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The long-popular characters from the “Archie” comics get a considerable revision in the new series “Riverdale,” premiering Thursday on The CW. Jay Bobbin talks with actress Lili Reinhart, alias the new “Betty Cooper,” about adding drama and mystery to a basic set-up that’s been known for decades.

12-13 It’s war on Shay Mountain as Season 2 of WGN America’s rural drama “Outsiders” opens Tuesday. George Dickie speaks with cast members David Morse and Ryan Hurst about what that means for their characters and what to expect this season.

14-15 As this engrossing Civil War docudrama opens Season 2, one of its dominant story lines is the dilemma faced by former slaves who find themselves in a limbo between their old lives and true independence. John Crook talks with actress Patina Miller (“Madam Secretary’’), undertaking her first major period role as an abolitionist trying to help their struggling souls, and with executive producer David Zabel.

17 Take nine teams of two, set them loose in a 100,000-square-mile area in the US Southeast and challenge them to evade capture by a team of experts for 28 days. That’s the premise of the new unscripted CBS series “Hunted.” George Dickie speaks with executive producer Laura Fuest Silva on the challenges the hunters and the hunted faced.

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BY JAY BOBBIN It’s not your parents’ Archie ... nor Betty ... nor Veronica.

Some of the comic-book world’s most celebrated characters get a big, frequently dark transformation in a CW series named for their town: “Riverdale.” Premiering Thursday, Jan. 26, the drama from prolific executive producer Greg Berlanti (“The Flash,” “Arrow,” “Blindspot”) involves the mysterious death of popular student Jason Blossom in the quintessentially all-American locale where musically inclined Archie Andrews (played by KJ Apa) is viewed romantically by both longtime friend Betty Cooper (Lili Reinhart) and sophisticated new arrival Veronica Lodge (Camila Mendes).

Other familiar figures featured in the program include Jughead Jones (Cole Sprouse, “The Suite Life of Zack and Cody”), Josie McCoy (Ashleigh Murray) – as in Josie and the Pussycats – and the late Jason’s sister Cheryl (Madelaine Petsch).

Famously a former television teen himself, “Beverly Hills, 90210” alum Luke Perry portrays Archie’s blue-collar father, with Madchen Amick (“Twin Peaks”) as Betty’s newspaper-editor mother and Marisol Nichols (“24”) as Veronica’s mom. Robin Givens has a recurring role as Josie’s mother and Riverdale’s mayor, and Molly Ringwald will surface later in the series as the mom who deserted Archie and his dad.

“Riverdale” debuts just after the 75th-anniversary year of the Archie character’s first appearance, and even if the show seems to take major gambles with the franchise, it

has direct lineage. One of its principal writers is Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, the chief creative officer of Archie Comics, and executive producer Jon Goldwater is a son of that brand’s co-founder, John L. Goldwater (who developed “Archie” with writer and artist Bob Montana).

Co-star Reinhart notes that Archie and company are “humans, and humans have darkness to them. Archie Comics appreciates that we are putting a modern spin on these iconic characters that have been around for so long, and we’re making them come off the page in a very real way. We’re able to create our versions of them, but it’s been a very collaborative process between the actors and the writers and the producers. We’ve crafted these characters together, which is rare. And it’s great.”

Since “Riverdale” is cast largely with relative newcomers, Reinhart voices gratitude for the acting veterans surrounding them: “Luke (Perry) is like our fairy godfather in a way, always checking in with us and making sure we’re OK. He’s so wise, and he’ll talk to us individually and share his insight and his experiences. He’s incredibly helpful and very sweet. He was unfathomably huge when ‘90210’ was on, so he shares with us ways to stay grounded, and it’s good to have someone who’s been through that. We see him as a real person, not an icon.”

As the launch of “Riverdale” nears, Reinhart is wishing for acceptance of the line it walks between the nostalgically familiar and the very updated. She says, “We just hope that people know these aren’t the stereotypical characters that they kind of were on the page. They are real.”

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How do you perceive your “Star” character, Carlotta?She will be challenged and tested throughout this first season in a lot of ways, and I think that’s going to be fun to see. It’s surely been fun to play, and it’s different for me.Anybody who’s been through life is tested by things they don’t see coming, and sometimes, everybody doesn’t handle things the right way or say the right words, but the imtention is to do the right thing.

