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That lady in orchid is Eliza Scarlet (Kate Phillips), who returns for a fourth season of sleuthing on PBS’s Masterpiece series Miss Scarlet and the Duke Sunday, January 7, at 8/7c (check local listings). Why is the trailblazing Victorian private inve

There are GOATs, and then there are lions. With no knock against “Greatest of All Time” player turned host Ken Jennings, whose nerd-tastic savoir faire is keeping Jeopardy! relevant for the next generation of trivia nuts, Alex Trebek will now and for

BROADCAST TV LOOKS a little different this fall—and one of the bigger ripples from the actors’ and writers’ strikes is that this season’s schedule is constantly in flux. Here’s what has changed since our Fall Preview issue (September 4, 2023) that yo

YOU CAN’T PUT a price on personality. Bob Barker’s was beyond compare, a display of unflappable charm, graciousness and good humor no matter the circumstance. With nary a hair out of place, never losing his cool even when frenzied contestants lost th

@TVGMMattRoush I recently finished the excellent second season of The Bear on Hulu, and I wonder: Do the stars of that program have culinary talents, or have they been coached or trained? It all seems so realistic to me, Chef! —Mark D. MATT ROUSH: Re

@TVGMMattRoush Wednesdays, Apple TV+ “WE SHOULD DO the news, not be the news,” declares Cory Ellison (Billy Crudup), the CEO and Machiavellian master of damage control at the fictional UBA network. Does he even know what show he’s on? So many scandal

SEPT. 25, 8/7c, NBC “Timing is everything,” says Reba McEntire, who had appeared on the singing competition but turned down being a coach. “When they came to me for the 24th season, I said, ‘Well, let me think about it.’” Happily, she said yes and ta

OCT. 3, 9/8c, CBS D.C.’s Beltway Snipers, the Golden State Killer, the Idaho kidnapping of Hannah Anderson, 16—these cases and more are recounted by the FBI agents who sweated them in a detail-packed docuseries. 1 CBS’s FBI True isn’t identical to th

THURSDAY, SEPT. 28, 8/7c, ABC AMERICA, PREPARE TO be smitten. ABC’s first-ever Golden Bachelor—retired restaurateur Gerry Turner—is a handsome, bighearted 72-year-old from Indiana. After losing his wife Toni in 2017, this father of two (as well as a

SEPT. 27, 8/7c, CBS It’ll be hard to top the reality hit’s previous season: Carolyn’s big personality made every episode fun, and perennially uplifting winner Yam Yam felt truly deserving. Among the new players diving in for 26 days in Fiji: three at

OCT. 12, 9/8c, NBC The medical drama’s second season ended with a shocking departure and several cliffhangers for York Memorial’s emergency department docs. Longtime boss Jed Bishop (John Hannah) quit; an injured Theo Hunter (Jim Watson) was alone in

SEPT. 29, 10/9c, CBS WHO James “Jim” Nuciforo WHAT HE DOES The police procedural’s consultant since Day 1—after a lengthy gig on Law & Order—is charged with ensuring Blue Bloods’ cops are depicted realistically. The retired NYPD detective works close

SUNDAY, OCT. 15, 10/9c (check local listings at pbs.org) The chief of Scotland’s Marine Homicide Unit tries to keep her head above water after that big reveal in last year’s finale. Soon, others will learn what Nicola Walker’s Annika Strandhed told v

THURSDAY, OCT. 12, PARAMOUNT+ EPISODES 1 AND 2, TUESDAY, OCT. 17, 9:15/8:15c, CBS In the finale of the original 1993–2004 Cheers spinoff, psychiatrist Frasier Crane (Kelsey Grammer) said goodbye to his family in Seattle and headed to Chicago to live

SUNDAY, OCT. 15, 9/8c, MGM+ WHO John Scott WHAT HE DOES As head wrangler on the Western outlaw drama, Scott—whose 50-plus-year career includes The Revenant—leads a team of about 15, many former rodeo riders. They’re responsible for the care and handl

SATURDAY, OCT. 7, 8/7c AND 10:30/9:30c, MeTV With Halloween nigh upon us, MeTV offers a pair of fun film frights on Saturday nights in October, hosted by Svengoolie. On October 7: Forget Pennywise. You’d be pound foolish to miss 1988’s hilarious KILL

17 Building Roots (HGTV) Halloween Wars (Food Network) 60 Minutes (CBS) Yellowstone (CBS, reruns) 18 The Drew Barrymore Show (Syndicated) The Jennifer Hudson Show (Syndicated) Neighbours (Freevee) 19 Celebrity Name That Tune (Fox) 20 American Horror

AVAILABLE NOW ORIGINAL SERIES We’d love to follow Mel (Alexandra Breckenridge) and move to this small town in the romantic drama based on Robyn Carr’s books. Here’s why you should watch the first part of Season 5 ahead of holiday episodes in November

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (2023) NETFLIX ORIGINAL Benedict Cumberbatch is a man fascinated with someone who can see without using his eyes in Wes Anderson’s short film. Nowhere (2023) NETFLIX ORIGINAL In this Spanish thriller, a pregnant wom

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One of the main actors from Netflix’s Shadow and Bone appears in this issue’s puzzle at left. It has the letters G I K L N O T U and Y. LAST ISSUE’S SOLUTION ■

@damianholbrook Cheers to Goosebumps for giving R.L. Stine fans a Stranger Things with Slappy. Disney+’s smart young-adult take on the kiddie horror novels is a perfect mashup of Stine’s classic tales of terror, suburban dysfunction and teen angst th