Sonequa Martin Green and Donnie Wahlberg star in “Boston Blue”
Back in ‘Blue’
Donnie Wahlberg transfers from ‘Blue Bloods’ to ‘Boston Blue’
By Jay Bobbin TV Media
Donnie Wahlberg’s Danny Reagan may be relocating from New York to Boston, but he’s still “Blue.”
After a 14-season run on “Blue Bloods,” the actor moves his police detective character into the CBS and Paramount+ spinoff “Boston Blue,” premiering Friday, Oct. 17. Reagan is drawn to the Massachusetts capital (Wahlberg’s hometown) when the younger of his two sons, Sean — also a police officer, now played by Mika Amonsen (“The Republic of Sarah”) — is injured in a fire set to cover up a murder. The ever-headstrong Danny leaves New York and injects himself into the case, giving him a new partner in Det. Lena Silver (“Star Trek: Discovery” alum Sonequa Martin-Green), a member of a lawand-order family not unlike the Reagans.
Lena’s sister, Sarah (Maggie Lawson, “Psych”), is a Boston police superintendent, their brother, Jonah (Marcus Scribner, “Blackish”), is a rookie cop and their mother, Mae (Gloria Reuben, “ER”), is the city’s district attorney. Rev. Edwin Peters (Ernie Hudson, “Ghostbusters,” 1984) is the family patriarch, and a dinner scene in the first episode upholds a tradition associated with the Reagans. In fact, guest star Bridget Moynahan (“John Wick,” 2014) reprises her “Blue Bloods” role as Erin Reagan, with a literal seat at that table. She’ll also be a director on the new show.
“It is another show about a law-enforcement family,” the friendly Wahlberg acknowledges, “and I can tell you from 14 years on ‘Blue Bloods’ that I’ve met thousands of lawenforcement families, or people from law-enforcement families, who’ve said how much that show meant to them and how much it means to see families like theirs represented on TV. Having the chance to continue telling the story of a new law-enforcement family, it’s a tremendous honor, and hopefully it lands with all of those [actual] families the same way ‘Blue Bloods’ did.”
Wahlberg, quite literally, hits the ground running with “Boston Blue” in its opening moments. “I hurt my hamstring pretty good,” he allows, “but it’s important to capture and intrigue the audience right away, and also to remind them of the [‘Blue Bloods’] past. I’m doing as Danny what I’m doing as Donnie — learning about this new world and fitting into it, and picking my spots to say, ‘Hey, we might try this instead of that.’ Being open to that has been really fun, and it’s allowing Danny to grow as a character as Donnie grows as a person.”
Danny was so devoted to protecting New
York City that Wahlberg realized a big challenge facing the “Boston Blue” creative team was “how we could make it believable that Danny would go to Boston. The Reagan family always had each other’s back in New York, and there was always another Reagan there to have their six and to be there for them.
“While the Silver family has sort of embraced Sean as their own, I think when Danny goes there to see Sean, he realizes [he needs to stay],” Wahlberg adds. “It’s the father-andson bond, and Sean being able to look behind him and know that he has a Reagan there as well. And the Silver family actually helps bring that out. We discovered throughout the first three episodes that Sean’s discovering what it means to be a Reagan — finally joining law enforcement, finally putting service ahead of self, and doing these different things that the family does.”
While “Boston Blue” involves location filming in the title city, it is also utilizing Toronto, for economic reasons. An executive producer
of the show as well — along with others including veteran filmmaker Jerry Bruckheimer of 2022’s “Top Gun: Maverick” — Wahlberg says programming executives “were like, ‘There’s no show if it’s [filmed] in Boston. We can’t afford it.’ And I said, ‘Well, you have to do some things in Boston. You can’t fake Fenway Park or Boston Common.’ And they said, ‘You’re right. Let us work on this.’”
Thus, the plan is for several weeks of filming in Canada, then a week in Boston. “We actually got parts of four episodes in a week in Boston,” Wahlberg reports. “It was crazy and confusing, but we captured so much. We’ve really made the most of it, and I’m very grateful to the network for being so supportive of our going there. It’s not a small endeavor.”
