Innholdsfortegnelse for April 11, 2022 i TV Guide Magazine

WINNING SHOW It was mostly great to see the Oscars televised again this year (March 27) and all the fabulous artistic achievements of actors and those behind the scenes. I thought the idea of honoring old movies by bringing their stars together to present awards was brilliant. —Christine IMPRESSIVE TRANSFORMATION Wow! NBC’s The Thing About Pam was totally believable. I forgot I was watching Renée Zellweger. I was in front of my television every Tuesday anxious for the next episode. Kudos to Zellweger for her outstanding work. —Judith DONE-DONE? How is it possible to combine the talents of Sam Waterston, Jeffrey Donovan and Anthony Anderson with a formula that has worked for decades, and come up with as unwatchable a program as the new season of NBC’s Law & Order?…

Rawhide Ride ’em in! This classic 1959–65 series covers the dusty trail cattle drivers rode in the Wild West. Along with having one of TV’s coolest theme songs, it also introduced viewers to a young Clint Eastwood (left) as Rowdy Yates. And Rowdy figures big in the Season 5 premiere, “Incident of the Hunter” (Monday, April 11, 3/2c), when he meets someone he once knew as a fellow soldier, whose new occupation is far more nefarious. Perry Mason We’re legally bound to point you toward this 1957–66 courtroom drama—one of TV history’s best—airing weekdays at 4/3c. In the Season 1 installment “The Case of the One-Eyed Witness,” running Tuesday, April 12, the brilliant, stalwart defense attorney (Raymond Burr) must think on his feet when a client who’s being blackmailed is…

FBI: Most Wanted Tuesday, April 12, 10/9c, CBS THE FBI FUGITIVE Task Force is chasing a couple of forbidden lovers on a killing spree this week, but doing so under a new leader. Supervisory Special Agent Remy Scott (Dylan McDermott, right) replaces Jess LaCroix (Julian McMahon, who exited the show voluntarily in March), tragically killed on the job and now sorely missed. McDermott—fresh off a memorable run on Law & Order: Organized Crime—shares his thoughts on making his new character stand out (one bonus: getting to drive a sexy Alfa Romeo!), moving from villain to hero and taking up a dangerous new hobby. Are you happy to go over to the good side with Supervisory Special Agent Scott or will you miss Organized Crime’s sociopathic Richard Wheatley? Of course, I…

The Wonder Years 8:30/7:30c, ABC This week more than ever, the reimagining of The Wonder Years—set in 1969 Montgomery, Alabama—reminds fans of its heartfelt 1988–93 predecessor. In an episode that’s both emotional and funny, 20-year-old Williams son Bruce (Spence Moore II) returns from fighting in Vietnam. Yes, all those concerned viewers who didn’t like Bruce reenlisting earlier this season can exhale: “People were adamant, ‘If the brother dies, we’re going to be so upset,’ ” exec producer Saladin K. Patterson recalls. The welcome-home celebration halts when the family meets Bruce’s girlfriend, Tammy (Insecure’s Yvonne Orji, right), who they had no idea existed. While overseas “he’s had a relationship with her through letters for the past few months,” says Patterson. Add in that she’s in her mid-30s, divorced and raising an…

In the Heat of the Night Noon/11am c, Decades Retro Pick Two strong leads—Carroll O’Connor and Howard Rollins, as Sparta, Mississippi’s white police chief and his new Black chief of detectives—distinguish this 1988–94 drama, Decades’ 42-hour Weekend Binge. Love, Classified MOVIE PREMIERE 8/7c, Hallmark Channel Melora Hardin stars as a widowed romance novelist trying to make things right with her kids, artist Zach (Max Lloyd-Jones) and plant shop owner Taylor (Katherine McNamara). Then, through an app, Taylor connects with a woman (Arienne Mandi)—and is surprised when love blooms. SENTENCED TO ETERNITY Ghost Hunters SEASON PREMIERE 9/8c, Travel Channel The reboot that first dropped on Discovery+ makes its cable debut with the Scooby crew of Jason Hawes, Steve Gonsalves, Dave Tango and Shari DeBenedetti teaming back up to investigate seeming paranormal…

