Innholdsfortegnelse for May 13, 2024 i TV Guide Magazine

@TVGMMattRoush Hacks Thursdays (through May 30), Max A GREAT BUDDY comedy that bridges its generation gap with smart show-business satire, Hacks’ third season (delayed a year by the Hollywood strikes) finds new purpose in the undying ambition of its leading lady, legendary comic Deborah Vance (Emmy winner Jean Smart, never better). Though she cut loose her young comedy-writer protégée Ava (Hannah Einbinder) a year ago for their own professional good, Deborah reels Ava back into her glamorous orbit when an opportunity arises: a late-night talk show gig for which she was passed over 40 years ago. “I need to be sharper and funnier than I’ve ever been,” Deborah declares. And because they can’t quit each other despite their temperamental, sartorial and demographic differences, Ava puts just about everything on hold—a…

“You’re probably going to need a drink for what’s coming next.” Those words—to NCIS Special Agent in Charge Jane Tennant (Vanessa Lachey) from her mentor turned fugitive Maggie Shaw (Julie White)—closed the third and unexpectedly final season of NCIS: Hawai‘i on May 6. Unfortunately, we’ll never know the resolution to that cliffhanger. The cast and crew were shocked to hear the show was canceled only 10 days before their last episode aired. The NCIS spinoff premiered in 2021 and featured Lachey as the franchise’s first female special agent in charge. Despite the loss of Tennant as a leading lady, there’s at least a little hope for the Hawai‘i legacy to endure since agent Sam Hanna (LL Cool J) survived the two-parter’s bioweapon attack. Maybe he’ll continue his westward journey, which…

Law & Order SEASON FINALE 8/7c, NBC When DA Baxter (Tony Goldwyn) and his family witness a murder at a charity event, his daughter (Goldwyn’s daughter Tess) comes forward as a witness. But her testimony and secret revelation could impact her dad’s reelection. SURVIVOR STORIES Law & Order: SVU SEASON FINALE 9/8c, NBC The SVU seeks a serial rapist who could escalate to murder. While Fin (Ice-T) contends with a suspect’s angry son (Max Malas), ADA Carisi (Peter Scanavino) is told to quickly close the case and calm the public. So Help Me Todd SERIES FINALE 9/8c, CBS Crest, Folding & Wright takes its final case: The mother-son legal drama starring Marcia Gay Harden and Skylar Astin (above) was canceled so suddenly, its last episode—with Harden’s Margaret hired by a…

FBI SEASON FINALE 8/7c, CBS Special Agent Tiffany Wallace (Katherine Renee Kane, right) is feeling pretty good that her hunch about Somalian terrorist Hakim Siran (Antwayn Hopper) being back in the U.S. proved true. It’s been tough for the exceptional Fed: She’s been burdened with guilt ever since Siran murdered her friend Hobbs (Roshawn Franklin), a special agent Wallace had persuaded to go undercover in the opener. “Tiffany realizes there’s a lot of work she needs to do, not just to fulfill her expectations at work, but also to maintain a level of mental health and start healing,” Kane says. But that healing won’t happen until she and her New York City team take down Siran and his dangerous gang. “[Tiff’s] not going to sit on the sidelines, though her…

PICK OF THE WEEK! Beat Shazam SEASON PREMIERE Tuesday, May 28, 8/7c, Fox MUSIC TO OUR ears! Jamie Foxx (right) and his daughter Corinne (inset) are together again for Beat Shazam’s seventh season. He hosts and she deejays on the game show where three teams of two compete to identify song titles fastest, with the winning duo going up against the Shazam app for a chance at $1 million. Jamie missed the previous season due to a serious medical issue he experienced while shooting the Netflix film Back in Action in April 2023; Nick Cannon and Kelly Osbourne stepped in to take over for the family duo. “This is something special, his return,” says Jeff Apploff, the series’ cocreator and executive producer, as well as a longtime friend of Jamie…

SOMETHING’S GOTTA GIVE Walker 8/7c, The CW Tonight on the drama: While James (Coby Bell) and his team ramp up their hunt for the Jackal, an equally tense matter is developing at the Walker ranch as Liam (Keegan Allen) tries to keep his mom (Molly Hagan) from going to war with dad Bonham (Mitch Pileggi) over his retirement. MasterChef: Generations SEASON PREMIERE 8/7c, Fox The 14th edition is one for the ages! Home cooks from four different generations—Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X and Baby Boomers—take on challenges that test their skills and their modern-cuisine savvy. “Everybody wrote off the Baby Boomers,” previews judge Gordon Ramsay, again joined by Aarón Sánchez and Joe Bastianich. “But what they were doing was incredible.” Forged in Fire SEASON PREMIERE 9/8c, History In Season 11,…