Do you like having Atlanta as the home base for “Star”?I’ve always loved Atlanta. It’s really been like a home away from home for me, because that’s where my music career sort of had its roots. When I was a young artist as well as a manager, we managed Monica and Outkast, who lived in Atlanta.The whole music scene was really thriving there, so we had a lot of business and a lot of friends there. I actually thought about buying a home there 20-plus years ago, so it’s kind of weird that I’d shoot so many movies and do so many television productions there. “Bessie” was shot there, and I’m actually living in the same house that I rented when I did that. I’m comfortable in Atlanta, and I know my way around.

Does the stardom-seeking premise of “Star” remind you of your own career roots?It’s fun to be around (the cast newcomers’) energy and youth, and to see them starting out and getting off to the races. Hopefully, this will be a project that everyone will know who they are from, when all is said and done.

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You’re known as an inveterate goal-setter. Did you implore the celebrities on “The New

Celebrity Apprentice” to set goals?

Yes because I’m a big believer in the vision. You have to have a clear vision. You know, a goal is one thing but then to have a clear vision of what that goal would look like and how you get there. That is the key thing because from that point on everything then becomes a joy, all the work that you do to get there and to turn that vision into reality.And I’ve seen that in sports, in bodybuilding and lifting. I’ve seen it with movies, I’ve seen it in politics. I’ve seen it in business. I’ve seen it with my charity work. I mean, you’ve got to be very clear with what your goal is, what are we shooting for? And then it’s easy to work toward that because there’s too many people out there that are just working hard but they have no goal. And so they’re not really happy with the work that they’re doing, getting up every morning and going to work because they really don’t know which direction all this work is taking them, what does it all mean? And so the key thing is for celebrities like that to really understand what we are shooting for and how can everyone on the team work toward that goal without really starting to fight and have infighting and all this ... .

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cameras?That was a very different experience

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celebrities, and you have to carry on this whole conversation, carry on the challenge and to really pump them up and really drill down on finding out why did one team lose

and who was really responsible for the loss. Who was really the weak link in that team?

And was the team leader not strong enough with giving directions? Or whatever it is. ... So the pressure’s on you. There’s no two ways about it but it’s a lot of fun doing it .

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You’re playing Count Olaf, a bad actor, playing other characters in order to dupe his young charges, correct?

Yes (laughs), and as over-the-top as he is sometimes it was all pretty well thought through. I’m a technical actor and so is Barry (Sonnenfeld, the series’ director and producer) and we wanted to make sure that we were hitting the right tone, not just swinging for the rafters. And so Olaf is playing characters but it’s not Neil playing those characters; it’s clearly playing those characters, which is a different skill set. And also Olaf is a relatively bad actor, so I was doing my best to be acting like someone who is not a good actor (laughs). It was a little meta for my brain parts but it was an exciting challenge.

It also sounds difficult. Is it?

It became a task of mine to continually question whether Olaf was coming through in the other characters, and when I was playing Olaf to make sure that I was real enough and yet ridiculous enough. And you know, ‘real’ is a very interesting word given what he does and what his role serves in the show because normally I would say ‘real’ and mean empathetic or heartfelt in some kind of way. But his version and definition of real is very different from a protagonist being the antagonist. So that was probably the most complicated part.


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With winter in full bloom in many parts of the country, thoughts turn to getting away. A number of shows on basic cable this week offer viewing options to those who travel on their stomachs.

The week’s slate starts off Sunday, Jan. 22, on Travel Channel, where “Food Paradise” touches down in Las Vegas for a look at the hottest of its foodie hot spots, among them a superswanky steakhouse and a poolside eatery. That same night on Viceland, “That’s Delicious” host Action Bronson heads to Chicago to check out its culinary scene, which ranges from Michelin-rated restaurants to a Polish festival. Truly it’s his kind of town.

For those with a thirst for life, Travel’s Monday, Jan. 23, edition of “Booze Traveler” finds host Jack Maxwell following Mark Twain’s path up the Mississippi River, where he stops in Louisiana for a Mardi Gras celebration, Minnesota for a beer festival and Missouri to sample a cocktail created by Twain himself. Undoubtedly, a short story in itself.

Thursday, Jan. 26, Cooking Channel checks in with “Cheap Eats,” in which host Ali Khan lands in Louisville, Ky., for a breakfast of chocolate pancakes, a lunch of a saucy Mata Hari hot brown (a sandwich that’s a local favorite), a snack of apple brandied pie, and for dinner – what else? – Southern fried chicken and sweet potato waffles, all for under $35. Also that night on Viceland is another installment of “That’s Delicious,” where host Bronson lands in Japan to sample the best of what the island nation has to offer.

