Innholdsfortegnelse for March 27, 2023 i TV Guide Magazine

@TVGMMattRoush I recently watched the trailer for Hulu’s new dramedy UnPrisoned. I do not get why this show isn’t on ABC. It would be on Hulu (majority owned by Disney) hours later anyway. It has a beloved big star (Kerry Washington, previously on ABC’s Scandal) in what looks like a unique family comedy (about a single mom whose career-criminal dad moves in after he’s released from prison). —Marc MATT ROUSH: Fair question. While Onyx Collective (the brand producing this series) is developing shows primarily for streamers including Hulu and Disney+, this raises the larger issue of how a company decides which show goes where, and there’s no doubt these corporations are favoring their streaming platforms at the expense of their legacy broadcast networks, often leaving them high and dry when it…

John Stamos The actor says he learned all from playing troubled teen Blackie Parrish (1982–84). “Without General Hospital, I wouldn’t be talking to you,” Stamos told us in 2021. Demi Moore Later to star in blockbusters like Ghost and A Few Good Men, the actress was 19 when she joined as scrappy journalist Jackie Templeton (1982–84). Rick Springfield Patients felt instantly perkier when dreamy Dr. Noah Drake came to their bedsides during the reallife rocker’s stints from 1981 to 1983, 2005 to 2008, 2012 and 2013. Ricky Martin He wasn’t yet livin’ la vida loca, but the thenshaggy-maned Puerto Rican actor and singer made our knees weak as smoldering bartender Miguel Morez from 1994 to 1996. Mark Hamill Prior to swinging a lightsaber as Star Wars hero Luke Skywalker, Hamill…

The Ten Commandments 7/6c, ABC Thou shalt not miss this perennial Easter favorite, which ranks among Hollywood’s most majestic biblical dramas. It’s ostensibly the tale of Moses’ (Charlton Heston, above) rise from babe in a basket on the Nile to staff-wielding prophet of the Lord who led his people out of slavery. But Cecil B. DeMille’s 1956 magnum opus also has set pieces galore, from every battle between Moses and Rameses II (Yul Brynner) and the awful final plague visited upon Egypt to a parting of the Red Sea that won a Special Effects Oscar. Elvira’s Movie Macabre 3/2c, Comet For April Fools’ Day, the Mistress of the Dark offers films both hilariously bad and scary. Enjoy the furry-faced antics of Dean Stockwell in 1973’s somewhat intentionally comic horror flick…

Finding Your Roots SEASON FINALE 8/7c, PBS (check local listings at pbs.org) As this investigative genealogy series wraps up Season 9, actors Tamera Mowry-Housley (above, Sister, Sister; The Real) and Billy Crudup (The Morning Show, Hello Tomorrow!) each receive their “book of life” from host Henry Louis Gates Jr. and discover surprising ancestors they don’t know about. Crudup’s family tree includes a slave owner and a North Carolina state legislator. Mowry-Housley’s roots are traced to a Bahamian slave revolt, the Mayflower voyage and the first Thanksgiving! American Auto 8:30/7:30c, NBC Tonight on the sitcom: Divorce’s emotional impact leads Payne Motors CEO Katherine (Ana Gasteyer) to a head-on collision with product-design chief Cyrus (Michael Benjamin Washington). The Sun Queen 9/8c, PBS (check local listings at pbs.org) “It is the things supposed…

2nd Chance 8/7c, Showtime Movie Pick Ex–pizza man Richard Davis shot himself 192 times to prove the worth of his bulletproof vests. But then a police officer died while wearing one. This 2022 doc exposes Davis’ reckless side. Gold Rush: Parker’s Trail SEASON PREMIERE 9/8c, Discovery Ambitious Parker Schnabel’s next stop in his global quest for gold? Peru, where he and his hardy crew work with a miner who shares extraction strategies passed down by the Incas, following in the legendary people’s footsteps. Blue Bloods 10/9, CBS There’s lots for the family to take on as Frank (Tom Selleck) handles a “dream team” problem while Erin (Bridget Moynahan) searches for the online attacker of DA Crawford (Roslyn Ruff). Meanwhile, Jamie (Will Estes) and Danny (Donnie Wahlberg) investigate a carjacking ring.…

