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Killing Reagan
NatGeo telepic recalls
a dark fall before a
presidential rise
Find out how Nick Nolte
digs out of his political
Graves
Time Travel
Psychic Vampires
& a Kitten!
Dirk Gently’s
Holistic Detective
Agency
folio
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Victoria
Justice
stars in
The Rocky
Horror Picture
Show: Let’s Do
the Time
Warp Again
Inside the remake of
a cult classic
Insider’s
Review
on the third
Bridget Jones
movie
contents
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What’s
HOT this
Week!
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12-13 NatGeo’s “Killing Reagan” is based on the Bill O’Reilly
book about the events leading up to the 1980 attempt on the life
of the then-chief executive. George Dickie headed to Atlanta to
watch the filming and speak to the movie’s stars: Tim Matheson
(Ronald Reagan), Cynthia Nixon (Nancy Reagan) and Kyle S.
More (John Hinckley).
3
A movie that defines “cult
classic” gets a remake as
Fox airs “The Rocky Horror
Picture Show: Let’s Do the
Time Warp Again” Thursday.
Two of the original film’s
talents who have returned
— co-star Tim Curry and
producer Lou Adler — and
the new version’s actors
Ryan McCartan and Victoria
Justice tell Jay Bobbin
about restaging the offbeat
saga of Brad, Janet and Dr.
Frank-N-Furter.
14-15 This new limited series isn’t a literal translation of
the cult British comic novel, but it’s the sort of thing its beloved
author, Douglas Adams, would have loved with its breathlessly
paced story of a self-styled gumshoe (Samuel Barnett, “History
Boys”) who takes an oddball approach to solving mysteries.
Barnett talks with John Crook about the challenges of keeping a
character grounded in a fictional world of time travelers, holistic
assassins and kitten-sharks.
17 Nick Nolte stars as a former U.S. president who has
an epiphany and sets about righting all the wrongs his
administration committed while he was in office in the new EPIX
comedy series “Graves.” Nolte and Joshua Michael Stern discuss
how the character of the Republican chief executive is actually of
presidents from both sides of the political spectrum.
CELEBRITY
4 From ‘Battlestar Galactica’ to
‘Lucifer,’ fantasy follows Tricia Helfer
5 A different kind of doctor this time:
Hugh Laurie returns in ‘Chance’
6 ‘Divorce’ Thomas Haden Church’s ‘61
Cheval Blanc might be peaking right now
8 ‘Odd Couple’ Why Lindsay Sloane
Leikin embraces her neurotic character
9 British Baker and TV Personality
Loraine Pascale
REALITY
16 ‘Anthony Weiner’comes to
Showtime as profile of controversial
politician premieres
SPORTS
18-19 NIck Bosa part of a family
traditoin of football
MOVIES
20-21 Theatrical Review, and Our top
DVD releases
IN EVERY ISSUE
FOOD
7 ‘My Drunk Kitchen’ Hannah Hart
cooks, drinks and is merry
22-23 Our top suggested programs
to watch this week!
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CONTRIBUTING Staff
Managing Editor: Michelle Wilson
Writers: Jay Bobbin, George Dickie, John Crook, Dan Ladd
Magazine Design: Nicolle Burton
Quality: Chris Browne
STORY
Fox does the ‘Time Warp Again’ with new ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’
Thursday on Fox
By Jay Bobbin
Thanks to a history-acknowledging
conceit, a new version of “The
Rocky Horror Picture Show” won’t
make you feel like you’re in a
time warp.
you really feel you can try anything. I
remember quite a lot of the original
film, as it was my first movie. It
was fun, though, to do it again.
I actually offered myself as
Dr. von Scott (now played by
veteran talent Ben Vereen),
because I was already in
a wheelchair (following a
stroke several years ago).
They thought the narrator
was a better fit, and I
enjoyed it a lot.”
The original, stage-showinspired 1975 film has
gotten a workout on cable
lately, but Fox debuts a new
version Thursday, Oct. 20.
Not a live production but a
movie, it doesn’t pretend
the earlier rendering doesn’t
exist, since – in a direct
reference to the first picture’s
cult-classic status – an
audience is shown on screen
watching the remake, and actively
participating with such “Rocky
Horror” essentials as water pistols,
toilet paper and rice as it unspools.
Pictured: Ryan
McCartan
The new “Rocky Horror”
cast also includes Christina
Milian, “American Idol” alum
Adam Lambert, Annaleigh
Ashford (“Masters of Sex”), Ivy
Levan, Reeve Carney (“Penny
Dreadful”) and Staz Nair (“Game of
Thrones”).
Justice recalls first seeing the original movie,
conceived by Richard O’Brien (who also played Riff
Raff, now Carney’s role) and Jim Sharman, “when I was in
fifth grade. And then, I went to my first midnight showing
when I was 15 ... with my mom, actually, and a couple of
close friends of mine and their moms. And I just remember
I’d never seen anything like it before in my life.
The update includes a couple of vital returnees:
producer Lou Adler and co-star Tim Curry, alias
Dr. Frank-N-Furter the first time and now the tale’s
narrating Criminologist. Laverne Cox (“Orange Is the
New Black”) succeeds Curry as the offbeat scientist,
with Ryan McCartan (“Liv and Maddie”) and Victoria
Justice (“Victorious”) following Barry Bostwick and Susan
Sarandon as straitlaced couple Brad and Janet, stranded
at a castle during a Transylvanian convention.
“’Rocky Horror” always, in my particular case, had a mind
of its own,“ Adler maintains. ”It sounds a little corny, but I
waited for it – which is, basically, the fans – to tell us what
we do next. We started doing this television idea quite a
while ago, and I guess it just wasn’t the right time. Tim
came along and validated it by wanting to be in it, and
Kenny (Ortega, the remake’s director) came along and
could direct it to take it to another place, always keeping
the fans in mind. My son, Cisco Adler, produced the
soundtrack. And what Kenny and I said in the beginning
was, ‘Be true to the original, but make it contemporary.’ “
Curry says he “loved being there” for the new round’s
filming: “Kenny runs a very not-easy set, but a set where
“I loved the music and I loved the campiness,” notes
Justice, “and just the color that the characters had and that
the whole story had. It really is so unique. When I went
to my first midnight showing, I remember wearing, like,
fishnets and I had a red feather boa and red lipstick and
I totally got into it. And it’s kind of just captivated me ever
since then.”
With the enduring legend of “The Rocky Horror Picture
Show,” McCartan allows, “This whole thing was very tricky
for us as actors. We had a full month’s rehearsal process
... not only to develop our characters, but also to make
sure we were all on the same page about paying homage,
rather than trying to trump or beat or best something that
we all loved so much. There were a lot of beasts that we
had to conquer.”
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CELEBRITY
Jay Bobbin’s Q&A
Tricia Helfer
of ‘Lucifer’ Monday on Fox
Now as Charlotte on “Lucifer,” and previously
in “Battlestar Galactica” and “Ascension,”
you’ve built a reputation as a fantasy-drama
staple. Have you always been a fan of the
genre?