The husband of actress-model Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg (“Scream 3,” 2000), Wahlberg insists his new commitment to “Boston Blue” doesn’t mean he’ll neglect his musical activity with New Kids on the Block, whose
Las Vegas residency is scheduled to resume Nov. 1.
“I can’t wait to go meet all those fans and hear their thoughts about the series,” he says, “and then get on stage and be a thousand miles away from Danny Reagan as I’m New Kid Donnie Wahlberg. That fuels my acting, and the acting fuels my passion for New Kids. Every time I need a little rest from one, the other one magically reappears with a tremendous opportunity. They feed each other.”
Get back in blue with the Reagans and the Silvers when the new series “Boston Blue” premieres on CBS and Paramount+ Friday, Oct. 17.
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Highlights
this week
Sunday
Elsbeth
(2) WBBM WCIA 8:30 p.m.
Elsbeth (Carrie Preston) enters the world of late-night comedy when a show host (Stephen Colbert), his head writer (Amy Sedaris) and her husband (Andy Richter) clash in this Season 3 premiere. Plus, new officer (Lindsay Mendez) isn’t funny.
Monday
Brilliant Minds
(5) WMAQ 9:00 p.m.
Neurologist Oliver Wolf (Zachary Quinto) and his team of interns have their hands full with a confounding psychological case. Wolf’s unconventional approach leaves the staff of Bronx General surprised, but his results speak for themselves.
Tuesday
The Lowdown
FX 8:00 p.m.
During this latest episode, citizen journalist Lee Raybon (Ethan Hawke) finds
Wednesday 99 to Beat
(32) WFLD 8:00 p.m.
If you only have to beat 99 people to win a possible top prize of $1 million, you’ve got to like your chances. One hundred contestants take each other on in a variety of interesting games, such as Frozen Pants, Domino Run and Nail Balance.
Thursday Law & Order
(5) WMAQ 7:00 p.m.
When a bulldog investment fund manager is murdered in the midst of a big takeover, the investigation proves itself puzzling. Nolan Price (Hugh Dancy) works overtime, going to desperate lengths as he tries to prove the suspect’s motive.
Friday
Fire Country
(2) WBBM WCIA 7:00 p.m.
Bode (Max Thieriot) and the rest of Station 42 deal with serious internal turmoil in the aftermath of the Zabel Ridge fire. But when they’re called to a catastrophic rescue, they must put aside their issues and come together in this season premiere.
Sunday
(11) WTTW WILL 7:00 p.m.
Brian and Maggie
Lester Holt is joined by top NBC journalists Andrea Canning, Blayne Alexander, Josh Mankiewicz, Keith Morrison and Dennis Murphy, as they delve deep into tales of true crime, stunning investigations and mysteries baffling the U.S. at large.
Saturday
48 Hours
(2) WBBM WCIA 9:00 p.m.
It’s not Saturday night without them. Peter Van Sant, Erin Moriarty and Anne-
Marie Green are joined by top CBS News journalists as they investigate shocking tales of criminal conduct and real-life tragedies, examining cases from start to finish.
The finale of “Brian and Maggie” airs on PBS this Sunday, Oct. 12. In 1989, two old friends — political journalist Brian Walden (Steve Coogan) and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (Harriet Walter) — sit down for what will be their last TV interview, and ultimately, an exchange that would end their friendship.
