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TV Guide Magazine|September 14, 2020America’s top TV critic Matt Roush answers your burning questionsI recently binged the first two seasons of Cobra Kai and was surprised by how true it is to the spirit of the original Karate Kid movies. The returning actors easily fall back into their characters, now 30-plus years later, and the new roles cast with younger actors are realistically portrayed. The production is nearly movie quality and the fight sequences are great. Now that the already-produced third season is moving from YouTube to Netflix, along with the first two seasons already streaming, I really expect it to take off since Netflix has such a higher global reach. Do you think Netflix has plans for extending the series further? They typically don’t rescue shows unless they plan on producing their own seasons. —MarkMATT ROUSH: Netflix may choose to wait to…2 min
TV Guide Magazine|September 14, 2020READERS’ LETTERSGRIDIRON GREAT I would have been so disappointed if you had not included Super Bowl–winning Patrick Mahomes on the cover of the NFL Preview issue [August 31]. Never has a quarterback come along like Mahomes. He is a very decent young man, and Kansas City Chiefs fans are enormously proud of him. He deserves the accolades. —TerryGOOD CLEAN FUN It was so great to see daytime dramas get the positive recognition they deserve [August 17]. The actors, writers, producers and crew work so hard to produce quality TV. Watching soap operas during this time provides some semblance of normalcy and escape. Four different covers representing each soap is wonderful. —IrisPERFECT CHEMISTRY The actors who play detectives Jackson and Lola (Babou Ceesay and Eve Myles) in the Showtime series We Hunt…1 min
TV Guide Magazine|September 14, 2020We Are Who We AreSERIES PREMIEREMonday, Sept. 14, 10/9c, HBOTHE QUESTION SOUNDS simple enough: “So what should I call you?”But anyone who saw director-producer Luca Guadagnino’s haunting 2017 film Call Me by Your Name knows the mysteries of adolescence run deep, and there are no simple answers.His intimate and provocative new drama We Are Who We Are explores a budding friendship between two teenagers whose growing pains are magnified by their unusual living circumstances, as offspring of U.S. soldiers stationed on an Army base in Italy south of Venice. It’s a picturesque seaside setting, though forbiddingly alien to a mercurial city kid like Fraser (Jack Dylan Grazer). His personal style—bleached-blond hair, painted fingernails, funky wardrobe–marks him as an iconoclast when he moves in with his two moms, who are both in the military, after…2 min
TV Guide Magazine|September 14, 2020Van der ValkSundays (through Sept. 27), 9/8c, PBS (check local listings at pbs.org)YOU KNOW YOU’RE in unfamiliar territory for a Masterpiece Mystery! when an investigation involves a nun with a taste for mystical religious erotica. “Just because I’m on a diet doesn’t mean I can’t look at the menu,” she tells Piet Van der Valk (Hustle’s Marc Warren), a Dutch detective with a steely demeanor and testy temperament.Edgier and grislier than the norm for the franchise, Van der Valk updates a series that aired in the U.K. in the 1970s and ’90s. Amsterdam has never looked better, or deadlier, than in the three twist-filled cases that confront Van der Valk and his refreshingly distinctive team.I’m especially fond of the preppy rookie, Job Cloovers (Elliot Barnes-Worrell), an inexperienced know-it-all who keeps trying to…1 min
