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FOLLOW US TV Guide Magazine @TVGuideMagazine Write to us: Letters, TV Guide Magazine, 50 Rockefeller Plaza, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10020, or email letters@tvgm.com Quick Clicks The Middle’s Eden Sher once again did not receive an Emmy nomination for her portrayal of sunny teenager Sue Heck–much to the chagrin of Mare Winter, who wrote in to say that “whatever the writers give her, Eden turns into gold. Her performance is a work of art! I will lose respect for the Academy if she continues to be ignored.”…Sandy Voss strongly disagreed with our jeer of Whoopi Goldberg’s about-face regarding the allegations against Bill Cosby [Cheers & Jeers, July 27]. “I could see how she had trouble balancing her admiration for Cosby with her always-on-display concern regarding women’s issues,” Voss wrote.…

JON SNOW IS gone—“He be dead,” HBO programming president Michael Lombardo says—but Game of Thrones is very much alive. The hit drama, which attracted more than 20 million viewers last season (when all platforms have been factored), is now shooting Season 6, and per Lombardo, the show’s producers are contemplating at least two more years beyond that. As for negative critical reaction to the current season of True Detective, Lombardo says he stands behind creator Nic Pizzolatto, and the two have broached the subject of a third season (although there’s no news yet of a pickup). And don’t give up hope on more Curb Your Enthusiasm: Lombardo doesn’t think the comedy is “out of [Larry David’s] system. He’ll come back to it. He wants to have something to say.”…

ZOO’S JAMES WOLK is part rare bird—and part lucky duck. CBS’s summer hit (Tuesdays, 9/8c) is adapted from James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge’s novel, which finds animals turning on their human masters, and it marks the actor’s fifth pivotal TV role in as many years. The 30-year-old has already worked with vets such as Jon Voight, Sigourney Weaver and the late Robin Williams. And he’s got a set of gams (as displayed on Mad Men) that would turn Cyd Charisse chartreuse. How’d he swing those roles? “Ignorance and blind faith,” he claims. “I arrived in L.A. at 24 thinking, ‘Just let me get a good TV job, please?’” We asked him to ruminate on those instances in which his request has been granted. Mad Men (2013–2014) Even Wolk didn’t know…

The sounds of smooth, melodic harmonies echo through the cavernous backstage hallways of Inglewood, California’s legendary Forum arena. Five vocalists dressed in vintage rags huddle together in a tight circle as if preparing to take the stage for a sold-out concert. But two familiar faces stand out in this band: Saturday Night Live veterans Fred Armisen, who has donned a mop-top wig and a retro Chicago White Sox jacket, and Bill Hader, sporting an epic mustache and long, wavy hair. The two comedians have transformed themselves into members of a fake ’70s soft-rock group known as the Blue Jean Committee to film one of the six installments of their new IFC limited series Documentary Now!, which parodies the style and tone of famous nonfiction films. “It’s essentially a curated documentary…

1. Fear the Walking Dead Series premiere, Sunday, Aug. 23, 9/8c, AMC They’re ba-a-a-ck! But the zombie reign of terror is only beginning in the slow-burning opener of The Walking Dead’s long-awaited companion series. The well-acted, quietly suspenseful Fear pilot is more about the slow dawning of horrific awakening as the undead infestation creates panic in L.A. 2. The Brink Season finale, Sunday, Aug. 23, 10:30/9:30c, HBO Can Secretary of State Walter Larson (Tim Robbins) and his nincompoop minion Alex Talbot (Jack Black) avert world destruction in the climax of the summer’s wackiest dark comedy? We assume so, since the geopolitical satire was picked up for a second season. And yet, with Walter teleconferencing with world leaders while Alex tries to talk sense to unstable General Zaman (Iqbal Theba), we…

STEFFY FORRESTER DID a bad, bad thing. The glam fashion-house president of The Bold and the Beautiful—played by Jacqueline MacInnes Wood—killed her cousin Aly (Ashlyn Pearce) with a tire iron when the mentally ill youngster attacked her with a rock on a foggy stretch of the Pacific Coast Highway. Dazed and confused, Steffy told the police that Aly fell and hit her head, but on August 14, she finds out Ivy (Ashleigh Brewer) captured the whole damn thing on her cell phone. Wood gave us the dire dish. So, how’s it feel playing a killer? When I first heard about it, I was in major shock, of course. Then I started thinking about how everything bad happens to Steffy and that it makes sense that she’s a murderer now. It’s…

Leo (July 24–Aug. 23) Although August is an active, exciting month, part of you is ready to settle down and be productive too. Enjoy celebrating some milestones, but look forward and focus on missions that will make you some bank. IF YOUR BIRTHDAY IS IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS: While you love the fame and acclaim, where is it actually taking you? Time to plan, budget and think ahead. That way, your efforts will build a lasting legacy. Virgo (Aug. 24–Sept. 23) CHANDRA WILSON 8/27/1969 Lucky Jupiter zips into Virgo for a year, helping you take bigger gambles in the name of growth. When in doubt, take the route that makes your soul sing—even if it isn’t the most practical one. Libra (Sept. 24–Oct. 23) LIEV SCHREIBER 10/4/1967 Surrender, Libra!…