TCM Two for One 8/7c, TCM Movie Picks Pistols are at the center of the action in actor Ethan Hawke’s double feature selection. Gregory Peck is a notorious fast draw looking to hang up his guns in the 1950 psychological Western The Gunfighter. Then, Peggy Cummins plays a violent femme fatale in 1950’s Gun Crazy (9:45/8:45c). HOMICIDE AHOY! Deadly Waters With Captain Lee SERIES PREMIERE 9/8c, Oxygen Below Deck’s Captain Lee Rosbach drops anchor in the true-crime genre, hosting this new show about murders committed on the water. MOVIES 7am/6c Nightmare Alley (2021) FXX 10:16am/9:16c Laggies (2014) MoreMax 3:30/2:30c and 8/7c The Terminator (1984) BBC America 8/7c Open Range (2003) Grit 10:05/9:05c The Northman (2022) Starz Cinema…

GEMINI (May 21–June 20) Are you ready for change in one form or another? Soon, you’ll be able to get back to being your jovial and curious self. For now, you really do need to recharge your batteries. CANCER (June 21–July 22) You might be ready to make waves within your professional life. If you don’t work, you can make some potent choices in your overall life direction. There’s a bit of a risk involved. You may have to go where angels fear to tread, but it will be worth it. LEO (July 23–Aug. 22) The world has a way of opening up when you’re ready to explore it. When you’re ready to learn, the teacher arrives. One way or another, your world is going to crack right open. Study,…

THURSDAY, MAY 23 How do you prevent a world-killing apocalypse? If anyone can, it’s the Catholic Church’s investigative team of journalist turned priest Father David (Mike Colter), atheist Ben (Aasif Mandvi) and skeptical psychologist Kristen (Katja Herbers, left, with Mandvi and Colter). The fourth and final season of the metaphysical thriller is not only about end-world prophecies; science itself is called into question. “We were intrigued by how science is often more trusted than God or religion but results in just as much evil,” say producers Robert and Michelle King. That idea comes into play when it appears a supercharged particle accelerator could unleash earth-swallowing black holes. But it could also open a portal to hell, providing malicious creatures for demon-killing nun Sister Andrea (Andrea Martin) to dispatch. But central to…

AVAILABLE NOW Having swung with Spider-Man and dodged Jurassic World’s Indominus rex (in heels!), Bryce Dallas Howard (above) was all-in on this briskly paced comedic thriller that has as many twists as it does big-name stars. “I am very physical,” says the actress, who once considered a career in basketball and still practices martial arts. As Elly Conway, a meek spy novel author who envisions her titular hero (Henry Cavill) in highly stylized fantasy sequences, Howard’s role, at first, looks pretty chill. But once the scribe meets a mystery man (Sam Rockwell) who’s convinced her writing is inspired by black-op details she shouldn’t know, hell breaks loose—and Elly is right in the thick of it and wreaking havoc along with a cast that includes John Cena, Ariana DeBose, Samuel L.…

Source: Nielsen Media Research, week of April 15–21, 2024, in millions. Tracking a Success The missing persons procedural starring Justin Hartley may be new, but it’s the broadcast season’s most popular series, averaging more than 20 million viewers per episode with 35 days of delayed multiplatform viewing. Survival of the Fittest The 46th season of the reality competition, shot in Fiji, is averaging 4 percent fewer viewers than last season—but still finished the week as the most watched non-sports series among viewers 18–49. Game On! Nikola Jokic (below) and defending champs the Denver Nuggets powered past the Los Angeles Lakers 114–103 in Game 1 of this first-round series. But viewership of the NBA Playoffs’ opening weekend was down 9 percent from last year. Cool Hand Sleuth Starring Carrie Preston as…

PREMIERES After the Flood May 13, BritBox NEW Summer Baking Championship May 13, 8/7c, Food Network Doubling Down With the Derricos May 14, 8/7c, TLC Who’s Afraid of a Cheap Old House? May 14, 10/9c, HGTV NEW In the Kitchen With Harry Hamlin May 15, 10/9c, IFC and AMC+ NEW Bridgerton May 16, Netflix I Can See Your Voice May 16, 8/7c, Fox Don’t Forget the Lyrics! May 16, 9/8c, Fox Race to Survive: New Zealand May 20, 11/10c, USA Gordon Ramsay’s Food Stars May 22, 9/8c, Fox Evil May 23, Paramount+ The Kardashians May 23, Hulu Tires May 23, Netflix NEW Fallen Idols: Nick and Aaron Carter May 27, 9/8c, Investigation Discovery NEW Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted May 27, 9/8c and 10/9c, National Geographic America’s Got Talent May 28, 8/7c, NBC…

