Last Man Standing, on Fox
Mike Baxter (Tim Allen), a marketing executive for an outdoor sporting goods store, doesn’t always see eye to eye with his three daughters. The network recently picked up the hit comedy, which ran on ABC from 2011 to 2017.
Station 19, on ABC
Andy Herrera (Jaina Lee Ortiz) and the rest of the team welcome a new firefighter (Boris Kodjoe) with a mysterious past in the new season of this drama. Also, Andy's relationship with Ryan (Alberto Frezza) becomes even more complicated when his path leads to the station.
Q: What came first, the Muppets, the Fraggles or the "Sesame Street" group?
That's harder to answer than it sounds. The Muppets came first -- at least some of them -- and indeed, technically they're all Muppets. However, "Sesame Street" was Jim Henson's first major series.
The name Muppets refers to the pioneering kind of puppet Henson created along with his wife and early collaborator, Jane Nebel (the two incorporated under the name Muppets Inc. in 1958). However, "The Muppet Show" didn't debut until 1976, seven years after "Sesame Street."
Star, on Fox
Star (Jude Demorest), Alexandra (Ryan Destiny) and Simone (Brittany O'Grady) return to prime time in this season premiere. The musical drama pulls back the curtain on the cutthroat music industry as the trio struggles to make it to the top.
New Amsterdam, on NBC
Dr. Sharpe (Freema Agyeman) encourages Dr. Goodwin (Ryan Eggold) to come up with a plan as he struggles to navigate his diagnosis. Meanwhile Dr. Frome (Tyler Labine) and Dr. Kapoor (Anupam Kher) try to help a child and Dr. Bloom (Janet Montgomery) gives some helpful advice.
The Voice, on NBC
Hopeful vocalists from across the country take the stage to compete for a life-altering recording contract in a new episode of this hit reality TV series. This season features judges Blake Shelton, Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Hudson and Adam Levine.
A perfect mess: 'I Feel Bad' explores the stress of trying to have it all
Sarayu Blue as seen in "I Feel Bad"
Q: "Little House on the Prairie," "Two and a Half Men" and "Last Man Standing" are rerunning on several channels. How are the actors in those series paid for the reruns?
As the old joke says: very carefully.
It's a complicated system of scales and percentages governed by a 400-page contract. But basically, when actors sign on to appear in TV shows, they're paid a fee that covers the first airing of the show. When that show is used again, whether as a rerun, in a DVD boxed set or on a streaming website, the actors are paid what's called a residual.
Late Laughs for the week of September 30 - October 6, 2018
Late Night With Seth Meyers
Florida police are searching for a person who accidentally donated a duffel bag to a thrift shop that contained almost five pounds of marijuana. "This smells like weed," said customers about every thrift store item ever.
New Releases for the week of Sept. 30 - Oct. 6
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
After a suicide bomber kills numerous people in an attack in Kansas City, CIA agent Matt Graver (Brolin) is authorized to use extreme measures to take down Mexico's powerful drug cartels. He comes up with a plan to turn the most powerful cartels against each other, and recruits agent Alejandro Gillick (Del Toro) to assassinate a lawyer affiliated with one of the cartels, while he kidnaps the daughter of a rival cartel's leader. Soon, corruption and betrayal throw the plan off the rails, and the two men find themselves at odds when one of them goes rogue and defies orders.
Director: Stefano Sollima. Stars: Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin, Isabela Moner, Jeffrey Donovan, Catherine Keener. 2018. 122 min. Action.
The First Purge
As a way to combat rising tension and social unrest, the government announces a trial program to take place on Staten Island. For one 12-hour period, all crimes will be made legal, and the government offers a financial incentive for people to stay on the island during the test. When drug addict Skeletor (Paul) commits the first murder of the purge, video of his act is uploaded and goes viral across the nation, sending many of the people who remained on Staten Island into a panic, but as the streets become increasingly violent, the architect of the experiment becomes suspicious about the motives behind some of the killers.
Director: Gerard McMurray. Stars: Y'lan Noel, Lex Scott Davis, Rotimi Paul, Joivan Wade, Marisa Tomei. 2018. 98 min. Action.
Leave No Trace
Veteran Will (Foster) suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and has withdrawn from society to live a hidden life in a public park with his 13-year-old daughter, Tom (McKenzie). The two are happy in their isolation, but when Tom is spotted by a passerby, the two are picked up by social services and given a home, giving Tom her first real taste of civilization in years. Although her father longs to leave it all behind and return to the wilderness, Tom begins warming up to her new life.
Director: Debra Granik. Stars: Ben Foster, Thomasin McKenzie. 2018. 109 min. Drama.
