French Quarter crime
Colorful new NCIS spinoff hitting all the right notes
By Meagan Sylvester TV MediaI f Paris, as author Ernest Hemingway said, is a moveable city, then New Orleans has always been a floating one. As an urban center founded by the French, ruled by the Spanish and inhabited by the Cajuns, NOLA is unlike any other metropolitan in the United States.
The city’s stark cultural contrast — embodied in its colonial architecture, southern drawl and cobblestone streets — shows not just in popular culture, but also in the way in which film and television producers continue to look to The Big Easy as a beacon of storytelling and old world charm.
Enter CBS’s newest spinoff of the original “NCIS” drama, set in the nation’s epicenter for jazz, smoked bourbon, Mardi Gras and French Quarter crime. Be sure to catch an all-new episode of “NCIS: New Orleans” when it airs Tuesday, Feb. 10, on CBS.
While the freshman drama only came to life in 2014 following the 11-year success of its parent program, the Crescent City spinoff has hit the ground running, with a second season already in the works and the numbers to back up such a quick renewal.
In fact, “NCIS: New Orleans” is the season’s most-watched new series and broadcast television’s No. 2 drama (“NCIS” is No. 1), averaging 18.1 million viewers. While the program’s initial success could be attributed to its colorful location on the Gulf coast, the cast also has a familiar face on set to help boost the program’s already stellar ratings.
Mark Harmon (“Chicago Hope,” “Freaky Friday,” 2003), widely known for his role as special agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs in the original “NCIS,” is one of the leading executive producers on the new show, which is a little bit different from his original plan, he said during an interview with the “Sydney Morning Herald” in September of last year.
“It’s funny to me because when I first came to ‘NCIS,’ I came as an actor/director. That was the original plan, but I haven’t directed any [episodes],” Harmon said during the “Herald’s” lengthy Q&A session.
“To me, it’s about filling your more than a decade, how are producers shaking it up to keep audiences from reaching for the reHarmon says the trick thus far has been the eccentric flavor of the city itself, noting that New Orleans is as much a character as its top agents and the crimes that
“I think what makes it unusual is what makes it potentially work.
... You have New Orleans the city, right in the middle, which has its own environment for hundreds of years — its own sound, its own feel, certainly its own smell and taste, all that,” Harmon continued during the same interview. “So our job, in talking about all of this, was saying this is potentially a hugely rich opportunity to footprint a
show and do something a little bit different.”
But different doesn’t always prove easy, according to the program’s casting director, Meagan Lewis. The people of New Orleans have an accent like no other, often varying between a southern drawl and what’s known as a “port city” accent, much like Boston, Massachusetts, or Brooklyn, New York.
“For the most part, we don’t sound like Paula Deen. You can have a Yat accent. You can sound more like you’re from Brooklyn than you would the South,” she said during a behind-the-scenes interview with WNCT 9 News 5 in September. “With it being a port city, that’s how most port cities accents have evolved, whether you are in Baltimore, New Orleans, Brooklyn. They all sort of have that ring to it.”
And critics agree across the board that the southern flavor of the program, location and cast — starring Missouri-born actor Scott Bakula (“Star Trek: Enterprise,” “Quantum Leap”) as special agent Dwayne Pride — hits all the right marks, including Brian Lowry of “Variety,” who says Bakula “[provides] good company and justice
served up faster than street vendor gumbo.”
Bakula, who plays a native New Orleanian alongside special agents Christopher LaSalle (Lucas Black, “American Gothic,” “The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift,” 2006) and Meredith Brody (Zoe McLellan, “JAG,” “Dirty Sexy Money”), says starring in a spinoff is a first for him, but he’s ultimately up for the challenge.
“You’re being given an audience, so that’s the good news,” Bakula said during the interview with News 5. “The challenge is you have to earn that audience” to essentially keep them coming back, and that has proved successful with what the show has accomplished in its first season.
Whether you’re a Mardi Gras newbie or a Bourbon Street regular, “NCIS: New Orleans” has done all the right things so far in its premiere season. From perfectly illustrating the colorful culture of New Orleans to raking in some of the best viewer numbers this season, the show has been a home run for CBS. Be sure to catch an all-new episode of “NCIS: New Orleans” when it airs Tuesday, Feb. 10, on the eye network.
