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Courtesy of Gracenote August 7 - 13, 2016 C What’s HOT this contents Week! YOURTVLINK the Story! TOP STORIES 3 This week, US swimmer Michael Phelps seeks to add to his trophy case as he vies in three events. George Dickie speaks with former Olympic swimmer and NBC commentator Rowdy Gaines about what to expect.
12-13 This season, Sean McDonough joins ESPN’s Monday Night Football booth alongside Jon Gruden and his first game is Sunday’s Pro Football Hall of Fame Game between the Green Bay Packers and Indianapolis Colts. George Dickie speaks with McDonough about how the preseason helps broadcasters get the kinks out of their game, much as it does for players and coaches.
14-15 In an acting stint that may be one for the British TV record books, Kevin Whately has played Detective Sgt/Detective Inspector Robbie Lewis for nearly 30 years, FOOD first on “Inspector Morse,” and more recently on his own 7 Adam Richman takes his act international with hit spin-off series. As the latter opens its eighth and final season, John Crook talks with the affable English actor ‘Secret Eats’ about why he decided it was time to leave his popular REALITY role. 16 American Experience has a lot of presidential 17 ABC is back on the Saturday medical-reality-series power over two weeks beat this summer with the second season of “Boston EMS.” Jay Bobbin talks with executive producer Terence SPORTS Wrong about the special relationship his shows have had with that city, and about the particular lure of showcasing 18-19 The NFL is back!!! Pro Football Hall of its first responders. Fame Game airs Sunday on ESPN MOVIES 20-21 Theatrical Review, and Our top DVD CELEBRITY releases 4 John Dickerson is his mother’s son as ‘Face the Nation’ anchor and CBS News IN EVERY ISSUE political director 22-23 Our top suggested programs to watch 5 Christian Slater lets ‘the chips fall this week! where they may’ 6 Jack Osbourne found the value in Visit YourTVLINK.com asking questions for his new series for more stories! 8 Alyson Hannigan has fun watching OUR STAFF Writers: Jay Bobbin, George Dickie, John Crook, Dan Ladd Penn & Teller get fooled Graphic Design: Nicolle Burton Quality Team: Michelle Wilson, Lisa Webster, Chris Browne 9 Getting to know French Pastry Chef Florian Bellanger
Page 2 YOUR TV LINK Courtesy of Gracenote August 7 - 13, 2016 Editor's choice STORY American swimmers look to again dominate the podium in Rio BY GEORGE DICKIE A quick look at the all-time medal count in Olympic swimming underscores just how absolutely dominant the United States has been.
Since the first modern Olympics were held in Athens in 1896, the U.S. team has taken home 520 medals, 230 of them gold, for an average of 20 and about nine per Olympics over 26 Summer Games. That’s almost three times the country behind them Australia, with 178 and 57. And since 1960, the U.S. has topped the medal count Pictured: Rowdy Gaines every year except one, topping out at a gaudy 52 (21 gold) in 1968. says. “But she went 4:00 and actually was closer to Katie than any athlete has been in four years and she was still a second and a half behind or two seconds behind. But Yes, the last 60 or so years has truly been the golden age she narrowed the gap a little bit. So she definitely has a of U.S. swimming, and this week the Americans will be shot to get on the medal stand both in the 400 and the looking to add to its medal count in the first full week of 800. Right now she’s second, two and a half seconds action in the Rio Olympics on NBC and other outlets. ahead of anybody else. So the U.S. looks really good in the distance events. There’s no doubt about it.” Probably the swimmer looking to gain the most is Katie Ledecky. By the age of 19, the Washington, D.C., native In men’s swimming, the big story is the last hurrah has amassed an impressive resume that includes a gold of Michael Phelps. At 30, he’s the graybeard of the medal in the 800-meter freestyle in the 2012 Games in men’s team and will be looking to add to his all-time London, nine world championships and world records in record of 22 medals (18 gold) as he vies in the 200- the 400-, 800- and 1,500-meter freestyle. meter individual medley and the 100- and 200-meter butterfly. And in the 100-meter butterfly, he’ll have tough And Rowdy Gaines, himself a three-time gold medal competition versus the likes of Laszlo Cseh of Hungary swimmer and now a commentator for NBC, sees big and Chad le Clos of South Africa in what Gaines is things for Ledecky at these Games. calling the race of the meet.
“I don’t think there’s any athlete, except for maybe Serena “You know, Michael has won three successive gold Williams, that is as dominant as Katie Ledecky is,” Gaines medals in the 100-meter fly by 28 on-hundredths of a says. “She’s just incredible. And at least in her two events, second – a total of three races,” he says. “They’ve all the 400 and 800 ... that she has the world record in and been by an eyelash, and this one’s not going to be any has been so dominant over the last four years, she hasn’t different. lost. I mean in four years, she hasn’t lost a race, so to me that’s complete domination.” “You know, I’ve seen him dominate events, winning by two, three, four seconds but this 100-meter fly has always But, says Gaines, Ledecky could have some American been the diciest for him, and I think it’s going to be the company on the podium in those two events. same here. I think it’s going to come down to the touch and Michael has had magic in that race. He’s won three “Certainly Leah Smith is going to be a huge factor for the of them in a row and I’m certainly not going to bet against United States, and really kind of came out of nowhere – a him in Rio, that’s for sure.” 4:03 or something like that a couple of months ago,” he Click or tap on icon for more! August 7 - 13, 2016 YOUR TV LINK Courtesy of Gracenote Page 3 CELEBRITY JAY BOBBIN’S Q&A JOHNDICKERSON of ‘Face the Nation’ Sunday on CBS
Your mother, Nancy Dickerson, was a trailblazing network- news reporter who also covered politics for CBS (and then NBC) during the 1960s. To prepare for “Face the Nation” and your other duties as CBS News’ political director, have you watched much professional footage of her?
