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Chicago Med, on NBC/City

The doctors and nurses at Chicago's leading trauma centre struggle to balance their personal and professional lives as they treat patients in this Emmy-winning drama from Dick Wolf. The ensemble cast includes Yaya DaCosta, Nick Gehlfuss and Oliver Platt.

Q: Where did Fiona on "Burn Notice" learn how to fight and use ammo?

Author:

Adam Thomlison / TV Media

She actually confesses that she didn't.

In a few different interviews, actress Gabrielle Anwar ("For Love or Money," 1993) admits that she didn't do much fighting or weapons training. Instead, she chalks her action-packed performances up to "smoke and mirrors."

Let's Make a Deal, on CBS/City

Tiffany Coyne and Jonathan Mangum join this hit game show's hilarious host, Wayne Brady, in welcoming costumed audience members to the fun. Contestants make increasingly risky deals with the host in an effort to win big money and amazing prizes.

The Good Doctor, on ABC/CTV

Freddie Highmore returns as Dr. Shaun Murphy in the Season 5 premiere of this medical drama. As Shaun and Lea (Paige Spara) plan their wedding, they host everyone for an engagement party in this episode. Also, a mother learns her son may have cancer.

Freddie Highmore stars in "The Good Doctor"

Q: I know that "The Bourne Legacy" was a spinoff movie that featured a different super soldier, but does Matt Damon appear in it at all?

Author:

Adam Thomlison / TV Media

Matt Damon, who played super-spy Jason Bourne in the Bourne series of films starting with 2002's "The Bourne Identity," does appear in the 2014 spinoff "The Bourne Legacy," but he had nothing to do with making it.

Bob's Burgers, on Fox

Bob and Linda face another exciting day at the restaurant in the Season 12 premiere of this hit adult animated series. H. Jon Benjamin, Kristen Schaal, John Roberts and Dan Mintz return to voice the show's fan-favourite characters for another season.

New Releases for the week of Sept. 26 - Oct. 2

Blithe Spirit

Suffering from writer's block after the death of his ﬁrst wife, Charles (Stevens) invites a spiritualist medium to his home hoping to gather some much-needed research for his next movie. The eccentric but genuine Madame Arcati (Dench) performs a séance that accidentally brings back Charles' ﬁrst wife, Elvira (Mann). This inevitably causes problems for Charles and his current wife, who is unable to see the ghostly apparition as she wreaks havoc on the couple.

Director: Edward Hall. Stars: Dan Stevens, Leslie Mann, Isla Fisher, Judi Dench, Emilia Fox, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Adil Ray, Michele Dotrice, Aimee-Fﬁon Edwards. 2020. 99 mins. Comedy.

The Forever Purge

Eight years after the New Founding Fathers of America have taken rule of the United States, the annual Purge has been reinstated with its original rules, and some citizens are concerned the upcoming Purge will cause more damage than originally thought. After crossing the border from Mexico to escape the cartel, migrant workers Juan (Heurta) and his wife, Adela (de la Reguera), try to escape the destruction of the Purge by hiding with other migrant workers in a protected community hoping to wait out the event without hostility. When they return to their lives the next morning, Adela notices some of the workers haven't returned and the people around her aren't as trustworthy as she once thought.

Director: Everardo Gout. Stars: Ana de la Reguera, Tenoch Heurta, Josh Lucas, Cassidy Freeman, Leven Rambin, Alejandro Edda, Will Patton. 2021. 103 mins. Horror.

The Evil Next Door

Shirin (Gwyn) moves into a new house with her boyfriend (Wahlgren) and his ﬁve-year-old son, so they can be together as a family. Still struggling with the death of his mother, Lucas questions whether the dead can come back. His thoughts only truly become of concern, however, when he mentions a friend next door. Knowing the other half of the house is empty, Shirin becomes suspicious and begins to unlock the mystery behind the evil force that is after Lucas.

Director: Oskar Mellander, Tord Danielsson. Stars: Jakob Fahlstedt, Linus Wahlgren, Janna Granström, Dilan Gwyn, Karin Holmberg. 2020. 87 mins. Horror

Saturday Night Live, on NBC

Fan-favourite sketches and hilarious guest hosts return in a rebroadcast of this live, late-night comedy staple. Lasting laughs and memorable moments have been made on this show, which began in 1975. Current stars include Cecily Strong and Pete Davidson.

Predator 2, on AMC

Danny Glover and María Conchita Alonso star in this Stephen Hopkins sci-fi action film. The streets of L.A. are a fearful place when an alien visitor, the Predator, begins to kill. A band of police officers must defend the city before it’s too late.

María Conchita Alonso stars in "Predator 2"

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, on NBC/City

Sgt. Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) returns to investigate violent and sexual crimes in this intense drama's two-hour Season 23 premiere. Now the longest-running live-action series on air in prime time, it also stars Ice-T and Kelli Giddish.

Mariska Hargitay stars in "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit"