Innholdsfortegnelse for April 22, 2024 i TV Guide Magazine

If NBC had told the producers of the Quantum Leap reboot about its cancellation earlier, they might not have left us hanging as they did with the previous series in 1993. Do you think it’s possible that NBC might consider doing what they did for another canceled time-travel show, Timeless, and put together a special finale for the reboot that wraps everything up? Maybe even bringing Scott Bakula back to close out Sam Beckett’s fate as well? —Rob R. MATT ROUSH: Wouldn’t that be great? That would certainly take the sting out of the cancellation, and Leap is NBCUniversal’s intellectual property to do with as it pleases. But for now, this is just wishful thinking. When might we hear if The CW’s Wild Cards has been renewed? I love this show.…

Falling in Love in Niagara 9/8c, Hallmark Channel Even though Type A tax expert Madeline (Jocelyn Hudon) always looks before she leaps, she doesn’t see it coming when her fiancé bails five weeks before their wedding. But instead of writing off romance altogether, she goes on her honeymoon and, with her sister (Masa Lizdek), sets out to re-create the post-nups stay in Niagara Falls that her grandparents had years earlier. Only problem: Her easygoing, guitar-playing tour guide (Dan Jeannotte, below, with Hudon) is everything Madeline hates…at first. Swamp People SEASON FINALE 8/7c, History It’s the last day of gator-hunting season, but the toothy critters won’t take the bait: They have “lockjaw” due to cold weather. (Alligators shut down and don’t eat when temps drop below 70 degrees.) To get them…

The Equalizer 8/7c, CBS Teenager Dee’s (Laya DeLeon Hayes) transgender friend Raya (Avery Sands) is missing, so Dee calls on her mom, vigilante Robyn McCall (Queen Latifah, above), to help. “McCall suspects the disappearance is the work of traffickers, but the threat is much closer to home,” says exec producer Joseph C. Wilson. “A rescue mission into a dangerous and dark world reveals a sinister operation that threatens to leave Raya scarred for life.” The Mega-Brands That Built America SEASON PREMIERE 9/8c, History Remember the BlackBerry? The docuseries’ return eyes the “End of the Landlines.” FAREWELL SEASON Guilt SEASON PREMIERE 10/9c, PBS (check local listings at pbs.org) Masterpiece’s darkly comic Scottish thriller finds reunited brothers Max (Mark Bonnar, Shetland) and Jake (Jamie Sives, Annika) back in Edinburgh, evading their enemies,…

The Rookie 9/8c, ABC For the LAPD’s newest moms, detectives Nyla Harper (Mekia Cox) and Angela Lopez (Alyssa Diaz, below), finding good help—beyond their respective husbands, James Murray (Arjay Smith) and Wesley Evers (Shawn Ashmore)—is harder than tracking a crafty fugitive. So while the squad mobilizes to locate two missing girls, the women are also launching their own investigation—for potential nannies. “It’s like life imitating art and imitating life,” admits Diaz, who, like Cox, is a new mother whose pregnancy was written into the show. “Mekia helped me find a nanny, so the fact that our characters are doing it too, it’s like, this is so crazy. I think Alexi [Hawley, the showrunner] should write that we all win the lottery because everything he writes tends to happen!” Police 24/7…

My Lottery Dream Home SEASON PREMIERE 9/8c, HGTV Cha-ching! From megamansions to humble starter homes, host David Bromstad is back to help folks who have come into cash find the kind of properties they dreamed of getting if they ever got rich. WOULD YOU LIVE HERE? Zillow Gone Wild SERIES PREMIERE 10:30/9:30c, HGTV The popular Instagram account showcasing homes both lavish and ludicrous gets a bigger screen in this series hosted by 30 Rock’s Jack McBrayer. Tonight, McBrayer tours a residence that used to be a missile silo and a Vegas address perfect for car lovers. Starring Steve Martin 8/7c, TCM Movie Picks Well, excuuuse us for highly anticipating these early films from the off-kilter comic! The slate starts with his 1982 noirish Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid, in which…

