FEATURED STORIES “Outlander” “Younger” “Annie Lennox: Nostalgia Live in Concert” PROFILED ATHLETE Joey Logano CELEBRITY SPOTLIGHTS Becki Newton Jeremy Piven Colton Haynes Tyler McLaughlin Tony Little WHAT'S FOR DINNER JAY LARSON THE STORY ‘The Dovekeepers’ JAY BOBBIN'S revives miniseries MOVIES TO Cote de Pablo stars in WATCH “The Dovekeepers” Tuesday and And so much more! Wednesday on CBS. Connect to these shows within thisFOLIO magazine! Courtesy of Gracenote March 29 - April 4, 2015 C CONTENTS What’s HOT This Week Click to jump to these featured sections! Featured STORIES “The Dovekeepers” Tuesday and Wednesday on CBS. p 3 “Outlander” Returning Saturday on Starz. p 11 “YOUNGER” Premieres Tuesday on TV Land. pp 12-13 “Annie Lennox: Nostalgia Live in Concert” “Great Performances” presents “Annie Lennox: Nostalgia Live in Concert” Friday on PBS. pp 14-15 Pictured: Elegant as Ever! Actress Cote de Pablo attends the 41st Annual People’s Choice Awards at Nokia Celebrity POTLIGHTS Theatre LA Live on January 7, S IX 2015 in Los Angeles. Becki Newton Jay Larson “Weird Loners” on Fox. “Best Bars in America.” p 4 p 7 Jeremy Piven “Masterpiece Classic: Tyler McLaughlin Mr. Selfridge” on PBS. “Wicked Tuna.” p 8 p 5 Colton Haynes Tony Little Profiled ATHLETE “Arrow” on The CW. “America’s Personal Trainer.” p 6 p 9 Joey Logano + pp 16-17 Page 2 YOUR TV LINK Courtesy of Gracenote March 29 - April 4, 2015 Editor's choice STORY S BY JAY BOBBIN Once a staple of broadcast television, the miniseries has been all but absent from it for years ... but not in the coming week. One such multipart drama was “Masada,” the Emmy- winning 1981 saga of the conflict between Jews and Romans centered at the title fortress in 70 C.E. The story gets a different slant in “The Dovekeepers,” Alice Hoffman’s best-seller about several women caught in the battle; it’s now a CBS miniseries, executive-produced by spouses Roma Downey and Mark Burnett (“The Bible”) and airing Tuesday and Wednesday, March 31 and April 1. a decade earlier. She notes that what she recalls most about the site is “that incredible heat ... and the view. Former “NCIS” co-star Cote de Pablo returns to the And when you hear the story, the only thing you can do network’s Tuesday lineup temporarily as Shirah, a single as an actor is to put yourself in a position where you mother who is one of those literally tending to doves amid honestly think, ‘How could these people go through this?’ the violence. Rachel Brosnahan (“Manhattan,” “House of I mean, it was a massive, massive story, what ended up Cards”), Kathryn Prescott (“Finding Carter”), Sam Neill happening to them.” and Diego Boneta (“Pretty Little Liars’) also are among the principal stars of the drama filmed in Malta. “The Dovekeepers” is the first drama venture to emerge from United Artists Media Group, through its faith- “I absolutely fell in love with the story,” Downey says. “I based and Downey-supervised LightWorkers Media had been to Masada a few years ago and had been so division, since she and Burnett began running the studio. profoundly touched by the story of a persecuted people Burnett’s successful unscripted series – ABC’s “Shark who, in the face of that persecution, had stood up for what Tank,” CBS’ “Survivor” and NBC’s “The Apprentice” and they believed in ... where courage was greater than fear, “The Voice” – also are under the United Artists banner and faith and love was greater than hate, and the power now. of sacrifice was greater than war. And I was sure that the rights had been taken, but I reached out to Alice, and I It’s certainly no coincidence “The Dovekeepers” is timed went to Boston and I met with her.” for the Passover and Easter season, nor is it for Burnett and Downey’s NBC series “A.D. The Bible Continues,” Downey ultimately did acquire those rights, and as it premiering April 5. With other projects (including a “Ben- happened, CBS Entertainment chief Nina Tassler also had Hur” remake) in progress, Downey reflects, “It’s been a visited Masada recently. They struck a deal for Downey really great time. As a woman in my 50s, it’s often a time to work again with the network where she starred in the when people are taking a step back in their careers. And series “Touched by an Angel” for nine seasons. I feel really encouraged that I have stepped forward into, really, a whole new chapter of my career