And on Saturday, Jan. 28, Cooking’s “Emeril’s Florida” takes host Emeril Lagasse to Tampa Bay, where he drops in at some of the area’s best new restaurants, checks out a local mainstay in the revitalized Hyde Park district and has lunch at On Swann, an eatery in the heart of the city’s up-and-coming world cuisine scene.

If your choice is to stay home and enjoy a stay-cation, perhaps you might want to take the edge off winter with a party. Food Network’s Sunday episode of “Giada Entertains” finds host Giada De Laurentiis giving tips for throwing a last-minute bash with a menu that includes focaccia with clementine and fennel, frozen fruit sparkling water and a smokey arugula and apple salad. Yum.

Also in the mood to party on Sunday is Tiffani Thiessen, who throws a pajama party for actress friends Bree Turner and Marla Sokoloff on Cooking’s “Dinner at Tiffani’s” with a breakfast of savory potato pancakes and goat cheese egg casserole, washed down with a spicy Bloody Mary with maple bacon. And then perhaps a nap.

And if you’re planning a Super Bowl bash, Food Network has a battery of programs for that purpose on Saturday with its “Big Game Weekend,” offering football party tips on such series as “The Pioneer Woman,” “The Kitchen” and “Trisha’s Southern Kitchen.” Get your game face on.

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Show business history is filled with stories of people who became actors to harness their extroverted personalities.

Tamara Taylor, who plays Jeffersonian Institute pathologist Dr. Camille “Cam” Saroyan on the Fox Tuesday crime procedural “Bones,” had the opposite problem.

“I was painfully shy,” the 46-year-old native of Toronto explains, “and my best friend in the world was an actress/singer, and she came to L.A. when I think we were in our teens and landed herself on ‘A Different World.’ And I’d come and visit and hang out on the set and sort of watch how it all went down and it was really inspiring and fun and just seemed like a cool way to express yourself.

“So I didn’t jump out of the womb screaming, ‘I’m born to act!’ ” she continues. “I was actually really shy and thought, ‘You know, let me just take an acting class because I’m shy and maybe what it’ll do is help me at least overcome that. And in attempting to overcome my shyness, I actually sort of fell in love with the craft and decided that I wanted to learn how to do it for real.”

These days, Taylor is looking forward to what the future may bring after having wrapped shooting on “Bones” last month. The series, which concludes its 12-season run this spring, gave her her longest-standing job – 11 seasons – and a role of which she is proud. But at this point in her career, she’s happy to have some time off.

“I’ve read my first book in about two years, which is embarrassing, from cover to cover,” she says. “Because usually I’m busy reading scripts and trying to memorize lines, (so) it’s actually nice to read again.”

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SARAHGRAHAM- She grew up on a small wildlife conservancy, owned by her parents, in Zimbabwe called Antelope Park. Here she hand-raised lions to be rehabilitated into the wild and she refers to this place as a “very precious paradise.”

- Growing up in a family that loved to camp and travel, they celebrated being together through food. She learned her family’s recipes. that were passed down through the generations, and developed a passion for working with ingredients that are locally and sustainably sourced. Milk came from “down the road” and vegetables always grew in the back garden. This lifestyle instilled her with a food philosophy that is built on sharing beautiful, simple, healthy food with family and friends.

- In May 2010, she wanted to share her love of simple food with the world and started a food blog called A Foodie Lives Here. She was instantly smitten with the whole process of creating recipes and writing about them, combining her love of food with her love of words. Later that year, she was the first South African food blogger to be awarded a cookbook contract by Random House. Her first book, “Bitten,” was released in 2012.

- In 2013, she hosted her first television series, “Sarah Graham Cooks Cape Town” which won a SAFTA (South African Food & TV Award) and airs in over 40 countries.

- She released her second book, “Smitten,” in 2014 and her third book, “Home,” was released in 2015.

- Her second television series, “Sarah Graham’s Food Safari,” premiered on M-Net in 2015 but is currently airing on the Cooking Channel. She takes viewers across Africa by bringing her kitchen to the great outdoors and has unexpected encounters with wildlife along the way. In Season 2, she will be exploring areas around the Kruger National Park in South Africa, as well as traveling east to the exotic beaches of Mozambique.

- Her fourth book, “Wholesome,” will be released in April 2017. It offers 100 nourishing sugar, gluten and carb-conscious recipes for eating well.

- She is also a co-founder of African Impact, Africa’s largest voluntourism/gap year travel company.

- She currently lives in Johannesburg with her husband, Rob, and their two daughters.