ACROSS 1 You ____ Your Life4 1976–77 sitcom ____ Fair8 Symbol on a musical staff12 Paddle13 Food plan on The Biggest Loser14 ____ Gun—Will Travel15 ____ You the One?16 Ballers actor ____ Benson Miller17 Very enthusiastic18 The Mandalorian star (2 wds.)21 Drop-____: visitors22 Originally known as23 M*A*S*H and The West Wing actor Alan26 Group for Tiger Woods (abbr.)27 Clothing label30 He & She actress (2 wds.)34 ____ on Hollywood35 ____ City Blues36 The Traitors host Cumming37 That woman38 Ready to go40 Mia Farrow soap opera (2 wds.)45 Model Delevingne46 Artist Salvador47 The ____ Couple49 Stepped down50 Rolling ____: rich (2 wds.)51 ____ to Me52 What Mr. Roper collected on Three’s Company53 Actress Blanchett54 Moray DOWN 1 Constricting snake2 Wyatt ____3 One ____ Hill4 Decorate5 Long cars6 Quantum ____7 Star Trek: ____ New Worlds8 Gossip Girl’s Crawford9 Volcanic flow10 Ash vs ____ Dead11 Nourished19…

Our second issue of TV INSIDER is on newsstands now! Peacock’s Poker Face (with our April cover star, Natasha Lyonne) is one of the most popular new streaming shows, and it owes some success to Columbo, a classic from five decades ago. The ’70s hit—featured on The NBC Mystery Movie with Banacek, McCloud, The Snoop Sisters, McMillan & Wife, Quincy, M.E. and more—showcased Peter Falk as a rumpled police lieutenant who always got his man. As with Columbo, criminals underestimate Lyonne’s Charlie Cale. Her gift is knowing instantly when someone is lying—but her shaggy hair and thrift-store style, not to mention a throaty lounge singer’s voice, disarm the killer every time. Poker Face is just one streaming murder mystery taking top billing on TV. We also love Only Murders in…

@TVGMMattRoush Up Here SERIES PREMIERE Friday, March 24, Hulu I’M A SUCKER for musicals, but despite some very catchy tunes and the considerable charms of its adorable leads, there were times I wanted to beg Up Here to unplug the jukebox in their heads. This eight-part rom-com, based on a 2015 stage musical by the award-winning team of Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez (Frozen, WandaVision), is saddled with an off-putting gimmick. Both Lindsay (Parenthood’s Mae Whitman), a would-be writer who fled her dull fiancé in Vermont to discover herself in New York, and Miguel (The Flash’s Carlos Valdes), a love-shy fledgling investment analyst who would rather design video games, are constantly besieged by inner voices, a wet-blanket Greek chorus of nagging parents and obnoxiously scornful observers. Our heroes know they’re…

Retro Picks As you say goodbye to the retro Decades network after nearly eight years, expect your frown to turn—you guessed it—upside down: Starting today, the channel adopts a new name, Catchy Comedy, and switches to an all-laughs lineup. The rebranding allows for the addition of several favorites, including Laverne & Shirley (above right), Rhoda (above left), Full House and The Brady Bunch. Weekday afternoons are all about femaleled hoots such as The Carol Burnett Show, I Love Lucy, The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Mama’s Family, while evenings celebrate the great Norman Lear’s catalog of thought-provoking sitcoms. Starting at 6/5c, the rundown offers double doses of Good Times, Sanford and Son and All in the Family. The evening shift launches at 9/8c, delivering hourlong blocks of new arrival Night…

Law & Order: SVU 9/8c, NBC Det. Grace Muncy is a good cop who handles rape survivors with empathy. But SVU’s newest member (Molly Burnett, above) is also a tough nut with, as Burnett puts it, “anger issues.” Her protective shell cracks a bit tonight after Captain Benson (Mariska Hargitay) has Muncy’s younger brother, Teddy (Michael Trotter), brought in as a person of interest on a case in which women are drugged and delivered to men who pay to sexually abuse them. When Benson orders Muncy not to talk to Teddy, “she freaks out,” the actress reveals. “She’s incredibly loyal to her brother.” She’s also loyal to colleague Joe Velasco (Octavio Pisano), making it infuriating for her to work this investigation with on-loan officer Tonie Churlish (Jasmine Batchelor): Muncy hasn’t…

Not Dead Yet 9:30/8:30c, ABC SCENE STEALER LAUREN ASH SHE PLAYS Rich kid Lexi Rhodes, who was recently appointed editor of her dad’s newspaper, the SoCal Independent. “She has no prior knowledge of running a business and gets zero guidance. A lot of her issues come from a constant attempt—and defeat—in trying to make her father [who has yet to appear on the show] proud,” says Ash. Lexi spews vitriol at her staff, including obit writer Nell Serrano (Gina Rodriguez), and is hilariously out of touch with regular life; she mistakes a BOGO coupon as a promo for a new restaurant. WHERE YOU’VE SEEN HER As another difficult boss, strict assistant manager and fan-favorite Dina Fox on all six seasons of Superstore. “Lexi is so different from Dina, but some…