TV Guide Magazine|September 14, 2020Talk of the TownThe Drew Barrymore ShowSERIES PREMIEREMonday, Sept. 14, check local listingsDREW BARRYMORE HAS appeared on talk shows since 1982, when, as a 7-year-old in a pink party dress, she charmed legendary Tonight Show host Johnny Carson while promoting the movie E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. Now, the actress and producer is switching from guest to host with daytime’s latest chatfest, The Drew Barrymore Show. “All the things I’ve put my energies into somehow have led to this,” Barrymore tells TV GUIDE MAGAZINE. “I feel like I have the most to offer as far as the life experience I’ve had so far.” The self-professed “pop culture and news junkie” will bring together interviews, daily headlines, cooking and comedy on the syndicated series, which airs live from New York City. “This is a great opportunity…3 min
TV Guide Magazine|September 14, 2020TUESDAY, SEPT. 15MOVIES8:20am/ 7:20c The Stunt Man (1980) Cinemax8:50am/ 7:50c The Paper (1994) Showtime Showcase9:50am/ 8:50c and 9/8c Before Midnight (2013) Indieplex11am/10c The Fisher King (1991) Showtime12:05/Jesus Christ 11:05am c Superstar (1973) Flix12:30/E.T. The Extra-11:30am c Terrestrial (1982) Syfy1:40/Sense and 12:40c Sensibility (1995) Indieplex3:30/2:30c Get Out (2017) FXX4:33/3:33c Go (1999) Starz Comedy5/4c Goodfellas (1990) TNT8/7c Ghost (1990) Showtime Family Zone8/7c and 1am/ midnight c I Am Legend (2007) Paramount Network9/8c The Beguiled (2017) MoreMax9:15/8:15c Harlan County, U.S.A. (1977) TCM10/9c Before Sunrise (1995) HBO Zone10:30/The Cabin 9:30c in the Woods (2012) Epix10:30/The Town (2010) 9:30c TNT11:30/Shazam! (2019) 10:30c HBO ComedyHOT NEW DVD RELEASE!The Best of Cher$100, TimeLife.com/Cher; 800-950-7887The Best of Cher is a misnomer. That ambitious title should encompass music, TV, film, red carpets—even her endlessly entertaining Twitter feed. But these nine DVDs…3 min
TV Guide Magazine|September 14, 2020FRIDAY, SEPT. 18MOVIES1/noon c Munich (2005) HBO Signature4:10/3:10c Patriot Games (1992) HDNet Movies6/5c Hoosiers (1986) Epix8/7c The Alamo (1960) This TV10:30/ 9:30c Good Will Hunting (1997) Pop TV11:50/ 10:50c Rocketman (2019) EpixNow Hear This9/8c, PBS (check local listings at pbs.org)“Haydn is the man!” declares one devotee in tonight’s Great Performances entry about the Austrian composer known as the King of Strings. You’ll learn more and hear some sweet quartets via visits to Europe and Charleston, South Carolina. In coming weeks, Schubert, Mozart and Beethoven get the star treatment.MonsterQuest9/8c, HistorySome species of jellyfish are so dangerous, they can kill in minutes—and their numbers are increasing. The Monster-Quest team investigates these marine terrors.World’s Funniest AnimalsSERIES PREMIERE9/8c, The CWDon’t be a Grumpy Cat. Watch host Elizabeth Stanton (below), panelists and special guests (first up: Tom…1 min
TV Guide Magazine|September 14, 2020NETFLIXSERIES PREMIERERATCHEDFRIDAY, SEPT. 18How did one of the 20th century’s most iconic villains become so, well, villainous? American Horror Story cocreator Ryan Murphy puts his singular stamp on Mildred Ratched, the sadistic nurse from the 1962 novel and 1975 movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. In this eight-part thriller set in 1947, she’s a young woman, played by Sarah Paulson, worming her way into a job at Lucia State mental hospital near the California coast. Paulson (above center) doses out some more details.Does Mildred have a plan when she gets to Lucia, or is she making things up as she goes along? She absolutely has a plan…in terms of her ultimate end goal, which is to be reunited with someone she loves very much. After that, she’s not quite…2 min
