SUN Television Listings for November 15-21, 2020

Katheryn Winnick stars in “Big Sky,” premiering Tuesday on CTV and ABC.

Missing sisters spark an investigation under the ‘Big Sky’

Start your morning right 5 x 1.25” ad with the Sun. Call 1-800-668-0786 for home delivery COVER STORY ‘Big Sky’ opens with premiere of mystery BY JAY BOBBIN NBC News’ Kristen Welker has made a very big mark

Q: I was impressed with Kristen Welker as a presidential-debate moderator. What is her background? – Tom Daly, via e-mail

A: The NBC News White House correspondent and “” co-anchor got plenty of accolades and rave reviews for her debate work last month, and it’s all but impossible to think that her star won’t continue Kristen to rise at the network. Welker Interestingly, she was an NBC News intern while pursuing a history degree (which she ultimately received with honors) at Harvard, and after graduating, she became an anchor- reporter in Redding. Calif., and Providence, John Carroll Lynch R.I. By Jay Bobbin “Big Sky’s” ensemble cast also includes Kylie Welker then returned to her hometown of to work at Television-producing veteran David E. Bunbury (“Pitch”), Brian Geraghty (“Chicago Kelley has had successes in the worlds of cable P.D.”), Dedee Pfeiffer, Jesse James Keitel, Valerie the NBC station there, setting her up to join the network in 2010. and streaming, but he still has a soft spot for Mahaffey and John Carroll Lynch (“American She got plenty of experience covering political campaigns in the broadcast television. Horror Story”). Co-star Winnick vows that with all of the characters, “You’ll see different layers run-up to the 2016 election, with a particular focus on Hillary Following “Big Little Lies,” “Mr. Mercedes” of them as the series unfolds. The things that you and HBO’s current “The Undoing,” the “Ally Clinton’s bid. Her honors include an Emmy Award and, this year, least expect in a character end up shocking you, McBeal,” “The Practice” and “Picket Fences” in a lot of different ways.” the Outstanding Broadcast Journalist Award from Washington alum is taking his latest project to CTV and ABC. Playing a state trooper in “Big Sky,” Lynch Women in Journalism. Premiering Tuesday, Nov. 17, “Big Sky” adapts has been a series star for Kelley before (“The several related novels by C.J. Box by following Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire”), and Q: Though she’s hosting “Supermarket Sweep” now, the search for two sisters (played by Natalie he maintains that he’s been a fan ever since Alyn Lind and Jade Pettyjohn) kidnapped from he visited friend Don Cheadle on the “Picket is there a chance Leslie Jones ever would go back to a Montana highway. Among the many other Fences” set. “Every single time I watch a David “Saturday Night Live”? – Marcia Bays, via e-mail characters is a detective (Ryan Phillippe) who Kelley show, it is its own universe and it tackles crosses paths with his ex-cop ex-wife (Katheryn its own question,” Lynch reasons. “There’s A: Probably not as a regular cast member, given recent comments Winnick, “Vikings”) while working the case. always humor. There’s always heart. There’s she made about her time there, but so many alumni have returned Also a writer of many “Big Sky” episodes, always an essential sense of humanity about Kelley says that in adapting Box’s “The Highway” each and every single universe that’s created.” as guests that we’d never say “Never” on that count. Since leaving While there’s never a guarantee that a into the show’s main premise, “The biggest after the 2018-19 season, the famously spontaneous Jones has challenge for me was to be able to deliver what serialized drama won’t be canceled before it can play out fully, Kelley has built a safeguard the book did ... and that is the tension, the thrill, claimed that the “SNL” job was “hard” and “restrictive,” but that into “Big Sky.” He explains, “The structure of the drama and the relational equations of the this show is that we will do four- or five-episode was based on her week-in, week-out experience of doing it. Were characters, which were rich and profound at arcs, so if someone could only watch the first she asked back on a guest basis, it might be a different story. times. It was a great ride, a great journey. And half of the season, there will be closure on I’m hoping that particularly given the times, one storyline. We kind of like that format as when (viewers) throw on the television at the storytellers, because we cultivate and introduce Send questions of general interest via email to end of the day, we will be able to deliver that an underlying story while we’re going full guns [email protected]. Writers must include their sense of fun, drama, and escapism to them.” on our ‘A’ story.” names, cities and states. Personal replies cannot be sent. Index Channel GuIde ...... 4 WedneSday ...... 20 Sunday ...... 6 thurSday ...... 22 Cover Story ...... 2 Weekday ...... 11 FrIday ...... 24 M onday ...... 14 Saturday ...... 26 CelebrIty PIPelIne ...... 2 tueSday ...... 18 SPortS ...... 31 TV2 November 15-21, 2020 CHANNEL GUIDE Toronto Scarborough Ajax/Oshawa New Market & Bell Osh./ Bell Express Vu Burloak NiagaraBarrie Bell Fibe TorontoShaw Direct Etobicoke Pickering Whitby North Whit. 3 CTV2 CKVR BARRIE 219 20 20 20 4 25 19 5 202 202 44 5 CBC CBLT TORONTO 210 6 6 6 6 67 6 6 231 205 37 11 CH CHCH 218 11 11 11 11 10 12 11 211 211 41 57 CITY TORONTO 214 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 204 204 40 oadcast