The Portable Door MOVIE PREMIERE 8/7c, MGM+ “Harry Potter meets The Office” is how exec producer Lisa Henson describes this family-friendly fantasy-adventure movie based on Tom Holt’s popular comic novel. New interns Paul (Patrick Gibson) and Sophie (Sophie Wilde) have no idea what their mysterious firm J.W. Wells & Co. does until CEO—and wizard!—Humphrey Wells and his right-hand goblin Dennis Tanner (Christoph Waltz and Sam Neill, above, from left) ask Paul to locate the Portable Door that can take the opener anywhere they want. Paul and Sophie quickly learn “that the company is a purveyor of [manipulative] magic,” Henson says, and that they have their own latent magical powers. They embark on a quest not only to locate the door, but to hide it from the devious Wells and save…

@damianholbrook Cheers to The Winchesters’ topnotch cameos. The CW’s Supernatural prequel wrapped up Season 1 with a banging list of O.G. guest stars including Jensen Ackles, Jim Beaver and Alexander Calvert. Their visits were almost as surprising as the alt-universe twist! Cheers to The Voice for bringing fun, if not fame. So what if NBC’s crooning competition has yet to launch a huge star? The winning energy among this season’s judges (from left) Niall Horan, Blake Shelton, Kelly Clarkson and Chance the Rapper has us singing its praises more than ever. Cheers to 9-1-1: Lone Star for Paul’s slowburning character development. The Fox show’s unfolding of the firefighter’s (Brian Michael Smith) backstory was worth the wait and we’re rooting for him as he makes sparks with Asha (Amanda Payton). Cheers to The Mandalorian for recruiting an…

Smart Watch If you have 30 minutes, catch this premiere Ultra-patriotic agent Stan Smith (Seth MacFarlane) is back for an 18th year of American Dad. This season the animated show’s guest voices include Jason Alexander and Pete Davidson. Monday, March 27, TBS, 10/9c If you have a free hour, watch this new series Before Sandy, Frenchy, Marty, Jan and Rizzo, there was a different Rydell High girl gang—and Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies chronicles their (musical) rise to notoriety. Thursday, April 6, Paramount+ If you have a free night, tune in to this film Witness the historic start of the beloved puzzle-based game as Rocketman’s Taron Egerton takes on the role of video game salesman and entrepreneur Henk Rogers in Tetris, Friday, March 31, Apple TV+ If you have…

Wednesday, March 29 Wellmania ORIGINAL COMEDY A hard-partying Aussie food writer turns a health scare into the ultimate wellness crusade. Thursday, April 6 Beef ORIGINAL COMEDY Road rage gets outrageous for two Angelenos (Steven Yeun and Ali Wong) who can’t let one near miss in a parking lot go. Friday, March 31 The Power ORIGINAL DRAMA Starring Toni Collette and John Leguizamo, this series has a fascinating sci-fi premise: teen girls with the ability to control electric currents. Newly Available Restaurants at the End of the World NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC REALITY SERIES Top Chef winner Kristen Kish tries delights from the most remote restaurants imaginable—such as a floating eatery in Brazil! Wednesday, April 5 The Crossover ORIGINAL DRAMA A look at 10 years in the lives of basketball-loving brothers who face…

Homestead Rescue 8/7c, Discovery Survival pro Marty Raney (below) and his kids Misty and Matt visit Washington State this week to aid a pair of green homesteaders. Seems their A-frame rates an F (for “fallen down”) and their readiness for winter in terms of crops and livestock isn’t much better. LOOK! A CLUE IN TRIPLICATE! The Rookie: Feds 9/8c, ABC Leave it to Simone Clark (Niecy Nash-Betts) to make even paperwork exciting! While taking inventory of the office files, the newbie agent uncovers a series of deaths that trigger an investigation into a possible high-profile culprit. Renovation 911 SERIES PREMIERE 9/8c, HGTV There’s no job too small for Minneapolis-based emergency restoration experts Lindsey Uselding and Kirsten Meehan. The sisters fix property disasters caused by storm or fire… but also washing…

MONDAY, APRIL 3 Adam-12 11/10c and 11:30/10:30c, FETV Retro Pick Long before TV dramas were “ripped from the headlines,” Adam-12 gave us hard-hitting plots based on real crimes. (Episodes ended with this famous footnote: “The names were changed to protect the innocent.”) Cocreated by Jack Webb of Dragnet fame, the L.A.-set police procedural joins FETV tonight. Two eps air daily right after Webb’s subsequent hit, paramedics ride-along series Emergency! All seven seasons (1968–75) of Adam-12 run in order, with (above, from left) Kent McCord as Rampart Division rookie Jim Reed and Martin Milner as his partner and mentor Pete Malloy. 10-4! We’re on our way. Quantum Leap SEASON FINALE 10/9c, NBC The program’s future is in jeopardy unless time jumper Ben Song (Raymond Lee) and allies back in the present…