I actually grew up without a television and saw
very few movies, so I’m a little bit ignorant when it
comes to a lot of pop culture and television shows
and so forth. But growing up, what I did see were
the “Star Treks” and “Star Wars.” Those were the
ones that we would actually make the trek, the
long trek to the movie theater to go see.
I think it’s an exciting genre and a genre that you
can have a lot of wonderment and “What if?” You
can pose questions about humanity and about
survival and everything like that, but also have fun
doing it.
So, you never saw television when you were
young?
I grew up on a farm, and we had to work. So,
we were out fixing farm machinery and driving
tractors ... although, they did get a TV when my
older sister started dating and the thing to do was
go to watch movies at people’s houses, so movie
night could be at our house.
How have you found being on “Lucifer”
so far?
Joining the cast has been an incredible
experience – a wonderful cast and crew, and
a really fun character. (Charlotte’s nature is)
revealed very quickly in the episodes, and it
certainly adds a comedic element. But also, it’s a
challenge for me in the way of going, “OK, here’s
my sons,” and looking them in the eye.
There’s a lot of miscommunication between
mother and sons, on both sides, and each
parent has their own relationship with each child.
My relationship with Amenadiel (played by DB
Woodside) is different than my relationship with
Lucifer (Tom Ellis), so finding that common ground
and finding how to be their motherly figure with
all that’s going on and in their thousands of years
of history, it’s been a lot of fun. She’s a layered
character.
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CELEBRITY
Jay Bobbin’s Q&A
HughLaurie
of ‘Chance’ Wednesday on Hulu
How did you approach your role in “Chance” as
a neuropsychiatrist who feels he’s failed at his
profession?
My father was a doctor, a general practitioner ... and
I remember very clearly, at Christmas or at various
times of the year, there would be gifts from grateful
patients. Someone would knit him a pair of socks
or there would be a bottle of wine (with a note such
as,) “Dear Doctor: Thank you for lancing my boil,” or
whatever it was. He did things and he made people’s
lives better, and people expressed gratitude for that.
In preparation for “Chance,” I spent some time with
a neuropsychiatrist in London, and I asked him
whether he kept in touch with patients, whether he
got Christmas cards. And he said, “Absolutely not.
Because the truth is, I don’t heal anybody. The best I
can do is manage incredibly damaged people. My job
is about trying to find the least bad option, and that’s
the best I can hope for. And nobody leaves my office
turning cartwheels, saying, ‘Thank God, I’m cured.’ It
doesn’t happen.”
Do you prefer the streaming-series model of
fewer episodes per season than what broadcast
television requires, which you know from
“House”?
Yes, I suppose so. I mean, it’s a pretty grueling
undertaking trying to do 24. In fact, fewer and fewer
people are actually doing it, certainly with a small
cast. It’s possibly something you can contemplate
when you’ve got a larger cast; you have more
elements to shuffle around. But I was just intrigued by
the notion of just telling a single story from A to Z in
these 10 episodes.
Generally speaking, the older form of television was
about the central characters kind of remaining the
same while the surrounding characters change, as
opposed to film where central characters transform.
But in this, we are doing something rather different, I
think. We are seeing – or should be seeing, if we get
it right – a genuine and rather profound transformation
of a number of characters who are unrecognizable at
the end from where they started. That’s more to do
with (the content), I think, than the volume of what we
are doing.
CELEBRITY
George Dickie’s Q&A
Thomas
Haden
Church
of ‘Divorce’ Sunday on
HBO
The snippets of wine information
scattered throughout “Sideways” are
quite accurate.
Well, (director) Alexander Payne – and I’m
putting this mildly – is a wine enthusiast. He did
a short film when he was at UCLA called “The
Passion of Martin,” which won a ton of awards,
and he got a grant from Universal Pictures ...
essentially a development deal, but he was a
grad student at UCLA. With that development
deal, they gave him like $100,000 to start
developing things and screenplays and what
not for Universal Pictures. And he told me it was
like the first time he’d ever had any money ... .
He immediately took ... $5,000 of that $100,000
to create his first wine cellar, like his first wine
collection. Like, that was his priority in grad
school was to become a wine connoisseur.
Did he try to start a vineyard, too?
No, no, no. I wouldn’t put it past him at all to be
invested in a vineyard now. I would not at all put
that past him. I think he loves wine just as much
today as he did 25 years ago. ... He’s so smart
and he’s so research-oriented, I wouldn’t put that
past him for a minute.
Has he given you any wine?
You know, he did give me and Paul Giamatti
the ‘61 Cheval Blanc in the movie. He gave us
both a ‘61 Cheval Blanc. Mine’s at the ranch.
I hope it hasn’t gone bad. It might have. He
gave it to us in like a really decorative beautiful
box. ...
I have a little bit of a wine collection, just
over the years people have sent me wine,
largely because of “Sideways,” like Andrew
Murray and Sea Smoke ... . And I have a small
collection in a closet that’s at my ranch. But I
mean when people come and “Hey, you want
to try a wine from ‘Sideways’?” they usually
say yes.
FOOD
George Dickie’s What's for Dinner
Hart
has a good time drinking
and cooking on ‘My Drunk
Kitchen’
Hannah Hart, host of the YouTube hit “My Drunk Kitchen,” readily admits
she’s not a chef, she’s not much of a drinker and the recipes she prepares
on the show, well, they’re probably not hers.
But that’s not the point of the series, which has taken upward of 9 million
views since she made her first show on a lark in March 2011. The idea, the
29-year-old, comic, actress, author and web personality says, is to have fun
in the kitchen and bring the viewer along for the ride.
“In the house party of life, I always find myself in the kitchen,” Hart
explains. “It’s the room I feel most comfortable in and I like being in the kitchen, especially if you’re at a house party and
everybody is drinking and dancing and you want some quiet time and you just want to like talk to somebody and have a
conversation without shouting. Usually in the kitchen is where you find it.”
A typical “Drunk Kitchen” episode runs five to seven minutes and captures Hart in the kitchen of her Los Angeles-area
apartment, preparing dishes ranging from crepes, beer brats and deviled eggs to sriracha chicken, eggplant parmesan
and even a Thanksgiving turkey. She shoots the videos alone – no camera or lights people required – and her talk to the
camera is pure improv. Each video, she says, usually takes one hour to shoot and four to edit.
Occasionally a friend will stop by and Hart may press them into duty, on or off screen. There also will be the odd
celebrity guest, which in the past have included Sarah Silverman, Mary-Louise Parker, Lance Bass, Jamie Oliver and,
this past summer, Seth Rogen, with whom she did a sausage party to promote his movie “Sausage Party.”
And then of course, there is the drinking. Hart admits an affinity for single malt scotch but on camera her beverage of
choice is wine or a vodka soda. In her videos, Hart appears a bit tipsy and silly but certainly not out-of-control drunk.
“I like to say about ‘My Drunk Kitchen’ I’m always exactly as drunk as I seem,” she says, “and so there are some
episodes where I was like, ‘hotchy motchy!’ and there are some episodes where like I’m just having a good time. I’m a
lightweight so it really doesn’t take much.”