THE MUPPETS HAVE a long history of popping up on our covers, starting with their first appearance on the December 12, 1970, issue featuring a look at their Ed Sullivan–narrated Christmas musical special, The Great Santa Claus Switch. Fozzie and Kermit pulled the curtain back on the August 6, 1977, story “Behind Every Great Muppet…Stands Jim Henson,” while Piggy hammed it up for our August 1, 1981, cover about her “Life at Le Top.” The November 17, 1990, issue paid tribute to the late Henson, and Billy Crystal joined Kermie, Animal and Gonzo for the March 16, 1996, Kids’ TV preview heralding their return in Muppets Tonight. “I’ve had the luck to work with a lot of great actors,” Crystal said. “But these performers can improvise with the best of…

Gravity-defying aerialists. A magician and his tiny dog dressed in matching dragon costumes. A dude who can squirt milk out of his eye sockets. Now in its 10th hit season on NBC, America’s Got Talent—a gloriously strange bonanza of acts vying for a $1 million prize—stands proudly alone as the modern-day keeper of vaudeville’s torch. So it’s fitting that the two women currently holding court at the judges’ table have some pretty colorful résumés of their own: German supermodel turned Project Runway poobah Heidi Klum and British multihyphenate entertainer Mel B., a veteran of the mega-band Spice Girls. With the live rounds of the competition about to begin, we sat down with the on- and off-screen pals to chat about their perspective from the front row. This is the third…

ACTOR JACKIE LONG is just as funny as the outlandish, scene-stealing version of himself he plays on Kevin Hart’s faux reality show, Real Husbands of Hollywood, which returns for Season 4 tonight. But unlike his television counterpart, Long isn’t broke. He doesn’t owe money to almost everyone in Los Angeles. And no, he doesn’t act as Hart’s de facto assistant in exchange for food and shelter. We asked Long about other differences between him and his “character” and found out what’s ahead for the Husbands. How close is the real Jackie to the TV Jackie? Him being a mama’s boy is real, real close to me. But he lies much more—because he owes things to so many people! People will always look at me like “Are you crazy or not?”…

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Miniseries premiere, Sunday, Aug. 16, 8/7c, HBO We’ve often heard that politics is local. And in David Simon’s (The Wire) latest searing account of urban discord, we’re also reminded how unforgiving and brutal it can be. The flawed, tragic hero of this engrossing six-hour docudrama, airing in two-hour blocks over three Sundays, is ambitious city leader Nick Wasicsko (an appealingly brash Oscar Isaac). His rise and fall from mayor to pariah in Yonkers, New York, spanning a period from 1987–93, is yoked to the city’s explosive opposition to a federal order to integrate Yonkers by building 200 units of lowincome housing in resentful white, middle-class neighborhoods. “When’s the fun part start?” Mayor Nick wonders, swigging Maalox to soothe the stress of presiding over turbulent town meetings in which he’s pilloried…

PIFF THE MAGIC DRAGON After his second “How did he do that?” card trick— and an assist from his dog—the snarky magician (real name: John van der Put, 35) was sent to the live shows when guest judge Neil Patrick Harris hit his Golden Buzzer. BENJAMIN YONATTAN The 14-year-old blind dancer came to the U.S. from Guatemala at age 4. In the competition’s first two rounds, he performed contemporary dances to One Republic’s “I Lived” and Danny Gokey’s “Tell Your Heart to Beat Again.” SHARON IRVING The Chicago-based singer wowed the judges with her rendition of Hozier’s “Take Me to Church,” so much so that the 29-year-old was Mel B.’s Golden Buzzer selection. THE CRAIG LEWIS BAND Zuri Craig, 30, and Jeffrey Lewis, 33, received a standing O for their…

THERE’S BAD. THERE’S evil. There’s utterly contemptible. And then there’s Theresa Donovan. The hilarious, pint-size hellcat of NBC’s Days of Our Lives—played with loads of sex, sass and sarcasm by Jen Lilley—showed up in Salem two years ago with a rap sheet three blocks long. Theresa’s move to this sweet Middle America burg was part of her parole agreement, a last-ditch attempt to set the young conniver on the straight and narrow. And the poor townsfolk have been paying for it ever since. “Theresa is an unapologetic mess,” Lilley says with a laugh. “I knew I was in for a wild ride when I heard the list of crimes she had committed even before she hit the screen, which included grand theft auto, cocaine possession and two cases of assault…

Saddle up! HBO’s NFL documentary series Hard Knocks rolls in to the Lone Star State this season for an inside look at the Houston Texans training camp. “They say everything is bigger in Texas,” says NFL Films supervising producer Ken Rodgers. “The same is going to be true for Hard Knocks this year, because there are some larger-than-life characters who really have the possibility of making a great series.” One of the characters who will certainly make a big impact is the league’s reigning Defensive Player of the Year, J.J. Watt. The 288-pound defensive end not only recorded 20 sacks last season, but he also lined up on offense and caught three passes for touchdowns. “The J.J. Watt you see is as personable and intense in real life as he…

SHE PLAYS Ray Donovan’s Paige Finney, a ruthless sports agent so determined to build a football stadium in L.A. and bring the city an NFL team that she shtups the governor of California to make sure it happens. “Paige is one complicated businesswoman,” Holmes says. “Just when you think you know her, she reveals another side…and another and another.” Though it was Paige’s megamogul daddy, Andrew (Ian McShane), who hired Ray (Liev Schreiber) to do the family’s dirty work, Paige has sneakily worked a side deal with the Hollywood fixer to make her NFL dreams come true—for a tasty piece of the pie, of course. It’s all part of her revenge plan. Prone to crippling migraines, “Paige is fueled by the rage she feels over a secret involving her father,” executive…

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