Ultimate Cowboy Showdown SEASON PREMIERE 8/7c, INSP For Season 3, 14 hopefuls head to Wyoming to compete for a herd of cattle. With just two women in the field, we hope fourth-generation cowboy Brianna’s bio is correct when it says she can make grown men cry! Trace Adkins hosts. Windy City Rehab SEASON PREMIERE 9/8c, HGTV After weathering some business drama, Chicago-based home-renovation and design expert Alison Victoria is in a better place. New episodes find her helping her brother flip an apartment, working in Atlanta and L.A. as well, and visiting Greece. DELICIOUSLY UNPREDICTABLE Fast Foodies SEASON FINALE 10/9c, truTV Joel McHale returns to TV’s most-bleeped cooking contest and shocks the chefs when he asks them to do fast-food takes on his mother’s spaghetti carbonara, meaning messy carbonara burgers,…

The Rookie 10/9c, ABC STEP ASIDE, OFFICER Nolan. There’s a new “oldest rookie” in town when Claws’ Niecy Nash (right) guest stars as Simone Clark, a recent Quantico grad who helps the LAPD cop (Nathan Fillion) crack a domestic terrorism case. The two-parter, continuing May 1, is also a pilot for an FBI-centric spinoff that would center on the school counselor turned agent. Nash fills us in. What is Simone’s backstory? Her father was incarcerated for a crime he didn’t commit and it was an FBI investigation that exonerated him. She was like, “That’s what I want to do.” But she had children early, and they became her priority. Now she has a window. Which Nolan understands, having joined the force later in life too. Yeah. This character is 48…

@TVGMMattRoush Too many “limited series” based on true stories could have been told in a two-hour movie. Did we really need so many episodes of Hulu’s Pam & Tommy (eight) or Netflix’s Inventing Anna (nine)? Some episodes are so padded out with fiction, it’s disgraceful even to say it’s based on reality. Plus, they’re making many of these shows about really unlikable people (The Dropout, Anna, The Shrink Next Door and so on). Great actors, but such rotten characters. The Dropout is already getting on my nerves trying to paint Elizabeth Holmes (Amanda Seyfried) as a poor victim. And again, most of these stories could have been covered in a succinct telemovie. —Benji MATT ROUSH: No argument here. While I appreciated The Dropout’s attempt to get beyond Holmes’ glamorous facade…

@TVGMMattRoush Julia Watching Julia Child at work and play is a four-course banquet of sheer joy Thursdays, HBO Max FRIENDLY WARNING: DO not watch Julia on an empty stomach. You’ll want to savor every sumptuous dish prepared by legendary French Chef host Julia Child, grandly and giddily embodied by the wonderful British actress Sarah Lancashire (Happy Valley). It also helps to have an appetite for living, because few series are so generous in serving up a heaping platter of pure joy. “All you have to do is plunge in,” Julia tells her rapt audience in 1963 as she ends her first TV season on Boston’s WGBH and beyond with a celebration of the classic soufflé. “That’s the key not only to the kitchen but to life itself.” With a light…

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NCIS: Los Angeles 11/10c, Ion Late-Night Pick Relive the notso-traditional 2019 nuptials of Kensi and Deeks (Daniela Ruah and Eric Christian Olsen, left). Remember how the bride ripped part of her gown so she could kick a bad guy? And one person—Linda Hunt’s Hetty—arrived by driving her Mini Cooper through a wall? Before officiating? Good times. 2022 CMT Music Awards 8/7c, CBS Kelsea Ballerini cohosts the fan-voted country music video awards with actor Anthony Mackie (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) and performs along with fellow nominees such as Kane Brown, Miranda Lambert, Cody Johnson and Maren Morris. Plus, Keith Urban and Little Big Town! 9-1-1 8/7c, Fox While the squad responds to a rash of anxiety-related emergencies—a diver crippled by shark-induced panic, a petsitter stuck in a room full…

Law & Order 8/7c, NBC Tonight, Lieutenant Dixon (Camryn Manheim) pursues a homicide investigation when an apparent overdose brings up memories of an unsolved case, and ADAs Price (Hugh Dancy) and Maroun (Odelya Halevi) risk endangering a witness to expose a suspect’s true evil. Walker 8/7c, The CW Supernatural reunion! Sort of. Jared Padalecki’s former TV brother, Jensen Ackles, directed this episode in which Walker and Co. visit a local fair. Cassie (Ashley Reyes) and Abeline (Molly Hagan) both deal with drama from their pasts, but at least there’s an appearance by the Winchester boys’ favorite band, Kansas! HOW DO WE LIVE WITHOUT THIS? CMT Crossroads: LeAnn Rimes & Friends 8/7c, CMT The country star celebrates 25 years in the biz with an all-female bill. Rimes harmonizing with Carly Pearce…

