Innholdsfortegnelse for March 13, 2023 i TV Guide Magazine

@TVGMMattRoush Marie Antoinette SERIES PREMIERE Sunday, March 19, 10/9c, PBS (check local listings) FORGET “WILL THEY or won’t they?” In this tongue-inrouged-cheek take on a period biography, the question is when will the diffident young Dauphin, later King Louis XVI, take his teenage Austrian bride, Marie Antoinette, to bed? Their relationship was shrug at first sight, but the gossipy 18th-century French court hangs on these political pawns’ every move. For much of the stylized first season, written by The Favourite’s Deborah Davis and ending well before the fateful Reign of Terror, Louis (gawky Louis Cunningham) flees at the sight of Marie (a splendidly saucy Emilia Schüle) in a sexual panic. She’s frustrated, but he’s sad and pitiful, to the delight of those elaborately bewigged vultures and ghouls who mock and…

Gotham Knights SERIES PREMIERE Tuesday, March 14, 9/8c, The CW “THIS IS THE role of a lifetime,” declares Misha Collins, but he isn’t talking about Castiel, the fan-favorite angel he played on Supernatural for 12 seasons. He’s referring to Two-Face, one of Batman’s most tragic villains, who Collins plays in the new DC Universe–set drama Gotham Knights. Ironically, the 48-year-old actor was of two minds about taking on the dual role of upstanding DA Harvey Dent and his turned-evil disfigured alter ego. Besides wondering if he was right for the job, Collins hesitated because he’d be filming in Atlanta, and his two children live in Southern California. He didn’t waver for long: His excited 12-yearold son sealed the deal when he threatened not to talk to his dad if Collins didn’t grab…

Lucky Hank SERIES PREMIERE Sunday, March 19, AMC, IFC, BBC America, SundanceTV BETTER CALL…HANK? Bob Odenkirk (right), famous as the scamming lawyer Saul Goodman in Better Call Saul, returns to TV as grumpy Hank Devereaux, a middle-aged English department chair and professor at a low-rent Pennsylvania college. In the comedydrama, the husband and father spirals into a midlife crisis fueled by his entitled Generation Z students, his brainy but peculiar colleagues and his doubts about his career. (The school bookstore doesn’t even carry his one novel.) The project is based on the 1997 novel Straight Man, by Pulitzer Prize–winning author Richard Russo. Odenkirk—who says as a college kid he aspired to be a Jack Kerouac–style novelist—warmed to it partly because it brought him back to his comedy roots: “Saul was…

The Pioneer Woman 10am/9c, Food Network Daytime Pick Baking-dish breakfasts to preassemble and just slide into the oven? Set that trivet on the table! Ree Drummond turns out four breakfast bakes: a simple and sweet maple “pancake cake,” a savory spin on classic monkey bread, a flaky puff-pastry quiche and a grits casserole with peppers and sausage. The Hillsdale Adoption Scam MOVIE PREMIERE 8/7c, Lifetime Bethany (Keshia Knight Pulliam) and her hubby (Michael Strickland) want more kids, and a pregnant woman (Danika Frederick) shows up on their doorstep. Too good to be true? A Winning Team MOVIE PREMIERE 8/7c, Hallmark Channel Once a pro soccer player, Emily (Nadia Hatta) is suddenly out of the game. Then she joins local coach Ian (Kristoffer Polaha, Life Unexpected) on the turf and they…

Will Trent 10/9c, ABC Unexpected twists abound on the freshman crime drama this week, says Ramón Rodríguez, who plays quirky Will Trent, an Atlanta-based Georgia Bureau of Investigation special agent. In this installment, the suited Trent (left) pairs with fiery Atlanta Police Department detective Michael Ormewood (Jake McLaughlin) to quell a hostage situation involving a colleague and an escaped murderer (Vince Swann). “Will questions the APD and how they handle [the case],” Rodríguez explains. “It puts him and Ormewood at odds, but they work together to save one of their own.” But more than work stirs up trouble. Both men are connected to Ormewood’s guarded partner, Det. Angie Polaski (Erika Christensen). We know Trent and Polaski share a love that’s best labeled “It’s complicated.” Not helping: Polaski, keeping no secrets,…

Don’t miss your chance to get the very first issue of our brand-new streaming guide, TV INSIDER! It will be on newsstands until March 20. Kiefer Sutherland is on the magazine’s March cover and you can find the issue anywhere you normally pick up TV GUIDE MAGAZINE. TV INSIDER is the only real and comprehensive guide for streamers. You’ll find pages and pages of new shows, specials and movies for all the big streaming services, including Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu, Disney+, Paramount+, Apple TV+, Peacock, HBO Max and MGM+. Smaller services you can’t live without are also here, like BritBox, AMC+, Acorn TV, BET+, Sundance Now and Shudder. TV INSIDER scours streaming libraries for great shows you haven’t had time to binge yet. Read it and you’ll always “Know What…