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“They’ve got us by the nose now, because you can watch the whole thing online. And I can’t keep up with the seasons, because the (standard) seasons for TV are no longer. I used to sing jingles for the new fall season, and now, every show runs six or eight episodes and you go, ‘When are they coming back?’“ — Patti Austin, seen recently on “Taking the Stage: African American Music and Stories That Changed America” on ABC, about trying to keep up with television shows

“I always think, ‘Well, I’m not pregnant.’ So I have that comparison, that it was never harder than when I was seven months pregnant and doing all those things. Yeah, it’s very strenuous work, but the quality is so sound that it carries me.“ — Claire Danes of “Homeland” on Showtime, about her work on the series

“... I think the job is truly a reflection of our interest and curiosity, and there are many jobs that we’ve all had that don’t align with our personal values and interests. And this is a job that does.” – Norah O’Donnell on co-anchoring “CBS This Morning”

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Barry Sloane of “Six” on History“I’m watching ‘The Crown’ at the moment. And between ‘The Crown,’ which has been amazing ... we have ‘The Americans,’ which I am in Season 2 of ... . We hammered ‘Stranger Things’ this year. And I’m going to vouch for my brother Walton Goggins and say, ‘Vice Principals’ as well.”

Bellamy Young of “Scandal” on ABC“ ‘Last Week Tonight With John Oliver,’ and I’ll always watch ‘The Voice,’ because it’s so uplifting. I was a singer before I was an actor, so watching these kids – which they are, to people my age – give their truth and grow as people as they grow as performers, in a setting of really positive reinforcement, I cry about nine times every episode. And I’ve just gotten into ‘Westworld.’ ”

Ryan Hurst of “Outsiders” on WGN America“I just watched that new series on Netflix, ”The OA,“ the (Brit Marling series), her thing. That was pretty good.”

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Jude Law of “The Young Pope” on HBO“I try and keep up with pretty much everything. I feel like it’s my job to know what everyone is doing. I liked ‘The Crown.’ I liked ‘Stranger Things.’ I like ‘Olive Kitteridge.’

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BY GEORGE DICKIEIt’s war on Shay Mountain in Season 2 of WGN America’s “Outsiders” and it will be every man for himself.

As the new season of the hourlong drama series opens Tuesday, Jan. 24, the uneasy truce that existed between the Appalachian-dwelling Farrell clan and the town below came to an abrupt end when the coal company encroached on their land. The continuing stand-off brings forth new enemies and challenges as everyone is put to the test.

Among them is G’winveer (Gillian Alexy), who is conflicted about her new role as tribal leader after husband Big Foster (David Morse) is shot and left for dead. Li’l Foster (Ryan Hurst) heads out to track down his father’s body but winds up in the hands of the townspeople. Hasil (Kyle Gallner) struggles to balance his relationship with Sally-Ann (Christina Jackson) and his commitment to his family, and Asa (Joe Anderson) grapples with whether he wants to rejoin the Farrells.

Back down in town, Sheriff Houghton (Thomas M. Wright) faces resistance from Matt Meyers (James McCauley), who was sent by the governor to contain the situation on the mountain. And with all the tensions and newcomers on the scene, it threatens to get only worse.

“It’s a war in general that kind of populates the show this year,” Hurst explains. “There’s some fighting amongst the Farrells, we’re kind of not alone on the mountain anymore. We have these sort of visitors that sort of show up and we don’t quite know what to make of them the beginning part of the season. And then obviously there’s the fight with the coal company and then also everything that the sheriff


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has sort of brought up the mountain, where we ended Season 1. So it’s not as cut-and-dried like the Farrells against the coal company but it’s kind of every man for himself. You know, that’s how we kind of hit the ground running.”

This season, the bond of father and son will be tested when Big Foster returns from his brush with death a changed man wanting to repair his relationship with Li’l.

“His focus is really on the two people he loves most in the world,” Morse explains, “and that’s his son and that’s the woman who he never believed he would love because she tried to kill him. But the two of them, that’s what his life has become about. It seems very clear to him where he needs to put his life and that’s in their hands.”

But Li’l Foster is not necessarily buying into Dad’s sudden remorse.

“This is a grown man who’s been humiliated by his father his entire life,” Morse says, “and in some ways, from his point of view, brutalized. You know, this new love or devotion or affection or need for his son, Li’l Foster is just not going there. It’s just something he doesn’t recognize and he’s been too damaged to go there.”

“Big kind of has a life-altering change of heart and part of that entails how he treated Li’l and sort of this want to make amends for that,” Hurst says. “But his abilities to sort of connect with Li’l is going to be challenged, at least for the first probably six or seven episodes.”

In addition to the father/son storyline, Hurst also relished the opportunity to play a man in captivity.