Yeah, I’ve seen quite a lot of it, and it’s really wonderful. One of the great things about the “Face the Nation” job is that we have access to lots of the archives, so even (with) the years that she didn’t cover, we sit around and watch the footage – which is great fun.
What do you think your mother would make of the election year we’re in?
She would certainly recognize there was nothing ever like it. I’m sure she would draw some parallels to 1964 and the Republican Convention at the Cow You were among debate moderators this Palace outside San Francisco, although political season. Do you think it helped to that was a very different situation. have as many debates as there were? I think she’d be scratching her head like the rest of us, with the way I think so. Not everybody was behaving themselves in this campaign has gone ... on the the debates in a way that added glory to them, but I’m a Republican side, certainly. On the fan of debates. They’re opportunities to get candidates Democratic side, it’s a more familiar to really say where they stand on things. I like them, narrative, even though many people so I think it was good. On the Democratic side, there didn’t predict Bernie Sanders was going probably could have been more. to do as well as he did.
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Page 4 YOUR TV LINK Courtesy of Gracenote August 7 - 13, 2016 CELEBRITY JAY BOBBIN’S Q&A CHRISTIANSLATER of ‘Mr. Robot’ Wednesday on USA Network
Having done several series that didn’t get nearly the buzz nor the acclaim of “Mr. Robot,” how are you finding the Golden Globe-honored ride you’re on now? This journey certainly started with South by Southwest, going to that festival. We screened the show, and you never know how people are going to respond ... but then, when it won the audience award there, that was pretty exciting. I’m always sort of, “So far, so good,” proceed with caution and just put one foot in front of the other and really let the chips fall where they may and just take it as it comes. When we made this pilot, the subject matter of hacking certainly wasn’t as prevalent as it became. After we made the pilot, the Sony hack happened. Then as we were shooting the (first) season, there were things happening in the media and in the world that were mirroring things that we were actually shooting on the day. It was great for the show, but scary to be living in a world where those things were happening.
How do you assess your previous series efforts now? Every time I’ve gotten involved with something, it’s always been with the best intention. I love to work, I love this business, and you just keep going – just keep striving and struggling and saying “Yes,” even though you might be a little afraid. You feel the fear and do it anyway, basically.
What has making “Mr. Robot” done in terms of your own precautions against being hacked? Doing a show like this, it raises your level of awareness and paranoia about those things. Updating passwords is vitally important, and using complicated things. (Using) pet names is a killer ... don’t do that. And my new password is “Golden Globe.”
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August 7 - 13, 2016 YOUR TV LINK Courtesy of Gracenote Page 5 CELEBRITY GEORGE DICKIE’S Q&A JACKOSBOURNE of ‘Ozzy and Jack’s World Detour’ Sunday on History How did you come up with the idea for “Ozzy and Jack’s World Detour”? I basically got a phone call from a friend who worked at a TV network and we started spit- balling ideas about, “Hey, would your dad ever want to do a history show?” And I was like, “Ah, my dad doesn’t want to do TV anymore but we could try and get him. We could ask. Who knows?” And we asked my dad and he was like, “Yes, I’d do that. That’s awesome.” And I was like, “Oh, OK.” I figured I’d ask just to ask and the next thing you know he’s on board and then we actually had to figure out what the TV show was. And so we got a team assembled and sold it to History ... .
What kind of history does Ozzy like? He really kind of likes 20th century history going from World War I to present ... so there is a decent amount of World War II sprinkled in the series as well as the space race stuff and the atomic age, things like that. Those are things that he was kind of witness to growing up and the things that he really kind of gets into and excited about and has more or less studied for most of his adult life. I mean, you go into his library and it’s just all kinds of 20th century military history for the most part.
One of your stops was Cuba. Was Ozzy recognized there? He was but we managed to keep things controlled a little bit more. ... Everyone was just super respectful. You know, there were a lot of tourists there so there’s that. But as far as the locals go, it was great and we managed to kind of do what we wanted to do with relative ease. The amazing thing about Cuba is that as it’s a communist nation, everything is the people’s. So we’d go to these museums where there’s artifacts from the Cuban Missile Crisis ... . I mean, my dad got a photo at Castro’s old desk, like the equivalent of the Oval Office, sitting down at the desk, just like hanging out, you know, picking up the phone. Totally do Click or tap here for more! whatever. ... I’m like, “Where’s the guard telling me to get back?”
Page 6 YOUR TV LINK Courtesy of Gracenote August 7 - 13, 2016 FOOD F BY GEORGE DICKIE’S WHAT'S FOR DINNER RICHMAN trots the globe to find ‘Secret Eats’ on Travel Channel
In the first season of the Travel Channel series “Man Finds Food,” host Adam Richman went off the beaten path in cities across the United States to find unusual and unique eateries and dishes that only the locals know about.
Now retitled “Secret Eats With Adam Richman” and premiering Monday, Aug. 8, the show goes international as Richman visits locations ranging from Hong Kong and Bangkok to Mexico City and Moscow to experience some of the most mysterious and intriguing culinary hideaways.
And this time around, the crew gets in on the on-camera action.