Br 9 CTV CFTO TORONTO 212 8 8 8 8 13 8 8 201 201 38 6 GLOB CIII TORONTO 211 3 3 3 13 3 3 13 203 203 39 47 OMNI1 OMNI1 TORONTO 215 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 206 206 42 19 TVO TV TORONTO 265 2 2 2 2 2 9 2 209 209 55 7 ABC WKBW BUFFALO 281 18 18 18 18 9 22 9 221 221 83

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Am. 29 FOX WUTV BUFFALO 283 28 21 28 28 24 20 20 223 223 78 17 PBS WNED BUFFALO 284 61 61 61 61 31 27 27 224 224 80 IND WGN 295 345 345 345 345 345 295 295 271 BNN BUSINESS NEWS 504 57 66 57 57 76 72 49 504 504 143 ws

Vie CNBC CONSUMER NEWS 509 79 79 79 79 102 102 79 509 509 142

ws & CNN CABLE NEWS NETWORK 500 33 33 33 33 16 33 33 500 500 140 Ne NW CBC NEWSWORLD 502 26 23 26 26 28 26 23 502 502 92 VIS VISION 261 60 60 60 60 58 24 21 213 213 72 GOLF 416 78 78 78 78 103 103 78 416 416 116 LEAFS 422 97 97 97 97 155 155 97 422 422 466 OLN OUTDOOR LIFE 411 37 45 37 37 75 96 50 411 411 122 SCORE THE SCORE 410 53 44 53 53 36 43 42 410 410 114 ts FSR 417 81 43 81 81 105 105 41 417 417 115 Spor SPONET1 ROGERS 1 418 99 99 99 99 426 426 99 418 418 414 SNET SPORTSNET 405 22 32 22 22 48 49 34 405 405 118 TSN 400 30 26 30 30 59 28 26 400 400 111 TSN2 TSN 2 401 98 98 98 98 156 156 98 401 401 401 AMC AM. MOVIE CL. 293 32 39 32 32 189 189 35 339 339 239 CRV3 CRAVE 3 302 304 304 304 304 203 203 304 302 302 233 CRV4 CRAVE 4 305 308 306 308 306 205 205 306 301 301 235 vies

Mo ENC1E THE MOVIE NETWORK 300 301 301 301 301 201 201 301 300 300 232 HBO1 HBO CANADA 1 306 302 302 302 302 202 202 302 306 306 231 TCM TURNER CLASSIC 292 48 46 48 48 55 338 338 178 BET BLACK ENTERTAINMENT 576 49 57 49 49 117 117 709 576 576 275 CMT COUNTRY MUSIC TV 575 38 38 38 38 19 38 39 575 575 267

Music LIFE CTV LIFE CHANNEL 571 36 64 36 36 21 60 15 571 571 266 MM MUCHMUSIC 570 29 30 29 29 17 29 38 570 570 265 E!CAN E! CANADA 621 63 71 71 71 22 36 71 621 621 168 FAM FAMILY CHANNEL 556 51 48 51 51 45 51 52 556 556 170

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Va SHOW SHOWCASE 616 39 29 39 39 37 39 45 616 616 163 SLICE SLICE TV 601 41 37 41 41 57 58 46 601 601 193 PARMT PARAMOUNT 628 279 39 32 32 14 32 35 628 628 268 TLC LEARNING CHANNEL 521 34 34 34 34 15 30 37 521 521 195 TLN TELELATINO 700 35 28 35 35 18 35 32 700 700 69 DTOUR DTOUR 618 54 58 54 54 46 48 62 618 618 166 W W NETWORK 602 27 27 27 27 33 27 47 602 602 190 WPIX WPIX 297 342 342 342 342 210 210 342 297 297 652 WSBK BOSTON (IND) 296 343 343 343 343 212 212 343 296 296 274 TV4 November 15-21, 2020 Start your morning right with the Toronto Sun.

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