TV Guide Magazine|September 14, 2020NEW MOVIE RELEASESNewly AvailableConeheads (1993)They come from France! Or so they say. Dan Aykroyd and Jane Curtin reprise their pointytopped Saturday Night Live characters: aliens in suburbia trying to fit in.Glory (1989)Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman, Matthew Broderick and Cary Elwes star in a top-notch drama about a Black regiment fighting for the Union Army during the Civil War.Midnight Special (2016)A father (Michael Shannon) flees Feds and a cult, both out to get his superpowered son (Jaeden Martell).Muppets Most Wanted (2014)On-the-lam criminal Dominic Badguy (Ricky Gervais) gets Kermit, Fozzie and the gang involved in a robbery.Red Dragon (2002)He likes fava beans and a nice Chianti. But what else do you know about Silence of the Lambs’ cannibal Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins)? This creepy prequel will get you better acquainted.Wednesday, Sept. 16The Devil All…3 min
TV Guide Magazine|September 14, 2020MONDAY, SEPT. 21L.A.’s FinestSERIES PREMIERE 8/7c, FoxAfter premiering last year on the Spectrum cable system, Season 1 of this high-octane spinoff from the Bad Boys movie franchise joins Fox’s fall lineup. Gabrielle Union reprises her film role as Sydney Burnett (the sister of Martin Lawrence’s character), a hard-living former DEA agent turned LAPD officer. Jessica Alba (above right, with Union) packs an equal amount of heat as her more grounded partner, Nancy McKenna. Here, the onscreen duo and fellow executive producer Brandon Margolis give us the lowdown.Their backstories are…complicated. The series begins with the revelation that Syd and Nancy are each dealing with trauma from the past and concealing something from the other. “As any partners will tell you, secrets can only stay hidden for so long before they blow up in…3 min
TV Guide Magazine|September 14, 2020THURSDAY, SEPT. 24MOVIES9am/8c Finding Neverland (2004) Flix3/2c Twister (1996) Freeform4:40/3:40c Richard Jewell (2019) HBO Signature9:45/8:45c Groundhog Day (1993) Epix11:30/The Hospital 10:30c (1971) TCMCelebrity Family Feud/Press Your Luck/Match Game8/7c, 9/8c and 10/9c, ABCABC’s game night resumes! Go ahead and pour yourself a glass of Chardonnay. First up on the Feud: wine aficionado Kathie Lee Gifford and her loved ones vs. Ricki Lake and her nearest and dearest.India From Above9/8c, Nat Geo WildThis breathtaking two-hour special, an aerial journey over the massive Indian continent, is narrated with both warmth and awe by Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire). The flyover—shot with drones—captures traditional temples, modern cities and natural wonders. Interviews provide context.Star Trek: DiscoverySERIES PREMIERE10/9c, CBSBefore Season 3 debuts on CBS All Access (October 15), the drama’s first year boldly goes to CBS for a full…1 min
TV Guide Magazine|September 14, 2020CROSSWORDACROSS1 Cash devices (abbr.)5 That girl8 Pokey12 Dennis the Menace, for one13 Queen of the South channel14 The Daily Show host15 Pylon16 Jeannie of Holey Moley17 Poker payment18 2008–12 Mary McCormack series (3 wds.)21 Diner owner on 2 Broke Girls22 Dallas actress Barbara ____ Geddes23 Pepé ____ (2 wds.)26 Write quickly27 Courage the Cowardly ____30 Growing Pains star Thicke31 ____ and Chicken32 We Got It ____33 Smidgen34 Dancing With ____ Stars35 Cheers actor George36 Homeland agency (abbr.)37 Danson of The Good Place38 The National Eye Institute recommends the formula in this eye vitamin brand to help reduce the risk of AMD progression44 Easy victory45 Ignited46 Karate move48 Nina Kiri on The Handmaid’s Tale49 Longoria of Telenovela50 Assistant51 Intend52 Laura ____ Giacomo53 Plane crash drama that starred Josh HollowayDOWN1 The Rookie…2 min