as a producer.” De Pablo had to master working with actual doves for “The Dovekeepers,” and she also had been at Masada roughly Click here for more! March 29 - April 4, 2015 YOUR TV LINK Courtesy of Gracenote Page 3 C CELEBRITY JAY BOBBIN’S Q&A BECKINEWTON ‘Weird Loners’ on Fox Since the title of your new show is “Weird Loners,” do you consider yourself to be one? People have asked that. They say, “You don’t look like a weird loner. I don’t get it.” And I say, “Look, I have a great friend who ... .” On paper, she’s fantastic. She’s beautiful. She’s successful. And everyone always says, “Why is she single?” And then those people talk to her for five minutes, and they say, “Oh.” So I think my character, Caryn Goldfarb, is probably one of those people where you think she seems to have it together. And then, you just have a conversation with her and it all makes sense. Do you believe the term “weird loner” also is accurate for the show’s other regular characters? What’s incredible is, they can be huge. They can behave very badly. Some of the comedy can be crazy and nutty, and then very quickly, it turns incredibly heartfelt and you actually just want to hug these people no matter what they’ve done, no matter how badly they’ve behaved. I think that’s an incredible balance that we’ve all tried to create, is that it just turns really quickly and you’re surprised – and we’re probably a little surprised – about what we’re able to get away with, and you still sort of like them at the end, and that’s what I’ve always loved about it. Do you know anyone in your own life who’s behaved like your new character? I do have a very good friend that tends to get in her own way romantically ... and every time she calls me, she says, “I met the one.” And that phone call happens about once a week. FOLIO Click here for more! Page 4 YOUR TV LINK Courtesy of Gracenote March 29 - April 4, 2015 CELEBRITY C JAY BOBBIN’S Q&A of ‘Masterpiece Classic: JEREMYPIVEN Mr. Selfridge’ on PBS As you start your third “Masterpiece Classic” season in “Mr. Selfridge,” what kinds of reactions have you gotten from people to your portrayal of the American behind a famous British department store? If they’re watching it in real time, they can’t get enough of it. It doesn’t come fast enough. And those who have access to it (online) will binge-watch it and can’t wait to see more. These are, by the way, people of every demographic ... so I’ve been incredibly lucky. The HBO machine and the Warner Bros. machine (which have made, respectively, the television and forthcoming movie versions of “Entourage”) are great at what they do. And PBS has been doing it on a high level for so long, but they don’t have the resources to get the word out the same way. It’s an interesting experiment on how long a show takes to catch on, based on word-of-mouth, in today’s culture. Do you find there are people who know of your Harry Selfridge who don’t know of your Ari Gold from “Entourage”? In fact, what everyone says is, “I didn’t even know he was American.” A lot of people know of the store (Selfridges, or Selfridge & Co.), and they love the experience. And it’s a tribute to this guy that over 100 years later, here we are and not only does the store still exist, it thrives. I live around the corner from it when I’m in London shooting the show, so every day, I see the massive amounts of people flocking there. And he would be so proud, but the show is about so much more than that. It’s about the world he inhabited at that time, which was fascinating. Click here for more! March 29 - April 4, 2015 YOUR TV LINK Courtesy of Gracenote Page 5 C CELEBRITY JOHN CROOK’S Q&A COLTONHAYNES of ‘Arrow’ on The CW Much of “Arrow” is really intense. What is the mood like on the set? To be honest, it’s starting to be a problem that we can’t stop laughing. Someone will blow a line or just mess up a word and somebody else will bust out laughing, which is funny for us but it gets uncomfortable because we have to do so many takes. The fact that most of our scenes are so intense just makes it harder. I mean, the blooper reel for this season is just going to be hilarious. Did your experience on another genre show, “Teen Wolf,” help when you got this job? Yes, we called that show the little engine that could. It launched without a lot of fanfare and then it was a really big hit and is still a fan favorite.