HIS NEARLY 60-YEAR acting career started inauspiciously—with an Air Force training film—but Tom Selleck has soared since then. In a new memoir, You Never Know, the beloved Blue Bloods star looks back at his onscreen legacy. We selected a few excerpts from this entertaining read. Floored by Farrah As a young actor, Selleck booked a Western-themed 1972 commercial for Dubonnet, a wine product. His costar: Farrah Fawcett. I was introduced to my “leading lady.” It was her! I’d seen the Noxzema commercial, and it was her! Let me explain. Joe Namath did a shave-cream commercial where he gets his face caressed and is sung to by a beautiful young woman. How do I say this? I found her performance very impactful. I tried to have my grown-up-adult-been-there-before face on as…

Movie Pick Rancho Notorious 8/7c, TCM At a remote, lawless Wild West outpost called the Chuck-a-Luck, gunslingers and bandits know that—for a 10 percent cut of their loot—former barroom belle Altar Keane (Marlene Dietrich, above, with Arthur Kennedy) will keep them hidden and safe. This unique 1952 feature was the third and final Western from famed director Fritz Lang (M, The Big Heat). Doubling Down With the Derricos SEASON PREMIERE 8/7c, TLC As parents of 14, Karen and Deon enter a challenging phase when their eldest, Darian, preps for college and the house is teeming with teen and preteen boy energy. Plus, their marriage is feeling the strain of trying to find a new family home. But Karen’s medical emergency on a trip to the mountains helps the Derricos remember…

PICK OF THE WEEK! Gordon Ramsay’s Food Stars SEASON PREMIERE Wednesday, May 22, 9/8, Fox PITCH, PLEASE! A new batch of entrepreneurs try to gain multitasking chef Gordon Ramsay’s favor—and financial backing—in this Shark Tank for the food-and-beverage crowd. In Season 2, set in London, Ramsay serves a full-English edition alongside Lisa Vanderpump (above, with Ramsay). The former Real Housewives cast member and current restaurateur—who has owned over 30 eateries around the globe—helps mentor and judge the sophomore installment. Here, Ramsay previews what’s on the menu. How was working with Lisa? We got on like a house on fire. And we butted heads on multiple occasions. We fought tooth and nail, but I’m telling you, she is Lisa Vander-Powerhouse, because there is no stopping that woman. You each got to pick…

The Conners SEASON FINALE 9:30/8:30c, ABC What’s going down in Lanford, Illinois? Plenty, as the Conners undergo financial and personal changes. Patriarch Dan (John Goodman, near left), who just celebrated a monetary milestone, is convinced that the “Conners Curse” might be in the blue-collar family’s past, but tell that to grandson Mark (Ames McNamara, back row). The college student, whose academic future has been put in jeopardy, must pick up odd jobs to pay his way through classes in the Season 6 ender. Also struggling: Darlene (Sara Gilbert, center front), who faces a major household shake-up. Jeopardy! Masters SEASON FINALE 8/7c, ABC Move over, March Madness. It’s been all about May Mayhem with the second annual tournament, hosted by Ken Jennings, that’s featured the six highest-ranked current contestants in a…

Mission: Impossible—Dead Reckoning 8/7c, MGM+ Movie Pick Somehow, the phrase “Cruise control” comes to mind for this utterly startling exercise in action and tension from 2023. Yes, Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise, above) and his IMF team must stop a set of baddies from using an A.I. weapon called the Entity to destroy the world, but the joy is in the chases, from a death-defying train scene to the sight of Cruise himself cycling off a cliff—a stunt he did six times. TODAY’S SPORTS PICKS MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 7/6c, Fox Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cardinals or Los Angeles Dodgers at Cincinnati Reds (regional) Memorial Day weekend’s MLB action includes a regional game: either NL Central rivals the Cubs at the Cardinals or the Dodgers at the Reds. ALL ABOARD! Cruise…

Fixer Upper: The Lakehouse SEASON PREMIERE 8/7c and 8:30/7:30c, Magnolia Network and HGTV Home renovation power couple Chip and Joanna Gaines (above) celebrate the 10-year anniversary of their beloved Fixer Upper franchise with a new challenge: a 1960s house near Texas’ Lake Waco with dramatic cliffside views—and problems galore. The midcentury modern property is a departure from what fans saw on their most recent spinoffs, 2022’s Fixer Upper: The Castle and 2023’s Fixer Upper: The Hotel, but we bet it’ll be gorgeous in the end! WANTED: DEAD OR ALIVE! Billy the Kid 9/8c, MGM+ The cinematic and sympathetic retelling of Old West outlaw Billy the Kid’s (Tom Blyth) very short life returns with the gunslinger and his posse in hiding. His old partner in crime, brutal Jesse Evans (Daniel Webber),…