What book are you currently
reading?
“My answer is twofold. I just
finished reading the final draft of
my second book. I’m just going
over it one more time. That’s called
‘Buffering: Unshared Tales of a
Life Fully Loaded.’ That’s more of
a memoir of my life and how it’s
gotten to this point. ... But the other
book I just finished reading is ‘10
Percent Happier’ by Dan Harris,
which is just a great book.”
What did
you have for
dinner last
night?
“To be honest,
I think I just
had bread and
cheese.”
What is
your next
project?
“Currently,
I’m working
on ... a TV
show for Food
Network, and
promoting
my new book
‘Buffering’
later this fall.”
When was your last vacation, where
and why?
“It’s hard to say ‘vacation.’ I took a
weekend, I took four days and I went to
Maui and I made a couple of videos while
I was there. It was definitely amazing and
awesome. But I just have a really hard
time not making something, just because I
love to create. But yeah, four days in Maui
and it was the best.”
CELEBRITY
George Dickie’s Celebrity ScooP
Lindsay
Sloane
As an actress and a native New Yorker, Lindsay Sloane
didn’t have too much of a problem dialing into the
neurotic mind-set of her character Emily on CBS’ reboot
of “The Odd Couple.”
In fact, she embraced the role.
“I’ve known Matthew (Perry, her co-star and the series’
executive producer) for years and he actually wrote this
part for me, which I was so flattered,” the Long Islandborn, Southern California-raised Sloane says. “And then
I read it and realized that Matthew thinks that I’m a crazy
person.
“But look, I think that the beauty of Emily is that she
always kind of looks at the brighter side of life and I’m
not necessarily that way all the time,” she continues.
“And she’s crazy and neurotic but she is always positive
and always hopeful and always kind of loving, which is
something that I really admire about her.”
“The Odd Couple,” which opens its third season Monday,
Oct. 17, is just the latest in a long line of TV roles for the
39-year-old Sloane, who at 14 landed her first recurring
role as Kevin’s unhinged love interest in “The Wonder
Years,” then moved on to regular or recurring work
in such series as “Sabrina, the Teenage Witch,” “Mr.
Rhodes,” “That ‘70s Show,” “Grosse Pointe,” “Weeds” and
“Playing House.” She’s worked regularly for the last 25
years and is proud she never had to take a job her heart
wasn’t into. And she owes it all to “The Wonder Years.”
“It really set the bar very high for when I started ...,”
Sloane says. “But I really tried to maintain that I only
do jobs that I love, whether it’s because someone is
involved that I love or I love the character or I love the
script. I really don’t ever want to be in a position in life
where I have to take something just because I need to
work or I’m desperate because of that. Because when
you do experience something so perfect as ‘The Wonder
Years,’ you live your life trying to strive for that the rest of
your career.”
CELEBRITY
CelebritY profile
Lorraine Pascale
- Born Nov. 17, 1972, in Hackney, East London, in the U.K., she
was put up for adoption as a baby.
- A highly successful fashion model in the ‘90s, she fronted
campaigns for brands including Versace, Donna Karan, Katherine
Hamnett and The Gap. She was the first British black model on
the cover of American Elle and also worked regularly with Kate
Moss, Christy Turlington and Naomi Campbell.
- She appeared in a Haagen-Dazs commercial and starred as a
Bond girl in Robbie Williams’s “Millennium” video.
- In 1996, she gave birth to her daughter, Ella.
- At the start of 2000, encouraged by the self-help book “What
Color is Your Parachute?,” she experimented with careers. After
exploring a few different fields, she decided to pursue her longterm passion for cooking.
Lorraine Pascale is a former model, chef,
best-selling author and TV personality who
can currently be seen on Food Network’s
“Worst Bakers in America.”
- She enrolled in Leith’s Diploma of Food and Wine course,
and learned about every aspect of food. Following that she
went for a degree at University of West London (then called
Thames Valley University) in culinary arts management –
Patisserie. She graduated with a first class honors degree,
summa cum laude.
- Her break came when she was put in touch with
Selfridges’ food director and commissioned to make 250
Christmas cakes.
- In 2009 she started Ella’s Bakehouse, pioneering mojito
cupcakes and even a limoncello one.
- In 2011, she published her very successful first
cookbook, “Baking Made Easy,” as well as a TV tie-in
series with BBC television. She has since appeared on
numerous BBC, Cooking Channel and Food Network
shows.
- This month, she joined Duff Goldman as a co-host of the
new Food Network series “Worst Bakers in America.” In
the show they start off with 12 of the worst bakers and put
them through an intense baking boot camp, eliminating
contestants until only one is left standing.
- In addition to her TV series, she has authored six bestselling books and made a documentary, “Fostering &
Me,” in which she looked at her own experience of being
fostered as a child and the experiences of foster children.
- Among her charitable works, including those to do
with foster care, she is spearheading Sow and Grow, an
initiative in the U.K. that aims to get children cultivating
vegetables in pots and window boxes.
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CELEBRITY
“She kind of took me
in under her wing.
... She was a very
disciplined actress
and it was great
because she taught
me to be on time.
... You know, it’s be
on time and hit your
marks, know your
words and keep
your mouth shut and
you’ll go a long way.
And it’s always been
true.” – Lee Majors
of “Ash vs. Evil
Dead” on Starz, on
his former “The
Big Valley” co-star
Barbara Stanwyck
“I think my job is to be
as flexible as I can with
discovering new characters
and new storylines, and it
feels like an easy transition
when you have good material.
When you have material that
is strong enough, where the
character kind of ‘pings’ at
you from the page, then it’s
a matter of just inhabiting
a world that’s already been
formed for you. So it was a
very welcome challenge.”
— Hayley Atwell of
“Conviction” on ABC, about
tackling another series right
after “Marvel’s Agent Carter”
“We’re always constantly evolving and growing
and learning new things about ourselves …
so that’s how I handle Cookie. Just because
she’s a fictional character doesn’t mean she’s
‘got it.’ You know, she’s still growing.” – Taraji P.
Henson of “Empire” on Fox
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CELEBRITY
DVR
Do you ever wonder what the Celebs DVR?
we have the answers!
Kyle Busch of the Hollywood Casino 400 on NBC
“My wife and I, we like to watch ‘The Walking Dead.’ We’ve also got ‘Castle’
on there. We’ve got ‘The Blacklist’ on there. And the other one with Kevin
Bacon, ‘The Following.’ ”
Anthony Hopkins of “Westworld” on HBO
“If there’s a film I want to see again ... I’ve got several
DVRs. But ‘Spartacus’ (with) Kirk Douglas. I’ve got lists
of them on two or three different televisions. I’ve got
‘The Threepenny Opera,’ which is a gem from 1931. I
like old films.”
Judith Light of “Transparent” on Amazon
“I love my CNN, I really do. I’m a devotee, but
sometimes, I just want to watch something like ‘House
Hunters International’ or just watch people travel and
go places. But there are things I’m determined to
watch, like my darling Sarah Paulson doing ‘O.J.’ (‘The
People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story’).”
