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FESTIVAL olelo.org ON THE COVER | THE RED LINE Navigating a thorny issue CBS’s ‘The Red Line’ confronts fictional Chicago County General Hospital. “Middle of Nowhere,” 2012), who is run- Wyle plays Daniel Calder, a Chicago teacher ning for Chicago’s city council as a reform institutional racism in America whose husband, Harrison, a black doctor, candidate. is shot to death by a white police officer re- The dual meaning of “The Red Line’s” title By Kenneth Andeel sponding to a call. While out on a late-night offers some insight into its scope and the- TV Media errand, Harrison witnesses a convenience matic goals. Superficially, a red line is often store robbery, and after the perpetrator de- a metaphorical reference to an imaginary t may be the king of procedural law en- parts, Harrison approaches the injured store boundary not meant to be crossed, or a forcement dramas, but CBS is breaking the clerk to render assistance. The police arrive delimiter between what is and isn’t accept- Imold and trying something new. “The Red moments later, and one of the responding able. The title also holds a subtler reference Line” premieres Sunday, April 28, and the officers, Paul Evans (played by Noel Fisher to Chicago’s Red Line, the busiest rapid network knows this drama is something spe- of Showtime’s “Shameless”), confuses transit line in the Chicago Transit Authority’s cial. It’s being billed as an “event series,” and Harrison for the suspect and opens fire with- L system. One of only five American rapid it has been scheduled in a unique format in- out warning, killing him. transit systems that run 24 hours a day, tended to offer audiences a propulsive view- This act is the central tragedy 365 days a year, the 23-mile-long Red Line ing experience with a swift resolution. The around which the story of “The is a major artery in the Chicago metropoli- drama focuses on the lives of three starkly Red Line” revolves, and the tan area and connects huge (and hugely dissimilar Chicago families as they deal series investigates the con- diverse) areas of the city. Between those with the consequences of an appalling, life- sequences of the killing not two references lies a tidy encapsulation of changing tragedy. It’s a bold, timely and just for Daniel but for “The Red Line” as a show: a forbidden line is potentially controversial show that his adopted daugh- crossed, a violation occurs, and that event wrestles with hot-button subjects ter, Jira (newcomer ends up connecting three families from very such as institutional racism, po- Aliyah Royale); for different socioeconomic, racial and cultural lice profiling and gun violence in officer Evans backgrounds who share the same urban liv- American culture. and his ex- ing space. The cast of “The Red cop brother, “The Red Line’s” creative team includes Line” is led by Noah Wyle, Jim (Michael executive producer Ava DuVernay (“Selma,” who returns to another Patrick 2014), who has never shied away from fictionalized ver- Thornton, “Private confronting the issue of racism in America, sion of Chicago Practice”); and for and her new series fearlessly pursues that 10 years Jira’s birth mother, sensitive topic. The epidemic of shootings after his Tia (Emayatzy of unarmed black men by white people, fre- beloved “ER” Corinealdi, character Dr. quently involving police officers, has been John Carter Michael Patrick a headline-grabbing issue in recent years. Thornton as last saved Throughout the last decade, multiple high- seen in “The profile cases have caught the attention of lives at the Red Line” the media and the public. 2 STAR CHANNELS April 28 - MAY 4, 2019 BEST BETS Sunday Tuesday Thursday The Red Line The Bold Type The 68th Annual Miss USA Pageant KGMB 7 p.m. FREE 8 p.m. KHON 7 p.m. When a black doctor is shot by a cop, his Jaqueline (Melora Hardin) continues to en- Nick and Vanessa Lachey welcome repre- husband Daniel (Noah Wyle) struggles to gage in a power struggle with Patrick (Peter sentatives from all 50 states and the District comfort their daughter Jira (Aliyah Royale) Vack) as she prepares for her impending of Columbia as they compete onstage for the in this premiere. The situation leads many 10th anniversary gala in this new episode. coveted title in this dazzling pageant. Miss people to consider how race and racial biases Meanwhile, Jane (Katie USA 2018 Sarah Rose Summers is on hand to affect their lives. 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Fans had a long Malkovich,” 1999) as judge Edward Cowart, wait for the conclusion of this season, which Zac Efron has come a long way from his whole- who sentenced Bundy to death in the electric was split into two 10-episode parts on History, some “High School Musical” (2006) days, as chair. Director Joe Berlinger helmed the project the second of which premiered a year after you’ll see Friday, May 3. He stars in this new — he’s the same filmmaker who created the the first. You can stream all of Season 5 on biographical crime thriller as infamous serial Netflix docuseries “Conversations with a Killer: Tuesday, April 30, on both Amazon Prime and killer Ted Bundy, whose dozens of brutal mur- The Ted Bundy Tapes,” released earlier this year, Hulu. ders made headlines in the 1970s. Lily Collins so he’s obviously familiar with the material. (“The Last Tycoon”) co-stars as Bundy’s long- term girlfriend, Elizabeth Kloepfer, from whose perspective the story is told. 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