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AUGUST 30 - SEPTEMBER 5, 2020 staradvertiser.com TV’S NEW FALL SHOWS Gabrielle Union and Jessica Alba bring their star power to prime time as LAPD offi cers in L.A.’s Finest, which premieres on Fox this fall. The action drama is just one of the many new television series slated to debut in the upcoming season. Others highly anticipated new fall shows include NBC’s Law & Order: Organized Crime, HBO’s We Are Who We Are and AMC’s The Walking Dead: World Beyond. Hawai‘i’s Political Parties: SPECIAL INTERVIEWS INCLUDE: Visions of the Future. Pua Ishibashi, Co-Founder, Aloha ‘Āina Party Ed Gazmen, Chairperson, Constitution Party Join host Lyla Berg as she speaks with local party leaders to understand each John Giuffre, Chairperson, American Shopping Party party’s goals, values and vision for the Tyler Dos Santos-Tam, future of our state. Chair, Democratic Party of Hawai‘i Wednesday, September 2 Piilani Kaopuiki, olelo.org 6:30pm | Channel 53 President, League of Women Voters (Hawai‘i) 590219_IslandFocus_Ad_PoliticalParties_9-2_2in_runs8-30.indd 1 8/26/20 2:49 PM ON THE COVER | FALL PREVIEW: NEW SHOWS A fresh crop The scoop on TV’s new Guadagnino (“Call Me By Your Name,” 2017) March. However, industry pundits remain opti- examines modern teen angst set against the mistic, including the folks at Fox, who are plan- fall shows backdrop of an American military base in Italy ning to welcome three notable new series to in 2016. It stars Jack Dylan Grazer (“It,” 2017) their prime-time lineup this fall. By Kyla Brewer as Fraser, a shy teenager who moves from New “Now, more than ever, consistency, results TV Media York to the base. and stability take on an all-new emphasis,” AMC hopes to continue the success of its Fox executive Marianne Gambelli said. “Fox is hat magical time of year is almost here, The Walking Dead franchise with “The Walking primed and ready for the fall with a great deal of and TV fans are in for some fresh treats Dead: World Beyond,” scheduled to premiere stability across our entire programming lineup, Tat last. After months of reruns and binge Sunday, Oct. 4. The series had been slated to featuring premium content that continually watching, it’s finally time for new TV series to premiere in April, but AMC changed its plans resonates with viewers.” pop up in prime time. when COVID-19 forced the industry-wide In other words, the key to success might just While there may not be as many productions shutdown, opting instead to save it for its fall be quality over quantity. Bringing in some top- as usual for this year’s fall TV harvest, there schedule. Set 10 years after the advent of notch stars could give Fox the edge. Gabrielle are still some choice offerings. Cable channels the apocalypse, the show follows sisters Iris Union (“Bring It On,” 2000) and Jessica Alba are ready to duke it out for ratings with (Aliyah Royale, “The Red Line”) and Hope (“Fantastic Four,” 2005) bring their talents their own original programming, and (Alexa Mansour, “Loco Love,” 2017) and to the small screen in the network’s newly he major networks have secured a two friends who leave a place of safety acquired “L.A.’s Finest,” scheduled to make its mix of dramas, a comedy and even a on a quest. network television debut on Monday, Sept. 21. game show. There’s no doubt that the The police drama from Hollywood bigwig Jerry HBO will be out of COVID-19 shutdown has had an Bruckheimer is a spinoff of his big-screen Bad the gate early with impact on television produc- Boys franchise. “L.A.’s Finest” follows “Bad the premiere of “We tions, many of which were Boy” Marcus Burnett’s sister, Syd (Union), and Are Who We Are,” forced to close up shop in her new LAPD partner, Nancy (Alba). It’s impor- on Monday, Sept. tant to note that the show isn’t entirely new, 14. The drama Jack Dylan Grazer in “We but it’s new to Fox. Its first season aired on the Are Who We Are” from Luca cable channel Spectrum. FREE Download the BREAKING NEWS FREE TRAFFIC FREE WEATHER No matter how you read it, we deliver. app for free. FREE PHOTO GALLERIES PRINT • WEB • MOBILE APP The Honolulu Star-Advertiser app gives you PREMIUM CONTENT breaking news updates on what’s happening Sign-in or subscribe in Hawaii, the nation and around the world. PRINT REPLICA www.staradvertiser.com/download Download it today for FREE. Sign-in or subscribe August 30 - SEPTEMBER 5, 2020 STAR CHANNELS 2 ON DEMAND Blasting off New Netflix series takes an international team to Mars WHAT’S NEW ON PRIME “Primal” (2019) WHAT’S NEW ON NETFLIX off on their own mission to Mars in this series premiere. Hilary Swank (“Million Dollar Baby,” Nicolas Cage (“The Sorcerer’s Apprentice,” “Away” 2004) stars as American astronaut Emma 2010) stars as professional hunter and pro- Green. A former pilot in the navy and now the curer of rare animals Frank Walsh in this ac- While many people may be joking about want- commander of the space mission, Emma is tion film coming to Prime on Monday, Aug. 31. ing to get on a spaceship to Mars in order to first and foremost a wife to her husband, Matt Walsh’s latest expedition takes him deep into escape the chaotic state of the world right the Brazilian rainforest in search of an elusive (Josh Charles, “The Good Wife”), and mother now, on Friday, Sept. 4, Netflix follows an in- white jaguar known as the “ghost cat,” which he to her daughter, Lex (Talitha Bateman, “Love, ternational team of astronauts as they head intends to sell to a zoo for an obscene amount Simon,” 2018). Unlike many space dramas of money. To the amazement of his colleagues, that focus on various extraterrestrial crea- Walsh actually manages to capture the great tures, “Away” focuses more on the struggles cat. Unfortunately for him, his contacts refuse of maintaining interpersonal relationships, to help transport it back to the United States both between the crew members and within due to their belief that bad luck follows the the families they leave behind. Emma isn’t the jaguar and those who hunt it. As a result, Walsh only one with family back on Earth. The rest is forced to find accommodation for himself of the crew — Russian engineer Misha Popov and his animals on a cargo ship. However, he (Mark Ivanir, “Homeland”), Indian fighter pilot soon finds out that he isn’t the only passenger, Ram Arya (Ray Panthaki, “Marcella”), Chinese as notorious criminal Richard Loffler (Kevin chemist Lu Wang (Vivian Wu, “Knock Out,” Durand, “The Strain”) is also being transported 2020) and British botanist Kwesi Weisberg- by a swarm of armed guards and Dr. Ellen Taylor Adebayo (Ato Essandoh, “Chicago Med”) (Famke Janssen, “Hemlock Grove”), a neurolo- — have loved ones that they are missing and gist. 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