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TNT NBA Basketball Cle. vs. Chi. Chicago, Ill. (2:30)
11:00 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
ESPN2 30 for 30 (2:00)
FSN WPT Poker World Championship. (1:00)
11:30 p.m. GOLF Golf Central (0:30) Friday, Feb. 13
10:00 a.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
10:30 a.m. FSN Outdoor Bound TV With Kurt Walbeck (0:30)
11:00 a.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
ESPN2 His & Hers (Live) (1:00)
FSN John Gillespie’s Waters & Woods (0:30)
NBCSN Bill Dance Outdoors (0:30)
11:30 a.m. FSN Midwest Outdoors Magazine (0:30)
GOLF CHAMPS Golf Round 1 ACE Group Classic. Naples, Fla. (Live) (2:00)
NBCSN Fishing With Roland Martin (0:30)
Your Business
3:00 p.m. ESPN NFL Live (Live) (1:00)
FSN Snow Motion (0:30)
NBCSN FIS Alpine Skiing Men’s Giant Slalom World Championship. Beaver Creek, Colo. (Live) (1:00)
3:30 p.m. ESPN2 You Herd ME With Colin Cowherd (0:30)
FSN Sled Head 24/7 (0:30)
4:00 p.m. ESPN Around the Horn (0:30)
ESPN2 Olbermann (Live) (0:30)
FSN West Coast Customs (1:00)
NBCSN Pro Football Talk (Live) (1:00)
4:30 p.m. ESPN Pardon the Interruption (0:30)
5:00 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
ESPN2 Around the Horn (0:30)
FSN Destination Polaris (0:30)
GOLF Golf Central (0:30)
9:00 p.m. NBCSN FIS Alpine Skiing Team Event World Championship. (2:00)
10:00 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
ESPN2 Arm Wrestling World League Championship. New Orleans, La. (1:00)
TNT Inside the NBA (0:30)
10:15 p.m. (9) KMSP Fox 9 Sports Now (0:20)
11:00 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
ESPN2 30 for 30 (1:30)
NBCSN Curling (2:00)
Saturday, Feb. 14
10:00 a.m. ESPN College Gameday (Live) (1:00)
ESPN2 SportsCenter (1:00)
10:30 a.m. FSN Lindner’s Angling Edge (0:30)
11:00 a.m. (7) KCCO The Tim McCarver Show (0:30)
(9) KMSP (15) KVRR Fox College Hoops Tip-Off (Live) (0:30)
ESPN ESPN2 NCAA Basketball (Live) (2:00)
FSN Fishing the Midwest (0:30)
GOLF Golf Central Pre-game (Live) (1:00)
NBCSN Premier League Download (0:30)
11:30 a.m. (7) KCCO NCAA Men of March (0:30)
(9) KMSP (15) KVRR NCAA Basketball St.J. vs. Xav. (Live) (2:00)
FSN Fishing With Joe Bucher (0:30)
NBCSN NCAA Basketball St. Bon. vs. Dayt. (Live) (2:00)
Noon (5) KSTP Sports Gone Wild (1:00)
(7) KCCO NCAA Basketball Bay. vs. Kan. (Live) (2:00)
FSN Sportsman’s Journal (0:30)
GOLF PGA Golf Round 3 Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. Pebble Beach, Calif. (Live) (1:30)
12:30 p.m. FSN Lindy Fish Ed. (0:30)
1:00 p.m. (5) KSTP The Grantland Basketball Hour (1:00)
3:00 p.m. (5) KSTP Pandora Unforgettable Moments of Love (2:00)
ESPN ESPN2 NCAA Basketball (Live) (2:00)
3:30 p.m. (11) KARE Alpine Skiing World Championship. Vail, Colo. (Live) (1:30)
NBCSN Rugby Sevens World Series. Las Vegas, Nev. (Live) (1:30)
4:00 p.m. FSN Wolves Weekly (0:30)
TNT NBA All Star Weekend (1:00)
4:30 p.m. FSN Baseball in the Dominican Republic (0:30)
GOLF Golf Channel Academy (0:30)
5:00 p.m. ESPN NCAA Basketball Duke vs. Syr. (Live) (2:00)
ESPN2 NCAA Basketball Wich. vs. Ill. St. (Live) (2:00)
FSN Baseball in the Dominican Republic (0:30)
GOLF Golf Central (0:30)
NBCSN Track & Field Millrose Games. (Live) (2:00)
TNT NBA All Star Weekend (0:30)
5:30 p.m. FSN Baseball in the Dominican Republic (0:30)
GOLF PGA Golf Round 3 Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. Pebble Beach, Calif. (4:30)
TNT NBA All Star Weekend (1:00)
6:00 p.m. FSN Becoming Wild (0:30)
6:30 p.m. (15) KVRR Ultimate Outdoor Adventure (0:30)
FSN Wild Live Pre-game (Live) (0:30)
TNT NBA Tip-Off (Live) (0:30)