New Amsterdam 10/9c, NBC Editors’ Choice “This guy needs some good times. He needs some things to go right,” Ryan Eggold (right) says of Dr. Max Goodwin. The hospital drama’s intense two-part return (concluding April 26) has a promising start for him: The cancer survivor and widower takes time off from his war against administrator Veronica Fuentes (Michelle Forbes) for the staff’s karaoke night, slaying “Shake Your Groove Thing” with Dr. Wilder (Sandra Mae Frank, who does her part in ASL). His longdistance love Helen (Freema Agyeman) visits from London, and he plans to propose. But as the first hour unfolds from different characters’ perspectives, the evening takes a dark turn in unforeseen ways—leaving relationships, and even lives, in jeopardy. “There’s a scare that runs through this whole ensemble,” the…

IT’S EARTH DAY! While BBC America sticks with the classics—marathons of 2007’s Planet Earth (6am/5c) and 2018’s Planet Earth: Blue Planet II (5/4c)—National Geographic and Nat Geo Wild celebrate with three premieres. Here’s a primer: WILD COASTS (6/5C, Nat Geo Wild) For those who enjoy the hunt: A four-minute sequence of a leopard seal taunting a gentoo penguin in Antarctica (it escapes!) is as jaw-dropping as a jaguar ambushing a caiman in Brazil. SECRETS OF THE WHALES (7/6C, National Geographic and Nat Geo Wild) This four-part stunner from James Cameron, which debuted on Disney+ last year, airs now as a marathon. Learn how different pods of orcas hunt and some male humpbacks create a new song each year and spread it around the globe. Plus, why families of chatty belugas…

ACROSS 1 Michael Kitchen drama6 First female U.K. newsreader13 Stets’ opposites14 Tony of Santa Barbara15 Tom of Baretta16 ____ of the Fall17 The Courtship of ____ Father19 Irregularly notched20 Getty of The Golden Palace23 Gator on Yellowstone26 Peggy of The Dukes of Hazzard27 Heughan and Elliott31 Cool32 Jazz trombonist Kid ____33 Mailing package (abbr.)34 Against All ____36 Common soccer score37 Former New York Mets home38 The New York Times doc (2 wds.)41 Theologian Kierkegaard44 Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s best friend48 A heavy metallic element51 Futurama pilot52 Carmen of Baywatch53 Arvid’s surname on Head of the Class54 Waterproofs again55 River feeding the Rhone DOWN 1 “Zip-____-____-Doo-Dah”2 Bawdy3 ____ 3 Lives (2 wds.)4 Beyond ____: Fact or Fiction5 Small islands6 Beatles roadie Evans7 Pet detective Ventura8 Terry of Excalibur9 Beloved tractors?10 Cube creator Rubik11 Former Fords12 Parker Lewis Can’t ____18…

HOROSCOPE Aries (March 21–April 19) A full moon is in your love zone so it’s time to turn the corner in at least one important relationship. Let any past relationship upsets go and just move on. Instead of worrying about others, take time out for yourself. Taurus (April 20–May 20) You’ve got lucky stars right now (and frankly, they’ve been a long time coming!). Expect to be in the right place at the right time for a wonderful opportunity, or you might even have a long-held wish come true. Make a wish on a star every night! Birthday: Thomas Doherty 4/21/1995 Gemini (May 21–June 20) What are your most meaningful career aspirations? If you don’t work, consider your overall life path and direction instead. What would make you feel like…

Smart Watch If you have a half hour, check out this series Snappy writing, warm characters—including Jake Johnson’s (New Girl) publisher—and a great premise (a 1970s women’s magazine that shows some skin) make Minx a winner. Season 1 ends Thursday, April 14, HBO Max If you have an hour, watch this series Icy is the word for both the Arctic setting and temperament of a psychopathic whaler (Colin Farrell) in the intense series The North Water, based on Ian McGuire’s bestseller. Sunday, April 24, 10/9c, BBC America If you have a free evening, watch this documentary “We’ve been focused on making sure the vehicle works,” says Elon Musk in Return to Space, a gorgeous and inspired film about his bluesky SpaceX project that finally sent manned flights back toward the…