@TVGMMattRoush I know they’re on different networks now, but do you think a crossover is possible between Magnum P.I. (NBC) and NCIS: Hawai‘i (CBS)? —Darren MATT ROUSH: Never say never, but this is tricky since they originate from different studios. Logistics are a headache even when they’re on the same team. Did anyone else catch the reference on the February 23 Law & Order: SVU when Bradley Whitford’s character said Captain Benson had a face like Jayne Mansfield (Mariska Hargitay’s real-life mother, who died in 1967)? —Sue T. MATT ROUSH: I’d like to think anyone who knows showbiz history did.…

The Good Doctor 10/9c, ABC Legal briefs replace medical matters in The Good Doctor’s planned spinoff, The Good Lawyer, introduced in an embedded pilot tonight. (The episode was originally slated for March 6.) We meet two new characters: Janet Stewart (Emmy winner Felicity Huffman, far right) is a respected veteran attorney whom Aaron Glassman (Richard Schiff) recommends to Shaun Murphy (Freddie Highmore) to help with some legal issues. Shaun, however, bonds with Joni DeGroot (Nancy Drew’s Kennedy McMann, near right), a brilliant, self-aware young lawyer with obsessivecompulsive disorder. How will Janet handle being No. 2? Live With Kelly and Ryan Syndicated, check local listings Daytime Pick Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest (above) are backstage at the Academy Awards—in person again!—to get the glitzy goods for this annual “After Oscar Show,”…

Sanditon SEASON PREMIERE 9/8c, PBS (check local listings at pbs.org) Will Jane Austen’s spirited Charlotte Heywood (Rose Williams) finally find a man who won’t ditch her or die on her? Departing seaside hot-spot-in-the-making Sanditon at the end of this Regency drama’s previous season, she announced she would marry Ralph Starling (Cai Brigden), a farmer from her hometown. In Season 3, before saying “I do” and settling down to country life, she finds more fun with heiress pal Georgiana Lambe (Crystal Clarke), who is celebrating the big 2-1 and fending off fortune hunters. And Charlotte again encounters the handsome widower who broke her heart, Alexander Colbourne (Ben Lloyd-Hughes, above, with Williams). With only six episodes left in the Masterpiece series, we know how we’d like to see it end! The Cases…

True Lies 10/9c, CBS Omega Sector trainee Helen (Ginger Gonzaga) finally makes a friend. Unfortunately, he’s the spy unit’s top assassin. Known as “The Wolf,” he’s a contractor who “takes special assignments when something hard-core needs to be done,” the action comedy’s showrunner Matt Nix says. “He has a lot of sociopathic traits and doesn’t have the normal range of human emotions.” The Wolf (Matthew Lillard) and Helen bond because she “needs help with weapons training, and he’s excited he’s found someone who isn’t terrified of him,” Nix shares. But Helen’s husband, Harry (Steve Howey, below, with Lillard), an Omega spy, isn’t happy that her buddy’s a killer with “bottomless wells of darkness” for eyes, according to Nix. Still, the sniper is useful when the team confronts a political group…

The Mod Squad Noon/11am c, Decades Retro Pick Dig it! Counterculture crime fighters Pete (Michael Cole), Linc (Clarence Williams III) and Julie (Peggy Lipton, below) take over the screen for a 42-hour binge of Aaron Spelling’s 1968–73 drama. The “hippie cops” worked undercover assignments in L.A. (to avoid jail time of their own!), posing as a psychiatric patient (2/1c), a movie star’s assistant (4/3c), a safecracker (10am/9c Sunday) and even a trapeze artist (4/3c Sunday). DOUBLE TAKE! A Picture of Her MOVIE PREMIERE 8/7c, Hallmark Channel Beth (Rhiannon Fish) discovers an image of herself on a magazine’s cover, and her quest to find the mysterious shutterbug (Tyler Hynes) who snapped the pic proves she’s more than just a pretty face. TODAY’S SPORTS PICKS COLLEGE BASKETBALL 6/5c, TBS NCAA Men’s Basketball…