“You know, you can’t ignore the fact that you have a bunch of Americans with cameras in Moscow,” the 42-year-old Brooklyn, N.Y., native says. “It would be foolish and I think it would rob the viewer of part of the experience, that it’s not just borscht and varenikis; there’s a lot more to it. So I think in kind of breaking the fourth wall more, involving the crew, them Click or tap on icon for more! reacting to things around us, us talking amongst ourselves ... learning phrases in other languages, I think it takes a sort of showiness out of it and makes it a genuine journey, which I personally dig the most.”
But of course, the “Eats” are the thing, and in Monday’s opening episode, he and his crew visit London, where they encounter a detective agency that serves as a front for a secret speakeasy restaurant, a Soho diner with an unusual requirement for ordering a sundae, and an architectural salvage shop that doubles as a restaurant.
“In this store, tucked into one of the rooms, they’ve made a dining room called the Eisenhower Room. Everything’s for sale ...,” Richman explains. “They cook inside a closet and it’s just amazing. And literally while you’re eating, people will come by and it’s the funniest thing, they’ll look at the price of the lamp on your table or the picture right above your head. It’s super awkward but it reminds you you’re sitting in a store eating this delicious meal that was cooked in a closet. But it’s awesome.”
What book What did What is your next project? When was the last vacation you took, are you you have for where and why? currently dinner last “Hopefully another season of this reading? night? show (chuckles). I’m filming a “That is a great question. The last proper vacation special for ‘Secret Eats’ in Sturgis – when did I get one of those? You know what “Syd Field’s “Tapas at (S.D.) coming up and I have two I usually do? I do the Hawaii Food and Wine screenwriting Tapas Brindisa more books in the works.” Festival every year and I love Hawaii, and I book.” in Suffolk, not usually tack on an extra week for me. So I guess far from the that has to count. And Hawaii is kind of my reset theater.” button. It’s the right kind of magic I need.”
August 7 - 13, 2016 YOUR TV LINK Courtesy of Gracenote Page 7 CELEBRITY JAY BOBBIN’S CELEBRITY SCOOP ALYSON HANNIGAN ... it’s never gonna get better than that. Basically, I was involved in the act, and it was this cool kind of mentalist thing. I think Penn & Teller were overthinking it, and I was like, ‘No, I really think he was just looking at my hands and he could tell which one had the coin in it.’ ”
Hannigan got to stay, though. She notes with bemusement that the show’s stars “weren’t rude, because they’re very sweet, but I would definitely that they were dismissive of my idea. And they were still trying to figure it out.”
Among the most enjoyable aspects of the “Fool Us” gig for Hannigan is her participation in aspiring magicians’ performances – which doesn’t mean she doesn’t cringe at certain moments.
“One was a sword swallower,” she reports, “and he made me pull the sword out of his mouth! I can still feel the nausea. He was telling me things like, ‘If you don’t do this right, you’ll probably cut my heart out.’ That’s not a collapsible knife; it’s a sword, and I could feel it. I think it makes for some very funny television, because I was very grossed out.” Click or tap here for more! Birthdate: March 24, 1974 ork is truly magical for Alyson Hannigan these Birthplace: Washington, D.C. days. Current residence: Los Angeles W In her former part as Willow Rosenberg on “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” the actress got to practice Family info: Married to actor Alexis Denisof; they have some prestidigitation herself, but she’s now watching two daughters others try to impress – and confound – two masters of the trade as she plays host on “Penn & Teller: Fool Us” Other television work includes: “How I Met Your Wednesdays on The CW. In a career that also has given Mother,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Angel,” “American her series roles on “How I Met Your Mother” and TV Dad!” (voice only), “Robot Chicken” (voice only), “The Land’s projected version of “The First Wives Club,” the Simpsons,” (voice only), “King of the Hill” (voice only), spirited Hannigan allows that her current job is a new and “Veronica Mars,” “That ’70s Show,” “Touched by an unexpected turn. Angel,” “Rugrats” (voice only), “The Wild Thornberrys” (voice only), “Picket Fences,” “Almost Home,” “Roseanne,” “There was actually one magician where I figured it out, “Free Spirit” and Penn & Teller didn’t,” she says with pride about a contestant who stumped the title duo. “I should have really Movie work includes: “American Reunion,” “Love, just gone home after that. I mean, that was the highlight Wedding, Marriage,” “Date Movie,” “American Wedding,” “American Pie 2,” “Boys and Girls,” “American Pie,” “Dead Man on Campus,” “My Stepmother Is an Alien”
Page 8 YOUR TV LINK Courtesy of Gracenote August 7 - 13, 2016 Click or tap on icon for more! CELEBRITY C CELEBRITY PROFILE FLORIANBELLANGER - Born April 20, 1968, in Saint Denis, France.
- Not only did he indulge in decadent cakes and pastries as a child, but he often spent his free afternoons in the kitchen, baking them for his family. A childhood allergy to chocolate ironically prevented him from relishing such treats for nearly six years, but luckily he outgrew it.
- At the age of fifteen, he applied to Paris’s prestigious pastry school, L’Ecole de Paris des Métiers de la Table. Although his application was rejected because he was a year too young to enroll, in 1983 the future chef was accepted and graduated with a degree in pastry arts and a specialty in chocolate and ice cream.
- Once he reached age 18, he joined the military as all young men in France had to do then. He ended up as a pastry chef in the French Military Officer’s Club in French Guyana.
Florian Bellanger is a world renowned pastry chef, TV personality and judge who can be seen in “Cupcake Wars” on Food Network.