TV Guide Magazine|September 14, 2020TOGETHER AGAINHOME IMPROVEMENT It’s Tool Time again! Sort of. Home Improvement’s Tim Allen and Richard Karn, who played Tim Taylor and Al Borland, respectively, on the 1991–99 ABC sitcom, are rejoining forces for Assembly Required, a 10-episode competition coming to History next year. Contestants will rebuild common household items, trying to, yes, improve them. The duo, who cohost and judge, will also dig into the products’ history. Says Allen: “I’ve created a show to remind people of the satisfaction and pride that comes from rebuilding something on their own.”THE WEST WING “#TheWestWing team is getting back on the field!” Rob Lowe excitedly tweeted in late August. President Bartlet (Martin Sheen) and his staff will reunite in October for a theatrical performance of the NBC drama’s 2002 episode “Hatsfield’s Landing,” which is…2 min
TV Guide Magazine|September 14, 2020The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight ShowDOCUMENTARY PREMIEREThursday, Sept. 10, PeacockHEEERE’S… HARRY! Over five February nights in the historically turbulent year of 1968, singer-actoractivist Harry Belafonte sat in Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show chair to guesthost episodes with a personally curated guest list, potently mixing an agenda of racial awareness with entertainment.“I wanted to bring a political dimension to the evening that was not quite the Tonight Show thing,” Belafonte, now 93, recalls in a fascinating documentary that places this revolutionary but largely forgotten experiment in its cultural context. His lineup emphasized Black stars, including Sidney Poitier, Aretha Franklin, Lena Horne, Bill Cosby, Diahann Carroll, Dionne Warwick and George Kirby. But it was his decision to bring on a relaxed Martin Luther King Jr. and enlightened future presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, just months before their tragic…1 min
TV Guide Magazine|September 14, 2020COSTUME PARTYThe Masked SingerSEASON PREMIEREWednesday, Sept. 23, 8/7c, FoxTHE WHOLE THING seems way too silly to work: Stars disguised in elaborate but ridiculous getups (Llama! Taco! Astronaut!) belt out songs while a quartet of wise-cracking panelists—actor Ken Jeong, TV personality Jenny McCarthy and singers Nicole Scherzinger and Robin Thicke—plus an in-studio audience cast ballots for their favorite. “It’s unlike anything else on TV,” brags exec producer Craig Plestis.Which is why the show has been such a monster success: Season 3’s post–Super Bowl premiere pulled in nearly 24 million viewers, and this summer, TV GUIDE MAGAZINE readers named it their No. 1 reality competition in our Fan Favorites polls. While much of the fun comes from each episode’s climax—the lowest-rated singer is unmasked, revealing stars as varied as NFL player Rob Gronkowski…3 min
TV Guide Magazine|September 14, 2020WHAT’S WORTH WATCHING WEEK 1PICK OF THE WEEK!Wednesday, Sept. 16, 8/7c, CBSIT’S BEEN NEARLY two decades since Keith Urban, host of this year’s ACM Awards, took home his first trophy. “What I remember most is going back to the hotel and getting a fax slid under the door,” says 2001’s Top New Male Vocalist. “It was from Glen Campbell, who I’d never met: ‘Welcome to the award-winning world. You got it, kid. Glen.’” He still has that fax, and the 14 ACMs he’s earned since—including 2019 Entertainer of the Year. Here, Urban helps us preview 2020’s audience-free show, postponed from its traditional spring date in Las Vegas and held in Nashville for the first time.THREE LEGENDARY LOCATIONS The Grand Ole Opry House serves as the centerpiece for the telecast, but two other iconic venues…2 min
