Back to the past: Hit drama 'Outlander' traverses time again
Caitriona Balfe and Sam Heughan star in "Outlander"
Rules are rules: Nancy Fuller's family joins her in the kitchen
Nancy Fuller as seen in "Farmhouse Rules"
With six kids, 13 grandkids and her own farm, it's easy to see why Nancy Fuller has had to lay down a few rules in her house. Oh right, and she also happens to run a multimillion-dollar business.
New Releases for the week of April 3 - 9
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
Han Solo (Ford), Princess Leia (Fisher) and Luke Skywalker (Hamill) are back as fans are treated to another action-packed story set in a galaxy far, far away. When stormtrooper Finn (Boyega) helps rescue Resistance pilot Poe Dameron (Isaac), he winds up deserting the villainous First Order. After crashlanding on the desert planet Jakku, he meets the enigmatic Rey (Ridley), an independent young woman with a mysterious past. With a map in their possession that may lead to the missing Jedi, Luke Skywalker, the two unlikely companions flee Jakku in a familiar spaceship with the First Order in hot pursuit. As they struggle to deliver the map to the Resistance, the First Order's terrifying and powerful Kylo Ren (Driver) remains hot on their trail, along with a super weapon even more powerful than the Death Star of old.
Director: J.J. Abrams. Stars: Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill. 2015. 135 min. Adventure.
The Hallow
Adam (Mawle), Clare (Novakovic) and their infant son relocate to a remote forest town where Adam is surveying the woods so that logging can begin in the area. When acts of vandalism and violence start plaguing the family, they suspect that a local man is behind them, but the truth is far more sinister. It doesn't take long before the family must fight for their very lives against the Hallow, a supernatural force that the locals believe lives deep in the surrounding forest.
Director: Corin Hardy. Stars: Joseph Mawle, Bojana Novakovic, Michael McElhatton, Michael Smiley. 2015. 97 min. Horror.
Tumbledown
After Hannah's (Hall) husband, a popular folk singer, dies at a young age, she struggles to deal with her grief and move on. Things are made even harder for her when a New York writer (Sudeikis) shows up at her home in rural Maine to investigate the death, forcing her to confront her grief and deal with the ambiguous circumstances surrounding her husband's death.
Director: Sean Mewshaw. Stars: Jason Sudeikis, Rebecca Hall, Dianna Agron, Joe Manganiello. 2015. 105 min. Romance.
Q: What ever happened to the series "Covert Affairs"? Did I miss that it was canceled?
Unfortunately, yes. About a year ago, the USA Network announced that it would not be renewing "Covert Affairs" for a sixth season.
That was a pretty tough pill for fans to swallow, since the fifth season ended on a pretty serious double-cliffhanger: Lead character Annie (Piper Perabo, "The Prestige," 2006) was about to decide both whether to marry Ryan (Nic Bishop, "Home and Away") and whether to take a new job on a CIA task force.
Life without limits: CBS goes above and beyond with 'Limitless'
Jake McDorman stars in "Limitless"
Q: While watching reruns of "The Big Valley," we noticed there was a fourth son, younger than Jarrod, Nick and Heath. He was only in a few episodes. Can you give any information as to who played this character and what the character's name was?
The character Eugene Barkley, fourth son of the Barkley clan whose lives formed the basis of the classic western series "The Big Valley," left the ranch to go to college. That's the easy part.
As for the man who played him, Charles Briles, that's a little trickier.
He only appeared in the first season, which aired on ABC in 1965. He was drafted by the U.S. Army, also in 1965. This much we know. What we don't know is if these two facts are related.
Q: Has "Devious Maids" been canceled? Also, I caught a couple episodes of a show last year about a doctor who kept coming back to life. I can't remember the show's name but liked it. Has it been canceled?
Considering the fact that you hardly got to know it, it shouldn't come as too much of a blow that "Forever," about a centuries-old doctor who is trying to cure his own immortality, is dead for good. The network canceled it after its first and only season.
But "Devious Maids," which you're clearly more familiar with, is coming back.
That show was less of a risk, though -- "Devious Maids" is going into its fourth season later this year, and its previous three had all been hits.
Cashing in: CBS reimagines the Rush Hour franchise for TV
Justin Hires stars in "Rush Hour"
Reboots, reboots and more reboots. They're the biggest fad for networks these days, but if you've got a successful product, why not milk it for a bit more story (and money, of course)?
'Empire' strikes back: Fox's hit musical drama returns from hiatus
Terrence Howard, Taraji P. Henson, Jussie Smollett, Bryshere Gray and Trai Byers star in "Empire"
Carrying on the family business just doesn’t have the same wholesome feel that it used to. At least, not when the whole family is prepared to drop the gloves and fight tooth and nail to be the one wearing the company’s crown.
To L.A. with love: 'Archer' leaves the Big Apple for Hollywood glamor
A scene from "Archer"
To L.A. with love: The world's deadliest spy, with all the guns, gadgets and girls that go along with him, is back again to square off against some of the world's most insidious villains.
This isn't the tuxedo-clad James Bond, though. No, it's the equally dapper Sterling Archer: secret agent, ladies' man and overall inconsiderate jerkface.