Click or tap here for more! - In 1995, he married Anna Louisa, whom he met while they were both working in Qatar. They moved to Manhattan - In June 2010, Food Network’s hit competition series in 1996 after he won a prized job as executive pastry “Cupcake Wars” premiered and he became a permanent chef of one of the world’s most acclaimed restaurants, Le judge on the reality-based competition show. Bernardin. - His technical expertise and tough critiquing have led to - He was named one of the 10 best pastry chefs in him being called “the Simon Cowell of cupcakes.” America in 2004 and 2003 by “Pastry Art & Design” magazine. He was also awarded a lifetime achievement - In 2011, his wife Anna passed away unexpectedly, award in the 2013 U.S. Pastry Competition and was a hall Ieaving him to raise their three sons, Roman, Aldrin, and of fame inductee for the “Dessert Professional Magazine” Evan on his own. in 2013. - He has served as the president of the jury for the U.S. - He is an executive chef and co-owner of Mad Mac Pastry Competition since 2007, is a member of City Macarons an acclaimed French cookie and pastry Harvest’s Food Council and a guest chef faculty member at company, which he helped found in 2006. the French Culinary Institute.
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“Social media has been a great way to stay connected with the people who have been supporting me for so long, and to be able to see instant reactions in real time is so cool … and to share things that I care about, and even to provide inspiration to some people. Just to be able to engage on a more personal level is incredible.” – Victoria Justice, seen recently on Teen Choice 2016 on Fox
“That’s what I look for (while performing a concert), that connection – that feeling of all of us together, singing music that we love and that moves us and makes us feel good. That’s a high unlike anything else, and “We were all about to go on stage, and ABC it inspires me to continue ran the first 12 minutes of it at the Upfronts. to write songs that make I’ve never seen an entire place just shut down people travel thousands of and lock in watching part of a pilot. Every miles to come to Nashville actor, every executive, even the most jaded to sing their hearts out.” person in the business … we were all riveted. – Brett Eldredge, seen I think that could easily be my new favorite recently on “CMA Music show, it just looks so good.” – Chris Harrison Festival: Country’s Night of “Bachelor in Paradise” on ABC, about to Rock” on ABC Kiefer Sutherland’s upcoming “Designated Survivor” Page 10 YOUR TV LINK Courtesy of Gracenote August 7 - 13, 2016 CELEBRITY
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Carla Hall of “The Chew” on ABC “What do I record? Ha! I just saw a new show (‘The Night Of’). It was on HBO. ... ‘Game of Thrones.’ I tape ‘So You “ Think You Can Dance.’ ‘Mr. Selfridge.’ ”
Dan Patrick NASCAR driver of the Rio Jimmie Johnson of Olympics the Cheez-It 355 at on NBC and The Glen on USA multiple Network outlets “ ‘Game of Thrones.’ “Too many. I have plenty of kids ... I watch programming on the ‘Million there. The only thing Dollar Listing: that we seem to New York’ stay up with of late and ‘LA.’ has been ‘Game of I’ve been Thrones.’ ” watching ‘The Americans’ with Keri Russell. I watched ‘The Night Manager’ with Tom Hiddleston. I watched the Walton Goggins of “Vice Principals” ‘House of on HBO Cards’ series. “The answer to that question would have ‘Diners, been different five years ago but now I Drive-ins have a child, so I record ‘Curious George’ and Dives,’ and ‘The Dinosaur Trains.’ ‘60 Minutes’ ... of course. ‘Octonauts’ (laughs) and, last but not least, That’s ‘Downton Abbey,’ the latest.” probably my wheelhouse.”
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BY GEORGE DICKIE Preseason is a time for getting the McDonough, Gruden kinks out.
There’s getting to know new try to develop chemistry teammates, becoming acquainted with a new playbook and determining as new MNF broadcast where the mistakes will be made and how to avoid them.
partners Same holds true for broadcasters, as Sean McDonough knows. He joins the Monday Night Football booth this season as play-by-play man alongside analyst and former NFL coach Jon Gruden, so the two preseason games they’re doing this summer will serve as a shakedown cruise of sorts for when the real action begins in September.
His first broadcast with Gruden comes Sunday, Aug. 7, when ESPN broadcasts the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game between the Green Bay Packers and Indianapolis Colts from Canton, Ohio.
“The exhibition games will be fun and I think a great opportunity for Jon Gruden and I to get a little time together in the booth and hopefully build a little chemistry,” McDonough says. “A lot of play-by- play broadcasting of events is just developing a rhythm and a flow and a comfort level with your partner in the booth, so I think that’ll be the benefit of the exhibition games.”
But that rapport is built not just by doing games, but also by spending time off air. Toward that end, McDonough and Gruden have already put in their time getting to know each other earlier this year, in New York at an ESPN advertising event and at Gruden’s home in Tampa, Fla., where the two talked football, how to cover it and their philosophies of television.
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Continued from previous page “You know, a lot of the camaraderie that you have on the air is really a product of the time you spend together off the air getting to know each other,” he says. “... So we’ve been trying to build chemistry by spending time together off the air, which I think will help when we get on the air. I mean, the better you know somebody the easier it is to have a comfortable conversation, whether it’s on or off the air. And it’s easy to get to know Jon because he pretty much is what you see on TV. I mean, he’s a very energetic, fun, likable guy.”
One of the stories sure to get considerable play Sunday will be the Hall inductions that happened the previous evening. This year, Packers quarterback Brett Favre and Colts coach Tony Dungy and wide receiver Marvin Harrison will join five others as the Hall’s newest members, so expect to see many of them – as well as scores of Packers and Colts fans – during the telecast.