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Sports this week
Sunday
11:00 a.m. BIG10 Women’s College Soccer Indiana at Michigan. (Live) (2:00)
Noon (2) WBBM WCIA (32) WFLD NFL Football (Live) (3:00)
ESPN Women’s College Volleyball Kentucky at LSU. (Live) (2:00)
1:00 p.m. BIG10 Women’s College Volleyball Wisconsin at Maryland. (Live) (2:00)
2:00 p.m. (7) WLS 2025 WNBA Finals Teams TBA. (Live) (2:00)
ESPN Women’s College Volleyball Pittsburgh at Florida State. (Live) (2:00)
GOLF PGA Korn Ferry Tour Golf Korn Ferry Tour Championship, Final Round. (Live) (3:00)
3:00 p.m. (5) WMAQ 2025 World Aquatics Swimming World Cup (Live) (2:00) (9) WGN PBR Camping World Team Series Ridge Rider Days. (Live) (2:30)
BIG10 Women’s College Volleyball Washington at Oregon. (Live) (2:00)
3:25 p.m. (2) WBBM WCIA NFL Football (Live) (3:05)
4:00 p.m. ESPN NWSL Soccer Houston Dash at Angel City FC. (Live) (2:00)
4:30 p.m. USA NASCAR Cup Series South Point 400. (Live) (3:00)
6:00 p.m. ESPN NBA Basketball Cleveland Cavaliers at Boston Celtics. (Live) (2:30)
7:15 p.m. (5) WMAQ NFL Football Detroit Lions at Kansas City Chiefs. (Live) (3:15)
8:30 p.m. ESPN NBA Basketball Teams TBA. (Live) (2:30)
Monday
6:00 p.m. ESPN NFL Football Buffalo Bills at Atlanta Falcons. (Live) (3:15)
7:00 p.m. (7) WLS NFL Football Chicago Bears at Washington Commanders. (Live) (3:15)
TRU TBS MLB Baseball National League Championship Series, Game 1: Teams TBA. (Live) (3:30)
TueSday
5:00 p.m. BIG10 Men’s College Soccer Michigan at Ohio State. (Live) (2:00)
6:30 p.m. ESPN2 College Football Arkansas State at South Alabama. (Live) (3:00)
7:00 p.m. BIG10 Men’s College Soccer Rutgers at Mary- land. (Live) (2:00)
TRU TBS MLB Baseball National League Championship Series, Game 2: Teams TBA. (Live) (3:30)
ESPN NHL Hockey Tampa Bay Lightning at Washington Capitals. (Live) (2:30)
8:00 p.m. TNT Men’s International Soccer Friendlies USA vs. Australia. (Live) (2:00)
9:00 p.m. WGBO Fútbol masculino amistosos internacionales México vs. Ecuador. (Live) (2:30)
9:30 p.m. ESPN NHL Hockey Minnesota Wild at Dallas Stars. (Live) (2:30)
WedneSday
6:00 p.m. BIG10 Women’s College Volleyball Rutgers at Maryland. (Live) (2:00)
TRU TNT NHL Hockey Florida Panthers at Detroit Red Wings. (Live) (2:30)
ESPN2 College Football Delaware at Jacksonville State. (Live) (3:00)
7:00 p.m. ESPN 2025 WNBA Finals Teams TBA. (Live) (2:00)
8:30 p.m. TRU TNT NHL Hockey Chicago Blackhawks at St. Louis Blues. (Live) (3:00)
9:00 p.m. GOLF LPGA Tour Golf BMW Ladies Championship, First Round. (Live) (5:00)
9:30 p.m. ESPN NBA Basketball Teams TBA. (Live) (2:30)
ThurSday
4:00 p.m. TRU TBS MLB Baseball National League Championship Series, Game 3: Teams TBA. (Live) (3:30)
9:00 p.m. GOLF LPGA Tour Golf BMW Ladies Championship, Second Round. (Live) (5:00)
10:00 p.m. BIG10 Women’s College Soccer Minnesota at Washington. (Live) (2:00)
Friday
12:25 p.m. ESPN2 Formula 1 Racing United States Grand Prix, Practice 1. (Live) (1:05)
1:00 p.m. GOLF PGA Tour Champions Golf Dominion Energy Charity Classic, First Round. (Live) (3:00)
3:00 p.m. (32) WFLD NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Love’s RV Stop 225. (Live) (2:30)
BIG10 College Field Hockey Northwestern at Rutgers. (Live) (2:00)
4:25 p.m. ESPN2 Formula 1 Racing United States Grand Prix, Sprint Qualifying. (Live) (1:05)
5:00 p.m. BIG10 Men’s College Soccer UCLA at Michigan. (Live) (2:00)
6:00 p.m. ESPN2 College Football Louisville at Miami. (Live) (3:00)