William Hurt of “Goliath” on Amazon
“Sometimes, I turn off all visual media, for long
periods. I don’t want to be addicted to it, and I don’t
want to be bombarded by it ... I want to consider it.”
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STORY
Sunday on
National
Geographic
Channel
Matheson, Nixon
make a convincing
first couple in
NatGeo’s
‘Killing Reagan’
By George Dickie
At first glance, Infinite Energy Center
in suburban Atlanta would seem
an unlikely filming location for a
presidential debate scene. But turn the
lights down in a conference room filled
with production equipment and up on
a podium sporting a presidential seal
and no one would be any the wiser.
It’s a hot early June afternoon in
North Georgia, where a production
crew is busy filming several scenes
for National Geographic Channel’s
“Killing Reagan.” The two-hour telepic,
which premieres Sunday, Oct. 16, is
based on the book by Bill O’Reilly and
Martin Dugard, that follows the events
leading up to the 1981 attempt on the
life of President Ronald Reagan by
John Hinckley Jr.
The movie actually breaks down into
two stories. One is that of Reagan,
played in the film by Tim Matheson
(“The West Wing,” “Animal House”),
the former California governor who
rides voter disenchantment with
a foundering economy to an easy
victory over Jimmy Carter in the
1980 election. The other is Hinckley’s
(Kyle S. More, “Murder in the First,”
“Brooklyn Nine-Nine”), a mentally ill
child of privilege looking for ways to
impress the object of his obsession,
“Taxi Driver” actress Jodie Foster.
Their stories and lives converge
on March 30, 1981, when Hinckley
shoots Reagan and three others
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STORY
Continued from previous page
outside a Washington, D.C., hotel, nearly taking the
life the nation’s 40th chief executive.
On this day, Matheson is at the podium filming a
soliloquy delivered by Reagan during his famous Oct.
1980 debate with Carter, with Reagan’s actual words
played to him through an earpiece. The 68-yearold actor is a stickler for detail, stopping the filming
numerous times to get Reagan’s cadence, inflections
and pauses down to a tee. Sporting a slicked shell
of hair and a dark blue suit, he certainly looks and
sounds the part. But he’s also very wary of coming
off as someone doing a Reagan impression.
“That’s the danger ...,” he says. “I think the trap is
to try and do a mimic of the great speeches and
things and not to find the rhythm and the inner thing
because nobody’s looking at both of them. (Viewers
are) going to be looking at whatever we do and
they’re going to go, ‘Is that how it was?’ And then you
go and look, ‘Oh, it’s a little slower. He didn’t quite say
that word, he said this word.’ You know, I got a couple
of words transposed.”
“But I think the most important thing,” Matheson
continues, “was to try and find the inner core of
what his beliefs were because he had very strong
principles about what he believes politically and
personally and emotionally. So I was looking just for
the inner sort of course that he was taking and then
let the outside just take care of itself.”
The attempt on Reagan’s life had a profound effect
on his wife Nancy, played here by former “Sex and
the City” co-star Cynthia Nixon. In the early days of
his presidency, says the 50-year-old actress, Reagan
was the subject of much criticism and Nancy felt that
they were somewhat under siege and not safe, a
belief further exacerbated by the shooting.
“She worries that they aren’t being protected better,”
Nixon says, “that they’re kind of under attack from
all of these angles. And then of course, this thing
happens where he is literally attacked and was
almost killed, and I think at that point she will not take
any chances. And that’s when she becomes – she’s
very aggressive anyway in her guard-dog stance
– but this makes her feel that there are all these
Pictured: Cynthia Nixon
people and I’m supposed to trust them but there are too
many things being left to chance here and we’re not playing
around. This can have very dire consequences.”
STORY
‘Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency’
retains Douglas Adams’ spirit
Pictured: Samuel Barnett (left)
and Elijah Wood
By John Crook
A
n eccentric detective with an unconventional style of solving cases drags a hapless failed musician into a
world of time travel, holistic assassins, psychic vampires and a kitten that is also a hammerhead shark in
“Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency,” a series adaptation of Douglas Adams’ novels premiering Saturday,
Oct. 22, on BBC America.
Actually, in this case, “adaptation” may be stretching the truth a little, so to address the kitten-shark in the room:
Adams purists will discover that, apart from Dirk Gently (Samuel Barnett) himself, this new TV series from
screenwriter Max Landis (“Chronicle”) features almost entirely new characters and story lines that take place in the
Pacific Northwest.
“This has really been a concern of mine, obviously, that for anyone who knows Douglas Adams’ work and is a fan of
the books, they might be, um, surprised, put off even, by what has been done with them,” Barnett (“Penny Dreadful”)
confesses. “For me, I adored the books when I read them, but then I read the scripts and realized, ‘You know what?
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STORY
Pictured: Samuel Barnett
Continued from previous page
The essence of Dirk is really there.’ What Max has done
quite brilliantly, I think, is put a lot of ‘Easter eggs’ in all the
episodes where, if you know the original, you’ll go, ‘Ah,
that’s directly from the books.’ You get a sense of Dirk’s
history with cases.”
lose. The strong ensemble cast also includes Richard
Schiff (“The West Wing”) as a detective whose missingperson investigation dovetails with Dirk’s case, and Miguel
Sandoval (“Medium”) as the head of a busted CIA secret
bureau, who may have a troubling history with Dirk.
Moreover, Barnett adds, the third Dirk Gently novel, “The
Salmon of Doubt,” which Adams left unfinished when he
died at 49 in 2001, ends with the sleuth flying from his
native England to America.
Barnett, who burst onto the international acting scene about
a decade ago in the hit stage play “The History Boys” and
its subsequent film version, brings a manic boyishness
to Dirk that bounces nicely off Wood’s Todd, whose wideeyed shock and horror are more than justified by the world
“In my mind, the Dirk world that we have in the TV show is a into which he finds himself dragged. As the series unfolds
sort of continuation of the end of the books,” the actor says. at a mostly madcap clip, these two splendid actors give
the proceedings a heart and a sense that there are some
“Also, Arvind Ethan David, who is an executive producer
real emotional stakes in a wacky story that features four
on this, had worked very closely with Douglas before he
characters who call themselves The Rowdy 3 because, well,
passed away, far too soon, and he had a very strong hand
of course they would.
in keeping this as authentic as possible and ensuring that
it had integrity. I feel like Douglas would have loved this
slightly updated version of what he had done for the books.” Season 1 comprises eight episodes, but Barnett says
he’d happily play Dirk for several seasons. In addition
to its BBC America presence in the United States, “Dirk
Adams loyalists who give the show a chance are in for a
Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency” also will be streamed in
wild, breathlessly paced ride, as Barnett’s goofy, possibly
international markets elsewhere later this year via Netflix.
certifiable Dirk insinuates himself into the bleak existence
of Todd Brotzman (Elijah Wood), a sad-sack Seattleite
who is so depressed that he pretty much has nothing to
STORY
Documentary on
‘sexting’ politician
Anthony Weiner
makes Showtime
debut
By Jay Bobbin
Three strikes, and you’re out.