“I think we’ll be interviewing many of them,” McDonough says of the inductees, Jon Gruden provides “and a lot of that game will be spent giving them their due, particularly the analysis as the Green guys who are aligned with the Packers and the Colts. You know, Brett Favre Bay Packers take on and Tony Dungy and Marvin Harrison. I’m looking forward to seeing Eddie the Indianapolis Colts DeBartolo. I think that’s a fascinating story, his selection into the Hall of Fame in the Pro Football and the chance to kind of revisit the Hall of Fame Game successes and the glory years of the San Francisco 49ers when he owned Sunday on ESPN. them. So I think in that first game a lot of our time will be spent talking about the inductees into the Hall of Fame.”
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BY JOHN CROOK As “Masterpiece Mystery!” launches the eighth and final season of “Inspector Lewis” Sunday, Aug. 7, on PBS (check local listings), Lewis and Hathaway (Kevin Whately, Laurence Fox) find themselves drawn into a macabre world of taxidermy and avant-garde artists in the new episode “One for Sorrow.”
It’s a crackling and unsettling entry in this police series that consistently delivers both in terms of its scripts and performances. Maybe because we know going in that these are the final three “Lewis” mysteries, however, a valedictory air hovers over these stories.
Even for the characters, things are in transition. Jean Innocent no longer is running the department (owing to fan favorite Rebecca Front’s filming commitments elsewhere), replaced by new Chief Supt. Joe Moody (Steve Toussaint). Moody has no history with Lewis, so he’s seriously considering laying him off to save money.
“That’s something that happens in the police force now,” Whately explains. “They’re chucked out at 55, and they might get one more year as a consultant, but not more than that. It’s a weird thing, isn’t it, all that experience just being heaved out on the junk Whately bids heap?” As for Hathaway, he spends most free time farewell to he has this season with his estranged father, Philip (guest star Nicholas Jones), who is his beloved battling encroaching dementia. Off-camera, both actors were ready to ‘Inspector move on from their long-running characters, Whately because he wanted to spend more time with his family and Fox because his Lewis’ role on career star is on the rise elsewhere. ‘Masterpiece “I didn’t feel especially sentimental about leaving, because I had done it before,” Whately says. “I left ‘Morse’ three years, I Mystery!’ think, before we finished that and then came back for the last one.” Continued on next page
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Laurence Fox (left) and Kevin Whately star in “Masterpiece Mystery!: Inspector Lewis Season 8” Sunday on PBS
Continued from previous page Whately created the role of Lewis on “Inspector Morse” in 1987 and continued with that show for a decade. Now 65, the actor is older than “Morse” star John Thaw was at the time of his death, at 60, in 2002.
As much as anything, though, Whately says he just thought Robbie Lewis was getting to an age where it made little sense for him to continue in police work.
“We have several series over here, and you’ve seen some of them, with quite ancient police leads in them,” Whately says, chuckling. “I didn’t want to be playing a 70-year-old cop.”
While the series finale provides closure, it also doesn’t rule out a future “Lewis” stand-alone movie, but Whately says at the moment he’s inclined to just let it go. He also thinks a “Hathaway” spinoff for Fox, while viable, would be unlikely.
“Laurence could easily carry his own show, but I hope they will find him something else rather than more Hathaway,” he says.
He’s currently enjoying what he says is “my first summer off since 1981,” but isn’t permanently retiring.
“These 30 years seem to have gone by in a flash, but I hope to be back eventually in something else – maybe as a senior partner in something,” Whately says. Click or tap on icon for more! August 7 - 13, 2016 YOUR TV LINK Courtesy of Gracenote Page 15 STORY ‘American Experience’ offers a crash course in modern presidencies BY JAY BOBBIN Post-conventions and pre- besides being wonderful election is a good time for confections of education a big dose of presidential and entertainment.” history, and “American Experience” is equipped to “American Experience” provide it. aired a similar portrait of Bill Clinton in 2012, and The venerable PBS series Samels allows it “would has presented profiles of have been included if many U.S. chief executives Hillary Clinton were not over the course of its own running for president. history, and several of them We just felt it was a are repackaged into a two- little bit too much of a week event that begins thumb on the scale, with Monday, Aug, 8 (check the election so close. local listings). ”JFK” leads In selecting this lineup, the first week on Monday we were very careful to and Tuesday, followed have both Republican by “LBJ” on Wednesday and Democratic and “Nixon” on Thursday. representation.” The second week offers “Jimmy Carter” (Monday), While “The Presidents” “Reagan” (Tuesday and gives PBS cohesive Wednesday) and “George counter-programming to H.W. Bush” (Thursday). the Olympics, Samels Pictured: John F. Kennedy agrees with Naftali that “We’ve been producing it comes at arguably the presidential biographies for much of our 28 years on PBS,” most telling time for the electorate. “These looks into the says “American Experience” executive producer Mark people who occupy the White House are really important Samels. “We’ve done 16 total, and a few times over the and revealing windows onto the challenges that anyone years, we’ve collected and presented them in different faces when they lead a country like ours,” Samels notes, (combinations) together. There’s a nice synergy that’s ”the political challenges, the foreign-policy challenges, created when you see some of the ideas that carried the economic challenges and even the social challenges. from one presidency to another, so this is another good I think it’s a really great way to understand not only an opportunity for us to take stock of the presidency.” individual, but our country as a whole.”