7:00 p.m. (32) WFLD College Football Nebraska at Minnesota. (Live) (3:30) BIG10 Women’s College Volleyball UCLA at Wisconsin. (Live) (2:00)
TRU TBS MLB Baseball National League Championship Series, Game 4: Teams TBA. (Live) (3:30) ESPN 2025 WNBA Finals Teams TBA. (Live) (2:00)
9:00 p.m. BIG10 Women’s College Volleyball Penn State at Washington. (Live) (2:00) GOLF LPGA Tour Golf BMW Ladies Championship, Third Round. (Live) (5:00)
9:30 p.m. ESPN College Football North Carolina at California. (Live) (3:00)
SaTurday
9:00 a.m. USA Premier League Soccer Brighton & Hove Albion vs. Newcastle United. (Live) (2:00) 11:00 a.m. (7) WLS (32) WFLD ESPN ESPN2 College Football Teams TBA. (Live) (3:00) BIG10 Men’s College Soccer Maryland at Ohio State. (Live) (2:00)
College Football (Live) (3:30)
a.m. (2) WBBM WCIA NWSL Soccer Orlando Pride at Washington Spirit. (Live) (2:00) (5) WMAQ Premier League Soccer Teams TBA. (Live) (2:00)
12:30 p.m. TRU NASCAR Cup Series YellaWood 500, Qualifying. (Live) (1:30) 1:00 p.m. GOLF PGA Tour Champions Golf Dominion Energy Charity Classic, Second Round. (Live) (3:00) 2:00 p.m. BIG10 College Football Teams TBA. (Live) (3:00)
2:30 p.m. (2) WBBM WCIA (7) WLS ESPN College Football Teams TBA. (Live) (3:00) (5) WMAQ ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Skate America. (Live) (2:30) 3:00 p.m. (9) WGN NASCAR Xfinity Racing Series United Rentals 250. (Live) (2:30) (32) WFLD ESPN2 College Football Teams TBA. (Live) (3:00)
5:30 p.m. (9) WGN College Football Washington State at Virginia. (Live) (3:30) BIG10 College Football Teams TBA. (Live) (3:00)
6:00 p.m. ESPN College Football Teams TBA. (Live) (3:00)
6:30 p.m. (5) WMAQ College Football USC at Notre Dame. (Live) (3:30) (7) WLS College Football Teams TBA. (Live) (3:30) (38) WCPX NWSL Soccer Kansas City Current at Houston Dash. (Live) (2:00) 7:00 p.m. (32) WFLD ESPN2 College Football Teams TBA. (Live) (3:00) TRU TBS MLB Baseball National League Championship Series, Game 5: Teams TBA. (Live) (3:30)
7:30 p.m. WGBO Fútbol Mexicano Primera División Monterrey vs. Pumas UNAM. (Live) (2:30)
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6:00 p.m. BIG10 Women’s College Volleyball Purdue vs. Indiana. (Live) (2:00)
6:30 p.m. ESPN College Football Tulsa at East Carolina. (Live) (3:00)
ESPN2 NBA Basketball Teams TBA. (Live) (2:30) 8:00 p.m. BIG10 Women’s College Volleyball Michigan at Northwestern. (Live) (2:00)
9:00 p.m. (9) WGN College Football Lafayette at Oregon State. (Live) (3:30) (38) WCPX NWSL Soccer Chicago Stars FC at San Diego Wave FC. (Live) (2:00)
9:30 p.m. BIG10 Women’s College Volleyball Penn State at Oregon. (Live) (2:00) ESPN College Football Florida State at Stanford. (Live) (3:00)
10:00 p.m. WGBO Fútbol Mexicano Primera División Cruz Azul vs. América. (Live) (2:00)
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Conspiracy of the mundane
‘The Chair Company’ enters a mysterious world through office furniture
By Sarah Passingham TV Media
The monotony of a desk job can cause one’s mind to wander, connecting dots that someone with less free time may overlook.
In the new HBO comedy “The Chair Company,” premiering on the network and HBO Max Sunday, Oct. 12, a man is lured into a hidden conspiratorial network after a minor event at work. Tim Robinson (“Detroiters”) stars as William Ronald “Ron” Trosper, a father and husband with a respectable job who struggles to keep his life from spiraling out of control as he becomes obsessed with a chair company.