Jesse Stone 11am/10c and 7:20/6:20c, HDNet Movies In 2005, five years before Tom Selleck introduced Blue Bloods’ iconic police commissioner Frank Reagan, the actor’s fans flocked to CBS to watch him play Jesse Stone, police chief of a crime-ridden coastal New England town named Paradise. Stone Cold was the first of what would become nine TV movies based on Robert B. Parker’s beloved novels. “I relate to both guys,” Selleck told TV GUIDE MAGAZINE in 2015, the year the final film premiered on the Hallmark Channel. “They’re both flawed, but Jesse is damaged.” For an extensive introduction, catch this daytime marathon of the franchise’s first five titles. (They repeat immediately afterward.) Stone Cold kicks things off at 11am/10c, with the lawman on a mission to catch thrill killers whose victims…

@damianholbrook Cheers to Loot’s priceless star, Maya Rudolph. As an heiress trying to better the world with a stff of misfi s on Apple TV+’s gem, the SNL vet delivers Emmy-worthy work in both the drama and comedy categories. Cheers to Elsbeth for keeping killer company. Not only is CBS’s The Good Wife spinoff a fitting showcase of effervescent star Carrie Preston, but her kooky attorney has also been hanging with guest stars of equal awesomeness, including Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Modern Family), Jane Krakowski (30 Rock, left, with Preston) and the iconic Linda Lavin. We do not object! Cheers to The Bold and the Beautiful for knowing you can’t keep a bad girl down. Despite being “fatally” stabbed in February, Kimberlin Brown’s Sheila refuses to die. It was just revealed she pulled a fast…

Exciting news! In our next issue, you’ll see a brand-new streaming section called “TV Insider.” All of you who are fans of Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu and other services will find more shows, more movies and more choices. We’re more than doubling the size of our current “Stream It!” section, and you can jump straight to the back of the magazine to find our expanded guidance. If you were a subscriber to our monthly TV INSIDER magazine, you’ve already been notified about receiving an extended subscription to TV GUIDE MAGAZINE. You can still count on knowing what to stream next in our pages right here. And of course, if you love broadcast and cable, we still have you covered. As our dedicated and longtime subscribers know, no other magazine covers…

PREMIERES Intervention April 22, 8/7c, A&E Quarter Ton Teen April 22, 9/8c, A&E NEW The Proof Is Out There: Military Mysteries April 22, 10/9c, History NEW Farmhouse Fixer April 23, 9/8c, HGTV The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch April 23, 10/9c, History The Big Door Prize April 24, Apple TV+ Sister Boniface Mysteries April 24, BritBox My 600-lb Life: Where Are They Now? April 24, 8/7c, TLC To Catch a Smuggler April 24, 9/8c, National Geographic Them: The Scare April 25, Prime Video 100 Days to Indy April 26, 9/8c, The CW We’re Here April 26, 9/8c, HBO The Mega-Brands That Built America April 28, 9/8c, History Guilt April 28, 10/9c, PBS (check local listings at pbs.org) The Brokenwood Mysteries April 29, Acorn TV Police 24/7 April 30, 8/7c, The CW…

Newly Available Baby Reindeer ORIGINAL LIMITED SERIES She’s his No. 1 fan! A comic’s kind act inspires a woman’s dangerous obsession in this British drama. Sex and the City HBO COMEDY Catch all six seasons of this tale of NYC pals (below from left: Kristin Davis, Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kim Cattrall). Friday, April 26 The Asunta Case ORIGINAL LIMITED SERIES Fictional retelling of the shocking 2013 death of a 12-year-old, and murder conviction of her parents. Saturday, May 11 2024 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor ORIGINAL SPECIAL Kevin Hart is feted by Chris Rock, Jerry Seinfeld and many others. Newly Available Them: The Scare ORIGINAL DRAMA Season 2 of the horror anthology moves the setting from 1953 to 1991 in L.A. as the frights return! Monday,…

Shogun SERIES FINALE 10/9c, FX Farewell to this haunting and stunningly beautiful adaptation of James Clavell’s blockbuster novel about civil war in 17th century Japan. After triumph, tragedy, betrayal and humiliation as a “barbarian,” the battle-scarred Englishman known as Anjin, Blackthorne (Cosmo Jarvis), has absorbed the lessons of Japanese culture taught by his translator and love, Lady Mariko (Anna Sawai, above). He’s also learned from the patience and shrewdness of Lord Toranaga (Hiroyuki Sanada), the warrior to whom he’s pledged his allegiance. Tonight, Blackthorne finally comes to understand the nature of Toranaga’s long-held political plans. Farmhouse Fixer SEASON PREMIERE 9/8c, HGTV New Kids on the Block alum Jonathan Knight and interior designer Kristina Crestin return for more New England renos, starting with a home closely connected to the Salem Witch…