Top Picks COMPETITION MasterChef Junior (Thursday, 8/7c, Fox) It’s the ultimate baby shower! In the April 14 episode of the kids’ cooking competition, the 12 remaining young chefs are tasked with mixing up a satisfying, well-balanced meal. And who’s doing the tasting? A restaurant full of expectant moms, including Season 8 judge and cookbook author Daphne Oz, who is awaiting the birth of her own child. Teens ANIMATED PAW Patrol (Fridays, 11:30am/10:30c, Nickelodeon) Ryder and his search-and-rescue canine crew are back in all-new adventures for Season 9. In the April 15 episode, the brave pups (above) keep a dance competition from going out of step after a floating floor carries contestants away. Then they solve one fishy mystery at an undersea-themed museum by helping an octopus who longs to return to the ocean.…

HOT FOR TEACHERS Abbott Elementary Class is in session at Abbott Elementary, a place of learning where the hallway lights flicker, the textbooks are so out of date they’re missing the last three presidents and the principal blackmailed her way into the job. Abbott the school may be struggling, but Abbott the show—centered on the dedicated staff—gets a glowing report card in all categories: humor, heart and universal appeal. “I love when people tell me they’re able to watch it with their mother or their grandfather,” says star Quinta Brunson, who created the mockumentary-style show, one of ABC’s highest-rated comedies. “It’s a fun watch. People are appreciating having that escape.” At the center is plucky second-grade teacher Janine Teagues (Brunson, front, with Tyler James Williams, Janelle James, Sheryl Lee Ralph,…

TODAY’S SPORTS PICKS NBA BASKETBALL 7:30/6:30c and 10/9c, TNT Play-In Tournament In this tournament, four teams from each conference vie to be the seventh and eighth seeds in the NBA playoffs. Rise of the Nazis SEASON PREMIERE 9/8c, PBS (check local listings at pbs.org) The three-part second round of this fine BBC docuseries details Hitler’s path toward his loss in World War II following an ill-advised sneak attack on the Soviet Union. MISSOURI JUSTICE The Thing About Pam SERIES FINALE 10/9c, NBC The true-crime saga’s shocking finish: Alleged killer Pam Hupp (Renée Zellweger) goes to wild lengths to extricate herself from her web of lies. MOVIES 11:25am/Cutter’s Way 10:25c (1981) HDNet Movies 1:38/12:38c West Side Story (2021) HBO 11:15/10:15c The Seven-Ups (1973) TCM 12:43am/The Dead Girl 11:43c (2006) Starz Edge…

Barry 11am/10c, HBO2 Daytime Pick Ahead of the show’s Sunday return, binge the first two seasons of this lauded dramedy starring Bill Hader as a (mostly) reformed hitman with stage-acting aspirations. For more on Season 3, see page 14. A Tail of Love MOVIE PREMIERE 8/7c, Hallmark Channel Soldier JR (Chris McNally), on leave to sell his late parents’ dog food company, plays hero when the sale threatens the canine rescue next door. Perhaps JR and new military dog arrival Indie will find a forever home with rescue maven Bella (Brittany Bristow)? VARIETY IS THE SPICE OF LIFE Pawn Stars 9/8c and 10/9c, History Tonight’s back-to-back episodes have the men of Las Vegas’ Gold and Silver Pawn shop debating the value of a rare Pokémon card and signed Walking Dead…

@damianholbrook Cheers to The Bold and the Beautiful’s 35th anniversary! The CBS soap set within the fashion industry is still one of the hottest looks for daytime. Like evil twins, hostile takeovers and original stars Katherine Kelly Lang and John McCook (below), it just never goes out of style. Jeers to Will Smith for slapping the fun right out of the Oscars (and Chris Rock, above). Way to steal the spotlight from the night’s other winners. We’ve seen better behavior on Maury. Cheers to Shining Vale for shining a light on Courteney Cox’s (above) dramatic skills. For all the fun and frights of Starz’s horror series, the real thrill is seeing the Friends and Scream vet get to dig deeper than usual to play a writer as haunted by her own past indiscretions…