Per HBO, “after an embarrassing incident at work, a man finds himself investigating a farreaching conspiracy.” The tailspin begins in the official trailer when Ron makes a phone call to National Business Solutions, who credit themselves as the No. 1 destination for office furniture in their customer service line script. Ron calls after having witnessed a problem with their product, “a big problem,” he assures the representative.
Putting his problem with the chair company aside, Ron appears in the trailer to live a happy, normal life. His boss, Jeff Levjman (Lou Diamond Phillips, “Prodigal Son”), enthusiastically introduces him as a new project head at a work event for Fisher Robay. Ron’s wife, Barb (Lake Bell, “Bless This Mess”), toasts his accomplishments over a celebratory family dinner. His home life with his kids Natalie (Sophia Lillis, “Sharp Objects”) and Seth (Will Price, “Goosebumps”) seems pleasant. Overall, Ron is living an exceedingly fine existence — if a little grey.
However, an enticing pull to run down the rabbit hole of the chair company draws Ron away from reality. Something must be missing for Ron to drop off the deep end so quickly. “There is a massive problem that could cause mass casualties,” Ron insists in the trailer, as he probes what he believes is a vast criminal conspiracy operating under the guise of an office furniture supplier. Ron’s life unravels — he is chased down in the street, on a nature trail and through traffic, while those who have been supportive of him start voicing their concern for his well-being. “There’s a darkness to you, Ron,” a well-meaning coworker tells him, as another reminds him she vouched for him as project head. Barb questions the odd hours Ron keeps and whether he is hiding something from her. Ron is, of course, keeping a secret, but the truth is both stranger than she could ever imagine and too dangerous to involve her in.
His new investigative hobby is what sends Ron on late-night trespassing missions accompanied by fellow conspiracy theorist Mike Santini (Joseph Tudisco, “A Brooklyn Love Story,” 2024), distracting him from both his 9-5 and his family life.
If you are familiar with Robinson’s other credits, such as the Netflix sketch comedy series “I Think You Should Leave” and the 2024 black comedy “Friendship,” it is no surprise that “The Chair Company” exploits the isolation and loneliness of single-minded obsession for cringe comedy.
In notable “I Think You Should Leave” sketch scenarios, Robinson’s characters spin life’s mundanities into interactions that force viewers to beg him to please just stop through the screen. A haunted house tour guest abuses the guide’s lax language rules, a hidden camera prank show host talks himself to the brink of an existential crisis in head-to-toe prosthetics during filming at a shopping mall and a man reconsiders his past when a baby doesn’t like him, to name just a few of Robinson’s surprisingly empathetic, socially awkward sketch personas.
A common refrain among “Friendship” reviews was that it was like a feature length version of a sketch from Robinson’s Netflix show, where his character became completely consumed with healing a fledgling friendship between himself and Paul Rudd’s (“Only Murders in the Building”) character after a falling out. If you had a dime for every time one of Robinson’s characters didn’t know where the socially acceptable line was, you would be rich.
Even in “Detroiters,” the short-lived yet beloved Comedy Central sitcom, Robinson dealt in the comedy of obsession. He co-starred alongside Sam Richardson (“Veep”) as Tim and Sam, respectively, best friends and next-door neighbors who also worked together, running an ad agency in Detroit. Tim and Sam had a codependent friendship that often made them antisocial towards anyone outside their two-person bubble.
“The Chair Company” is executive produced by Robinson and his frequent collaborator, former “Saturday Night Live” writer Zach Kanin, Adam McKay (“Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty”) and Todd Schulman (“Jury Duty”) for Hyperobject Industries, as well as Andrew DeYoung (“The Decameron”) and Igor Srubshchik (“Betty”). DeYoung and Aaron Schimberg (“A Different Man,” 2024) are episode directors.
Don’t miss the premiere of “The Chair Company” Sunday, Oct. 12, on HBO and HBO Max.
Screen Scramble
Unscramble the letters for each word to reveal five movies and TV shows. Then, rearrange the circled letters to discover the actor who has appeared in all five.