Not only are baseball players familiar with the phrase,
so is Anthony Weiner now. The controversial New York
politician’s “sexting” scandals have been the subjects of
headlines and endless late-night-television jokes, and
the first two of those situations are invoked by “Weiner,”
the documentary movie that makes its Showtime debut
Saturday, Oct. 22. After the film’s theatrical release last
May, Weiner was caught in a third such scandal that
prompted wife Huma Abedin – long a supporter of his, at
least publicly, and a top assistant to current Democratic
presidential candidate Hillary Clinton -- to separate from
him.
Weiner’s communication with other women via racy cellphone messages factored into two political downfalls, his
resignation from Congress in 2011 and his run for mayor
of New York in 2013. “Weiner” producer-directors Josh
Kriegman, a former Weiner aide, and Elyse Steinberg had
generally unlimited access in making the film (which won
the U.S. Grand Jury Prize at this year’s Sundance Film
Festival) during the ultimately derailed 2013 campaign ...
resulting in some clearly uncomfortable moments between
Weiner and Abedin being shown.
“I think a lot of people who see our film wonder, ‘Why did
he agree to this? How does this even exist?,’ ” Steinberg
reflects. “What you get to see is a real behind-the-scenes
look at what it means for a marriage of two people to be at
the center of a media firestorm. What does that feel like?
What does that look like? And this question about why did
Anthony agree, and why did he let us continue to film even
after the scandal broke, is a question that we wondered
about ourselves. And it’s a question that we included in the
film, and directly asked Anthony.
“And Anthony does give us an answer,” adds Steinberg,
“when he says that he wanted to be viewed as the full
person that he was. He didn’t regret letting us film. He
wanted to be seen as more than just a punch line. And
that was our intention with the film, to take somebody who
had just been reduced to a caricature and offer a more
nuanced and human look.”
Having also had a behind-the-scenes perspective on
Weiner earlier, Kriegman notes, “Some of these same
qualities that made him so successful as a politician were
the exact same parts of his personality that ultimately led
to problems in other aspects of his life. He talks about
being wired in a certain way to need attention and thriving
in a world of superficial and transactional relationships.
These are skills in the political arena, and they led to
issues – obviously -- for him.”
As for Abedin’s presence in the film, Steinberg says, “Our
access was with Anthony. You get to see her, but not as
much. What you do get to see is the ridicule and judgment
that was placed upon her, just as much as it was placed
upon him … in fact, sometimes even more. And I think one
of the reasons that she wanted to do this film, and I can’t
speak for her, is that she wanted a more complete story
told than the one that was playing out in the tabloids and
the headlines. You get to see a different side of her than
the caricature that she became.”
Indeed, Kriegman concludes, “A lot of what we get to see
is filtered through sound bites and clips and tweets. And
in this case, you get to really see just a more complete
picture. For a lot of people, it’s the experience of realizing
that some of the judgments and preconceptions that we
have going in can be questioned. And that these people
(in the public eye) are much more complicated and
nuanced than we might think.”
STORY
Bad president
tries to make
good in Epix’s
entertaining
‘Graves’
By George Dickie
Richard Graves is a man about to undergo a spiritual
awakening.
As portrayed by Nick Nolte (“48 HRS.,” “The Prince of
Tides”) in the new Epix dramedy “Graves,” premiering
Sunday, Oct. 16, he’s a former two-term president of the
United States, 25 years removed from office, who tries pot
one night, does an Internet search on “worst president” and
finds his name prominently and frequently mentioned.
Determined to right wrongs and clean up his legacy – which
includes a badly tanking economy, two disastrous wars and
the gutting of numerous federal programs – the Republican
ex-chief executive goes off script, starts speaking his mind
and following his newly reborn conscience, much to the
dismay of his party and those around him.
They include Margaret (Sela Ward, “Now and Again,”
“Sisters”), his dutiful wife who’s in the process of launching
her own bid for U.S. Senate; Isaiah (Skyler Astin, “Pitch
Perfect”), his overeager assistant; Olivia (Helene Yorke,
“Masters of Sex”), the Graves’ divorced hot mess of a
daughter; Jeremy (Chris Lowell, “Veronica Mars”), his
resentful son just back from duty in Afghanistan; Frankie
(Ernie Hudson, “Ghostbusters”), the Graves family “fixer”;
and Annie (Nia Vardalos, “My Big Fat Greek Wedding”),
Margaret’s no-nonsense campaign manager.
Acting as his muse is Samantha (Callie Hernandez, “Sin
City: A Dame To Kill For), a free-spirited waitress who
encourages the ex-commander-in-chief to break free from
his former beliefs.
The character of Richard Graves seems tailor-made for
Nolte: a cursing, smoking, hard-drinking guy whose gruff
exterior masks a sizeable streak of decency. But he’s
also a man of many regrets, a trait to which Nolte found
easy to connect.
“I’m 75. I got a lot of regrets,” Nolte told a recent
gathering of journalists in Beverly Hills, Calif. “So it
doesn’t matter whether it’s president or not president or
Republican or Democrat. It’s a man that is aching. He
knows he’s going to die, and he’s looking back at his
life, and some of the things he did earlier, he regrets the
decisions of. There isn’t a president that doesn’t. But
they don’t do anything about it because they’re in the
public eye. We take license (with) satire and go into it.”
The half-hour series features cameos by real-life
politicians, including former New York Mayor Rudy
Giuliani, former Massachusetts Sen. Barney Frank and
former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson. The natural
assumption is that, because this is a Republican
president realizing the error of his ways, this show will
be a slam fest directed at Republicans. But creator/
showrunner Joshua Michael Stern insists that won’t be
the case.
“We ... went to a lot of pains to make sure that this
character, you know, pretty much skewers both sides
of the aisle, and through the whole series, you’ll see
that ...,” he says. “But in the end, this is a family show,
weirdly, and so ... it’s about a father and his wife and the
children. So I don’t think when you see the totality of the
show do you get that we’re actually hitting one side.”
SPORTS
Buckeyes
grooming
another
Bosa
Story on next page
Full Name: Nicholas Bosa
Class: Freshman
Born: Oct. 23, 1997
No.: 97
Birthplace: Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Position: Defensive end
Height/Weight: 6-foot, 4-inches/265-pounds
Honors & Achievements: Consensus five-star
prospect nationally by ESPN, Rivals, 247Sports and
Scout; top 10 overall prospect in his recruiting class
Team: Ohio State Buckeyes
SPORTS
By Dan Ladd
If the name and number look
familiar when a big, fast defensive
end lines up for the Ohio State
Buckeyes, it’s not déjà vu. What
you’re seeing is true freshman
Nick Bosa who is on his way
to filling his older brother, Joey
Bosa’s, shoes in Columbus. Nick
and the Buckeyes visit Penn State
Saturday, Oct. 22, on ABC.