7:00 p.m. (9) KMSP (15) KVRR NASCAR Auto Racing Sprint Cup Series Sprint Unlimited. Daytona Beach, Fla. (Live) (2:00)
ESPN College Gameday (Live) (1:00)
ESPN2 NCAA Basketball Okl. vs. Kan. St. (Live) (2:00)
FSN NHL Hockey Car. vs. Min. St. Paul, Minn. (Live) (2:30)
NBCSN NCAA Hockey Prov. vs. N.D. (Live) (2:30)
Noon (9) KAWE Sit and Be Fit (0:30)
ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
FSN NHL Hockey Fla. vs. Min. St. Paul, Minn. (1:30)
NBCSN Jimmy Houston Outdoors (0:30)
12:30 p.m. NBCSN The Scott Martin Challenge (0:30)
1:00 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
NBCSN Timmy Horton Outdoors (0:30)
1:30 p.m. FSN Due North Outdoors (0:30)
GOLF Golf Central Pre-game (Live) (0:30)
NBCSN IFA Redfish Tour (0:30)
2:00 p.m. ESPN Outside the Lines (Live) (0:30)
ESPN2 SportsNation (1:00)
FSN Backroads With Ron and Raven (0:30)
GOLF PGA Golf Round 2 Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. Pebble Beach, Calif. (Live) (3:00)
2:30 p.m. ESPN NFL Insiders (Live) (0:30)
FSN We Love It Outdoors (0:30)
NBCSN NASCAR America (Live) (0:30)
5:30 p.m. ESPN2 Pardon the Interruption (0:30)
FSN Three Wide Life (0:30)
GOLF PGA Golf Round 2 Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. Pebble Beach, Calif. (3:00)
NBCSN NHL Top 10 (0:30)
6:00 p.m. ESPN NBA Basketball All-Star Game. New York City, N.Y. (Live) (2:00)
ESPN2 NCAA Basketball (Live) (2:00)
FSN NCAA Hockey Penn.St. vs. Mich. St. (Live) (2:30)
NBCSN NHL Top 10 (0:30)
6:30 p.m. NBCSN NCAA Hockey Prov. vs. N.D. (Live) (2:30)
8:00 p.m. ESPN NCAA Basketball Arz. vs. Wash. (Live) (2:00)
ESPN2 Boxing Card TBA Friday Night Fights. (Live) (2:00)
SPIKE Mixed Martial Arts (2:15)
TNT NBA Basketball Rising Stars Challenge. Brooklyn, N.Y. (Live) (2:00)
8:30 p.m. FSN UFC 148 (3:00)
GOLF PGA Golf Round 2 Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. Pebble Beach, Calif. (3:00)
(11) KARE Rugby Sevens World Series. Las Vegas, Nev. (Live) (2:30)
ESPN ESPN2 NCAA Basketball (Live) (2:00)
FSN Jason Mitchell Outdoors (0:30)
1:30 p.m. (9) KMSP (15) KVRR Fox College Hoops Extra (Live) (0:30)
(23) WUCW NCAA Basketball Wake F. vs. Vir. (Live) (2:00)
FSN Keyes Outdoors (0:30)
GOLF Golf Central Pre-game (Live) (0:30)
NBCSN NCAA Basketball Del. vs. W & M (Live) (2:00)
2:00 p.m. (5) KSTP World of X Games (0:30)
(7) KCCO PGA Golf Round 3 Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. Pebble Beach, Calif. (Live) (3:00)
(9) KMSP (15) KVRR NCAA Basketball Ore. vs. UCLA (Live) (2:00)
FSN NCAA Basketball Mon. vs. N. Dak. (Live) (2:00)
GOLF CHAMPS Golf Round 2 ACE Group Classic. Naples, Fla. (Live) (2:30)
2:30 p.m. (5) KSTP World of X Games (0:30)
TNT NBA Basketball All-Star Saturday Night. Brooklyn, N.Y. (Live) (3:00)
WGN Chicago Auto Show (1:00)
8:00 p.m. ESPN NCAA Basketball Con. vs. SMU (Live) (2:00)
9:00 p.m. ESPN2 NCAA Basketball N. Mex. vs. Nev. (Live) (2:00)
9:30 p.m. FSN Wild Live Post-game (Live) (0:30)
NBCSN FIS Alpine Skiing Men’s Super Combined World Championship. Beaver Creek, Colo. (1:00)
10:00 p.m. (23) WUCW Ring of Honor Wrestling (1:00)
ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
GOLF Golf Central (0:30)
10:30 p.m. GOLF CHAMPS Golf Round
2 ACE Group Classic. Naples, Fla. (2:30)
NBCSN FIS Alpine Skiing Women’s Giant Slalom World Championship. Beaver Creek, Colo. (1:00)
11:00 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
ESPN2 College Basketball Live (Live) (0:30)
Brainerd Daily Dispatch, MN: Sports Feb 8, 2015 to Feb 14, 2015
Late Laughs
Conan: Conan O’Brien
Nike announced that, this year, it will release self-lacing tennis shoes. By the way, if you’re too lazy to lace up your tennis shoes, you’re really gonna hate tennis.
