TV Guide Magazine September 26, 2022

BIG FAN! Please extend my heartiest thanks to everyone involved in putting together your 70th annual Fall Preview [August 29 issue]! I especially appreciated the two-page calendar, which handily lists all the new TV series and movies. I don’t know anywhere else to get all that helpful information in one place. I also look forward to the Returning Favorites every year [September 12 issue]. I have been using TV GUIDE MAGAZINE since the 1960s, and don’t know what I’d do without it! —Renée EXCELLENT EMCEE Kenan Thompson was a gracious host for the Emmys [September 12]. He was sly and dapper without being mean or catty. And I loved his opening dance numbers. —Aimee DRAMA REC I really enjoyed Dark Winds [Season 1 is available to stream on AMC+]. The storyline and…

For the Record BROADCAST PREMIERES Bachelor in Paradise Sept. 27, 8/7c, ABC La Brea Sept. 27, 9/8c, NBC The Rookie: Feds Sept. 27, 10/9c, ABC NEW Hell’s Kitchen Sept. 29, 8/7c, Fox Young Sheldon Sept. 29, 8/7c, CBS Ghosts Sept. 29, 8:30/7:30c, CBS So Help Me Todd Sept 29, 9/8c, CBS NEW Welcome to Flatch Sept. 29, 9/8c, Fox Call Me Kat Sept. 29, 9:30/8:30c, Fox CSI: Vegas Sept. 29, 10/9c, CBS Saturday Night Live Oct. 1, 11:30/10:30c, NBC America’s Funniest Home Videos Oct. 2, 7/6c, ABC Family Law Oct. 2, 8/7c, The CW NEW The Equalizer Oct. 2, 8:30/7:30c, CBS Coroner Oct. 2, 9/8c, The CW East New York Oct. 2, 9:30/8:30c, CBS NEW The Good Doctor Oct. 3, 10/9c, ABC Kung Fu Oct. 5, 9/8c, The CW The Real Love Boat Oct. 5, 9/8c, CBS NEW Station 19 Oct. 6, 8/7c, ABC Walker Oct. 6, 8/7c, The CW Grey’s Anatomy…

In June 1953, when television was young, a rapt American viewing public clamored to see the coronation of Elizabeth, the 27-year-old royal about to be crowned Queen. The event was so all-consuming, the four television networks secretly planned to hire jet planes to “speed film across the ocean,” as we reported when we made Her Royal Highness the ninthever cover subject of TV GUIDE MAGAZINE. It was the start of an auspicious pairing. Few European figures of the last century have inspired more fascination on this side of the pond, as television grew up and came of age alongside the longest-ruling British monarch in history. The Queen’s passing on September 8 at age 96 offers a chance to reflect on the dignified leader who, for millions, was the symbol of perseverance on…

@TVGMMattRoush Monarch Tuesdays, 9/8c, Fox WHO KNOWS A country music diva better than their stylist? Sure enough, it’s the hairdresser (Kevin Cahoon) who nails the potential of Fox’s soapy Monarch when he quips, “People like a little Game of Thrones with their country music.” If only. Hoping to do for the network what Empire did in the hip-hop arena, the show feels more like a tired Nashville knockoff if that series had begun with Connie Britton already one foot out the door. Monarch places its “first damn family of country music” in Texas, a land of cheating hearts and dark secrets. Not to mention toxic sibling rivalry, which intensifies when matriarch Dottie Roman (Susan Sarandon) goes public with her diagnosis of terminal cancer, setting in motion a heap of sisterly squabbling for the crown…

@TVGMMattRoush I was so disappointed by the news that Kelli Giddish is leaving Law & Order: SVU after 12 years! What’s the deal? —Eve MATT ROUSH: By all accounts, it wasn’t her call, and even star–executive producer Mariska Hargitay reportedly fought to keep her. But the bottom line is that on long-running series, contract negotiations often go sideways. And while she will be missed, it’s nothing new for cast members to go through the constantly revolving door on Dick Wolf series, from the original Law & Order onward. I am a fan of NBC’s new Password with Jimmy Fallon and host Keke Palmer. But I can’t seem to find the credit for the voice that says, “The password is…” and I could swear it’s the voice of actor-comedian Will Forte. Can you confirm?…

Blue Bloods SEASON PREMIERE Friday, Oct. 7, 10/9c, CBS FOR BLUE BLOODS fans, Friday night visits with NYPD commissioner Frank Reagan (Tom Selleck) and his family are as much comfort food as the clan’s meatand-potatoes Sunday dinners. In the hit drama’s 13th season, expect a slightly more amped-up—but just as satisfying—menu with a serious run for Manhattan DA by Erin Reagan (Bridget Moynahan), a hush-hush position in the PD’s Intelligence Unit for Sgt. Jamie Reagan (Will Estes) and some soul-searching by both Det. Danny Reagan (Donnie Wahlberg) and the PC himself. Like her dad before her in the police department, Erin seeks the city’s top prosecutor position to improve the system. Says Moynahan: “She’s unhappy with the direction of the district attorney’s office” under current DA Kimberly Crawford (Roslyn Ruff). And she wants to…