“That was one of the most fun parts of this season for me,” Hurst says. “... It’s like a wild animal sort of put in a cage and what that does to somebody ... mentally, physically, spiritually, emotionally. That was the part that I really got to explore this season. ... Like any story that kind of deals with jails, it’s just my kind of thing. But yeah, I was super excited about it.”

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BY JOHN CROOK When the Civil War started, the Union Army expected to make short work of Confederate opposition once the North could seize the Southern capital of Richmond, Va.

The tide seems to be shifting, however, during the summer of 1862, as the PBS historical drama “Mercy Street” opens Season 2 on Sunday, Jan. 22 (check local listings).

“When we start Season 2, there is a lot of reason for encouragement on the South’s side of the war, because they’ve preserved their capital and turned the Northern army away,” explains David Zabel, one of the show’s executive producers. “The Union mindset had been that the war would be short, but I think there is still some confidence on the part of the North that the South won’t be able to sustain things.”

Fans of Season 1 will find familiar faces – Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Josh Radnor and Gary Cole among them – returning in their familiar roles, but these six new episodes also introduce new characters, none more compelling than Patina Miller (“Madam Secretary”) as Charlotte Jenkins, a former slave turned abolitionist and activist, who returns South to help newly freed African-Americans learn the skills they need to adjust to their new lives.

This character – a composite of such real-life figures as Harriet Tubman and the lesser known Harriet Jacobs – proved an irresistible challenge to the actress, who had been longing to do a period project, especially one that had to do with the black American experience.

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after these people were released from slavery,” says Miller, who grew up in South Carolina. “What happened to these slaves? Where did they go? I found out that a lot of them died, because they were displaced. They fled to the North, but couldn’t find anyone to help them in many cases. These human beings were spoils of war.

“What Harriet Jacobs, the main inspiration for my character, went through and suffered in slavery before escaping, then going back down to where she had been held, 10 years later, to help others learn how to be free ... it was just so powerful,” she adds. “Charlotte is determined to teach these ‘contraband’ people how to be free, to be in charge of their own lives and have a sense of self. Someone taught her to do it, so she made it her mission to come to this place that is filled with many painful memories to help others. It’s just so brave. She isn’t thinking of herself at all.”

Zabel says the contraband plot line is a perfect example of the kind of story the “Mercy Street” creative team looks for as they continue their chronicle of life in Civil War America.

“It’s a great but lesser-known story that comes out of history, and a great female empowerment story, a black empowerment story, and another way of showing a different facet of African-American life at this time,” he says. “It was always very important to us not to reduce the experience of this war to some monolithic portrayal, regardless of whether we are talking about men, women, North, South, black or white. You can look at Patina’s character or McKinley’s (Belcher III) character (a free black man with covert medical skills) ... and each has a distinctive point of view regarding what they are going through.”

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BY JAY BOBBINWith good reason, public television often trumpets the variety of its programming … and the week of Jan. 22 offers substantial proof of the claim.

From a dramatization of the span of King Henry VIII’s love life to a highly scenic concert by one of today’s top country stars, PBS is supplying a relative digest of evidence that it aims to appeal to all ages and interests. While the themes may be specific to the given shows, they also reflect the sorts of shows that the network has been airing for so many years.

Here’s a look at some of the highlights that demonstrate that wide range.

“Secrets of the Six Wives” (premieres Sunday, Jan. 22; check local listings): Anyone who knows history even remotely can guess that the wives in question are those of King Henry VIII. In this three-part series co-produced by the BBC, the women form the prism through which the saga is told – in dramatic sequences and in the commentary by British author and historian Lucy Worsley, who offers a modern perspective on the ancient relationships.

The episodes take their titles from the fates of the respective wives featured in them: “Divorced” (Week One), “Beheaded, Died” (Week Two), and “Divorced, Beheaded, Survived” (Week Three). Katherine of Aragon (portrayed by Paula Bontempi) is showcased first, and though her union with Henry (portrayed in younger years by Scott Arthur) is shown to be loving, the fact that she can’t give him a suitable heir puts an end to it.

He then moves on to Mary Boleyn (Tiffany Ceri) and soon afterward, to her sister Anne (Claire Cooper) … also known as “Anne of the Thousand Days,” per the 1969 movie by that name. That romance begins to unfold before the first hour of “Secrets of the Six Wives” is over, then continues to play out in the subsequent episode.

“American Experience” (Tuesday, Jan, 24; check local listings): The name Rachel Carson holds great meaning for many people, who undoubtedly recognize her as having been one of the earliest crusaders for the environmental movement. The scientist’s 1962 book “Silent Spring” immediately established her as a human warning signal on the perils posed by pesticides, and while that industry attempted to vilify her, President John F. Kennedy was inspired to order a related investigation.

