Innholdsfortegnelse for August 26, 2024 i TV Guide Magazine

“First came Seinfeld. Then came the new Ellen DeGeneres show. Do we need yet another pack-of-pals show? And while trying to appeal to Xers, the show doesn’t exactly flatter them by portraying young adults as sex-starved losers.” Can you guess which famous TV sitcom we were referring to when the above appeared in TV GUIDE MAGAZINE’s 1994 Fall Preview issue? Answer: Friends, which is celebrating its 30-year anniversary this September. To be fair, we also called the well-known gang an “attractive bunch.” Though we were skeptical of the NBC pilot, Friends went on to become one of the biggest shows of all time. And it just goes to show that you can’t predict ’em all. But we do think we’ve gotten a lot better at spotting the hits over the…

It’s been just three months since the cancellation of Walker, the CW crime drama starring Jared Padalecki (right), but the actor will soon be setting the small screen ablaze again—this time with a role in CBS’s Fire Country. Padalecki will join the popular series when it returns for its third season on October 18 playing Camden, a SoCal firefighter who takes notice of former inmate Bode’s (Max Thieriot) talent in Cal Fire. While the fan-favorite Supernatural alum is only slated for a three-episode guest arc, there’s a chance we could see more of his character, or even a spinoff, given that the network has already green-lighted Sheriff County following Morena Baccarin’s (Homeland) guest stint as the stepsister of division chief Sharon Leone (Diane Farr). The possibility of adding Padalecki to…

@TVGMMattRoush Bad Monkey Wednesdays, Apple TV+ MORE FUN THAN the proverbial barrel of primates, Bad Monkey (adapted by Ted Lasso’s Bill Lawrence from a riotous Carl Hiaasen novel) is delightfully impure escapism, a twisted caper that begins with a severed arm fished out of the ocean…with its middle finger raised. Random rigor mortis, as a coroner suggests? Or, more likely, it’s a grisly poke in the eye of crime-drama convention, a sign not to take things too seriously. Andrew Yancy certainly doesn’t. This role of a disgraced detective who can’t ignore this bizarre mystery is tailored beautifully to Vince Vaughn’s expert way with an offhand sarcastic zinger, as comfortable a fit as the colorful Hawaiian shirts Yancy favors. A relentless and quick-witted chatterbox, Yancy exasperates his superiors in the Miami PD,…

Doctor Odyssey Premieres Thursday Sept. 26, 9/8c, ABC IN 1977, ABC made waves with The Love Boat, and now, 47 years later, the network is making another run at a high-seas hit set aboard a luxury ocean liner. And since it’s disembarking from the mind of Ryan Murphy, the überproducer behind the action-packed 9-1-1 duo and the over-the-top American Horror Story franchise, y’all are in for something exciting and new. “This is Ryan’s fantasy version of a cruise ship,” agrees star Joshua Jackson during a break from filming in Los Angeles. “The stakes are high, everything’s elevated, but it also plays [at times] like a comedy and is mostly just easy and breezy.” After spending the past several years in such dark turns as The Affair, Dr. Death and Fatal…

THE PENGUIN Premieres Thursday, Sept. 19, 9/8c, HBO Gotham City’s notorious gangster gets his own origin story in a limited-series sequel to director Matt Reeves’ 2022 movie The Batman. Again unrecognizable under masterful prosthetics, Colin Farrell reprises his role as Oswald Cobblepot, the corpulent criminal who capitalizes on the disastrous events from the film (Gotham was flooded after the Riddler took out the city’s harbor seawall) to seize any sort of power he can. Over eight gorgeously atmospheric hours—and with the help of a reluctant sidekick (Rhenzy Feliz)—Oz butts heads with an array of fellow baddies, including Sofia Falcone (Cristin Milioti), the shockingly merciless daughter of a crime lord who met his maker in The Batman, while also battling his own personal demons. Slipping back into the fat suit was…

