The Brainerd Dispatch TV Week January 8th 2023

Across

1. Start of a song in “Sesame Street”

5. Banned pesticide

8. Jack of “Rio Lobo” (1970)

12. Sound from a content kitty

13. Have chits out

14. Facebook’s parent company

15. Reed section member

16. Father figures

17. Impoverished

18. What Fonzie was doing when he infamously jumped the shark in “Happy Days” (2)

21. Affluent London

district

22. Passionate blog posts

25. “M*A*S*H” extra

29. Northern knife

30. Musical Yoko

31. Feeling of being on cloud nine

34. Hospital glove material

36. Some Hogwarts students

40. Bagel spread (2)

44. Ethereal

45. It can be shocking

46. The skinny

49. German auto pioneer

50. Break out

51. “Frozen” (2013) reindeer

52. ___-Ball (arcade game)

53. CD predecessors

54. Newbie

Down

1. G.I.’s mail drop

2. Fella

3. “Schitt’s Creek” corvid

4. Imagined

5. One of 6 Down in a Disney film

6. “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” miner

7. “The Gondoliers” girl

8. Oppressive presence in “Andor”

9. Sainted pope called “the Great”

10. Like ___ of bricks (2)

11. Helgenberger of “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation”

19. Brits’ thank-yous

20. Hollywood star Basinger

22. Polish Aladdin’s lamp

23. The whole shebang

24. Rapa ___ (Easter Island)

26. Period

27. Like Bruckner’s Symphony No. 7

28. Former “Cougar Town” star Courteney

32. Late Hollywood star Patrick, of “Ghost” (1990)

33. Card in a cell

34. Filmmaker Spike

35. Sports stat

37. Important immune system part (2)

38. Tawdry

39. Former “The Office” star Ed

40. City street sights

41. Stink to high heaven

42. Sea eagle

43. A deadly sin

47. ___-de-lance

48. Singer Yoko

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Sunday,

Jan. 8

Noon (5) KSTP Path to the College Football Playoff (0:30)

(7) KCCO (9) KMSP (15) KVRR

(29) WFTC NFL Football Teams TBA (Live) (3:25)

ESPN College Basketball Ohio State at Maryland (Live) (2:00)

ESPN2 Women’s College Basketball Teams TBA (Live) (2:00)

BSNOR Women’s College Basketball Virginia Tech at Miami (Live) (2:00)

1:00 p.m. (5) KSTP College Football

FCS Division I Championship: North Dakota State vs. South Dakota State (Live) (3:00)

2:00 p.m. ESPN College Basketball Houston at Cincinnati (Live) (2:00)

ESPN2 Women’s College Basketball Iowa State at Oklahoma (Live) (2:00)

3:00 p.m. (11) KARE PGA Tour Golf Sentry Tournament of Champions, Final Round (Live) (2:00)

BSNOR College Hockey Teams TBA (Live) (2:30)

3:25 p.m. (7) KCCO (9) KMSP (15)

KVRR (29) WFTC NFL Football Teams TBA (Live) (3:05)

4:00 p.m. ESPN ESPN Films (2:00)

ESPN2 College Basketball Oregon at UCLA (2:00)

5:00 p.m. GOLF PGA Tour Golf Sentry Tournament of Champions, Final Round (Live) (2:00)

5:30 p.m. BSNOR Wolves Live Pregame (Live) (0:30)

6:00 p.m. (11) KARE Football Night in America (Live) (1:15)

ESPN2 Women’s College Basketball Oregon at Arizona (Live) (2:00)

BSNOR NBA Basketball Minnesota Timberwolves at Houston Rockets (Live) (2:30)

7:00 p.m. ESPN Championship Drive (Live) (2:00)

7:15 p.m. (11) KARE NFL Football Teams TBA (Live) (3:15)

8:00 p.m. ESPN2 Professional Fighters League World Championship 2022 (3:00)

GOLF PGA Tour Golf Sentry Tournament of Champions, Final Round (4:00)

9:00 p.m. ESPN Path to the College Football Playoff (0:30)

BSNOR FCS Football Awards Show (1:00)

