and informative series, narrated by Julianne Moore, demystifies different aspects of the human mind. Riverdale THE CW DRAMA Surprise! A few episodes in, Season 5 of the moody series loosely based on the Archie comics takes a seven-year time jump. Now in his twenties, Archie (KJ Apa) returns to…

La Brea SEASON FINALE 9/8c, NBC You thought the truth about how ex–Air Force pilot Gavin (Eoin Macken) is linked to the prehistoric land where wife Eve (Natalie Zea, above) and son Josh (Jack Martin) are trapped was major? “There’s information [tonight] that’s going to blow your mind,” says exec producer Bryan Wynbrandt. “Big cards are flipped over.” In the November 23 hour, survivors who fell through a Los Angeles sinkhole into 10,000 B.C. made a discovery that could get them home (albeit not to 2021). Expect heartbreaking goodbyes as “some people make the decision to stay below.” One person Eve must get through the portal: Isiah (Diesel La Torraca), the boy from the fort housing dozens of earlier sinkhole victims. If she doesn’t, it could have consequences for a…