Historian Timothy Naftali, who has written books about Inevitably, “American Experience” also will present John F. Kennedy and the first President Bush, ran the presidential biographies of George W. Bush and Barack Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum for Obama, but Naftali believes it will take some time to get several years. He appears in the “American Experience” there. “When you do a portrait right after a presidency,” programs on Kennedy and Bush, and he reasons that he reflects, “the narrative is going to be what the media in watching those and the others now, “You have an and the public assume it will be, the high points and the opportunity to think about the enormous responsibility low points. If you try to give a president’s perspective, you’re about to place on someone’s shoulders. And if that takes a while to develop. You need their memoir, that makes people more serious about the choice they because sometimes, that shows you the perspective is make in November – and more determined to make a a little different from what you thought it was. I could see choice, because the best thing to come out of (this) is the structure of a George W. Bush or Barack Obama that you vote – then the shows have a civic purpose, documentary, but I’m not sure we’d really get at the heart of the matter this soon.” Click or tap on icon for more! Page 16 YOUR TV LINK Courtesy of Gracenote August 7 - 13, 2016 STORY The true exploits of ‘Boston EMS’ are back on ABC
BY JAY BOBBIN Wrong’s relationship with Boston through several shows By now, it’s a tradition for a medical documentary series stems from his connection to its late mayor Thomas to be part of ABC’s summer programming. Menino, with whom he made a project at the start of the 2000s. “That gave us the street cred,” Wrong reasons. “We did a good job and we had his support, so we were able That’s thanks largely to one executive producer: Terence to go back and do subsequent series there. And (Boston) Wrong, who has given the network “NY Med,” “Boston is kind of the medical capital of the United States; with Med,” “Hopkins” and “Save My Life: Boston Trauma” in the conglomeration of top-level medical centers there, past years. He’s now back in the Saturday ABC lineup nowhere else equals it.” with the second season of “Boston EMS,” profiling a number of that city’s first responders – many of whom, The decision to showcase the city’s Emergency Services expectedly, share stories of working the immediate team in “Boston EMS” was easy for Wrong, who reflects, aftermath of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings as “The Boston Marathon bombing was almost a textbook they tend to current emergencies. illustration of how an EMS should deal with a mass- casualty situation. My favorite story about it is how “We’re gratified that ABC has been so supportive of us, Mayor Menino called in the chief of the Boston EMS that and particularly the news division,” Wrong says of his evening. They’d had three dead at the scene and dozens long run with such series. “There have been a bunch of in hospitals with missing limbs and massive bleeds, and different leaders at that division and the network since the mayor asked, ‘How many are going to be dead by these series were initiated, but everybody has found this morning?’ The chief said, ‘Quite a few more’ – but in fact, to be a unique and valuable contribution that you can’t nobody else died.” really see anywhere else. “That’s because they had evacuated the wounded very meticulously to half a dozen trauma centers,” Wrong “These are amazingly hard shows to make, and they’re explains, “keeping in mind who had spare trauma exhausting for us,” notes Wrong. “When we deprogram, surgeons and extra plasma supplies. They made choices we’re like, ‘Do we really want to do another?’ And then, in the moment, and I find it hard to come up with another we start to miss it ... the adrenalin and the intimacy that city that could have handled a situation like that as we get with these series that we don’t seem to be able to efficiently. They’re really extraordinary, and that makes replace with anything else. It’s very personal to all of us, them compelling to us. They’ve all been touched by that and we’ve all used the contacts and information we’ve event the way the fire and police departments in New York gotten from it in our own lives and with our own families.” were touched by 9/11.” Click or tap on icon for more! August 7 - 13, 2016 YOUR TV LINK Courtesy of Gracenote Page 17 SPORTS
Rookie Ryan Kelly steps up for the Colts Story on next page
FULL NAME: Ryan Kelly DRAFT: 2016; Round 1, 18th pick BORN: May 30, 1993 TEAM: Indianapolis Colts BIRTHPLACE: West Chester, Ohio POSITION: Center HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6-foot, 4-inches/313-pounds NO.: 78 COLLEGE: Alabama HONORS & ACHIEVEMENTS: NCAA Champion, 2011, 2012, 2015; Rimington Trophy, 2015; All American, 2015
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BY DAN LADD The 2016 NFL preseason officially begins with the annual Pro Football Hall of Fame Game between the Green Bay Packers and the Indianapolis Colts. The game will be televised from Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, Ohio on Sunday, Aug. 7 on ESPN; exactly six months since Super Bowl 50.
It’s highly doubtful that starters like Aaron Rodgers and Andrew Luck will take the field, since the game will be more about getting a look at the rookie class. Among those new players is Ryan Kelly who was the Colts’ first round pick in the NFL draft in May – he was eighteenth overall. Kelly is fresh off a collegiate National Championship season with the Alabama Crimson Tide and is very accustomed to playing on a winning team.
The Colts, who missed the playoffs in 2015 for the first time since the Luck era began in 2012, just gave their quarterback a monumental contract and protecting him will be paramount; thus the expenditure of a high draft pick on Kelly. For Kelly, the Hall of Fame Game will be a homecoming of sorts as he grew up outside Cincinnati, merely a four hour drive from Canton.
Played since 1962, the game is the culmination of the Hall of Fame weekend and this year both teams have some notable inductees. Former Packers’ quarterback Brett Favre, Colts’ receiver Marvin Harrison and former coach Tony Dungy are among the inductees that also include Ken Stabler, Kevin Greene, Orlando Pace, Eddie DeBartolo Jr. and Dick Stanfel.