9:30 p.m. ESPN Path to the College Football Playoff (0:30)

10:30 p.m. (9) KMSP (29) WFTC Vikings Postgame: Tonight (1:00)

BSNOR Due North Outdoors Totem Ice Fishing (0:30)

Monday, Jan. 9

6:00 p.m. ESPN ESPN2 College Football Pregame (Live) (0:30)

6:30 p.m. ESPN CFP National Championship Teams TBA (Live) (3:45)

ESPN2 College Football Bowl Game Pre/Post Studio (Live) (0:15)

GOLF School of Golf Chapter 20: Backswing Faults (0:30)

6:45 p.m. ESPN2 CFP National Championship Teams TBA (Live) (3:30)

7:00 p.m. (23) WUCW All American (1:00)

USA WWE Monday Night RAW (3:00)

8:00 p.m. (23) WUCW All American: Homecoming (1:00)

GOLF PGA Tour Golf Sentry Tournament of Champions, Final Round (4:00)

10:00 p.m. BSNOR Set Apart (1:00)

8:30 p.m. BSNOR Wild Live Postgame (Live) (0:30)

GOLF Wonderful World of Golf

Jack Nicklaus vs. Arnold Palmer at Pinehurst No. 2 (1:30)

9:00 p.m. BSNOR Becoming Wild Jon Merrill (0:30)

TNT NBA Basketball Phoenix Suns at Golden State Warriors (Live) (2:30)

9:05 p.m. HBO Hard Knocks in Season: The Arizona Cardinals (0:50)

9:30 p.m. BSNOR Wild on 7th (0:30)

10:00 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter With Scott Van Pelt (Live) (1:00)

TNT NHL on TNT Face Off (Live) (0:30)

6:30 p.m. ESPN NBA Basketball

Milwaukee Bucks at Atlanta Hawks (Live) (2:30)

TNT NHL Hockey Nashville Predators at Toronto Maple Leafs (Live) (2:30)

7:30 p.m. GOLF Roots Kipp Popert (0:30)

8:00 p.m. (23) WUCW Kung Fu (1:00)

ESPN2 College Basketball Teams

TBA (Live) (2:00)

GOLF Wonderful World of Golf

Byron Nelson vs. Gene Littler at Pine Valley (1:00)

Thursday, Jan. 12

6:00 p.m. ESPN NHL Hockey Toronto Maple Leafs at Detroit Red Wings (Live) (2:30)

ESPN2 College Basketball Michigan at Iowa (Live) (2:00)

BSNOR Wild Live Pregame (Live) (0:30)

GOLF PGA Tour Golf Sony Open in Hawaii, First Round (Live) (3:30)

TNT NBA Tip-Off (Live) (0:30)

6:30 p.m. BSNOR NHL Hockey Minnesota Wild at New York Islanders (Live) (2:30)

TNT NBA Basketball Boston Celtics at Brooklyn Nets (Live) (2:30)

7:00 p.m. NICK NFL Slimetime (0:30)

8:00 p.m. ESPN2 College Basketball Teams TBA (Live) (2:00)

8:30 p.m. ESPN College Basketball Gonzaga at BYU (Live) (2:00)

9:00 p.m. BSNOR Wild Live Postgame (Live) (0:30)

TNT NBA Basketball Dallas Mavericks at Los Angeles Lakers (Live) (2:30)

9:30 p.m. BSNOR Due North Outdoors Fractal Fish Carving (0:30)

GOLF Golf Central (Live) (0:30)

10:00 p.m. ESPN2 College Basketball Arizona at Oregon State (Live) (2:00)

BSNOR Backroads With Ron and Raven East Coast Adventures (0:30)

GOLF PGA Tour Golf Sony Open in Hawaii, First Round (3:30)

Friday, Jan. 13

6:00 p.m. ESPN NBA Countdown (Live) (0:30)

GOLF PGA Tour Golf Sony Open in Hawaii, Second Round (Live) (3:30)

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10:15 p.m. ESPN ESPN2 College Football Bowl Game Pre/Post Studio (Live) (0:10)

10:25 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter With Scott Van Pelt (Live) (1:35)