EMILIA PÉREZ Premieres Wednesday, Nov. 13, Netflix In this audacious, genre-blending film directed by Jacques Audiard (Rust and Bone), a ruthless Mexican cartel chief yearns to transition and live authentically as a woman. To do so, they enlist the help of tenacious attorney Rita (Zoe Saldaña) to fake their death and reinvent themself as Emilia (Karla Sofía Gascón). Remarkably, the film unfolds partly through song and dance. When she emerges as Emilia, the former crime boss longs to reconnect with her wife (Selena Gomez) and two children. With shades of Mrs. Doubtfire, Emilia returns to her family posing as a distant relative and aims to make amends for her misdeeds. Vacillating between melodrama and suspense, the film is a heartrending parable about the possibility of change, the aftershocks of violence and…

THREE MEN AND ADENA (1993) It’s a harrowing episode-long interrogation by Pembleton and Bayliss (Kyle Secor) of a suspect (Moses Gunn) in the murder of little Adena Watson. True to life, the case goes unsolved. BOP GUN (1994) Robin Williams (above left, with Belzer) plays a grieving tourist whose wife is killed. A young Jake Gyllenhaal is his son. THE SUBWAY (1997) Vincent D’Onofrio is a man fatally wedged (possibly pushed) between a subway car and the platform, bonding with Pembleton as his life ebbs away (above).…

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 4 In Season 4 of the spy drama, Britain’s “slow horses” — secret service rejects at the center of life-or-death action—deal with tragedy and an enigmatic killer. Here are three reasons to tune in. A WELL-COOKED LAMB Jackson Lamb (a perfect Gary Oldman, right) may be boozy, gassy and grimy, but he’s still always the smartest spy in the room. “He looks like a slob, but you under-estimate him at your peril,” says showrunner Will Smith of the slow horses boss, who gets his hands a bit dirtier this time. RIVER KEEPS RUNNING Through three seasons, no one has logged more miles in racing peril than River Cartwright (Emmy nominee Jack Lowden). “Lamb wants to be behind his desk, but River wants to be the hero,” says Smith. Danger…

SURF’S UP It will be interesting to see if Rescue: HI-Surf on Fox [TV GUIDE MAGAZINE, August 5 cover story] portrays lifeguards unlike other shows, which do not do lifeguards justice. —@goldenstatelifeguards I saw the commercial for Rescue: HI-Surf and it kind of gives me Baywatch vibes. Can’t wait. —Brandon HEART LOVE This was the best season of Hallmark Channel’s When Calls the Heart, and Nathan and Elizabeth’s love story is epic. Both Kevin McGarry and Erin Krakow are amazing performers. Seasons 10 and 11 were earned and so needed for this show after the dark Seasons 8 and 9, where the characters were fighting and not true to themselves. We are now home. —Lillian BINGE ALERT Sad to say, but I just finished Season 2 of the Martin Freeman police…

PREMIERES After Baywatch: Moment in the Sun Aug. 28, Hulu NEW Killer Lies: Chasing a True Crime Con Man Aug. 28, 8/7c, National Geographic NEW Kaos Aug. 29, Netflix NEW K-Pop Idols Aug. 30, Apple TV+ NEW Inside the NFL Aug. 30, 9/8c, The CW The Chosen Sept. 1, 8/7c, The CW 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days Sept. 1, 8/7c, TLC Born Evil: The Serial Killer and the Savior Sept. 2, 9/8c, Investigation Discovery NEW English Teacher Sept. 2, 10/9c, FX NEW Dark Side of Reality TV Sept. 3, 9/8c, Vice NEW Outlast Sept. 4, Netflix Tell Me Lies Sept. 4, Hulu Unsellable Houses Sept. 4, 8/7c, HGTV Bargain Block Sept. 4, 9/8c, HGTV Power Book II: Ghost Sept. 6, 8/7c, Starz Whose Line Is It Anyway? Sept.…

