TV Guide Magazine September 25, 2023

TV Guide Magazine tells you what’s worth watching. With its unparalleled access and authority, it's the only publication devoted exclusively to television. It includes celebrity interviews, in-depth previews, sneak peeks and authoritative reviews from critic Matt Roush.

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First Look

That lady in orchid is Eliza Scarlet (Kate Phillips), who returns for a fourth season of sleuthing on PBS’s Masterpiece series Miss Scarlet and the Duke Sunday, January 7, at 8/7c (check local listings). Why is the trailblazing Victorian private investigator looking so sartorially splendid—and carrying flowers to boot? Is she celebrating her new position as head of London’s prestigious Nash & Sons agency? Perhaps the roses are from—or for—William, aka “The Duke” (Stuart Martin). Will they ever become more than just friends and colleagues?…

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YOUR FEEDBACK

STREAMING DREAMS Practically every recommended television series for the fall is on a streaming network that one has to pay for. These companies need to come up with a better way in which one can subscribe for a specific series for a minimal amount. —Helen THE KING I have enjoyed TV GUIDE MAGAZINE for many, many years now. When I saw the Elvis cover [August 14 issue] come out of my mailbox, my heart skipped a beat. Thanks for letting us know that there are some really good, worthwhile programs and documentaries to be watched. Paramount+’s Reinventing Elvis: The ’68 Comeback gave all of us Elvis fans a wonderful viewing pleasure, seeing and hearing the story from director Steve Binder’s point of view. The two-page spread in TV GUIDE MAGAZINE…

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BEST JEOPARDY! HOST: IS THE ANSWER ALEX OR KEN?

ALEX TREBEK There are GOATs, and then there are lions. With no knock against “Greatest of All Time” player turned host Ken Jennings, whose nerd-tastic savoir faire is keeping Jeopardy! relevant for the next generation of trivia nuts, Alex Trebek will now and forever be remembered not only as the face and voice, but as the soul and heart, of TV’s smartest quiz show. Icons like Trebek aren’t born, they’re made, and Alex honed his craft as a newscaster and TV host in Canada before decamping to California in the early 1970s. After rising through the ranks of more middling game shows, he landed the prized Jeopardy! gig when it was successfully relaunched in syndication in 1984. It was a perfect fit. As I noted in my tribute when Trebek…

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FOR THE RECORD

PREMIERES See page 16 for returning series The Irrational Sept. 25, 10/9c, NBC NEW The Devil’s Plan Sept. 26, Netflix NEW The Fake Sheikh Sept. 26, Prime Video NEW Who Killed Jill Dando? Sept. 26, Netflix NEW Savior Complex Sept. 26, 9/8c, HBO NEW Encounters Sept. 27, Netflix NEW Love in Fairhope Sept. 27, Hulu NEW Snake Oil Sept. 27, 9/8c, Fox NEW Castlevania: Nocturne Sept. 28, Netflix NEW The Hunt for Raoul Moat Sept. 28, BritBox NEW The Vanishing Triangle Sept. 28, Sundance Now NEW Choona Sept. 29, Netflix NEW Gen V Sept. 29, Prime Video NEW Murder in the 21st Sept. 29, 10/9c, A&E NEW The New York Times Presents: How to Fix a Pageant Sept. 29, 10/9c, FX NEW Hot Dish With Franco Sept. 30, Noon/11am c, Food…

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HERE ARE THE LATEST CHANGES TO YOUR FALL BROADCAST SCHEDULE

BROADCAST TV LOOKS a little different this fall—and one of the bigger ripples from the actors’ and writers’ strikes is that this season’s schedule is constantly in flux. Here’s what has changed since our Fall Preview issue (September 4, 2023) that you should know about. • Dancing With the Stars, back with new cohost Julianne Hough (left), premieres Season 32 on Tuesday, September 26, 8/7c, on ABC. • Press Your Luck airs Tuesday nights on ABC starting October 10 at 10/9c. • CBS will air all Season 5 SEAL Team episodes starting November 2 in the show’s Thursday at 10/9c slot. No Season 5 episodes will air prior to that. • Repeats of 9-1-1: Lone Star, starring Gina Torres (right), join Fox’s lineup on Tuesdays at 9/8c on September 19,…

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BOB BARKER (1923–2023)

YOU CAN’T PUT a price on personality. Bob Barker’s was beyond compare, a display of unflappable charm, graciousness and good humor no matter the circumstance. With nary a hair out of place, never losing his cool even when frenzied contestants lost their minds, the dapper Barker was the ultimate TV host, receiving 19 Daytime Emmys. Little wonder a “W.G.M.C.” (World’s Greatest Master of Ceremonies) sign hung on his dressingroom door for years. “When people asked me how I made a living, I told them I made a living creating spontaneous entertainment with unrehearsed contestants,” he wrote with characteristic modesty in his 2009 memoir, Priceless Memories, published two years after he ended his 35-year run as host of CBS’s enduring The Price Is Right. He launched the revival in 1972 while still…

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