Innholdsfortegnelse for December 19, 2022 i TV Guide Magazine

TOP TEAM I am so excited about Criminal Minds: Evolution on Paramount+ [December 5 issue]. The actors are good together and the material is great, although at times scary. Thank you so much to the producers. —Teresa SWEET STUFF I love, love, love the Hallmark Channel’s Christmas movie Three Wise Men and a Baby! The three actors (Paul Campbell, Tyler Hynes and Andrew Walker) have been in multiple Hallmark films in the past—putting them together was genius. They each played a different personality and complemented one another. The baby was adorable too! —June VAMPIRE VALIDATION Kudos to Showtime’s Let the Right One In for portraying the human side of characters in a vampire show. It lets one have compassion for this struggling family. —Yvonne GIRL POWER I binge-watched Wednesday on…

Emily in Paris WEDNESDAY, DEC. 21 ORIGINAL SERIES A third season with bright, bold, bubbly Emily Cooper? That’s like renewing the best virtual tour of Paris with a highly poised guide. “Emily’s graduated to a new level of confidence,” says series star Lily Collins (left). What she lacks in her command of French, she makes up for in pluck and fashion sense. And in these new installments of the lush fantasy about an ambitious twentysomething from Chicago who lands her dream job at a top marketing firm in the City of Light, Emily faces a host of choices. First, what about her long-simmering love for chef Gabriel (Lucas Bravo), who has reunited with champagne heiress Camille (Camille Razat)? “Emily’s friendship with Camille is important,” Collins says, adding that Emily can…

Restored SEASON PREMIERE 8/7c, Magnolia Network Preservationist Brett Waterman helps a homeowner create a brand-new space in restoring an 1896 Queen Anne Victorian. In the process of trying to maintain the house’s vintage details, the team uncovers its rich history and forgotten charm. Restaurant: Impossible SEASON PREMIERE 8/7c, Food Network Robert Irvine and his giant biceps are back to boost up more struggling restaurants. First in line, a female-owned eatery in Arizona specializing in heaping, hearty meals. In fact, the only thing bigger than the size of some of the portions seems to be the debt the overworked owner keeps racking up. So Help Me Todd 9/8c and 10/9c, CBS If you’ve heard the buzz on this mom-son dramedy but haven’t tuned in, here’s your chance to catch it from…

@damianholbrook Cheers to Andor and Obi-Wan Kenobi: Forces to reckon with! After Disney+’s uneven Book of Boba Fett and long wait for The Mandalorian Season 3, we were happy as Wookiees to see some Star Wars heroes’ dark sides. Cheers to messedup real-life tales. Reality-based sensations with houseobsessed weirdos (The Watcher, left), multilevel cults (The Vow, Part 2), dating scammers (The Tinder Swindler) and evangelical throuples (God Forbid: The Sex Scandal That Brought Down a Dynasty) made us love our boring lives! Cheers to Heartstopper pitter-patters! Netflix’s fizzy tale of U.K. classmates finding love and self-acceptance is proof that simple stories and stellar casting can be as exciting as a first kiss. Cheers to reboots that worked. Paramount+’s Criminal Minds: Evolution is as addictive as it was when it reigned on CBS; HBO…

Smart Watch If you have 30 minutes, see this season fi ale Laurie Metcalf returns to guest star as a researcher and leading egg scientist in Seth MacFarlane’s adult animated comedy American Dad! as it wraps up its 17th year of episodes. Monday, Dec. 19, 10/9c, TBS If you have an hour, find this season premiere Judges Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman welcome a dozen young entrepreneurs in Kids Baking Champi onship…but only one winner will take home the grand prize. Monday, Dec. 26, 8/7c, Food Network/Discovery+ If you have a free evening, check out this movie Christmas in Wolf Creek stars Nola Martin and Tim Rozon as a struggling couple whose relationship is put to the test when a runaway reindeer threatens the town’s annual holiday play. Sunday, Dec.…

Top Gun: Maverick 8/7c, Epix Movie Pick “Having any fun yet?” a smiling Tom Cruise asks a fellow fighter pilot in this top-flight sequel. That’s a yes for viewers! Cruise (above), who reprises his incomparable “Maverick” role, trains an elite crew of young guns—including the embittered son (Miles Teller) of his late best friend—for a deadly mission to destroy a secret uranium enrichment plant. If you come to this for the action (and there’s plenty, looking frighteningly realistic), you’ll stay for the drama, especially the appearance of O.G. Top Gun star and cancer survivor Val Kilmer as Maverick’s rival turned protector. SEE WHAT THE BUZZ IS ABOUT! Alaska Daily 10/9c, ABC Here’s a chance to check out the premiere episode of this compelling thriller starring Hilary Swank as a disgraced…