HERE’S ONE PREDICTION that’s bound to hold up when ABC broadcasts the 76th Emmy Awards on Sunday, September 15 (8/7c/5p): It’s going to be a good night for FX. The network produced the year’s two most-nominated series: in drama (Shogun, with 25) and in comedy (Hulu’s The Bear, with 23), with the latest season of Fargo (with 15) not too far behind in the limited/anthology category. While there’s always the chance of an upset or two, that won’t stop us from sharing our educated guesses about who might win. COMEDY Debate rages over The Bear’s status—is it comedy or drama?—but there’s consensus that the restaurant dramedy’s excellent second season from 2023 will be hard to beat. Look for it to repeat for Comedy Series, and last year’s winners for Lead…

GROTESQUERIE Premieres Wednesday, Sept. 25, 10/9c, FX Emmy winner Niecy Nash-Betts goes from real-life serial killers to unspeakable scares in this new chiller from her Dahmer—Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story boss Ryan Murphy. Like most of the executive producer’s projects, key details are being kept under wraps, but we can confirm that Nash-Betts stars as Lois Tryon, a detective in a small community that’s been plagued by unsettling crimes. She’s joined by fellow Emmy winner Courtney B. Vance (American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson) as her ailing husband and Tony nominee Micaela Diamond (Broadway’s Parade) as a Catholic nun and journalist who aids Lois in the increasingly ominous investigation. Oh, and the Kansas City Chiefs’ main Swiftie, Travis Kelce, is also on board, but it would be unsportsmanlike…

CROSS Premieres Thursday, Nov. 14, Prime Video Morgan Freeman and Tyler Perry played James Patterson’s heroic and tortured Alex Cross in three movies. Now the detective and forensic psychologist is getting an intense TV series adaptation starring the perfectly cast Aldis Hodge (Leverage). The chills begin with the shocking murder of Cross’ beloved wife Maria. A year later, the crime remains unsolved. Burdened with guilt and driven to find the killer and keep his two children safe, Alex asks for leave. Instead, the police brass want him to investigate the case of a former gangbanger who turns up dead. Just as he begins to suspect a serial killer, someone starts to taunt him with a home invasion and a menacing phone call. Expect Cross to also tangle with New Amsterdam’s…

VIRGO (Aug. 23–Sept. 22) If an old fear has come back to haunt you recently, stay strong. You’re being tested. Go back to any spiritual practices like meditation or yoga if you’ve let them drop. They will help! LIBRA (Sept. 23–Oct. 22) Here comes the planet of romance and riches, Venus, into your sign. Prepare to feel better, more gorgeous and even perhaps a little more abundant as Venus moves through Libra. Love is definitely in the air as well. It’s also a great time to make up with a friend. SCORPIO (Oct. 23–Nov. 21) Work issues that you’ve been confused by should ease up as Mercury ends its retrograde in your career zone. If you’ve decided you want to do things differently, start to formulate an action plan. There…

THURSDAY, AUG. 29 In the 1984 film The Terminator, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s killer cyborg promised “I’ll be back.” Justified’s Timothy Olyphant makes good on that, voicing the title Terminator in a gripping eight-part anime series. Olyphant’s killer robot time travels back to 1997 in search of computer genius Malcolm Lee (André Holland) and his children; Malcolm and an A.I. entity he created (Rosario Dawson) may be able to save humanity from the machines of the future. This new Terminator “looks like everybody,” says creator Mattson Tomlin. “You don’t want him to be a 7-foot-tall, 350-pound guy made of muscle.” Don’t expect him to sound like Ah-nold either. “It took a little time, but [we] found a [voice].”…

AVAILABLE NOW For 10 seasons (2013–23), Adam F. Goldberg brought viewers back to the always rad big-hair ’80s with this sitcom based on his childhood exploits, documenting his eccentric family’s crazy life in the Philadelphia sub-urb of Jenkintown. The series well captured the kitsch—young Adam’s (Sean Giambrone) ever-present video camera, for instance—and kin of the Goldberg home with a cast that included (clockwise from top left) Jeff Garlin, Wendi McLendon-Covey, George Segal, Troy Gentile, Hayley Orrantia and Giambrone.…