TV Guide Magazine|September 14, 2020WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 16ArcherSEASON PREMIERE10/9c, FXXThe more things change, the more Sterling Archer…doesn’t.Which is good news for longtime fans of this irreverent and stylishly animated spy comedy—but not so much for his exasperated fellow agents. They view the dashing yet arrogantly buffoonish James Bond wannabe as, says one, “a human disruption on the scale of an ice age.”When the zippy and zany 11th season opens, Archer (expertly voiced by H. Jon Benjamin) gets a chilly greeting upon awakening from a three-year coma—during which time the series flirted with dream-state genres including film noir and sci-fi. (Above: Archer’s “recently decoma-fied brain” is examined.) Now back to espionage, the gang has moved on and is doing just fine without him. There’s a “new, better” Cheryl (Judy Greer) taking part in missions, and even milquetoast Cyril…3 min
TV Guide Magazine|September 14, 2020SATURDAY, SEPT. 19Movie PickThe Invisible Man8/7c, HBOOut of sight…and out of his mind. After escaping from her abusive boyfriend (Oliver Jackson-Cohen), Cecilia Kass (Elisabeth Moss, left) tries to start anew. News of his suicide gives the Bay Area agoraphobe even more hope—but appearances can be deceiving. Make that nonappearances: Turns out the late optic scientist faked his death so he could terrorize Cecilia invisibly!Based on H.G. Wells’ 1897 novel (and the 1933 Claude Rains horror film), this tense thriller from earlier this year is a smart update with a terrific cast. And it boasts more than a few scares that you definitely won’t see coming.Secret Life of a Celebrity SurrogateMOVIE PREMIERE8/7c, LifetimeThe mother of all nightmares! After signing on to be the surrogate for Hollywood megastar Ava Von Richter (Brianne Davis) and…2 min
TV Guide Magazine|September 14, 2020prime videoUTOPIASERIES PREMIEREFRIDAY, SEPT. 25SERIES PREMIERE FRIDAY, SEPT. 25Shadowy conspiracies, a national pandemic and…comic books? It’s definitely a strange world in this grisly thriller from writer Gillian Flynn (Sharp Objects). And that world may actually be coming to an end. Adapted from the 2013–14 British series of the same name, the intricately plotted tale centers on what Flynn calls “a ragtag group of unlikely heroes” (including, above, from left, Jessica Rothe, Ashleigh LaThrop, Dan Byrd and Desmin Borges) who meet up at a fan convention. They’re out to acquire the recently discovered sequel to a legendary comic book that’s rumored to contain clues to a looming, devastating virus. But what they soon realize is that the messages buried within reveal far worse than what they ever could have anticipated.At the same…2 min
TV Guide Magazine|September 14, 2020SERIES, SPECIALS AND DOCUMENTARIESNewly AvailableBorgenSeasons 1–3The acclaimed political drama from Denmark tracks the rise of Birgitte Nyborg Christensen (Sidse Babett Knudsen), a centrist politician who becomes the country’s first female prime minister.GreenleafSeason 5Since Harmony and Hope Ministries has taken over their Calvary church, the fractured Greenleaf family plot a path ahead on the final season of the OWN drama. Can they build a new place of worship?My Octopus TeacherNew DocumentaryAnd now for something completely different: A South African diver visits an octopus’ den and develops an unlikely friendship. “We are very similar,” he says. Hmmm.Tuesday, Sept. 15America’s Book of SecretsSeason 2History’s must-see investigative series tackles topics like the origins of the Mafia.Pawn StarsSeason 2The long-running reality show set at a Las Vegas pawn shop follows the owners and employees as they come across…3 min
TV Guide Magazine|September 14, 2020FRIDAY, SEPT. 25MOVIES10:03am/Flaming Star 9:03c (1960) Retroplex1:35/12:35c Cast Away (2000) HBO Signature4:30/3:30c Village of the Damned (1960) TCM5:41/4:41c A Beautiful Mind (2001) Starz Cinema6:10c/5:10c Frozen (2013) Disney Channel7/6c Brave (2012) Freeform8/7c Captain America: Civil War (2016) TNT8/7c Grease (1978) Pop TV8/7c A Quiet Place (2018) Epix9/8c John Wick (2014) IFC10:15/9:15c Die Hard (1988) HBO211:30/Papillon (1973) 10:30c RetroplexA Wilderness of ErrorSERIES PREMIERE 8/7c, FXEditors’ ChoiceIn the 41 years since former Fort Bragg Army surgeon Jeffrey MacDonald was convicted of murdering his pregnant wife, Colette, and their two daughters in 1970, the verdict has sparked heated debates across pop culture. Joe McGinniss’ damning 1983 bestseller Fatal Vision quickly became a hit TV miniseries. Now Errol Morris’ revisionist 2012 tome A Wilderness of Error has inspired this riveting five-part docuseries from Marc Smerling, Emmy-winning producer…2 min