Tiffany jewelers just released an ad that features a gay couple for the very first time. A spokesman for Tiffany’s said that everyone, whether they are gay or straight, should have the right to grossly overpay for jewelry.
A man at an auction recently bought a rare penny for $2.5 million. I don’t think the guy’s that bright because he then bought that $2.5 million for $9.6 million.
Republican Mike Huckabee criticized the Obamas for letting their daughters listen to Beyoncé, due to her explicit lyrics. So now, the Obama girls are faced with the tough choice every teen must eventually make: listen to Beyoncé or Mike Huckabee.
An NFL player was arrested in Florida on gun charges. The news was shocking to anyone who knows nothing about the NFL or Florida.
releases
Nightcrawler
A small-time thief (Gyllenhaal) uses the proceeds of his crimes to buy a camcorder and radio scanner, which he uses to shoot the aftermath of a grizzly crime scene. When his footage is bought by the news director at a local TV station (Russo), he tumbles deeper into the city’s criminal underbelly and draws the attention of police as he begins altering crime scenes to maximize his impact — and his profit. He’s soon walking a delicate
He’sbeen called Britain’s most powerful food critic. His reviews for the London-based “The Times” can make or break a restaurant’s reputation, and a positive word from him is said to be worth a million dollars.
That’s one heck of a lot of power for a food critic to have, and now this man with the power to make or break a restaurant has headed across the pond to America.
Giles Coren’s “Million Dollar Critic” premiered on BBC America on Jan. 22 and has been airing on Thursday nights ever since. He’s been traveling across North America with researcher and food culture enthusiast Julia Pileggi to check out its restaurant scene, stopping in a different city in each episode to try out meals from five restaurants worthy of his golden palate.
He’s always frank with his reviews of what’s gone into his mouth, and at each stop he’ll name a winning restaurant — giving it one of his famous “million dollar reviews.”
For the Feb. 12 episode, Coren and Pileggi swing by St. John’s, Newfoundland, in frigid Canada. The city’s economy has been boom-
ing, leading to an exploding culinary scene, but with Coren on “The Rock,” its judgment day has come.
Newfoundland has its own distinct culinary heritage, and the five restaurants pull out all the stops to please this harsh critic. His stops in-
clude Raymond’s, a restaurant that has been named one of Canada’s best, but Coren tests that distinction with demands for a near-impossible tasting menu from the staff.
Coren’s no stranger to the spotlight. Besides being a famous restaurant critic, he’s also written a novel (“Winkler”), penned two works of non-fiction and contributed articles to a number of magazines.
“Million Dollar Critic” isn’t his first time gracing the TV screen, either. He appeared alongside celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay in “The F Word” and has appeared in a number of TV specials in the U.K. So despite not being so well known on this side of the pond, Coren’s the real deal. The first season of “Million Dollar Critic” airs its next episode Thursday, Feb. 12, on BBC America.
Sunday, Feb. 8
7:00 p.m. (2) KTCA (8) WDSE (9) KAWE The Great British Baking Show (N)
10:30 p.m. (8) WDSE The Great British Baking Show (N)
Monday, Feb. 9
8:00 p.m. TRAV Bizarre Foods: Delicious Destinations (N)
8:30 p.m. TRAV Bizarre Foods: Delicious Destinations (N)
9:00 p.m. TRAV Booze Traveler (N)
Tuesday, Feb.