A top recruit out of St. Thomas
Aquinas High School in Florida,
the younger Bosa committed
to Ohio State in 2015 while his
brother – a two-time All-American
and Big Ten defensive lineman
of the year, and third pick in the
2016 NFL draft – was still with
the team. Football is in the Bosa
family blood. John Bosa, Nick
and Joey’s father, played three
seasons for the Miami Dolphins
and their uncle, Erik Kumerow,
was a Buckeye standout who also
played for the Dolphins. Cheryl
Kumerow Bosa, their mother, is
an Ohio State alumni, too.
NicholasBosa
For Nick, that’s all history. He’s
now on a team loaded with young
talent that is already making
headway and headlines. He
recorded his first sack in his first
game against Bowling Green and
by Week 3 was part of a threeman rotation that kept pressure
on Oklahoma quarterback Baker
Mayfield in Ohio State’s route
of the Sooners. Should the
Buckeye’s continue to progress
there’s no doubt Nick will play
a role. For now, he and the
Buc’s are part of the discussion
of teams that could potentially
qualify for the college football
playoff.
MOVIES
JAY BOBBIN's Theatrical movie review
‘Bridget Jones’
Our Take
gives birth to a third movie
Some characters
– as personified by
the actors known
for playing them
– are so beloved,
movie producers
feel confident
going back to them
after a long break.
Harrison Ford
certainly proved
it with Han Solo
recently, and even
if Renee Zellweger
isn’t on quite the
same level as
Bridget Jones,
there’s enough
remaining good
will toward her
in the role (even
after the initial
controversy over
an American
playing an
Englishwoman) for
it to be revived 12 years after the last round.
Hugh Grant is absent from “Bridget Jones’s Baby,” but
“Grey’s Anatomy” alum Patrick Dempsey turns up this
time to pose a rivalry to Colin Firth, whose Mark Darcy
continues to have romantic misadventures with Bridget.
As might be deduced from the title, our heroine ends up
“with child” ... but the question is which man’s child it is.
Despite that dilemma, Zellweger continues to play cute
as Bridget – and it still works, particularly for fans of
the first two pictures. Frankly, anything other than a
Pollyanna-like Bridget would be too sharp a turn at this
point, and the series is a good vessel for the actress to
use in getting back to major roles (of which she hasn’t
had many lately).
Pictured: Renee Zellweger
Much else also
is familiar about
“Bridget Jones’s
Baby,” which helps
as well. “Bridget
Jones’s Diary”
director Sharon
Maguire is back,
as is original
“Bridget” novelist
Helen Fielding,
who worked on
the screenplay
... as did Emma
Thompson, who
also shows up
on screen in
her typically
redoubtable way
as a gynecologist
pretty much
devoid of humor.
(Which, in this
film, makes her
all the more
humorous.)
Also, Jim Broadbent is back as Bridget’s father, and
music star Ed Sheeran has an amusing cameo in a
sequence built around the famed Glastonbury Festival.
By the time the heroine is ready to give birth in
“Bridget Jones’s Baby,” the tone is that of farce, with
complications building on top of each other as all
concerned try to get to the hospital. In any other movie,
the sequence might be imply too much – but here, it
seems suitable and appropriate, and it especially gives
Zellweger and Firth the chance to put their comedic
chops to a real test.
Though it’s been a while since “Bridget Jones: The Edge
of Reason,” the nice result of “Bridget Jones’s Baby” is
the proof that you can go home again, whether you’re
the star of a franchise or an admiring audience member.
MOVIES
JAY BOBBIN's DVD Digest
Top Pick
DVD
“INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE”
Twenty years later, aliens invade Earth
again – now equipped with even more lethal
technology – in director Roland Emmerich’s
sequel to his sci-fi classic. A number of familiar
faces from the original also are back, including
Judd Hirsch and Jeff Goldblum as a father
and son, and Bill Pullman as the now-former
U.S. president return (Sela Ward’s character
holds that office here). Will Smith is absent,
but Jessie T. Usher plays his stepson, now
a similar maverick pilot along with an ally
portrayed by Liam Hemsworth. Brent Spiner
also returns, as does Robert Loggia, in one
of his final performances before his passing.
DVD extras: theatrical trailer and TV spot; two
“making-of” documentaries; audio commentary
by Emmerich; deleted scenes; outtakes; art
gallery. ››› (PG-13: P, V) (Also on Blu-ray and
On Demand)
Pictured: Bill Pullman
upcoming DVD releases
“LIGHTS OUT” (Oct. 25): A
woman (Teresa Palmer) fears her
younger brother is facing the same
terror that made her question her
sanity.
(PG-13: AS, P, V)
“BAD MOMS” (Nov. 1): Mila
Kunis, Kristen Bell and Kathryn
Hahn play said mothers,
who decide to leave their
responsibilities behind and cut
loose. (R: AS, N, P)
“NINE LIVES” (Nov. 1): After
being transferred into the body of
a cat, a billionaire (Kevin Spacey)
tries to make amends to his
neglected family. (PG: AS, P)
Pictured: Teresa Palmer
“BILLIONS: SEASON ONE”
(Nov. 8): A federal attorney (Paul
Giamatti) sets his sights on the
hedge-fund king (Damian Lewis)
who employs the lawyer’s wife
(Maggie Siff).
(Not rated: AS, N, P)
“FINDING DORY” (Nov. 15):
In the sequel to Disney-Pixar’s
animated “Finding Nemo,” fish
Dory (voice of Ellen DeGeneres)
sets out to find her parents.
(PG: AS)
“GAME OF THRONES: THE
COMPLETE SIXTH SEASON”
(Nov. 15): The fate of Jon Snow
(Kit Harington) is a major element
of this most recent round of the
hugely popular HBO series. (Not
rated: AS, N, GV)
Family Viewing Ratings
AS Adult situations
P Profanity
V Violence
N Nudity
GV Graphic Violence
HALLOWEEN SHOWS
SUNDAY October 16
8 p.m. on Fox
The Simpsons
An annual, seasonal tradition also marks
the animated comedy’s 600th episode
-- a stunning number for any series to
reach -- as the animated “Treehouse of
Horror XXVII” holds to form by placing the
Simpsons in several scary-funny vignettes.
A drought in Springfield prompts a “Hunger
Games”-like competition; Lisa’s (voice of
Yeardley Smith) imaginary best friend turns
lethal; and Bart (voice of Nancy Cartwright)
is clued into some unlikely spies.
9 p.m. on AMC
The Walking Dead
Fans of this hit horror series hardly need
to be reminded how Season 6 ended -namely, with the villainous Negan (Jeffrey
Dean Morgan) making a lethal-looking
swing with his baseball bat, Lucille -- but
tonight’s special two-hour episode, “The
Journey So Far,” provides a helpful bigpicture recap of how events reached this
point, in advance of the Oct. 23 premiere of
Season 7.
9 p.m. on Food Network
Halloween Wars
In a new episode called “Two-Faced,” the
four remaining teams compete to create
Halloween-themed displays that capture,
as memorably as possible, the horror
of a monster with two visages. Actress
Carlson Young (MTV’s series adaptation of
“Scream”) joins cake decorator Shinmin Li
and horror icon Don Mancini on the judging
panel to help decide which teams will move
on to the next battle. Jonathan Bennett is
the host.