American Masters: Groucho & Cavett 8/7c, PBS (check local listings at pbs.org) Dick Cavett honors his friendship with Groucho Marx, iconic comic and Marx Brother, via reminiscences and clips from the cigar-chomping star’s Dick Cavett Show appearances. Neighborhood Wars 9/8c, A&E In this Top 10 special that highlights fierce feuds and emotionally charged conflicts within communities, neighbors come armed—and mentally prepared—to do battle with the folks next door. Chef Dynasty: House of Fang SERIES PREMIERE 9/8c, Food Network Chef Kathy Fang headlines this docuseries about expanding her San Francisco eatery Fang with help from her less fusion-forward father cum business partner. MOVIES 4:25/3:25c Belfast (2021) HBO 8/7c Crazy Rich Asians (2018) TNT 8:30/Enchanted (2007) 7:30c Freeform 9:29/8:29c Scary Movie (2000) Starz Comedy…

PBS NewsHour 7/6c, PBS (check local listings at pbs.org) Respected broadcaster Judy Woodruff, on TV since 1970, signs off tonight to begin a two-year reporting project on Americans’ political divisions. Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett succeed as coanchors. iHeartRadio Music Festival 8/7c, The CW This star-studded Las Vegas music festival (first broadcast in October) brings Avril Lavigne, Halsey, Lionel Richie and more to the stage. Part Two airs tomorrow, featuring a sizzling Maren Morris–Ryan Hurd duet! We’re Here SEASON FINALE 10/9c, HBO The heartwarming docuseries is never in short supply of inspiration to live life authentically. This installment finds drag queen Eureka moved by Mandy to be more up front about her true identity. MOVIES 2:55/1:55c The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984) Epix 7:35/6:35c X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) FXM 8/7c King Kong (2005) Syfy…

Dionne Warwick: Don’t Make Me Over DOCUMENTARY PREMIERE 9/8c, CNN “Is Dionne Warwick a legend? Is pig pork?” Of all the celebrity testimonials in Don’t Make Me Over, Snoop Dogg’s puckish salute may be the least expected. Snoop also recounts in this enthralling bio-documentary the time Warwick beckoned him and other rappers to her home to chide them for their misogynistic lyrics. “We got out-gangstered that day,” he says admiringly. Throughout a six-decade career, Warwick has never held back opinions or passion for advocacy: for civil rights and for AIDS research. (Her AIDS-era anthem “That’s What Friends Are For” reaped millions in donated royalties.) Her ability, even in the 1960s, to cross over from R&B to top the pop charts with those Bacharach-David classics (“I Say a Little Prayer”) gave…

Bob Saget May 17, 1956–January 9, 2022 Audiences first fell for him as the always caring, forever clean Danny Tanner on Full House (1989–97). His quicksilver gift of gab and charming likability led to his hosting America’s Funniest Home Videos for nearly a decade. Starting in 2005, Saget was the voice of the older Ted Mosby narrating How I Met Your Mother; series star Josh Radnor gushed that Saget was the “kindest, loveliest, funniest and most supportive man.” He dedicated much of his time to drawing attention to scleroderma, a disease his late sister battled. Louie Anderson March 24, 1953–January 21, 2022 Anderson wore many hats in his career—comedian, Emmy-winning actor, author and game show host among them. The performer cocreated the animated Life With Louie and the sitcom The…

Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town 8/7c, ABC It’s a night of classics old and new-ish, starting with the Rankin/Bass claymation gem from 1970 about Kris Kringle’s early battle against toy-hating Burgermeister Meisterburger. After that, stick around for a double feature of 2009’s delightful Prep & Landing and its Naughty vs. Nice 2011 sequel. Ice Cold Catch SERIES PREMIERE 10/9c, Discovery “Will you marry me but first move to Iceland to try our luck wrangling cod?” “Sure, honey.” In this new series (unrelated to the blockbuster Deadliest Catch franchise), a recently engaged American defense contractor and a British yacht stewardess switch careers to pursue lucrative but dangerous fishing jobs. Can the greenhorns prove themselves amid the quirky locals? YEE-HAW YUMMY! Paul Goes to Hollywood 10/9c, Cooking Channel With Westerns hotter than…

