TV Guide Magazine February 13, 2023

Get ready for some serious thrills when Prime Video’s electrifying new series The Power premieres on Friday, March 31. A star-studded cast, including Toni Collette and John Leguizamo (above, from left, with Pietra Castro, Auli’i Cravalho and Gerrison Machado), bring author Naomi Alderman’s bestselling novel to life. In the haunting story, teenage girls suddenly develop the ability to electrocute anyone they want and then realize they can also awaken this mysterious, hereditary power in older women. Shazam!…

The first issue of our new monthly guide to streaming, TV Insider, hits stands on February 21! The cover (right) features Kiefer Sutherland, who has appeared as the lead image on TV Guide Magazine covers 15 times. He’s a familiar face to our readers, going back to the days of the hit actioner 24, which premiered on Fox in 2001. Kiefer has been a go-to guy, playing TV heroes ever since, including the president of the United States on Designated Survivor, a 2016–19 drama that debuted on ABC and then moved to Netflix. His latest, Rabbit Hole, is a nonstop-action spy thriller created for streaming. Kiefer sat down with us for a one-on-one interview about the new Paramount+ show and told us why we should check it out. (I’ve seen…

Smart Watch If you have 30 minutes, catch this classic Leave It to Beaver presents one of its earliest special episodes, 1960’s “Beaver and Andy”—in which the family-friendly sitcom tackled the subject of alcoholism. Friday, Feb. 24, 11am/10c, FETV If you have a free hour, watch this premiere An MMA fighter and a professional backpacker are just two of the new survivalists toughing it out on the 15th season of Naked and Afraid. Sunday, Feb. 19, 8/7c, Discovery and Discovery+ If you have a free night, tune in to this romance Turn up the (country) music! In A Nashville Legacy, sparks fly when newly displaced Naima (Andrea Lewis) meets Damian (Pooch Hall), an heir to a record empire. Sunday, Feb. 26, 7/6c, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries If you have a free day, binge these films Go the distance…

SHE WAS THE girl next door—if your neighbor happened to have the soul of a screwball comedian. Cindy Williams, who died January 25 at 75 after a brief illness, first gained attention as Ron (then “Ronny”) Howard’s devoted girlfriend in 1973’s American Graffiti, and also appeared in director Francis Ford Coppola’s The Conversation a year later. Williams had to be talked into putting her movie career on hold to take the part of Shirley Feeney, the starry-eyed 1950s Milwaukee brewery worker and roomie of brash Laverne DeFazio (Penny Marshall). They made their debut on Happy Days as double dates of Fonzie (Henry Winkler) and Richie (Howard) but soon got their own spinoff in 1976, with Laverne & Shirley soaring to the top of the ratings Audiences delighted in their slapstick antics, a…

@TVGMMattRoush The second season of Prime Video’s Hunters was so good that we watched Season 1 again followed by a second viewing of Season 2! The Season 2 episode “The Home” was one of the best episodes of any series we’ve ever seen. Any word on a third season? Al Pacino should get an Emmy for this. What a story! —John C., Denver, N.C. MATT ROUSH: The second season, which arrived after a nearly three-year wait, was billed as the final, so I wouldn’t expect the hunt to continue. But it was fun while it lasted, right? NBC’s New Amsterdam never really explained Helen’s (Freema Agyeman) departure. They teased a resolution, but ultimately, not even a bad reason was given. This seems like a disservice to fans. Am I missing something? —Adam D. MATT…

@TVGMMattRoush Not Dead Yet Wednesdays, 9:30/8:30c, ABC SO MUCH FOR the long-rumored death of the broadcast network comedy. ABC’s brilliant Abbott Elementary keeps reaping awards, and CBS’s Ghosts is a bona fide hit. Taking a cue from the latter, the spirited sitcom Not Dead Yet looks to the afterlife to boost the self-esteem of Nell Serrano (Jane the Virgin’s effervescent Gina Rodriguez), a 37-year-old hot mess returning to journalism after a five-year love affair went bust. Heartbroken and humbled, Nell accepts a job at her old paper and is put on the obituary beat, which turns out to be anything but deadly when her subjects begin appearing to her. (My reaction: Why couldn’t this have happened to me when I wrote about Angela Lansbury’s passing?) These colorful ghosts are the life of the party, providing…