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3-month TV calendar Page 29 RETURNING FAVORITES WESTWORLD ELEMENTARY QUANTICO THE AMERICANS NEW GIRL She’s back. Still fearless. And still very, very funny! MUST-SEE NEW SHOWS MARCH 19–APRIL 1, 2018 Superman’s origin story DOUBLE ISSUE < Donald Sutherland as the world’s richest man Grey’s Anatomy spinoff DOUBLE ISSUE • 2 WEEKS OF LISTINGS VOLUME 66 | NUMBER 12 | ISSUE #3427–3428 In This Issue On the Cover 18 Cover Story: Roseanne The iconic family comedy is back! We check in to see what’s next for the Conner clan in ABC’s much-anticipated reboot. 22 Spring Preview Donald Sutherland stars in FX’s Trust, Zach Braff returns with Alex, Inc., Superman’s history is told in Krypton, inside Grey’s Anatomy spinoff Station 19 (Jason George, inset) and Sandra Oh faces danger in Killing Eve. Plus: Intel on Westworld, The Americans, Quantico, Elementary, The Handmaid’s Tale and New Girl. 29 Spring TV Calendar 2 Ask Matt EDITOR’S 3 Stu We Love 4 Burning Questions LETTER Yikes! What really happened on that It’s been three decades since we met the shocking Bachelor finale. 5 Ratings Conners, a working-class family from fictional Lanford, Illinois, headed up by parents Rose- 6 Crime Scene NEW! anne, a factory line worker, and Dan, a contrac- Five can’t-miss specials and shows for true-crime fans. tor. Few shows since the ’70s had focused on 8 Tastemakers characters struggling with the money prob- Valerie Bertinelli dishes on her Food Network show. Plus: Her savory lems that come with blue-collar jobs. And with bacon-wrapped pork tenderloin recipe. the notable exception of the Hecks on The 10 Commentary Middle, not many since Roseanne have really Columnist David Bianculli celebrates Dallas’s 40th anniversary. been about the stresses and strains of just get- 11 My TV Obsessions ting by in America. Thanks to Roseanne Barr, the Designated Survivor’s Italia Ricci talks Parenthood and Seth Meyers. real-life stand-up comedian (above, with costar 12 Roush Review John Goodman), Roseanne was also a fantastic The Terror, The Americans, Barry and The Dangerous Book for Boys. comedy, consistently ranked in the Top 20 14 Movies during its nine-season run that started in Spy thriller Atomic Blonde, Girls Trip and The Ten Commandments. 16 Streaming 1988. (Though being rated as one of TV GUIDE MAGAZINE’s “Greatest TV Shows of All Time” is Santa Clarita Diet and Agatha Christie adaptation Crooked House. 7 8 Crossword even more notable to us!) Since the Roseanne 80 Cheers & Jeers revival was announced last May, senior writer Aubry D’Arminio waited patiently for the DAY-BY-DAY GUIDE TO assignment. It’s her all-time favorite show, THE BEST TELEVISION and the reason she got into entertainment 31 What’s Worth Watching Week 1 journalism. So, we sent her out to the L.A. set to chat with Barr and the rest of the cast. FROM TOP: MAARTEN DE BOER FOR GETTY IMAGES; MITCH HAASETH/ABC; JUSTIN STEPHENS/NICKELODEON STEPHENS/NICKELODEON JUSTIN HAASETH/ABC; MITCH IMAGES; GETTY FOR BOER DE MAARTEN TOP: FROM John Cena hosts the Kids’ Choice Awards (left). 38 Week 1 Primetime Listings Her cover story is just the start of our 53 What’s Worth Spring Preview package. We’re also reporting Watching Week 2 on 12 major new shows and highlighting 10 returning favorites, and we’ve created a handy Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert. 60 Week 2 Primetime one-page calendar including 113 premieres Listings through the end of May. 82 Week 1 Pacifi c Listings Enjoy! 96 Week 2 Pacifi c Listings ON THE COVER Roseanne Barr and John Goodman Michael Fell photographed by Robert Trachtenberg/ABC. Inset: Kevin Winter/Getty Images Editor-in-Chief TV Guide Magazine @TVGuideMagazine Ask Matt @tvguidemagazine @TVGMMattRoush America’s top TV critic Matt Roush PLUS YOUR FEEDBACK answers your burning questions MAJOR FAN I agree with Matt Roush Lipinski and Weir happily that The Brave chatting is the best about skating of the military at the Games dramas this season [“Ask Matt,” March 5]. I have always liked Mike Vogel—he is a fantastic actor. The others in this show are also doing a great job, and the character develop- ment has been wonderful so far. I really hope it returns to TV. —Joan STAR POWER Why focus on “break- ing new ground” on the new show Instinct [“Agent of Change,” March 5]? I enjoyed NBC’s coverage of the Winter And will they release Season 1 on Alan Cumming is in it. Enough said. 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