With her death two years after “Silent Spring” was published, Carson didn’t see many of the effects of her work. However, the two-hour “American Experience” salute to her gives new life to her words, in large part through their delivery by former “Weeds” star Mary-Louise Parker.

“Brad Paisley – Landmarks Live in Concert: A Great Performances Special” (Friday, Jan. 27; check local listings): A week after Alicia Keys inaugurated this series-within-a-series by performing at locations throughout New York, country superstar Paisley takes a similar approach, but principally at one location … West Virginia University, where the Appalachian Mountains furnish the stunningly natural backdrop for his concert.

Hailing from Glen Dale, W. Va., Paisley obviously has strong ties to the area. The format of the show permits the singer-songwriter to discuss those in and around the music, since series host Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers’ drummer) talks about Paisley’s background with him – and the conversation helps to explain where Paisley developed the humorous bent that many of his tunes famously incorporate.


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this to be ‘Let’s see what happens.’ Let these people go with very few rules, very few regulations and make it as exciting as possible.”

The fugitives are ordinary people ranging from a stay-at-home mom and a lawyer to a security expert and an ex-gang member. Some prove to be quite savvy when it comes to outwitting the hunters, while others fall prey to human frailty.

“The human factor plays a part, psychology plays a part,” Silva says. “You met somebody, you’re lonely, you’re paranoid, your mind is playing tricks on you. ... You’re tired, you’re not eating, you’re not sleeping. And so it is really interesting just kind of what plays on you and the fortitude you might have or the mistakes you might have. It’s just like a real fugitive.”

“It’s really a unique experience few people could ever have and it was really exciting and thrilling and it challenged these people,” Silva continues. “But yeah, at the end of the day ... you can make a dumb mistake and that’s what a lot of manhunters said. They said sometimes there’s a lucky break when you catch someone, sometimes people get away or they get onto the next part of their escape by a lucky break as well. So it’s really just an interesting game of cat-and-mouse.”

BY GEORGE DICKIE

In this digital age, it’s nearly impossible to go anywhere or do anything without it being detected and recorded by some individual, business or government entity.

Web, closed-circuit and traffic cams, Internet records, credit card purchases, bank records and cellphone usage and triangulation, among other data, can be culled and combined to paint a digital picture of who we are, what our habits are and what we might do next. And worse, we really can’t disappear from any of that.

But contestants on the new unscripted series “Hunted” will try. Premiering Sunday, Jan. 22, on CBS, the hourlong program sets nine teams of two loose in a 100,000-square-mile area encompassing South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Alabama, where they will try to evade capture for 28 days using only their wits and a small amount of money.

And the people trying to capture them are tops in their field, including FBI and CIA officials and analysts, government and military intelligence experts, a Navy SEAL and even a behavioral profiler. They will track the “fugitives” using physical and digital means and try to bring them in.

The teams that successfully manage to avoid getting caught after the four-week period win a $250,000 grand prize.

But first they’ll have to contend with all the challenges that the U.S. Southeast has to throw at them.

“We wanted an area that was large enough that it really gave the fugitives a lot of diverse areas and places to go and things to do as well as something the team of hunters could cover realistically,” explains executive producer Laura Fuest Silva. “And what’s nice about the Southeast is you have swamps, you have mountains, you have cities, you have rural areas, ocean, beaches. So real diverse areas that the fugitives could go. And we really wanted

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FULL NAME: Dwyane Tyrone Wade Jr.

BORN: Jan. 17, 1982

BIRTHPLACE: Chicago, Illinois

HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6 foot 4 inches/220 pounds

COLLEGE: Marquette

DRAFTED: 2003, fifth overall pick by Miami Heat

POSITION: Guard

NO.: 3

HONORS AND ACHIEVEMENTS: NBA Champion, 2006, 2012, 2013; NBA Scoring Champion, 2009; Olympic Gold Medalist, 2008; Miami Heat all-time scoring and assists leader

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BY DAN LADDThe Chicago Bulls had one of the more interesting off-seasons among NBA teams and made headlines when they traded the often-injured Derrick Rose to the New York Knicks in June of 2016. But they made bigger headlines when they signed three-time NBA champion and Chicago native Dwyane Wade away from the Miami Heat. Wade and his new team will meet up with his old one when the Bulls welcome the Heat to town Friday, Jan. 27 on ESPN.