Next Level Chef SEASON FINALE 8/7c, Fox Time management will be the key ingredient for a winning performance as the final three chefs get 90 minutes—and no countdown warnings!—to prepare an appetizer and two entrées worthy of the Next Level title. Hudson & Rex 8/7c, UPtv Cops and slobbers! This policeman + his dog procedural from Canada wraps up Season 5 with the title twosome going after a ring of car thieves. Farmer Wants a Wife SEASON FINALE 9/8c, Fox Host Jennifer Nettles (above) may have some new country-song inspirations after tonight, as this season’s lonely but lovable farmers decide which of their final two ladies have stolen their hearts… and which also-rans are in for heartbreak. INTERNAL AFFAIRS So Help Me Todd 9/8c, CBS Turns out investigator Lyle’s (Tristen…

The Chi 9/8c, Paramount+ With Showtime Each character is tested as Lena Waithe’s homage to Chicago’s South Side begins Season 6’s second half. Expect Victor (Luke James) and Emmett (Jacob Latimore) to face the consequences of taking on powerful, vengeful Douda (Curtiss Cook). Plus, intimidating matriarch Alicia (Lynn Whitfield) cashes in a big favor. LADIES’ NIGHT! American Ninja Warrior 9/8c, NBC Ahead of its June 3 season premiere, the Olympics of impossible obstacle courses hosts this special featuring 16 elite female competitors, all attempting to jump, swing and soar to the top of the heap. Grimsburg SEASON FINALE 9:30/8:30c, Fox As detective Marvin Flute (voiced by Jon Hamm) looks for his missing Danish on the toon’s finale, he stumbles onto something much bigger. Patton Oswalt is back to voice Slasher.…

A medieval feast—and murder—is on the menu in Hallmark Mystery’s Foiled Plans, the fourth installment in the popular Curious Caterer series. Premiering April 26, the movie brings the always enjoyable Nikki DeLoach (left) and Andrew Walker back together as Elk Park, Colorado, residents Goldy Berry, a single-mom caterer, and Tom Shultz, a divorced detective. Looking for more Hallmark Mystery premieres? Family Practice Mysteries: Coming Home debuts May 17 with Hallmark regulars Amanda Schull and Brendan Penny in their first mystery roles. Hallmark’s commitment to more whodunits in 2024 may prove that crime does indeed pay.…

@TVGMMattRoush The Sympathizer A tormented spy lives a double life in post–Vietnam War America Sundays, 9/8c, HBO COME FOR THE stunt, to marvel at the versatility of Oscar winner Robert Downey Jr. inhabiting multiple extravagant roles, recalling Peter Sellers’ tour de force in Dr. Strangelove. Stay to get immersed in the suspenseful saga of an unnamed half-Vietnamese, half-French antihero who sees himself as “a spy, a sleeper, a spook, a man of two faces…cursed to see every issue from both sides.” Known only as the Captain (Hoa Xuande, appealingly boyish), this Communist “sympathizer,” secretly working for the North Vietnamese during the Vietnam War, embeds himself as a trusted aide to a delusional South Vietnamese general, whom he reluctantly follows to the U.S. after the fall of Saigon—memorably re-created during a…

Changing Planet: Coral Special 8/7c, PBS (check local listings at pbs.org) “These projects give me hope,” says conservation scientist Dr. M. Sanjayan of the coral reef–saving innovations documented in this fascinating hour. One method to marvel at is “coral IVF,” which allows coral larvae to develop in the safety of a net before they’re released onto the reef. Take that, climate change. THE LATEST FROM LANFORD The Conners 8/7c, ABC Darlene (Sara Gilbert) and Ben (Jay R. Ferguson) can’t seem to find time to spend together, and Harris (Emma Kenney) is falling behind with work at the Lunch Box. On the bright side, it’s National Cheeseball Day! To Catch a Smuggler 9/8c, National Geographic The long-running look at the work of U.S. border patrol agents, homeland security and the like…