August 7 - 13, 2016 YOUR TV LINK Courtesy of Gracenote Page 19 MOVIES JAY BOBBIN'S THEATRICAL MOVIE REVIEW ‘MIKE AND DAVE’ could use more than wedding dates Our Take
Even in these times of raunchier Just about movie humor, the everyone has simplest comedy been to one of ideas can surprise those family you. gatherings where a relative A picture becomes a like “There’s problem – too Something About loud, too crude, Mary” or “Wedding too “something.” Crashers” can The notion give you hope. A that someone picture like “Mike could be such and Dave Need a problem Wedding Dates” continually at can diminish that nearly every hope. It’s not a event, as with complete loss, but the brothers it also doesn’t rise here, is an all that far above amusing one the expectations (unless you’re for it going in. a member of Pictured: Adam Devine (left) and Zac Efron that family, of And there is course). reason for hope initially. Not only Though the is the film based on a true story of brothers who main focus is on the central quartet, the wedding set- really did advertise online for proper dates to their up also permits other relatives to have their moments, sister’s wedding, one of said dates is played by the letting director Jake Szymanski bounce around a bit very talented Anna Kendrick. Her comedic sensibility (though Judd Apatow still is the king of this sort of suggests she could do much for any premise, but she’s filmmaking). That doesn’t hurt the film, since a constant also has the clear intelligence of a number of her past 90 minutes with the principal four could get to be a bit characters to work against. much ... and the supporting characters are kept wisely in their lanes, giving just that, support. She’s reunited with “Pitch Perfect” co-star Adam Devine, who plays Mike while Zac Efron, sort of a It takes a certain alchemy for a concept like “Mike veteran of this genre thanks to the “Neighbors” movies and Dave Need Wedding Dates” to work. Let your (and, to a lesser degree, the heinous “Dirty Grandpa”), brain take something of a rest for this hour-and-a-half, is Dave. They get responses to their ad from the and there’s a chance you’ll find it, though it could be equally reckless characters played by Kendrick and stronger. Aubrey Plaza, and it’s off to the races. Or, more accurately, to the wedding.
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“SUPERGIRL: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON” The top heroine to hail from Krypton fuels this series in the engaging persona of Melissa Benoist (“Glee”), who proves as facile at action – and she definitely gets roughed up in many episodes – as she does at slightly daffy humor while playing the Girl of Steel’s alter ego, Kara Danvers. Calista Flockhart goes for laughs more clearly as Kara’s supremely self-involved media-mogul boss, with Mehcad Brooks (playing “James” Olsen) and Jeremy Jordan (“Smash”) as office cohorts, and Chyler Leigh (“Grey’s Anatomy”) as Kara’s Earth sister. One story that’s particularly fun teams Benoist’s Supergirl with Grant Gustin as The Flash ... which now looks like foreshadowing, since this series is moving DVD from CBS to The CW for its new season. Top Pick ››› (Not rated: AS, P, V)
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“GOD’S NOT DEAD 2” (Aug. 16): A “ROOTS” (Aug. 23): The remake of teacher (Melissa Joan Hart) runs into the landmark miniseries about author professional trouble over a student’s Alex Haley’s family background (Hayley Orrantia) religion-based features Forest Whitaker and query. (PG: AS) Laurence Fishburne. (Not rated: AS, V) “THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE” (Aug. 16): The popular app is expanded “MONEY MONSTER” (Sept. 6): A into a full-length animated feature, televised financial adviser (George with Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad and Clooney) is held captive by a Peter Dinklage supplying voices. vengeful investor (Jack O’Connell); (PG: AS) Julia Roberts also stars. (R: AS, P, V)
“THE HUNTSMAN: WINTER’S “CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR” WAR” (Aug. 23): Battling sisters (Sept. 13): Captain America (Chris (Charlize Theron, Emily Blunt) pose Evans) and Iron Man (Robert big challenges for the Huntsman Downey Jr.) lead opposing factions of (Chris Hemsworth) and his true love Marvel superheroes. (PG-13: P, V) (Jessica Chastain). (PG-13: AS, V)
Pictured: Melissa Joan Hart Family Viewing Ratings AS Adult situations P Profanity V Violence N Nudity GV Graphic Violence August 7 - 13, 2016 YOUR TV LINK Courtesy of Gracenote Page 21 FAVORITE SHOWS
SUNDAY 7 p.m. on NBC Rio Olympics As the Summer Games continue from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, events available for coverage include: Cuba vs. Russia and Argentina vs. Iran in men’s volleyball; men’s preliminary matches in beach volleyball; Day 2 of gymnastics, featuring women’s qualifying rounds for such countries as Canada, France and Japan; and several events in swimming, including the women’s 100m butterfly final, the men’s 100m breaststroke final and the women’s 400m freestyle final. New
8 p.m. on ESPN NFL Preseason Football The NFL returns with the annual Pro Football Hall of Fame Game, an exhibition contest between the Green Bay Packers and the Indianapolis Colts. Don’t expect to see the likes of star quarterbacks Aaron Rodgers of the Packers or Andrew Luck of the Colts. This game will be more about getting a look at rookies and backups while honoring HOF inductees Brett Favre, Marvin Harrison and Tony Dungy who played and coached for these teams. New