TV Guide Magazine|September 14, 2020SUNDAY, SEPT. 27MOVIES7:30am/The Man Who 6:30c Understood Women (1959) FXM8:25am/Gangs of New 7:25c York (2002) HBO Zone8:49am/Capricorn One 7:49c (1978) OuterMax9am/8c Winchester ’73 (1950) Grit10am/9c True Grit (1969) Starz Encore11am/10c Fargo (1996) SundanceTV12:11/ 11:11am c and 9/8c The French Connection (1971) Starz Encore12:35/ 11:35am c The Way Back (2020) HBO Signature3:30/2:30c and 8/7c Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) Comedy Central4:30/3:30c Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) Epix5/4c and 10:05/ 9:05c Jurassic Park (1993) AMC5:30/4:30c Ant-Man and The Wasp (2018) TNT9:56/8:56c The Far Country (1955) Retroplex11/10c The Dark Knight Rises (2012) IFC1am/ midnight c It (2017) TBS2am/1c Black Orpheus (1959) TCMFOX’S ANIMATION DOMINATION RETURNS!Fox’s Sunday-night adult animation block is back with big guest stars, ambitious storylines and one long-awaited milestone. Here’s a peek at what’s to come in tonight’s season…3 min
TV Guide Magazine|September 14, 2020Record Visitors to YellowstoneViewers stampeded to the August 23 season finale of Paramount Network’s Yellowstone, lassoing in record ratings. The Western, which stars Kevin Costner (above), has grown steadily since its 2018 launch, and 5.2 million viewers tuned in to the (literally!) explosive third-season ender. Whether the draw has been intense family drama, the conflict between good and evil, men (and women) on horseback or quiet competition from other summer series, this episode was the most watched scripted cable telecast of the year, up 84 percent from last year’s finale. No surprise, Season 4 is in the works.…1 min
TV Guide Magazine|September 14, 2020America’s Most Watched25 TOP SHOWSWatched Live1 60 Minutes CBS 7.22 America’s Got Talent (Tuesday) NBC 5.63 America’s Got Talent (Wednesday) NBC 5.1The Ticket: The First Interview ABC 5.15 America’s Funniest Home Videos ABC 4.76 NCIS CBS 4.67 Big Brother (Sunday) CBS 4.18 Blue Bloods CBS 4.09 Big Brother (Thursday) CBS 3.9Big Brother (Wednesday) CBS 3.911 NBA Playoffs: Los Angeles Lakers vs. Portland Trail Blazers ABC 3.8The Lakers beat the Trail Blazers 116–108 to win Game 3 of the series. The matchup also topped the week with viewers age 18–49 (1.7 million).12 The Neighborhood CBS 3.5FBI CBS 3.5Bob Abishola CBS 3.515 Magnum P.I. CBS 3.416 MacGyver CBS 3.117 2020 Democratic National Convention (Thursday) ABC 3.018 United We Fall ABC 2.8In the penultimate episode of Season 1, the family sitcom hit a series low, dropping more…1 min
TV Guide Magazine|September 14, 2020TransplantTuesdays, 10/9c, NBCI’VE WATCHED FIVE episodes of this solid medical drama from Canada and have yet to witness the first organ transplant. What Transplant is really about, and why it’s compelling, is the earnest struggle to implant a gifted Syrian refugee doctor, Bashir “Bash” Hamed (Hamza Haq)—he of the soulful dark eyes and empathetic bedside manner—into the bustling world of a Toronto hospital.Called “Dr. Instinct” for his war zone–honed triage skills in the ER, Bash deals with legal hurdles and traumatic memories of the world he left behind. (In the best episode to date, airing September 22, he juggles hospital duties with walking a medic in Syria through a tricky procedure by phone.) His unyielding mentor, well played by John Hannah, warns him, “I need you to be…sharper than everyone…1 min