Source: Nielsen Media Research, week of July 29—August 4, 2024, in millions. Noah’s Spark Sprinter Noah Lyles captured the 100-meter dash in an epic photo finish over Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson, earning the title of world’s fastest man. These Olympics proved to be a juggernaut, with average combined viewership across all NBC platforms (30.6 million watchers per day) jumping 82 percent from Tokyo. Million Dollar Baby Hosted by Jimmy Kimmel (above), the primetime revival of the quiz show was the top-rated non-Olympics program of the night. Season 3’s first four episodes have boosted its ratings by 10 percent compared to Season 2’s total average viewership. Leaps and Bounds The U.S. women’s gymnastics squad (Simone Biles, Jordan Chiles, Suni Lee, Jade Carey and Hezly Rivera) won the team gold, and Biles (right)…

@TVGMMattRoush It makes sense to me that Michael C. Hall is reprising the role of Dexter Morgan as the inner voice of young Dexter in the Original Sin prequel. But now the producers have announced a Dexter: Resurrection series that takes place after Dexter: New Blood, at the end of which Dexter was killed. They said at the time that he was truly dead. Please tell me this won’t be another Dallas-style Bobby Ewing-in-the-shower moment. — Karen MATT ROUSH: We may not know how they pull off Dexter’s Resurrection until we see it. Why it’s happening is less mysterious. Paramount+ With Showtime is doubling down on spinoffs of its hit franchises (including Billions), so reports of Dexter’s death may have been premature. Whether fans buy it will depend on how eager…

GENERAL HOSPITAL Five-time Daytime Emmy winner Jonathan Jackson is back on General Hospital, returning to the role of Lucky Spencer on the ABC soap August 23. Jackson made his debut in 1993 as the offspring of soaps’ most famous duo, Luke Spencer (Anthony Geary) and Laura Collins (Genie Francis), and has visited a handful of times over the years. He is looking forward to a longer stay in Port Charles this time around. “When I came back in 2015, that was just for a few episodes,” Jackson says. “This is not that. This is back in a substantial, real way, which I’m excited about.” Getting to share scenes with his onscreen mother was a key factor in Jackson’s decision. “Working with Genie was a big personal incentive to come back,”…

SCAMANDA Premieres Wednesday, Oct. 9, 10/9c, ABC Meet Amanda Riley, a good Christian living a seemingly perfect life in San Jose, California, as a loving wife to Cory and mother to their two children, Carter and Connor. However, this docuseries, based on the No. 1 podcast of the same name, explores what happened after she announced that she had Hodgkin’s lymphoma. For seven years, Amanda shared her heart-wrenching journey on her blog, which not only gained many sympathetic followers (including public figures like singer LeAnn Rimes) but also donors who sent funds to help her defeat the life-threatening cancer. But what if Amanda’s story was all a big lie and she was bilking people out of money? That question spurred an investigative reporter—who received an anonymous tip to look into…

RESCUE HI-SURF Premieres Sunday, Sept. 22, 8/7c, Fox Jet-ski-powered ocean rescues and lifeguard tower rivalries play out on Oahu’s North Shore. Hawaii resident Matt Kester writes and produces this new series about a gutsy lifeguard team navigating choppy personal lives and based some characters on real first responders. Tough, grieving tower boss Sonny (Robbie Magasiva) both mentors and clashes with the island’s first female lifeguard lieutenant, Emily “Em” Wright (Arielle Kebbel, 9-1-1), who still has heat with her colleague and ex Will Ready (Adam Demos). These guards are way too busy for Baywatch slo-mos! —Kate Hahn MURDER IN A SMALL TOWN Premieres Tuesday, Sept. 24, 8/7c, Fox Think if it as a less grim version of The Killing: This impressively solid whodunit set in the Pacific Northwest plays like a…