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Smart Watch If you have 30 minutes, catch this sitcom Before The Goldbergs wraps its decade-long run in May, check out this episode, where the family implements superstitious protocols to help the Philly Flyers win the Stanley Cup. Wednesday, March 15, 8:30/7:30c, ABC If you have a free hour, stream this premiere Settle into the countryside of Kent in the summer of 1959 and join the warmhearted English family known as The Larkins, who return for another round of adventures. Monday, March 20, Acorn TV If you have a free night, catch this film The Almond and the Seahorse stars Rebel Wilson (Pitch Perfect) and Charlotte Gainsbourg as an archaeologist and an architect who reevaluate life following traumatic brain injuries. Friday, March 24, AMC+ If you have a free day,…

Rabbit Hole SERIES PREMIERE Sunday, March 26, Paramount+ It’s been nine years since Kiefer Sutherland last played Jack Bauer—the heroic federal agent with seemingly nine lives—on the action series 24: Live Another Day. The TV superstar is only 56 now, but forgive him for feeling every one of those years as he desperately races at top speed through the hectic New York City streets in a scene from his thrilling new Paramount+ drama, Rabbit Hole. “I probably used a little more ice and Tiger Balm than before,” Sutherland admits of the chase’s aftermath, “but I’ve missed it.” He’s not alone there, but his welcome return to such mad dashes carries one caveat: Unlike Bauer, or Designated Survivor’s unexpected commanderin-chief, Tom Kirkman, the Emmy winner’s latest character, master of deception John…

Wednesday, March 15 Money Shot: The Pornhub Story ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY The multibillion-dollar adult entertainment platform is also a hotbed for controversy involving traffcking. Performers and exemployees uncover the tale. Thursday, March 16 Shadow and Bone ORIGINAL DRAMA In Season 2 of the fantasy series, soldier Alina Starkov (Jessie Mei Li) continues her quest to find the mythical beasts that will help her save her homeland. Friday, March 17 Dom ORIGINAL DRAMA The gripping Brazilian crime series is back for Season 2, with dedicated police offcer Victor rooting out the most wanted drug criminal in Rio—his son, Pedro. Swarm ORIGINAL DRAMA As a fan becomes obsessed with a Beyoncé-like music star, the mystery of how far she may have taken that ardor unfolds in this thriller of a series cocreated by…

Ms. Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries 1am/midnight c, SundanceTV A frothy and fashionable Acorn TV streaming treat has found its way to late-night cable. Spun off from the popular 1920s-set Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries with Essie Davis, Ms. Fisher shortens its hemlines and leaps into the ’60s with Geraldine Hakewill (left) as the title character. (You can just call her Peregrine.) She moves into her presumeddead aunt’s Melbourne digs and follows in the famed Aussie sleuth’s footsteps. In this episode (from 2019), Peregrine goes undercover at a government lab to suss out who killed a scientist there. Did it have something to do with a classified project? And UFOs? Power Book II: Ghost SEASON PREMIERE 9/8c, Starz In the hit NYC drama’s emotional third round, Tariq (Michael Rainey Jr.) is determined…

MONDAY, MARCH 20 True Blood 10/9c and 11:15/10:15c, TNT The bloody good HBO series comes to basic cable! TNT owner Warner Bros. Discovery is reairing edited episodes—the adults-only bits razored out—of this vampire hit (and sister station TBS is doing it too, with tech comedy Silicon Valley). Tonight’s double gulp includes the final episodes of Season 1. First, “To Love Is to Bury” tracks spoiled teen Jessica (Deborah Ann Woll) in her transition to whiny bloodsucker by vampire Bill (Stephen Moyer), a beau of human-faerie psychic Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin, left, with Moyer). Next up, the nail-biter finale “You’ll Be the Death of Me” exposes a shocker about a local serial killer preying on women who sleep with vamps. Look out, Sookie! The Dick Cavett Show 9/8c, Decades Retro Pick…

@damianholbrook Cheers to Abbott Elementary for giving us the Jim and Pam of public education. Like the perfectly slow-brewed pairing on The Office, ABC’s hit is smartly building love between Janine and Gregory (Quinta Brunson and Tyler James Williams) with a surprise kiss, awkward confessionals and chemistry you can’t learn in school. Cheers to Wolf Pack for unleashing Sarah Michelle Gellar’s predatory side. As a dogged arson investigator with ferocious animal instincts on the fangy new Paramount+ thriller, the Buffy the Vampire Slayer alum (left) is having a howling good time challenging our expectations. Cheers to All American and its deadly plot twist. A bus crash that killed Taye Diggs’ Coach Billy allowed the CW football drama’s cast to tackle grief in a sincere, heartbreaking way. Cheers to CBS for stoking our hopes for fall TV.…