Now in the twilight of his career, Wade is still a solid presence on the court and will be in Chicago where he grew up watching the Bulls; he signed a two-year contract with them last summer. Paired with Jimmy Butler, they have the chance to make Chicago competitive again and look to be a borderline or bubble team for a Wild Card position. It hasn’t been an easy season for the Bulls, who strung together a four-game winning streak early in the season, but through December had endured three separate three-game losing streaks.

Now in his fourteenth season, Wade has seen it all and experienced the highs and lows. He won his first championship with Shaquille O’Neal and the Heat in 2006, and of course was the heart of the Big Three with LeBron James and Chris Bosh whey they won it all for Miami in 2012 and 2013. Now the Bulls are hoping that with Butler, Wade and also Rajon Rondo that they too can make a deeper run in the playoffs.DWYANEWADE

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Movies set aboard big spaceships for long journeys, such as “2001: A Space Odyssey” and “Silent Running,” can make you wonder how the folks on board spend their time. Yes, it’s a lot of space, but it is still confined space.

“Passengers” addresses that issue, with Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt as the major characters awakened from a deep slumber after an asteroid hits their vessel that’s destined for a colonized planet.

Actually, Pratt is the one revived by the collision; he’s an engineer alone in being conscious, and he decides he needs company, so he wakes up the journalist played by Lawrence. More than 5000 other passengers remain dozing, so these two pretty much have the run of the place, for better and for worse.

Their trek is supposed to span 120 years, and since they can’t go back to their previous state of sleep, they probably won’t live to tell others about it. They bond – closely – over their shared situation, with an android played by Michael Sheen on hand for some comic relief. However, he also knows some things that make for a tense race to the finish line.

Even more emotionally than visually, though the visuals are stunning at times, “Passengers” succeeds in merging

the basics of sci-fi with the roots of a romance. And Lawrence and Pratt work well together, which is a good thing, since this movie would be doomed instantly were that not the case.

While they’re not the only actors on hand here (Laurence Fishburne and Andy Garcia also turn up), they certainly are the focus of the two hours. They have a tightly interlocked arc to go through, demanding lightness as well as tougher stuff, and they make

that trip together quite successfully.

Also, the film gives director Morten Tyldum the opportunity to try something that seems vastly different from the picture he’s best-known for, ‘The Imitation Game.“ At the same time, this still is a relationship story principally, so he’s on familiar territory there ... just with a lot more technology to handle, and clearly with a more sizable budget that reportedly netted Lawrence and Pratt very big paydays.

If you’re debating booking passage for “Passengers,” thanks to the intriguing premise and the effective acting, the advice is simple: Do it.

JAY BOBBIN'S THEATRICAL MOVIE REVIEW

LAWRENCE AND PRATT are intergalactic ‘Passengers’

MOVIES

Our Take

“MASTERMINDS” (Jan. 31): An armored-truck driver (Zach Galifianakis) becomes the fall guy for a thieving couple (Kristen Wiig, Owen Wilson). (PG-13: AS, P, V)

“JACK REACHER: NEVER GO BACK” (Jan. 31): Tom Cruise returns as novelist Lee Child’s military veteran turned troubleshooter; Cobie Smulders also stars. (PG-13: AS, P, V)

“PINOCCHIO” (Jan. 31): The animated classic gets “Walt Disney Signature Collection” treatment, with a bounty of bonus features including Walt Disney’s own comments on the film. (G)

“QUEEN OF KATWE” (Jan. 31): Mastering the game of chess has a major effect on a Ugandan youngster (Madina Nalwanga); David Oyelowo and Lupita Nyong’o also star in the true drama. (PG: AS)

“GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER: 50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION” (Feb. 7): Katharine Hepburn won her second Oscar, opposite Spencer Tracy and Sidney Poitier, in the comedy-drama. (Not rated: AS, P)

“KING KONG: ULTIMATE EDITION” (Feb. 7): Director Peter Jackson’s retelling of the saga gets an upgrade that includes a half-hour of deleted scenes; Adrien Brody and Naomi Watts star. (PG-13 and unrated versions: P, V)

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“THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS”In director and screenwriter Derek Cianfrance’s (“The Place Beyond the Pines”) affecting, well-acted adaptation of M.L. Stedman’s best-seller, a lighthouse keeper and his wife – played by Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander – try to resolve being childless on the isolated island where they reside by claiming an infant they find drifting in a boat with its deceased father. Problems arise years later when the biological mother (Rachel Weisz) starts searching for her daughter, whom she believed to have died as well. The highly atmospheric quality of the drama, filmed in Australia and New Zealand, helps immensely here. Earlier “Breaker Morant” co-stars Jack Thompson and Bryan Brown also appear. ››› (PG-13: AS, P) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand)