AVAILABLE NOW In Nazi concentration camps, tattoos were etched on prisoners’ arms to erase their humanity. This wrenching but ultimately uplifting six-part series corrects this atrocity by presenting a stark gallery of faces lost to history but burned into the memory of survivor Lali Sokolov (an affecting Harvey Keitel, above), who recounts the horrors to a writer (Melanie Lynskey), framing it as an unlikely love story. In Auschwitz, assigned to tattoo numbers, Lali (Jonah Hauer-King) is smitten by Gita (a luminous Anna Próchniak), and they embark on a dangerous, forbidden affair. The overarching theme, “Love Will Survive,” is also the title of the haunting song Barbra Streisand sings over the end credits.…

NETFLIX Available Now Birdy (1984) Future stars Nicolas Cage and Matthew Modine soar in Alan Parker’s drama—based on William Wharton’s novel—about a Vietnam vet helping his institutionalized, bird-obsessed pal. The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019) A friendship blooms when a young man with Down syndrome (Zack Gottsagen) flees an assisted living facility and stows away on a boat belonging to a shady fisherman (Shia LaBeouf). Sing Street (2016) A blissful, musical coming-of-age drama about a Dublin teen in 1985 starting a band, beating back the repression in his school and trying to win the heart of the girl he pines for. The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) In one of the streamer’s top movies for several months, we see the origin story of Mario and Luigi (voiced by Chris Pratt and…

Viewers preparing to say goodbye to Sgt. Daniel “Hondo” Harrelson (Shemar Moore, left) can rejoice. CBS announced a surprise eighth season renewal for S.W.A.T. ahead of what was supposed to be its series finale, marking the second time the crime drama received a new lease on life. (It was saved last May in a similar turn of events.) Though a network reversing its own decision to cancel a series is rare, it’s not unheard of. In 2017, NBC revived the historical drama Timeless, while ABC’s Roseanne was resurrected as The Conners to live many more days. And the 2011–16 CBS procedural Unforgettable starring Poppy Montgomery lived up to its name: It skirted TV death not just once, but twice!…

@TVGMMattRoush America’s top TV critic Matt Roush answers your burning questions I know fans are having difficulty letting go of Blue Bloods, but why have the powers that be not considered a spinoff show starring Will Hochman as Joe Hill, the Reagan grandson? He has been a standout from his first episode, and he operates in a separate (but nearby) sphere from the other Reagans. We might still see guest-star appearances from our favorites, and the audience would continue to enjoy the New York–based production quality of the series. —Rob R. MATT ROUSH: It may be a bit early to speculate, given that Blue Bloods has yet to produce the back half of its 14th and reportedly final season, airing this fall. But I’ve heard worse ideas, and should such a…

Nature 8/7c, PBS (check local listings at pbs.org) Shafa the cat was stranded for two months on the exposed seventh floor of a Borodyanka, Ukraine, apartment building that had been destroyed by a Russian missile air strike. Given a 40 percent chance of survival after a dramatic rescue, she’s now back in the arms of owner Anastasia Lunyova (below). In this moving Nature hour, Ukrainian YouTuber Anton Ptushkin documents the work that Ukrainian citizens have done to rescue and care for the pets and zoo animals abandoned since the February 2022 invasion. The film is a tribute to the very best of the human spirit in the midst of the horrors of war. Nova 9/8c, PBS (check local listings at pbs.org) Your personal privacy is constantly under attack, whether you’re…

Race to Survive: New Zealand SEASON PREMIERE 11/10c, USA Late-Night Pick Ultramarathoners, white-water river guides, elite airborne firefighters and oil rig workers, —you know, just everyday folks — are among the nine teams of two dropped into New Zealand for an arduous 150-mile race. Anyone who watched the Alaska-set first season, in which one competitor was airlifted out on Day 1, knows this is no amble through the scenery. “These miles are earned, not given,” said another Season 1 survivalist. Icy summits and deep, dark caves await Nevada’s Tyrie Mann Merrill (right) and this new group. MasterChef Junior SEASON FINALE 8/7c, Fox This two-part ender wraps with three finalists working up top-tier entrées and desserts while racing the clock. After, host Gordon Ramsay and daughter Tilly convene with fellow judges…

