Innholdsfortegnelse for August 15, 2022 i TV Guide Magazine

Tuesdays, 10/9c, NBC WITH SUMMER COMES the onslaught of primetime game shows to fill the network void: some eternally fun (The $100,000 Pyramid), some cloyingly trite (Generation Gap) and some too inexplicably silly for words (the giant Jenga-like The Final Straw, which really is). Words, happily, remain the focus of Pass word, a true classic that Jimmy Fallon has long been honoring in late night on The Tonight Show and now turns into a high-energy weekly series. Much of the new Password’s verve comes from irrepressible host Keke Palmer, the breakout star of box-office hit Nope. “It’s so hard sometimes not to play along. I’m so competitive,” she gushes. Which makes me hope that Fallon will someday switch places and let her play a round. Hugs and good humor, and something…

Dating the Delaneys MOVIE PREMIERE 8/7c, Hallmark Channel We love films that show you why two people actually like each other. The Last Bridesmaid’s Rachel Boston (above) and Paul Campbell reunite in this charmer, playing two pals—a divorced baker and a widowed PR exec—who go on a “pretend date” as practice. Soon, their shared appreciation for puns, time spent with their kids and thoughtful gestures (he has the food she was craving delivered!) is undeniable. Boston also stars in Sunday’s UPtv movie The Engagement Plot (7/6c). Months after getting her heart broken as a dating show contestant, she accepts a mutually beneficial proposal from the dumped bachelor (Trevor Donovan). Fake it till you make it! Africa’s Wild Year 8/7c, BBC America What do lions and sharks do in autumn? Hint:…

Bobby and Sophie on the Coast SERIES PREMIERE 9/8c, Food Network For renowned chef Bobby Flay’s daughter, Sophie, being a foodie is all in the family. “We’ve always explored the restaurants in our local neighborhoods,” says the journalist and podcaster. “And whenever we traveled, we made it our mission to find hidden gems and traditional eateries.” That sampler-platter spirit drives this new series, which sees the duo (above) checking out the best—and best-kept secrets—of Los Angeles’ nosh pits. Among tonight’s Hollywood eats: the green curry at Jitlada and Sophie’s first taste of Roscoe’s House of Chicken and Waffles. “As you can imagine, my dad has an extensive list of restaurants and chefs that he’s worked with, but I was excited to introduce him to a few places,” Sophie says, proudly…

The End Is Nye SERIES PREMIERE 10/9c, Syfy “MOST BUILDINGS DON’T contain a pool of lava, miniature nuclear explosions or a five-headed storm monster,” says scientist and TV host Bill Nye (above) with a wink. He’s talking about the fictional Disaster Institute, his base for this six-episode series airing over as many days (and streaming on Peacock). From there, he enters the Disaster Simulator, endures an epic global cataclysm and uses science to show how to prevent these events from ending the world. Think Poseidon Adventure meets Cosmos. Nye shares more. Tonight’s episode features four Category 5 hurricanes and one Category 6 making landfall simultaneously worldwide. How real was the scene where you hang onto a lamppost for dear life? They had these enormous fans and “rain bars,” perforated pipes filled with…

LEO (July 23–Aug. 22) If you’ve been working too hard and it all feels a bit turbulent professionally, take heart; you’re coming to the end of a cycle and you should feel less stretched very soon. You can’t be on 24/7. VIRGO (Aug. 23–Sept. 22) You should only do what you want to do. Certainly don’t go out if you want to stay home. Navel gaze if you feel like it. If you surrender to doing whatever feels right for you, inner peace could follow! Birthday: Rosie Perez 9/6/1964 LIBRA (Sept. 23–Oct. 22) It’s hard to imagine having better stars than you do right now. There is a sense that you can make dreams come true. It should be easier for you to let someone important to you know how…

Source: Nielsen Media Research, week of July 18–24, 2022, in millions. Broadcast networks only. Smart Watch If you have 30 minutes, watch this episode On Nathan Fielder’s uniquely comic The Rehearsal, big sets are built and actors are hired to help regular folks rehearse for difficult coming conversations. Title of this episode: “Pretend Daddy.” Friday, Aug. 19, 11/10c, HBO If you have an hour, watch this season finale The never-been-better gritty Chicago drama The Chi wraps Season 5 with big life decisions for ex-con Trig (Luke James) and a determined Emmett (Jacob Latimore). Sunday, Aug. 28, 9/8c, Showtime If you have a free evening, watch this documentary In Running With the Devil: The Wild World of John McAfee, the man behind the perennial antivirus software finds he can’t protect himself…