Solution on page 2
By Caroline Collacutt TV Media
Is it a skeleton? Is it a zombie? Or ... is it cake? Yes, that’s right. The popular, realistic cakemaking competition is back, and this time it’s serving up a side of sinister. “Is It Cake? Halloween” is now available to stream on Netflix, leaving its viewers to ask the ultimate question: can we have our spooks and eat them, too?
Having first debuted in March 2022 and offering an impressive three-season run (so far), this competition mixes baking prowess with optical illusions, seeing its contestants baking cakes indistinguishable from real, everyday objects — or, in this case, Halloween-centric icons such as skeletons, black cats, jack-o’-lanterns, headstones and haunted dolls.
Hosted by “Saturday Night Live’s” Mikey Day, this four-episode holiday spectacular will see the arrival of nine hyperrealistic cake artists who must complete a gauntlet of baking challenges prepared in a kitchen that just might be haunted itself. Through each and every task, the bakers face heartpounding Halloween twists, creating their masterpieces as they maneuver hedge mazes, dive headfirst into oozing cauldrons and navigate countless costumed guests — such as Chelsea Peretti (“Brooklyn Nine-Nine”), Gillian Jacobs (“Community”), Harvey Guillen (“What We Do in the Shadows”), Jack McBrayer (“30 Rock”), Kevin Nealon (“Happy Gilmore,” 1996), Melissa Joan Hart (“Sabrina the Teenage Witch”), Pete Holmes (“Crashing”), Rachel Feinstein (“Trainwreck,” 2015), Ravi V. Patel
Mikey Day hosts “Is It Cake? Halloween”
(“Meet the Patels,” 2014), Ron Funches (“6 Underground,” 2019), Whitney Cummings (“Whitney”) and Yvonne Orji (“Velma”), to name a few.
This holiday special sees bakers Andrea Ortiz Fuentes, Annabel De Vetten, Brad Lamb, Breon Roundtree, Paul Bosley, Ronique Briggs, Regina Walker, Sonny Robinson and Vanessa Barcelo taking on the challenge at hand, each bringing their own spooktacular specialties to the game.
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37. Words often found on perishables
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39. Register space
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43. Alfred, in “Kinsey” (2004)
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By Kimberly Tremblay TV Media
WHAT’S NEW ON NETFLIX
“Splinter Cell: Deathwatch”
In the first-ever adaptation of the acclaimed stealth video game, “Splinter Cell: Deathwatch” premieres on Netflix this Tuesday, Oct. 14. The animated series introduces viewers to Sam Fisher (voiced by Liev Schreiber, “X-Men Origins: Wolverine,” 2009), a seasoned black ops agent working for the covert U.S. government division known as the Fourth Echelon. Long retired from frontline duty, Fisher is reluctantly drawn back into the field when a wounded young operative arrives at his doorstep with secrets that could tip the global balance of power. Now, Fisher must decide whether to train the next generation or risk losing everything he once fought to protect. The series voice stars Kirby Howell-Baptiste (“Killing Eve”) as Zinnia, Janet Varney (“Platonic”) as Grim and Joel Oulette (“Avatar: The Last Airbender”) as Thunder. Directed by Guillaume Dousse (“Love, Death & Robots”) and Felicien Colmet-Daage (“The Summit of the Gods,” 2021), “Splinter Cell: Deathwatch” is written and produced by Derek Kolstad (“John Wick,” 2014), alongside Helene Juguet (“Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix”), Hugo Revon (“The Love Punch,” 2013) and Gerard Guillemot (“Assassin’s Creed,” 2016).
WHAT’S NEW ON APPLE TV+
“Loot” - Season 3
Maya Rudolph (“Bridesmaids,” 2011) returns as Molly Novak for Season 3 of “Loot,” available Wednesday, Oct. 15, on Apple TV+. After securing an $87-billion divorce settlement from her tech-billionaire ex-husband, John (Adam Scott, “Severance”), Molly embarks on a journey of self-discovery while leading her philanthropic organization, The Wells Foundation. Season 2 concluded with Molly and
her trusted assistant, Nicholas (Joel Kim Booster, “Industry”), boarding a private jet after a fallout with her fellow billionaires about stepping up in philanthropy and her awkward exchange with her colleague, Arthur (Nat Faxon, “Mulligan”). This upcoming season continues to follow the antics of the beloved group of misfits at The Wells Foundation as they work together so Molly can live up to her promise of giving away all of her vast fortune. But when it comes down to signing her fortune away, will she be able to do it? Also starring Michaela Jae Rodriguez (“Pose”), Ron Funches (“Jellystone”) and Meagen Fay (“Superstore”), “Loot” is created, written and executive produced by Matt Hubbard (“30 Rock”) and Alan Yang (“Forever”), with Rudolph, Natasha Lyonne (“Orange Is the New Black”) and Danielle Renfrew Behrens (“Poker Face”) as executive producers.