Cold Justice 8/7c, Oxygen Halloween jack-o’-lanterns grinned outside a South Carolina home in 2015, but the real horror was inside: four people—a middle-aged couple and their mothers—shot and stabbed to death. The true-crime show devotes two episodes to this puzzling case, complete with suspicious neighbors, stolen cash and a bloody footprint. LOOKING FOR CONNECTION Branching Out MOVIE PREMIERE 8/7c, Hallmark Channel After Amelia (Sarah Drew) is confronted by daughter Ruby about their sparse family tree, the single mom—who conceived through IVF—makes it her mission to track down Ruby’s biological father, T.J. (Juan Pablo Di Pace). Who thinks love is in the air? Critter Fixers, Country Vets 9/8c, Nat Geo Wild Good-hearted, good-humored Georgia veterinarians Terrence Ferguson and Vernard Hodges rush to aid a longtime client’s large tortoise, whose shell is…

The Neighborhood 8/7c, CBS Nobody can keep a secret on this block, especially when it comes to what Marty (Marcel Spears) and Courtney (Skye Townsend) are going to name their baby. Meanwhile, Dave (Max Greenfield) tries to assemble the complicated diaper changing table. Intervention 8/7c, A&E Dive into the extreme world of three brothers, all addicts, who may be on the verge of destroying themselves. They grapple here with their drug dependencies, the trauma they experienced in their youth and their relationship with their mother. Lethally Blonde SEASON FINALE 10/9c, Investigation Discovery The true crime series’ last tale of the season opens in 1992, when 20-year-old aspiring model and newlywed mom Kimberly Pandelios meets a photographer for an outdoor shoot in California’s Angeles National Forest. Her remains were found a…

WHERE IT ALL BEGAN Young Sheldon 9am/8c, TBS Daytime Pick Just-married new parents Mandy (Emily Osment) and Georgie (Montana Jordan) are getting their own spinoff this fall. Here’s their meet-cute from 2022. Mud Madness 9/8c, Discovery Mud, money and mayhem! Each week, thrill seekers race UTVs (“utility task vehicles,” which look like golf carts on steroids) through gooey courses for prize money. Pursuing big bucks tonight: rivals at the Greasy Bend Off-Road Park in Arkansas. Muckle up! TODAY’S SPORTS PICK MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 7:05/6:05c, TBS Houston Astros at New York Yankees Aaron Judge and the Yankees welcome Jose Altuve and the Astros to the Bronx to begin a three-game series. MOVIES 9am/8c Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) FX 10am/9c Little Women (2019) FXX 8/7c Hondo (1953) Grit 12:30am/11:30c Brubaker (1980) Movies!…

ACROSS 1 Actor Lugosi 5 Two and a Half ____ 8 Rotate 12 Former MTV series I ____ to Be Fat 13 Cynthia Nixon on The Gilded Age 14 Normal, ____ 15 Scully’s fi st name on The X-Files 16 Pliable metal 17 Markie of Night Court 18 2019 Chris Pine series on TNT (4 wds.) 21 When They ____ Us 22 Penn Badgley series 23 Yoga cushion 26 The Honeymooners actor Carney 28 Six Feet ____ 32 Frankenstein’s helper 34 Longtime news anchor Donaldson 36 Gilbert of The Conners 37 2012–18 AMC series ____ Book Men 39 According to ____ 41 SNL regular Mikey 42 Salem, on Sabrina the Teenage Witch 44 Loot actor Funches 46 Fox game show hosted by Anthony Anderson (3 wds.) 51 M*A*S*H actor Jamie 52 ____, Lose or Draw 53 The ____ Wife 43…

TAURUS (April 20–May 20) The dust of drama starts to settle down a bit. This isn’t an invitation to go back to your old ways, though. Everything is likely to look a bit different now, including you! GEMINI (May 21–June 20) You can expect recent confusion regarding a friendship or community situation to begin to clear up. Soon, you’re going to be in a massive growth phase and not everyone can come along for the ride. Sad but true. Not everything can go back to the way it was before. CANCER (June 21–July 22) Professional or life-direction hiccups begin to subside. Those hiccups were enough to have you questioning your ambitions and what you thought you wanted. There’s a reason it’s called the path less traveled. You’re invited to take…