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SUNDAY, JANUARY 22

9 pm on Starz

The Rolling Stones: Havana Moon

Filmmaker Paul Dugdale captures Mick Jagger and the Stones as they make history by becoming the first rock band to play a free outdoor concert for hundreds of thousands of fans in the Cuban capital. For this performance in a country trembling on the brink of seismic change, the rockers perform such hits as “Jumpin’ Jack Flash,” “Honky Tonk Women,” “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” and “Satisfaction” along with a few surprises. PREMIERE

MONDAY, JANUARY 23

10:01 pm on ABC

Quantico

The series resumes on a new night with “CLEOPATRA,” as the flashback sequences show the agents getting a lesson in seduction. It proves to be much more for Alex (Priyanka Chopra), who uses it to get to know Owen (Blair Underwood) better – at potential risk to her ties to Ryan (Jake McLaughlin). In the present, Alex has many of her questions about the terrorists answered. Guest star Eliza Coupe (“Happy Endings”) returns. Johanna Braddy also stars. WINTER PREMIERE

TUESDAY, JANUARY 24

10:03 pm on TLC

Tattoo Girls

This new unscripted series is set in Ink Ink, a tattoo shop in Springfield, Mo., where its owner, Kelsey, and her all-female staff of artists try to make the business a more welcoming, less intimidating environment. In the series premiere, a male client comes in asking for a below-the-belt tattoo, and Kelsey has to get help from a waxing salon to serve a hirsute client. Later, things get heated at a girls night out. SERIES PREMIERE

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25

10 pm on Food Network

Bakers vs. Fakers

Buddy Valastro hosts this new reality competition series that’s a conceptual spinoff of the current series “Cooks vs. Cons.” As on that other series, contestants bake for a panel of judges, who try to determine which ones are the imposters. If one of the pros prevails, he nets $10,000, but if an amateur fools the panel, he walks away with $15,000. SERIES PREMIERE

THURSDAY, JANUARY 26

10 pm on Comedy Central

Roast Battle II

“Celebrity Roast” veteran Jeff Ross returns with another round of this spin-off series, in which some of the country’s most unfiltered comics engage in bracket-style insult comedy face-offs with one another, with comedian Brian Moses acting as referee. The contenders emerged from preliminary rounds earlier this month in Atlanta, New York, Denver and Los Angeles, and these final rounds air nightly through Sunday, Jan. 29, when the ultimate victor will be crowned. SEASON PREMIERE

FRIDAY, JANUARY 27

8 pm on TCM

The Unsinkable Molly Brown

Debbie Reynolds’ personal favorite among her film roles, this 1964 big-screen adaptation of a hit Broadway musical casts the star as a tomboy who had an odd beginning in life: She was found floating down a river in her cradle, a survivor of a flood. The tuneful story follows Molly through her marriage to a mountain man (Harve Presnell, reprising his Broadway success), their move to Denver, her tangles with society, and her trip on the Titanic. Reynolds scored an Oscar nod as best actress for her performance. MUST-SEE MOVIE!

SATURDAY, JANUARY 28

10 pm on History

Detroit Steel

This new unscripted series follows Adam Genei and his team at Mobsteel as they transform run-down vehicles into high-end automotive masterpieces. In the series premiere, “Rockets and Robots,” Adam and the crew restore a 1956 Rocket 88 for a former Oldsmobile employee. Elsewhere, a new welder joins the Mobsteel crew after Adam goes robot shopping. SERIES PREMIERE


FAVORITE SHOWS

RETURNING FAVORITES!

MONDAY, JANUARY 23

Supergirl (The CW, 8 pm) WINTER PREMIERE

Jane the Virgin (The CW, 9 pm) WINTER PREMIERE

TUESDAY, JANUARY 24

The Flash (The CW, 8 pm) WINTER PREMIERE

DC’s Legends of Tomorrow (The CW, 9 pm) WINTER PREMIERE

Face Off (Syfy, 9 pm) SEASON PREMIERE

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25

The Path (Amazon) SEASON PREMIERE

Arrow (The CW, 8 pm) WINTER PREMIERE

The Magicians (Syfy, 9 pm) SEASON PREMIERE

Suits (USA Network, 10 pm) WINTER PREMIERE

THURSDAY, JANUARY 26

Supernatural (The CW, 8 pm) WINTER PREMIERE

SATURDAY, JANUARY 28

Counting Cars (History, 9 pm) SEASON PREMIERE

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