TV Guide Magazine|September 14, 2020FAMILY FEUDFilthy RichSERIES PREMIEREMonday, Sept. 21, 9/8c, FoxTHEY SAY MONEY talks and true wealth whispers, but the Monreauxs of New Orleans must have missed that memo. The family members at the center of Filthy Rich aren’t above a showstopping spectacle to feed their healthy egos.To mark the 25th anniversary of their Sunshine Network, a Christian television station valued at $2.2 billion, matriarch Margaret (Sex and the City’s Kim Cattrall), host of the daytime show Wings of a Dove, is slowly lowered from the rafters on a pyrotechnic, winged platform to address her adoring in-studio and TV audience. “It had ‘heavenly’ written all over it,” Cattrall, says, adding that her character’s flashier moments always support a purpose: “She’s descending to celebrate all the accomplishments of her billionaire family business they built from…4 min
TV Guide Magazine|September 14, 2020MONDAY, SEPT. 14Judge Judy/Tamron Hall/The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSEASON PREMIERESSyndicated, check local listingsYour daytime favorites are back to chat, inform and, in Judge Judy’s case, not take any lip!Three’s Company3/2c, IFCDaytime PickCome and knock on their door… every Monday and Thursday on IFC. The 1977–84 farce about roommates Jack (the nimble John Ritter), Chrissy (Suzanne Somers) and Janet (Joyce DeWitt) joins the afternoon lineup.HAPPY HOOFING!Dancing With the StarsSEASON PREMIERE8/7c, ABCAfter a full year away, the competition pairing professional dancers with (usually) leftfooted celebrities cha-chas back onto your screen. What’s different? Supermodel Tyra Banks takes over from beloved Tom Bergeron as host. (Cohost Erin Andrews is also out.) As for the pros, two names are added, and vets Sharna Burgess and new dad Artem Chigvintsev each return.Halloween Baking ChampionshipSEASON PREMIERE9/8c, Food NetworkCarla Hall is…3 min
TV Guide Magazine|September 14, 2020THURSDAY, SEPT. 17MOVIES10am/9c Annihilation (2018) FXX10:40am/ 9:40c My Week With Marilyn (2011) Showtime Women1:30/12:30c The Revenant (2015) FX2:05/1:05c Escape From Alcatraz (1979) Epix8/7c Chisum (1970) Grit8/7c Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980) CMT8:30/7:30c Pretty Woman (1990) Freeform10/9c Magnificent Obsession (1954) TCM11/10c Steel Magnolias (1989) CMT3:15am/Young 2:15c Frankenstein (1974) Starz ComedyThe Bradshaw BunchSERIES PREMIERE 9/8c, E!Legendary quarterback and Fox NFL Sunday fixture Terry Bradshaw is getting personal. In this new reality series, the 72-year-old Hall of Famer, wife Tammy and adult daughters (from top left) Rachel, Lacey and Erin shelter at the family ranch, “800 acres of beautiful Oklahoma scenery with horses, cows, dogs—you name it,” Terry says. (Also two grandbabies!) Everything from boob jobs to BBQ is fair game on what he promises will be a relatable and real depiction of “uninterrupted time” together.…1 min
TV Guide Magazine|September 14, 2020huluTRUST MESEASONS 1 AND 2AVAILABLE NOWPaging all suspense junkies! Both seasons of this medical anthology feature different casts, stories and settings, but they share one common thread: tales of medical misdeeds and mysteries in Scotland that will raise your resting heart rate. Here’s why you need to check it out.1 Jodie Whittaker’s standout performance in Season 1. Skilled, compassionate nurse Cath Hardacre loses her job, so she steals the identity of a retiring doctor friend and finds work in a new town. Whittaker so well captures Cath’s concern for her patients (love that Botox-free crease between her eyes!) that you root for her even as suspicions (quite rightly) build up.THREE REASONS TO BINGE2 The Rear Window vibe in Season 2. Paraplegic soldier Jamie McCain (Alfred Enoch) is in a Glasgow…1 min