MONDAY October 17
7 p.m. on Syfy
Cabin Fever: Patient Zero
The third entry in a horror movie franchise
that started with “Cabin Fever” in 2002, this
2014 release is actually a prequel to the
other two films and establishes the origin
of the flesh-eating virus that drives the
story. This film starts in a remote island lab,
where scientists are trying to find a vaccine
for the virus by studying one of its carriers,
an asymptomatic prisoner named Powell
(Sean Astin). Jillian Murray, Currie Graham,
Lydia Hearst and Mitch Ryan also star.
9 p.m. on Food Network
Halloween Baking Championship
Things are only getting spookier for the
five remaining bakers as they must enter
a “Haunted Circus” (also the title of this
new episode), where they are tasked
with creating a dozen scary clown cake
pops. In the main heat, the bakers make
frighteningly strange mash-up desserts.
Carla Hall, Sandra Lee and Damiano
Carrara are the judges; Jeff Dunham and
his puppet sidekick Walter are the hosts.
TUESDAY October 18
8 p.m. on Fox
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
An annual, seasonal competition is on
again in the new episode “Halloween IV,”
as the detectives vie to be the champ of
the Halloween Heist contest. The stakes
are upped -- and we don’t just mean in the
vampire sense -- as the rivalry reaches
a new level of intensity. Andy Samberg,
Andre Braugher, Terry Crews, Melissa
Fumero, Joe Lo Truglio, Chelsea Peretti and
Stephanie Beatriz star.
9:01 p.m. on Fox
Scream Queens
The Green Meanie has struck again,
prompting Munsch, Hester and Denise
(Jamie Lee Curtis, Lea Michele, guest star
Niecy Nash) to formulate a plan to find the
murderer in the new episode “Halloween
Blues.” Their idea is to throw a seasonal
party at the hospital, echoing the site’s
eerie history. Chanel (Emma Roberts) takes
another approach by trying to communicate
with the most recent victim. However,
another killing is on the horizon. John
Stamos also stars.
WEDNESDY October 19
7 p.m. on Freeform
R.L. Stine’s Monsterville: Cabinet of
Souls
When the Hall of Horrors show arrives in
Danville, several high school friends can’t
wait to get scared in this 2015 teen horror
comedy directed by Peter DeLuise. As
they make their way through this sinister
carnival, however, they gradually discover
the showman (Andrew Kavadas) and his
company actually are trapping and feeding
off the souls of lost young people. Dove
Cameron (Disney’s “Descendants”) and
Katherine McNamara (“Shadowhunters: The
Mortal Instruments”) star.
8 p.m. on ABC
It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
It simply wouldn’t be the Halloween season
without this animated “Peanuts” classic,
marking its 50th anniversary. Linus stakes
out a spot in the pumpkin patch, hoping
to catch a glimpse of the Great Pumpkin.
While he continues his annual vigil, Charlie
Brown discovers stones in his trick-or-treat
bag, Lucy becomes maternal and Snoopy
gets moonstruck. Written by Charles M.
Schulz, the special features the franchise’s
familiar music by Vince Guaraldi.
8:30 p.m. on ABC
Toy Story OF TERROR!
It’s kid-friendly terror, of course, in this
special featuring Woody, Buzz Lightyear
and the beloved characters from the “Toy
Story” movies. Here, they’re on a road trip
and they stop at a motel -- where one of
them disappears. As the other toys search
for their comrade, they get caught up in a
series of mysterious events. Tom Hanks
and Tim Allen lead the voice cast again,
with Joan Cusack, Don Rickles and Timothy
Dalton among other franchise returnees.
9 p.m. on Syfy
Ghost Hunters
A woman whose home property lies
adjacent to the former site of a cursed
1740s village begins to fret that evil entities
may have migrated over from that dark spot
to pose a threat to her family in the new
episode “Dudley Dead Wright.” She hopes
the TAPS team can put her fears to rest.
Later, the paranormal investigators explore
a local restaurant and a nearby house after
the spirit of a little girl has been seen in
both buildings.
10 p.m. on FX
American Horror Story: 6
The writers and producers of the current
Season 6 have been scrupulous about
not giving away any secrets, but there’s
one thing series creator Ryan Murphy
revealed from the outset: Halfway through
the season, there’s a major flip in the story.
“Starting in episode 6, the show has a huge
turn, and the thing that you think you’re
watching is not what you’re watching,”
Murphy says. That would be tonight’s
episode, so: Brace yourself.
10 p.m. on Syfy
Paranormal Witness
Spouses Steve and Dawn Hess are
camping in the Mojave Desert when their
weekend is disrupted by bright lights in the
night sky and what appear to be soldierlike figures parachuting to Earth. Left
with only hazy memories of what actually
continued on next page
HALLOWEEN SHOWS
happened, the couple consents to hypnotic
regression to shed light on four lost hours
in a harrowing episode called “The Mojave
Encounter.”
THURSDAY October 20
8 p.m. on Fox
The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let’s
Do the Time Warp Again
One of screen history’s ultimate cult
classics gets a do-over in this new version,
which acknowledges the project’s past
by including an on-screen audience to
react along with at-home viewers. Ryan
McCartan and Victoria Justice now play
Brad and Janet, the straitlaced couple
who undergo a big transformation upon
becoming stranded with mad scientist
Frank-N-Furter (Laverne Cox) and
company. The original film’s Tim Curry
narrates. Ben Vereen also stars.
9 p.m. on The CW
Supernatural
He may not have “Jessie’s Girl,” but Rick
Springfield has something else -- the
spirit of Lucifer -- in the new episode
“Mamma Mia.” The singer-actor begins a
guest arc as, of all things, a rock star ...
but one whose otherworldly possession is
discovered by Crowley (Mark A. Sheppard).
Mary (guest star Samantha Smith) is
determined to accompany Dean and
Castiel (Jensen Ackles, Misha Collins) on a
mission to rescue Sam (Jared Padalecki).
FRIDAY October 21
8 p.m. on The CW
The Vampire Diaries
The eighth -- and final -- season of the
series opens with “Hello, Brother,” resuming
the saga months from where it left off,
as Stefan (Paul Wesley) continues to
seek Damon and Enzo (Ian Somerhalder,
Michael Malarkey). Bonnie (Kat Graham)
tries to maintain hope that the search
will be successful. Caroline and Alaric
(Candice King, Matt Davis) fear they
and their family are in danger. Executive
producers Julie Plec and Kevin Williamson
wrote the script.
8 p.m. on TCM
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Arguably the ultimate story of split
personality, the Robert Louis Stevenson
classic gets another screen workout in
this 1941 version starring Spencer Tracy
in the title role -- er, roles. Scientist Henry
Jekyll uses a series of potions on himself
until they alter him completely, converting
him into the murderous Hyde. Co-stars
include Ingrid Bergman, Lana Turner, Peter
Godfrey and C. Aubrey Smith.