@TVGMMattRoush I am still stoked over the new season of HBO’s Barry. But how can it be classified by the Emmys as a comedy or even a dramedy? This season was by far more dramatic than comedic. Is it simply because it’s a halfhour show? —JV MATT ROUSH: A brilliant series like Barry is hard to pigeonhole, and there’s no doubt it’s pushing the definition of “dark comedy” to the limit. There was humor this season, especially in its satire of the pitfalls in showbiz, but it doesn’t entirely make sense for a show this intense to be competing (with 14 nominations!) against much lighter fare. But that’s the Emmys for you, and I’d be surprised if it’s ever reclassified at this point. I was looking forward to the new…

George Lopez 6:30am/5:30c, TBS Daytime Pick Before NBC debuts the new sitcom Lopez vs. Lopez this fall, return to funnyman George Lopez’s 2002–07 series. Its first five episodes include “Happy Birthdays” (7:30am/6:30c) with guest star Sandra Bullock (an executive producer) as George’s accidentprone coworker. American Ninja Warrior 8/7c, NBC Having conquered semifinal obstacles like Hopscotch and Ghost Town, the contestants heading into the National Finals (like Josiah Singleton, below) are at the top of their game. How many will stay there after this new course in Vegas? BBQ USA SEASON FINALE 9/8c, Food Network Michael Symon goes whole hog in Memphis for the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest. THE END OF THE ROAD Better Call Saul SERIES FINALE 9/8c, AMC The nail-biting drama’s last episodes have delivered surprises like the…

Merlin 11am/10c and 1/noon c, Comet Retro Pick Star-studded doesn’t begin to describe this miniseries that wowed 70 million viewers in 1998: Sam Neill (above) plays the title wizard, appearing alongside Helena Bonham Carter, John Gielgud, Miranda Richardson, Martin Short, Lena Headey and more. BattleBots Champions 8/7c, Discovery It’s Heat 3 in the renowned robot competition spinoff, and another eight hopefuls fight to the death. The winner battles the legendary Rotator (dubbed “most destructive” in 2018), hoping to get to that September 8 finale. DON’T CHOUX LOOK YUMMY! Great Chocolate Showdown 9/8c, The CW The remaining nine home bakers try to master the notoriously tough art of choux pastry (required for treats like chocolate éclairs). Steam, instead of a raising agent like yeast, makes it puff. For dessert, the cooks…

Days of Our Lives NBC, check local listings Daytime Pick The back-from-the-dead Stefan DiMera (Brandon Barash, who also plays twin brother Jake) finally escapes from mad scientist Dr. Rolf (Richard Wharton) and tries to reunite with wife Gabi (Camila Banus)! The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp 5/4c, Grit Retro Pick A 1958 favorite: The marshal (Hugh O’Brian) rides shotgun on a Wells Fargo stagecoach and holds off robbers with the help of a sharpshooting grandma. Holly Hobbie SEASON PREMIERE 7/6c, BYUtv The Season 5 opener of the young adult dramedy takes on school dress codes. Aspiring singer-songwriter Holly (Ruby Jay) urges her younger sister, Heather (Kate Moyer), to take a stand after Heather is sent home for a violation. Motherland: Fort Salem SERIES FINALE 10/9c, Freeform The female-centric alt-history…

Alfred Hitchcock Icon-a-Thon 11am/10c, Movies! Movie Picks A marathon of four classics from the Master of Suspense launches with 1944’s survival tale Lifeboat and ends with the 1954 thriller Dial M for Murder (5:40/4:40c), starring Ray Milland as a man who plots to have his adulterous wife (an unforgettable Grace Kelly, below) killed. Secret Celebrity Renovation 8/7c, CBS Ghosts actor Utkarsh Ambudkar heads back to Gaithersburg, Maryland, to thank his supportive, selfless parents with a surprise renovation of their home—and a backyard oasis. Of course, contractor “Boston Rob” Mariano and interior designer Sabrina Soto help. RuPaul’s Secret Celebrity Drag Race 8/7c, VH1 The charity competition continues its second season with the remaining stars, whose identities are revealed only after host RuPaul asks them to “sashay away,” performing songs about money…

