FINAL-1 Sat, Apr 22, 2017 4:10:09 PM Your Weekly Guide to TV Entertainment for the week of April 29 - May 5, 2017 Devilishly good D.B. Woodside, Tom Ellis and Tricia Helfer star in “Lucifer” The devil returns to the City of Angels as Lucifer Massachusetts’ First Credit Union Morningstar (Tom Ellis, “Rush”) continues to Located at 370 Highland Avenue, Salem track down criminals with Det. Chloe Decker St. Jean's Credit Union ET Filler (Lauren German, “Chicago Fire”) when “Lucifer” 3 x 3 1 x 3 returns with its midseason premiere Monday, Serving over 15,000 Members • A Part of your Community since 1910 TO ADVERTISE HERE May 1, on Fox. D.B. 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Dan Espino- only things changing for “Lucifer.” comers and established TV actors. za (Kevin Alejandro, “Arrow”), After filming the first two seasons in Video soap opera “EastEnders” and as releases he devil is in the details, or so Gary Preston in the British comedy Lucifer’s bestie is a demon named who was demoted for his involve- Vancouver, B.C., the show will move the saying goes. When the de- “Miranda” before endearing him- Mazikeen, or Maze for short, played ment in police corruption. Child to Los Angeles. While the move is Ttails include red-hot stars and self to American audiences in USA by Lesley-Ann Brandt (“Spartacus: actress Scarlett Estevez (“Daddy’s undoubtedly a loss for the Vancou- millions of viewers, the devil has a Network’s “Rush” in 2014. Blood and Sand”). Fox alum D.B. Home,” 2015) plays Chloe and ver entertainment industry, it makes Woodside (“24”) portrays Lucifer’s Dan’s daughter, Trixie, who be- sense for the show, which is, of hit on his hands. Prime time heats Co-star German began her Holly- brother, Amenadiel, a dark-winged friends Lucifer. Aimee Garcia course, set in L.A. The move was up once again as Tom Ellis (“Rush”) wood career in such romances as returns as the devil himself, Lucifer angel sent to Earth to try to con- (“Dexter”) joined the season 2 prompted by new state tax credits “Down to You” (2000) and “A Walk vince his sibling to return to hell, cast as Chloe’s LAPD colleague that make filming stateside more Morningstar, who’s given up his to Remember” (2002), but also has post in hell to run a posh nightclub and Lucifer’s inner circle also in- Ella Lopez. appealing. scream queen cred thanks to roles cludes his Earthly therapist Dr. Linda In other season 2 casting news, It appears millions of TV viewers in L.A. in the midseason premiere of in “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” “Lucifer,” airing Monday, May 1, on Martin, portrayed by Rachael Harris Michael Imperioli (“The Sopranos”) find “Lucifer”intriguing. According (2003) and “Hostel: Part II” (2007). Fox. (“Diary of a Wimpy Kid,” 2010). signed on as Uriel, Lucifer and to Fox, the show averages eight mil- As for her television work, she Inspired by a character from Neil Near the beginning of season 2, Tri- Amendiel’s other brother. While it lion multi-platform viewers, so it A scene from “A Dog’s Gaiman’s comic book series “The starred as DHS agent Lori Weston in cia Helfer (“Battlestar Galactica”) appeared Lucifer had finished off looks as if the show may be around Purpose” the second season of CBS’s “Hawaii joined the cast as Lucifer’s mother, Uriel in the first part of the season, for a while yet. Find out what hap- Sandman” and its spinoff “Lucifer,” A Dog’s Purpose the fantasy drama follows Lucifer as Five-0,” and appeared as paramedic who escaped from her prison in hell Imperioli’s appearance in the mid- pens in the midseason premiere of he works with LAPD detective Chloe Leslie Shay in the first two seasons and took over the body of a recently season finale has fans wondering if “Lucifer,” airing Monday, May 1, on A dog’s soul, living through Decker (Lauren German, “Chicago of NBC’s “Chicago Fire.” murdered lawyer. they’ll see more of him. Fox. several lives, comes to discov- Fire”), who intrigues Lucifer be- er its purpose. When puppy cause she’s inexplicably impervious Bailey (Gad) is rescued from a to his powers and somehow renders hot vehicle by a young Ethan him vulnerable to physical harm. (Gheisar), the two form an im- The new episode serves as the mediate bond that lasts life- continuation of the second season, times. Bailey and Ethan grow which was given a full-season pick- up together, but when the up, fittingly, on Halloween. Fox ex- faithful canine saves his family ecutive David Madden had high during a catastrophic house praise for the series when the re- fire, Ethan suffers a traumatic newal was announced. “‘Lucifer’ injury, ending his dreams of a continues to deliver, with great football scholarship and trans- blasts of dark humor and ambitious forming him into a bitter, self- storytelling,” he said. “The show pitying man. Over the next few has turned out to be a true wicked decades, Bailey reincarnates, pleasure.” returning as other dogs each The series has been on hiatus time he passes away, but even since January, and it’s clear the first as he contemplates his pur- half of season 2 struck a chord with viewers and critics. As of press time, pose in the universe, he never the second season has earned a 100 forgets Ethan. percent approval rating on popular Director: Lasse Hallström. review aggregator site Rotten To- Stars: Josh Gad, Dennis Quaid, matoes, and its success so far Bryce Gheisar, K.J. Apa, Juliet prompted an early 22-episode sea- Rylance, Luke Kirby. 2017. 100 son 3 order from Fox in February. min. Adventure. Shortly after that announcement, it was revealed that season 2 would Rings consist of 18 episodes, and four stand-alone episodes would be In this third film in The Ring se- shifted to season 3. ries, Samara Morgan’s (Mor- In early April, some of the cast gan) cursed videotape contin- and executive producers appeared ues to spread. When Julia at WonderCon in Anaheim, where (Lutz) learns that her boy- they explained the move. “We were friend, Holt (Roe), has watched worried that we were going to have the infamous video, which to sort of pad our arc that we had so causes anyone who watches it carefully, lovingly constructed, but to die in seven days unless they actually said instead, let’s do they can get someone else to four stand-alone episodes that can watch a copy of it, she watch- go anywhere,” explained executive es it herself to save his life. producer Ildy Modrovich. However, researcher Gabriel A super-sized season 3 is good (Galecki) notices something news for fans, who seem particular- different about Julia’s copy of ly smitten with leading man Ellis. the tape, and the three of them The actor was nominated for a 2016 launch an investigation. Teen Choice Award for Breakout Director: F. Javier Gutiérrez. 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