WHAT’S NEW ON PRIME VIDEO
“The Chosen Adventures” - Season 1
A twist on the biblical drama “The Chosen,” the heartwarming animated series “The Chosen Adventures” makes its debut on Prime Video this Friday, Oct. 17. Set in the ancient city of
Capernaum, this series follows nine-year-old Abby (Romy Fay, “The Wingfeather Saga”) and her best friend, Joshua (Jude Zarzaur, “Diary of A Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw,” 2025) as they cross paths with Jesus (Jonathan Roumie, “Jesus Revolution,” 2023), whose teachings are changing how they see the world. Inspired by his wisdom, Abby and Joshua share Jesus’s message of faith with their peers while learning what it means to believe in something bigger than themselves. The voice cast also stars Paul Walter Hauser (“Cobra Kai”) as Sheep, Yvonne Orji (“Vacation Friends,” 2021) as Pigeon, Danny Nucci (“Titanic,” 1997) as Abba, Zehra Fazal (“How to Get Away with Murder”) as Eema and Jordin Sparks (“Rugrats”) as Fish. Ryan Swanson (“The Chosen”) serves as writer, showrunner and executive producer.
WHAT’S NEW ON PEACOCK
“Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy”
Inspired by the acclaimed 2021 docuseries, John Wayne Gacy’s crimes come to horrifying life in the miniseries “Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy,” which premieres Thursday, Oct. 16, on Peacock.
Michael Chernus (“Severance”) stars as Gacy in this dramatized retelling of one of America’s most notorious true crime cases. From 1972-78, Gacy lived as a well-liked contractor and community volunteer, even performing as a clown for sick children, while secretly carrying out the abduction and murder of 33 young men. The series explores the horrifying duality of Gacy’s life, the devastating grief of the victims’ families and the systemic oversights that shielded a serial killer in plain sight. The series also stars Gabriel Luna (“Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”), James Badge Dale (“Hightown”) and Michael Angarano (“Angelyne”), with episodes directed by Maggie Kiley (“Keep Breathing”), Larysa Kondracki (“Power”) and Bille Woodruff (“Bridgerton”). “Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy” is written by Gregory Locklear (“Fate: The Winx Saga”), with Patrick Macmanus (“The Girl from Plainville”) acting as executive producer.
WHAT’S NEW ON DISNEY+
“Vampirina: Teenage Vampire” Fangs, friendship and bloodthirsty adventures await as “Vampirina: Teenage Vampire” makes its debut on Disney+. Coming Wednesday, Oct. 15, the series follows Vee (Kenzi Richardson, “The Rookie”), a kind-hearted young vampire who leaves Transylvania behind to attend a performing arts boarding school in the human world. Now a teenager, she must juggle the excitement and nerves of fitting in at a new school while keeping her vampire identity secret from her classmates. With the help of her loyal friends and family, Vee learns how to balance her otherworldly powers with her passion for music and dance. “Vampirina: Teenage Vampire” also stars Jiwon Lee (“Rise Up, Sing Out”), Shaun Dixon (“Mischief Mikey”) and Faith Hedley (“Christmas with Arwen”), with episodes directed by Jody Margolin Hahn (“Electric Bloom”) and the series written by Randi Barnes (“Girl Meets World”).
Zinnia McKenna and Sam Fisher in “Splinter Cell: Deathwatch”
Maya Rudolph stars in “Loot”
Michael Chernus stars in “Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy”
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By Adam Thomlison TV Media
Q: Are they ever going to reboot “Willow”? And would Warwick Davis be in it?