@damianholbrook Cheers to Grey’s Anatomy for adding Glee alum Harry Shum Jr. as a surgical resident to the ABC drama this fall. Suddenly we feel faint… and need to check back into Grey Sloan Memorial. Cheers to The Sandman for keeping us awake. The gorgeous Netflix adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s fantastical comic book series following the ethereal Lord of Dreams (Tom Sturridge, left) is a triumph of visual creativity and world-building well worth an all-night binge. Cheers to Uncoupled for unleashing Neil Patrick Harris. As a New York real estate agent looking for love after a brutal breakup on the Netflix dramedy, the immensely appealing Harris finally has a worthy role that allows him to be equal parts hilarious, heart-breaking and hot. Cheers to Jeopardy! for giving us an answer to “Who will become permanent host?”…

House of the Dragon SERIES PREMIERE Aug. 21, 9/8c, HBO YOU HEAR THE flapping of wings first. Then, yes, bursting through the clouds over Westeros, a majestic, roaring dragon: Syrax, ridden by princess Rhaenyra Targaryen (Milly Alcock). That’s just one thrill in the Game of Thrones prequel’s premiere. The temperamental teen and her beast will one day face battle. Now they’re just…joyful. “She’s constantly followed around by [minders]. It’s liberating when she gets to fly,” says Alcock of the young royal, played as an adult by Emma D’Arcy about halfway through the 10-episode series. Freedom to do what you please is rare in the sharp-elbowed court of the ruling Targaryens—a family with 17 dragons! Like Thrones, House of the Dragon is based on the work of George R.R. Martin, specifically…

YOUR CATCH-UP GUIDE Devils SEASON PREMIERE 9/8c, The CW SEASON 1 RECAP When this slow-burn thriller opens in 2011, charismatic Italian finance whiz Massimo Ruggero (Alessandro Borghi, above center) rules the trading floor of the Londonbased investment firm NYL Bank. After some maneuvering, his ascent to vice CEO seems assured…until the promotion is blocked by American boss and former mentor Dominic Morgan (Patrick Dempsey, above left). Massimo and his team of traders, aka Pirates, plus some savvy hacktivists dig into Dominic’s motives—a mission complicated by a colleague’s suspicious death. Ultimately, Dominic is exposed as part of a plot to elevate the U.S. dollar to global prominence by destroying the worth of the Euro. IN SEASON 2 Jumping ahead to the eve of 2020’s pandemic shutdown, the story finds Dominic tracking…

Infinite Storm 9/8c, Showtime On Mount Washington in New Hampshire, the wind gusts can reach 231 mph. And when one bad storm brews, it sends hiking search-and-rescue worker Pam Bales (Naomi Watts, below) back toward home—until she spots a mysterious stranger (Billy Howle) on a cliffside. Getting him down in this icy based-on-a-true-story thriller will take skill and luck, especially considering Pam is also battling nightmarish visions from her past. What this adventure drama (released earlier in 2022) lacks in loose-ended narrative, it makes up for in Watts’ committed performance. Movie Pick The Other One SERIES PREMIERE 11am/10c, IFC Daytime Pick Catherine Walcott (Ellie White), meet Catherine Walcott (Lauren Socha)! Binge Season 1 of this British comedy about a woman who finds out at her dad’s funeral that he had…

Archer SEASON PREMIERE 10/9c, FXX Management changes are always a challenge, even in an animated spy comedy. Archer (right, voiced by H. Jon Benjamin) and his colleagues have different reactions to former competitor Fabian Kingsworth (Kayvan Novak) purchasing their HQ. “Archer definitely shrugs off Fabian as the new boss, but the others are in self-preservation mode,” executive producer Casey Willis says. In the first of eight episodes, Fabian brings in the “Gamemaster” (Shohreh Aghdashloo) to pit Archer and Lana (Aisha Tyler) against each other. “The worst aspects of their personalities bubble up to the surface,” Willis teases. “Lana finally lets loose and goes day drinking!” Farmhouse Fixer SEASON PREMIERE 9/8c, HGTV New Kid on the Block Jonathan Knight tackles more renovations of rustic New England properties, starting with a cramped…

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