Three Women Premieres Friday, Sept. 13, Starz The trio at the center of this heartbreaking new series about desire and intimacy “all had the audacity to believe that they deserved more,” says narrator Gia (Shailene Woodley), who’s writing a book about sex in America. Inspired by Lisa Taddeo’s nonfiction bestseller, the story focuses on three ordinary women experiencing drastic life transformations: Dissatisfied Indiana homemaker Lina (Betty Gilpin) embarks on an affair; glamorous entrepreneur Sloane (DeWanda Wise) is perilously drawn to an alluring stranger; and Maggie (Gabrielle Creevy) seeks to expose her illicit high school fling with a teacher. By creating the series, Taddeo says she hopes “to invite more women to tell their stories.” — Christopher Wallenberg SWEETPEA October, Starz We’ve all felt like killing someone. Especially when they’ve pushed…

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AVAILABLE NOW Finally…we can watch—or rewatch—all seven seasons of this critically beloved, vastly under-appreciated classic crime series, which ran from 1993 to 1999. After years in streaming limbo, Peacock has picked up all 122 episodes and the series-ending 2000 movie. Showrunner Tom Fontana attributes the lengthy delay to renegotiating the music rights and the need to remaster the show, noting, “We all wanted it to look its best, because today’s audiences are used to top quality.” That quality long existed in the show’s tight squad-room ensemble, gritty plotlines about crime in Baltimore and impressive cast, among them Emmy winner Andre Braugher (above, bottom right), who broke out as ace interrogator Det. Frank Pembleton, and Richard Belzer (top, second from left) as irascible Det. John Munch, later ubiquitous on the Law &…

SUNDAY, SEPT. 15 Things aren’t looking up when this dark comedy created by Yellowstone’s Taylor Sheridan returns for Season 2. Sylvester Stallone’s transplanted New York mobster Dwight Manfredi (above) has been arrested for bribing federal agent—and sort-of girlfriend—Stacy Beale (Andrea Savage). While facing trial, he and his Tulsa crew grapple with a mob rival (Frank Grillo) and a local businessman (Yellowstone’s Neal McDonough). Dwight also struggles to reconnect with his daughter Tina (Tatiana Zappardino). “When you’re a gangster,” jokes writer and exec producer Terence Winter, “you don’t have the best conflict-resolution skills.”…

NETFLIX Available Now Fury (2014) A WWII Army sergeant (Brad Pitt) leads the crew of a Sherman tank on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. Godzilla Minus One/Minus Color (2023) Oscar-winning visual effects and engaging human tales elevate this black-and-white genre tale as the all-too-familiar lizard giant terrorizes Japan in the 1940s. Jack Reacher (2012) Tom Cruise is author Lee Child’s hero, hired by a defense attorney to tackle the case of a highly trained sniper who apparently murdered five people at random. Red (2010) An all-star cast (led by Bruce Willis and Morgan Freeman) fronts this action comedy about ex-CIA agents coming together after the agency sends assassins to silence them for good. Room (2015) Gripping and poignant tale of a woman (Oscar winner Brie Larson) and her young…

@damianholbrook Cheers to Vanderpump Villa for becoming destination TV. Not only has Hulu smartly renewed the lease on the docusoap set at Lisa Vanderpump’s European hot spot, but it’s also booked Lisa’s drama-prone Vanderpump Rules staffer Stassi Schroeder to stir things up for Season 2. Where’s our passport?! Cheers to Evil’s heavenly Andrea Martin (right). The SCTV alum is no joke as the adorable but formidable demon-fighting Sister Andrea on the Paramount+ thriller. Cheers to Industry for a third season worth investing in. While Kit Harington (Game of Thrones) joining as an offbeat green-tech dilettante is definitely an added value, it’s the priceless exchanges—and tragic secret—between frenemies Harper and Yas (powerhouses Myha’la and Marisa Abela) that have our interest rate in HBO’s London banking drama at an all-time high. Cheers to Mr. Throwback’s stellar three-point play. Between…