The Price Is Right at Night 8/7c, CBS Jackpot! Host Drew Carey gives away larger winnings than ever before on this special episode of the nighttime version of the iconic game show. The life-changing prizes even include a set of seriously amazing wheels. Don’t Forget the Lyrics! SEASON PREMIERE 9/8c, Fox The fun, musical fill-in-the-blanks game show, hosted by actress Niecy Nash (right), returns for a third round of singing and laughter. Elkhorn 9/8c, INSP When a masked bandit terrorizes the stagecoach line and kills a passenger, Theodore Roosevelt (Mason Beals) and his Elkhorn men join the citizens of Medora to track down the culprit. Can they lay a trap to catch the killer before he strikes again? Elsbeth SEASON FINALE 9/8c, CBS Who murdered the disagreeable fashion photographer: his…

The Quiz With Balls SERIES PREMIERE 9/8c, Fox Think of it as Family Feud meets Wipeout by way of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. Saturday Night Live alum Jay Pharoah (above) hosts this new game show in which two families answer multiple-choice trivia questions. Correct answers bank money—but incorrect answers result in players getting knocked into a swimming pool by a giant ball. “The show’s got heart, the show’s got knowledge and it’s funny,” Pharoah says. “When you take all those ingredients and you mix them together, you’ve got a cake that’s going to last you awhile.” There are also wildly unexpected moments, like when a contestant accidentally lost her balance and got dunked. “She got the answer right, but she was so busy looking at her other family…

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s 80th Anniversary: My Favorite Things 9/8c, PBS (check local listings at pbs.org) MATT’S PICK Oh, what a beautiful evening you’ll have, basking in the lush melodies and timeless lyrics of musical theater legends Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. And the glorious singing in this concert—shot in December at London’s Theatre Royal Drury Lane to mark the 80th anniversary of the duo’s first collaboration, Oklahoma!—qualifies easily for the Great Performances tag. One of the pleasures of these events is to see stars re-create favorite roles, including Patrick Wilson (below; he was Curly in a 2002–03 Broadway revival of Oklahoma!) opening with “Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’” and, later, the regal Audra McDonald delivering a soaring “(When I Marry) Mister Snow” from Carousel, a 1994 revival that earned…

ACROSS 1 ____ Bloods 5 Cave dweller 8 Sorvino of Shining Vale 12 Devours 13 The Name of the Rose author 14 Sebastian on The Little Mermaid 15 Evil farm animal in The Witch 16 ____ -Margret of Viva Las Vegas 17 Orange road prop during construction 18 Cheers and Modern Family actress (2 wds.) 21 NCIS: ____ Angeles 22 Independence ____: Resurgence 23 Grown-up 26 Occupation 27 Sound booster 30 Call Me by Your ____ 31 NBC show ____ & Order 32 Operatic song 33 Cynthia Nixon on The Gilded Age 34 Sally Field sitcom The Flying ____ 35 ____ Scenario 36 Kids show ____ McStuffns 37 Oz detainee 38 Three Amigos! and Only Murders in the Building actor (2 wds.) 43 Big party 44 Dandy 45 Too noisy 47 High-pitched Maroon 5 singer Levine 48 Green of…

AVAILABLE NOW In this six-episode FX-produced spy thriller, Elisabeth Moss (right, The Handmaid’s Tale) is fearless, fascinating MI6 agent Imogen Salter (if that’s even her real name!), who cracks the conventions of the intelligence community while trying to stop a terrorist attack. Salter’s first move is to extract the mysterious Adilah El Idrissi (Yumna Marwan), possibly the plan’s mastermind, from a remote refugee camp in the snowy mountains near Turkey. Though they start out at odds, “It gets complicated,” Moss says. “They have a lot more in common than they thought.” Salter’s methods frustrate her colleagues, CIA higher-up Max Peterson (Josh Charles) and French agent Malik Amar (Dali Benssalah), but Moss can’t get enough of her. “She’s so fun and cool and interesting. I kind of want to be her.”…

WEDNESDAY, MAY 8 What happens when scientist Jason Dessen (Joel Edgerton) starts a family instead of pursuing professional goals? In this adrenaline-pumping nine-episode thriller based on Blake Crouch’s 2016 bestseller, we glimpse the fascinating fallout caused by that choice. “Jason 1” is a physics professor at a Chicago college and lives with wife Daniela (Jennifer Connelly, above, with Edgerton) and teen son Charlie (Oakes Fegley); “Jason 2” hits career heights, wins awards—and builds a dimension-hopping box. Then things gets squirrelly: Jason 2 uses that box to abduct Jason 1 and infiltrate the family he never got to have. “That tension between family life and work life—it’s something I was thinking about when I was writing this book and something I channeled into Jason,” says Crouch, the show’s creator. Jason 1, desperate…