M*A*S*H 7:30/6:30c, MeTV Retro Pick “Dear Sis” (1978), one of the TV classic’s “letter home” voiceover episodes, puts the figurative pen in Father Mulcahy’s (William Christopher) hand as he unburdens himself: His self-worth is shot and he feels useless… but it’s Christmas, so the resolution will touch you, as will the 4077th singing “Dona Nobis Pacem” (“Give Us Peace”). DESTINED TO BE AN ANNUAL FAVE! Mickey Saves Christmas 8/7c, ABC “Every time I see a Christmas tree, something lights up inside of me!” Love that lyric, love this new stop-motion special. The 24th Annual A Home for the Holidays at the Grove 8/7c, CBS Boosting kids in foster care toward finding their forever families is the aim of this special, hosted by Gloria Estefan and featuring four heartwarming adoption tales.…

TCM Spotlight: Neighbors 8/7c, TCM A suspenseful film slate to watch with the shades down begins with Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window (1954). An injured photographer (James Stewart, below, with Grace Kelly) spies a man (Raymond Burr) across the courtyard whom he suspects to be a killer. Next, it’s a pity no one believes Tommy (Bobby Driscoll) because in 1949’s The Window (10/9c), he has seen a murder. And in 1973’s Night Watch (11:30/10:30c), a woman (Elizabeth Taylor) tells her husband (Laurence Harvey) she’s seen a local killing. It turns even more sinister. Movie Picks The 45th Annual Kennedy Center Honors 8/7c, CBS Recognized for their artistic contributions to American culture and the arts: film star and director George Clooney, Christian pop songstress Amy Grant, legendary R&B voice Gladys Knight, Cuban-born…

COUNTDOWN TO 2023! It’s an auld lang sign of the times: a slew of countdowns to let us bid adieu to 2022 from the comfort of the couch! Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2023 (8/7c, ABC) Idol’s main man drops the Ball with YouTuber Liza Koshy and country star Jessie James Decker in Times Square, while pop diva Ciara handles Disneyland, Pose’s Billy Porter reports from New Orleans and DJ D-Nice covers L.A. New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash (8pm, CBS) Jimmie Allen and Elle King host from Music City with ET’s Rachel Smith. Kelsea Ballerini and the Zac Brown Band perform. CNN’s New Year’s Eve Live (8/7c, CNN) It’s Anderson Cooper’s 20th year in the Times Square chaos; unruly pal Andy Cohen joins. United in…

ACROSS 1 Gretchen of American Gigolo4 Mabius of Haul Out the Holly8 Massage11 King Kong type12 Just13 Salazar of Bird Box14 Shaye of Insidious15 Soreness16 Remote Control host Ken17 Madam Secretary star19 ____ Michelle Gellar21 Sphere23 Let’s Make ____ (2 wds.)26 Easy-to-use cell phone and 1930s swing dance31 Boxer Muhammad32 Emmy winner Falco33 Michael ____ Black34 Lhasa ____35 Comedian DeLuise36 Mr. Mayor actor (2 wds.)38 Broad City’s Glazer40 M. Night Shyamalan movie41 Singer Ronstadt44 English poet48 Animator Disney50 The Girl From Plainville star52 Rene Auberjonois on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine53 Kind of sword54 Untrustworthy person55 Road to ____56 Solar system center57 The worst place58 Japanese currency DOWN 1 Indoor shops2 Ron Howard role3 Carson’s successor4 ____ State Building5 Stephen of The English6 Eye part7 John who plays Peacemaker8 Matt on Dare Me (2 wds.)9 Manipulate10 Where Cheers…

Capricorn (Dec. 22–Jan. 19) It is time to turn your energy inward toward home, family and your personal life. This isn’t just about getting through the holidays. Whatever your top priority is, focus on that! AQUARIUS (Jan. 20–Feb. 18) You’re called to extend yourself socially under the new moon. In fact, the more you can network, the more opportunities you’ll set up for yourself. You may have to overstretch a bit, but the action you take now will pay ff next year. Birthday: Crystal Reed 2/6/1985 PISCES (Feb. 19–March 20) Before you fully wind down the year professionally, make a wish! There is a new moon in your career and life direction zone. Set intentions about how you’d like your life to look next year. Personal growth and more money…