10 p.m. on ABC Match Game “Saturday Night Live’s” Leslie Jones is on the panel of celebrities who have to fill in the blanks in this episode. So is Josh Charles, dryly humorous on “Sports Night” before starting his much more dramatic run on “The Good Wife.” Host Alec Baldwin also calls upon Leah Remini and “30 Rock” alum Jack McBrayer, among others. Jack McBrayer is featured in “Match Game” MONDAY 9 p.m. on LIFETIME Devious Maids In “Grime and Punishment,” the season finale, Zoila (Judy Reyes) stumbles across something that helps Rosie (Dania Ramirez) fit together the final pieces in the puzzle of Peri’s murder. Carmen and Danni (Roselyn Sanchez, Sol Rodriguez) find themselves in a dangerous situation, while Marisol (Ana Ortiz) feels the need to get some closure with Peter (guest star James Denton). Elsewhere, Genevieve (Susan Lucci) makes a new fiend, while Adrian (Tom Irwin) plans to share some big news. Season Finale New
10:01 p.m. on ABC Mistresses Guest star Lynn Whitfield (“Greenleaf”) returns as April’s (Rochelle Aytes) mother in the new episode “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” and it’s not a happy visit. Mom isn’t pleased about her daughter’s relationship with Marc (Rob Mayes), and added complications involving the elder woman’s health arise. Karen (Yunjin Kim) has doubts about new nanny Lydia (guest star Alanna Masterson). Joss (Jes Macallan) is stunned to learn who Kate’s (Tabrett Bethell) new beau is. New
Justin Chatwin stars in “American Gothic”
Page 22 YOUR TV LINK Courtesy of Gracenote August 7 - 13, 2016 continued on next page FAVORITE SHOWS TUESDAY obvious Daliyah has mixed emotions while Rehab (John Ales) feels very 8 p.m. on FREEFORM on the subject. Leila’s (Moran Atias) unhappy with his contribution to the Pretty Little Liars relationship with Cogswell (Chris hip-hop musical “Feast” as rehearsals In the new episode “Original Noth) drives a wedge between her get under way. Elaine Hendrix also Gangsters,” a concerned Jason and her sister. New stars. New (Drew van Acker) comes to town to 10:31 p.m. on ABC warn Ali (Sasha Pieterse) not to trust blackish FRIDAY Mary (Andrea Parker), while Ezra Word of layoffs in his firm panics 8 p.m. on FOX (Ian Harding) receives a call about a Dre (Anthony Anderson), who fears figure from out of his past and Noel MasterChef both losing his job and having his The beginning of the two-hour Kahn (Brant Daugherty) grows more idealized family image tampered suspicious. Elsewhere, the girls find a presentation “Gordon Ramsay with, in “The Johnson Show.” Bow Masterclass/Vets, Jets and Home storm cellar that is fairly loaded with (Tracee Ellis Ross) believes she can clues. New Cooks” is all about lobster, as chef, handle a school auction all on her host and judge Ramsay shows 9 p.m. on ABC own, but she ultimately has to turn to how to separate one for culinary Bachelor in Paradise: After Paradise her children (Yara Shahidi, Marcus purposes. Seeing leads to doing for Since many people like to talk about Scribner, Miles Brown, Marsai Martin) 16 contestants, since they have to the events of a “Bachelor in Paradise” for help. Guest stars include Nicole emulate what Ramsay did. Then, the episode right after it airs, ABC again Sullivan (“MADtv”) and Brittany remaining competitors are divided is providing a relevant outlet this Daniel (“Joe Dirt”). into two squads to serve just over summer with the return of this after- 100 military veterans a steak dish show. It wouldn’t be a “Bachelor” or THURSDAY that also involves two sides and a “Bachelorette” program without host 9 p.m. on CW sauce. Chris Harrison, and he’s back again to Beauty and the Beast 8 p.m. on CW lead the conversation, which involves Vincent (Jay Ryan) is put to the test contestants from the series, viewers — actually, a whole battery of them Masters of Illusion — via social media and telephone — in the new episode “Means to The title “Classic Magic Mashups” — and franchise-fan studio guests. an End.” The would-be beast buyer suggests that each act will Season Premiere New wants to see just what he might be involve several familiar aspects getting, but Vincent plays it cagey of prestidigitation, likely causing in a bid to avoid confirming his true the featured illusionists to reach WEDNESDAY nature. Cat, JT and Heather (Kristin beyond their usual comfort zones 10 p.m. on CBS Kreuk, Austin Basis, Nicole Gale to incorporate other elements. The American Gothic Anderson) continue their efforts on performers showcased here are Les Jack (Gabriel Bateman) falls prey the intended behalf of Vincent. New Arnold and Dazzle, Chris Randall, to potential danger, without the Jason Bishop, Johnny Ace Palmer, recovering Cam’s (Justin Chatwin) 10 p.m. on FX Sittah and Greg Frewin. Dean Cain guidance and under the influence of Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll continues as host. Another episode a new friend (guest star Aviv Cohen), Gigi (Elizabeth Gillies) tries to deal follows. in the new episode “Kindred Spirits.” with the situation as Johnny’s (Denis A reporter who’s become a problem Leary) charity anthem catches on in SATURDAY for the Hawthornes is the focus for the new episode “Tramps Like Us.” 8 p.m. on CBS Garrett and Alison (Antony Starr, Elsewhere, Flash (John Corbett) Juliet Rylance). Brady (Elliot Knight) makes another important decision, Rush Hour advances the probe of the Silver Bells It’s one thing to be harassed, but Killer. Virginia Madsen and Megan when the targets are power players Ketch also star. New and the source of the problem seems to be the same person in all cases, 10 p.m. on FX it becomes a matter for Carter and Tyrant Lee (Justin Hires, Jon Foo) in the In the new episode “Truth and Dignity,” new episode “The Dark Night.” The Barry’s hardline policies put Daliyah detectives’ probe reveals that the (Melia Kreiling) in serious danger, victims have plenty of skeletons while Al-Qadi (Annet Mahendru) they’d rather leave in their respective offers a risky plan in a bid to move Gordon ramsay hosts closets. Wendie Malick, Aimee Garcia toward peace. Fauzi (Fares Fares) “MasterChef” and Page Kennedy also star. New puts his heart on the line, but it’s
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