A: They already have, and yes he was. But there’s no way you could have known that.
A new “Willow” series — actually a sequel rather than a reboot — was produced for the Disney+ streaming service back in 2022. But it was promptly cancelled after just one eight-episode season, and shortly afterward, Disney took the surprising step of removing it entirely from Disney+.
So we know it happened, but fans like yourself can’t currently watch it.
I say “currently” because Disney has a long, pre-internet history of taking even its most beloved properties out of circulation for a while — putting them in what became known as the “Disney vault.” The intention was to make a splash with a video re-release once some time had passed.
That might not be the plan here — it’s quite possible that Disney just decided the show wasn’t very good and would rather people forgot about it.
However, critics and audiences both seemed to like it, so hopefully we haven’t seen the last of “Willow.”
It would be a shame if we did, because the original “Willow” film, released in 1988, is a beloved adventure story, and judging by the reviews, the sequel series did it justice in terms of its tone and story.
Warwick Davis (“Life’s Too Short”) reprised his
role as Willow Ufgood, a farmer and aspiring magician in the original film, who has grown into a full-fledged sorcerer and now leads a new band of misfits on a dangerous adventure.
Q: Is J.J. Abrams going to do any more “Cloverfield” movies? What’s stopping him?
A: It’s certainly been a while since 2018’s “The Cloverfield Paradox,” the third film in the “Cloverfield” universe, but Hollywood superproducer J.J. Abrams (“Star Trek,” 2009) is indeed working on a new one.
But he’s been saying that for a while now — basically since 2018. As for what’s been stopping him, it seems like a lot of things.
It was announced in 2022 that filming was about to get underway, with Babak Anvari (“Monsterland”) directing. Of course, 2022 was a tough year for filming, with the Hollywood strikes and ongoing pandemic restrictions, and it seems no filming actually got done. But it
looks like that was just a delay — Anvari said in March of this year that he’s still working on it.
Beyond these impediments, there’s also the challenge of Abrams’ schedule. He’s a famously hands-on producer, and that’s particularly true of the “Cloverfield” films, so he would need to have time to devote to it. Considering he’s one of the most in-demand producers in the business, his time is a scarce resource.
Abrams has one movie filming now — a drama called “Ghostwriter” that he’s also directing and writing — and he’s producing another film, the horror “Flowervale Street,” which is currently in post-production with an eye on an August 2026 release.
He has a number of TV shows on the go as well, including the legal drama “Presumed Innocent” on Apple TV+ and the HBO Max crime drama “Duster.”
The new “Cloverfield” movie, when it happens, is rumored to be a direct sequel to the first film, “Cloverfield” (2008), an aliens-attack horror film told in found-footage style. The other two films in the franchise, “10 Cloverfield Lane” (2016) and “The Cloverfield Paradox” (2018) are looser follow-ups that exist in the same universe without necessarily telling the same story (saying any more than that would be spoiling the plots).
When promoting the first film back in 2008, Abrams said he came up with the idea as an attempt to create a great new monster-movie franchise to rival Godzilla.
Q: I was just watching “Den of Thieves” again and I think I saw Eric Braeden from “The Young and the Restless” in it! Was that him? Is he still acting?
A: Yes, that was Eric Braeden (“Escape from the Planet of the Apes,” 1971), and not only is he still acting, he’s still acting on “The Young and the Restless.”
Braeden is best known, by far, as Victor Newman on the long-running soap. He’s still doing the role, as he has been since 1980, and it’s made him an icon of daytime TV.
Despite the incredibly demanding nature of soap stardom (shows typically shoot upwards of 200 episodes per year), Braeden continues to pop up now and then in films and other TV shows.
His most recent bit of moonlighting was, indeed, a smallish supporting role in the 2018 action hit “Den of Thieves.”
Prior to that, his last non-“Y&R” role was a Season 4 episode of “How I Met Your Mother” in 2008. Earlier that year, he also appeared in an independently produced Western drama called “The Man Who Came Back.”
His biggest soap-free role came back in 1997, when he played real-life millionaire John Jacob Astor in “Titanic,” one of the biggest movies of all time.
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