8 p.m. on TLC
Ghosts of Shepherdstown
It’s been a year since a trio of ghost
hunters traveled to this West Virginia
community to find out why it has a
reputation to some as the most haunted
town in America. Out of a population of
1,750 people, it’s hard to find someone
who hasn’t had some inexplicable
experience, and the local police
department keeps busy responding to
911 calls from panicked citizens. This new
“Update Show” special sends a team back
to touch base with locals and Police Chief
Michael King to see whether the town is
still a paranormal hotbed.
8:31 p.m. on ABC
Dr. Ken
It’s Halloween in the new episode “D.K.’s
Korean Ghost Story,” as Allison (Suzy
Nakamura) tries to figure out a way to put
fun frights back into the occasion for Dave
(Albert Tsai). She may get help from D.K.
(Dana Lee), who relates a hair-raising tale
-- with the family and co-workers bringing
it to life by playing its various characters.
Tisha Campbell-Martin, Krista Marie Yu,
Jonathan Slavin and Dave Foley also star.
9:01 p.m. on Fox
The Exorcist
What the show’s title has implied is
coming finally begins in the new “Chapter
Five: Through My Most Grievous Fault,”
as Father Tomas and Father Marcus
(Alfonso Herrera, Ben Daniels) start the
exorcism ... just as a huge storm hits
Chicago. However, the demon proves to
be braced for their effort to drive him out,
demonstrated through the targeting of
other members of the Rance family. Geena
Davis, Alan Ruck, Brianne Howey and
Hannah Kasulka also star.
9:01 p.m. on TLC
A Haunting
This popular series returns with new
episodes starting with “Demon’s Lair,”
which revolves around a family who had
gotten used to a seemingly harmless ghost
who haunted their home. Once the spirit
starts menacing the children, however, the
parents turn to Catholic Church clerics to
help drive a demon from their residence.
10:02 p.m. on TLC
Kindred Spirits
That former dynamic duo from “Ghost
Hunters,” Amy Bruni and Adam Berry, get
their own gig in this new series that finds
them traveling to help real families who
are freaked out by apparently paranormal
activity in their homes. In the series
premiere, “Cabin in the Woods,” Amy
and Adam head to Pennsylvania to help
a family make sense of unexplainable
happenings on their desolate property and
find the spirit stalking them.
SATURDAY October 22
9 p.m. on Hallmark Channel
Good Witch: Secrets of Grey House
After Cassie (Catherine Bell) welcomes
popular fantasy author Jessica Carrington
(Rebecca Marshall) and her editor (Jeff
Roop) to Grey House, Jessica finds the
place so charming she decides to hold the
launch party for her next book in Middleton.
While Mayor Martha Tinsdale (Catherine
Disher) focuses all her energy on getting
the town ready for that Halloween-themed
event, Sam (James Denton) immerses
himself in work to get over the trauma
of losing a patient during surgery. Bailee
Madison and Sarah Power also star.
9 p.m. on Syfy
Shadows of the Dead
It may be childish to be afraid of the dark,
but in this new 2016 Halloween chiller, it
also can improve the likelihood that you’ll
survive your high-school years. That’s
definitely the case for the teens at the
center of this movie, who are being stalked
with single-minded determination by an
eerie creature that lives in the shadows
and is picking them off one after another.
Kennedy Tucker, Thomas Miguel Ruff,
Taylor Jorgensen and Alexandra Page
Chapman star.
FAVORITE SHOWS
SUNDAY
10 p.m. on USA
Eyewitness
In the premiere of this new 10episode anthology series adapted
from a Norwegian drama, closeted
gay teens Philip and Lukas (Tyler
Young, James Paxton) are sharing
their first kiss when they witness a
murder, but they don’t report it out of
fear that it would lead to them being
outed. Their deception snowballs
once Philip’s foster mother, Sheriff
Helen Torrance (Julianne Nicholson,
“Law & Order:
Criminal Intent”)
takes the case. Gil
Bellows also stars.
Series Premiere
New
MONDAY
9 p.m. on CW
Jane the Virgin
Is Michael (Brett
Dier) alive? After
he was shot on
his wedding night,
that’s a major
question as Season
3 of this seriocomic,
telenovela-inspired
series begins with
“Chapter FortyFive.” Whichever
way the answer
falls, it’s guaranteed to give Jane
(Gina Rodriguez) a lot to deal with,
including the course of her dealings
with Rafael (Justin Baldoni). Petra’s
look-alike (both played by Yael
Grobglas) complicates things. Jaime
Camil and Andrea Navedo also star.
Season Premiere New
TUESDAY
8 p.m. on CW
The Flash
The new episode “Magenta” is named
for an enemy (played by guest star
Joey King, “Fargo”) with the ability
to manipulate metal — making for a
lot of potential makeshift weapons.
Her arrival coincides with the return
of the Earth-2 Wells and Jesse (Tom
Cavanagh, guest star Violett Beane),
who may require the help of Barry
and Caitlin (Grant Gustin, Danielle
Panabaker) ... whether the newly
speedy Jesse knows it or not. Jesse
L. Martin also stars. New
WEDNESDAY
9 p.m. on ABC CBS NBC FOX PBS
Presidential Debate
With the election only a few weeks
away, candidates Hillary Clinton and
Donald Trump engage — in multiple
senses of that word — in the last of
their three debates, as Chris Wallace
of Fox News moderates at the
University of Nevada in Las Vegas.
This being the contenders’ final
slated meeting before America votes,
the stakes clearly are high. Multiple
broadcast and cable networks will
cover the event, scheduled to be
staged as six 15-minute segments on
single topics. New
THURSDAY
9 p.m. on CMT
CMT Artists of the Year 2016
Kelsea Ballerini will receive the
Breakout Artist of the Year award
during this 90-minute special
originating from Schermerhorn
Symphony Center in Nashville,
Tenn. Other top country artists to be
honored include Carrie Underwood,
Chris Stapleton, Florida Georgia Line,
Luke Bryan and Thomas Rhett. New
FRIDAY
9 p.m. on CW
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
After establishing itself as one of
television’s most unique series, what
does Season 2 hold for the heavily
musical show? The answer emerges
starting with
this first new
episode, “Where
Is Josh’s Friend.”
Rebecca (Rachel
Bloom) is sure
Josh (Vincent
Rodriguez III)
loves her, and
Paula (Donna
Lynne Champlin)
tries to get a grip
on her interest
in that supposed
relationship. Marc
Webb, of “(500)
Days of Summer”
fame, directed
and co-wrote
the tale. Season
Premiere New
SATURDAY
8 p.m. on LIFETIME
Movie: Death of a Vegas Showgirl
In this lurid but fact-based new
2016 melodrama, rising Las Vegas
dancers Debbie Flores (Roselyn
Sanchez, “Devious Maids”) and
Jason “Blu” Griffith (Danso Gordon,
“Hang Time”) fall in love, but their
relationship spirals into obsession
and reckless behavior. After Debbie
disappears on the eve of a major
debut, the subsequent investigation
turns up shocking details about this
relationship-gone-wrong. Sanchez
also executive-produced this TV
movie with her husband, Eric Winter
(“Witches of East End”). Premiere

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