TV Guide Magazine|September 14, 2020WHAT’S WORTH WATCHING WEEK 2PICK OF THE WEEK!FargoSEASON PREMIERE Sunday, Sept. 27, 10/9c, FXKANSAS CITY, MISSOURI: The year is 1950, and the leaders of two rival crime syndicates are eager to establish a cease-fire in their struggle for control of the city’s underworld. They strike a grim bargain, each sending his youngest son to be raised by the other in a sort of voluntary hostage situation. This being Fargo—creator Noah Hawley’s darkly funny anthology series, loosely inspired by the Coen Brothers’ 1996 film—you can probably guess how well that works out. But it’ll be the last thing you’re able to predict.The idea of that bizarre son swap—which occurs between Black entrepreneur Loy Cannon (Chris Rock, left) and the Italian-American Fadda family—sparked Hawley’s vision for the long-awaited fourth season. It’s the origin story of America,…2 min
TV Guide Magazine|September 14, 2020WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 23I Can See Your VoiceSERIES PREMIERE9/8c, FoxThe Masked Singer’s Ken Jeong hosts this game show: With the help of a celebrity panel, a contestant uses interrogation and lip-synch challenges to guess—and weed out—bad singers from a group of six “secret voices.” Cash is earned or lost each round when the eliminated voice finally sings. The last reveal comes in a duet with the week’s musician panelist (tonight: Nick Lachey).CoronerSEASON FINALE9/8c, The CWThere are big payoffs for fans of smart, dedicated Toronto coroner Dr. Jenny Cooper (Serinda Swan, below), including answers about the childhood death of her sister and army vet Liam (Éric Bruneau) picking a not-so-great moment to reveal his feelings for her.THE BREAKING POINT!Marrying MillionsMIDSEASON FINALE10/9c, LifetimeSeason 2 of the reality hit, about financially mismatched couples, presses pause… but…3 min
TV Guide Magazine|September 14, 2020SATURDAY, SEPT. 26Movie PickJust Mercy8/7c, HBOBased on attorney Bryan Stevenson’s powerful memoir about his decades working to overturn wrongful convictions for death-row inmates, this stirring 2019 drama stars Michael B. Jordan (Creed) as a young, idealistic Stevenson, newly graduated from Harvard in the late 1980s. After founding the Equal Justice Initiative, the impassioned lawyer interviews prisoners in Alabama—despite the disapproval of local authorities.In his search for people in need, Stevenson comes across Walter McMillian (Jamie Foxx, above right, with Jordan), convicted of murdering an 18-year-old girl even though substantial evidence proves his innocence. Facing resistance from the prosecutor (Rafe Spall), Stevenson devotes himself to fixing this miscarriage of justice. But it’s a wrong that will take years—and a ruling from the Alabama Supreme Court—to make right.The Kitchen11am/10c, Food NetworkFamily adds an extra…3 min
TV Guide Magazine|September 14, 2020HOROSCOPEVIRGO (Aug. 23–Sept. 22) The new moon brings good vibes, and guess which sign it’s in right now? Yours, Virgo! Use it to decide how you want your life to look in the next 12 months. If you’ve been feeling shaky or worried, you should feel more secure.SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22–Dec. 21)Sagittarians have a reputation for being freewheeling adventurers, but you have grounded ambitions too! Expect professional opportunities to open up. The best thing to do is devise a strategy for getting what you want.PISCES (Feb. 19–March 20)Your love zone is getting some attention, heralding a time when you can expect new relationships to flourish, including romantic ones for single Pisces. If you’re open to love, decide what you want in romance and go after it.GEMINI (May 21–June 20)It’s time to…3 min