Tuesday, Jan. 10

6:00 p.m. ESPN ESPN2 College Basketball Teams TBA (Live) (2:00)

BSNOR NHL Hockey Minnesota Wild at New York Rangers (Live) (2:30)

TNT NBA Tip-Off (Live) (0:30)

6:30 p.m. GOLF Roots (0:30)

TNT NBA Basketball Detroit Pistons at Philadelphia 76ers (Live) (2:30)

7:00 p.m. GOLF Wonderful World of Golf Ben Crenshaw vs. Jack Nicklaus (1:30)

8:00 p.m. ESPN ESPN2 College Basketball Teams TBA (Live) (2:00)

ESPN2 NFL Live (1:00)

BSNOR Beyond Our Ice Team Building in Calgary (0:30)

GOLF Wonderful World of Golf Byron Nelson vs. Gene Littler at Pine Valley (1:00)

10:30 p.m. BSNOR Inside the Wild Part 2: Brodin, Dumba, Foligno (0:30)

Wednesday, Jan. 11

6:00 p.m. ESPN NBA Countdown (Live) (0:30)

ESPN2 College Basketball Teams TBA (Live) (2:00)

BSNOR NBA Basketball Minnesota Timberwolves at Detroit Pistons (Live) (2:30)

GOLF Tito’s Shorties Classic (1:00)

NICK NFL Slimetime (0:30)

8:30 p.m. BSNOR Wolves Live Postgame (Live) (0:30)

9:00 p.m. ESPN NBA Basketball Houston Rockets at Sacramento Kings (Live) (2:35)

BSNOR World Poker Tour The $200 Thousand Club WPT TV ChallengePart 2 (1:00)

GOLF Golf Central (1:00)

TNT NHL Hockey San Jose Sharks at Los Angeles Kings (Live) (2:30)

HBO Hard Knocks in Season: The Arizona Cardinals (0:45)

9:45 p.m. HBO REAL Sports With Bryant Gumbel (1:00)

10:00 p.m. ESPN2 SportsCenter (Live) (1:00)

BSNOR The Card Life The Card Life: Hobby Innovations (0:30)

GOLF Wonderful World of Golf (1:00)

10:30 p.m. BSNOR Pro Football Weekly (0:30)

Saturday, Jan. 14

Noon (5) KSTP NBA Basketball

Milwaukee Bucks at Miami Heat (Live) (2:30)

(7) KCCO College Basketball

Wisconsin at Indiana (Live) (2:30)

12:25 p.m. HBO Hard Knocks in Season: The Arizona Cardinals (0:50)

12:30 p.m. CNBC Swimming TYR Pro Series, Day 2 (1:30)

1:00 p.m. ESPN College Basketball North Carolina at Louisville (Live) (2:00)

BSNOR Girls High School Hockey (2:00)

1:30 p.m. (11) KARE Premier League Goal Zone (Live) (0:30) (23) WUCW HBCU Game Time (0:30)

USA College Basketball Richmond at St. Bonaventure (Live) (2:00)

2:00 p.m. (9) KMSP (15) KVRR (29)

WFTC College Basketball Colorado at UCLA (Live) (2:00)

(11) KARE NBC Sports Special (3:00)

(23) WUCW College Basketball Johnson C. Smith at Fayetteville State (Live) (2:30)

GOLF Golf Central Pregame (Live) (1:00)

3:00 p.m. ESPN ESPN2 College Basketball Teams TBA (Live) (2:00)

BSNOR Set Apart (1:00)

GOLF DP World Tour Golf DP World Tour Golf. Hero Cup, Second Round (2:00)

4:00 p.m. BSNOR Set Apart (1:00)

5:00 p.m. ESPN ESPN2 College Basketball Teams TBA (Live) (2:00)

6:30 p.m. ESPN NBA Basketball Golden State Warriors vs. San Antonio Spurs (Live) (2:30)

ESPN2 Women’s College Gymnastics (Live) (1:30)

BSNOR Wolves Live Pregame (Live) (0:30)

7:00 p.m. (9) KMSP (15) KVRR (29)

WFTC WWE Friday Night SmackDown (Live) (2:00)

BSNOR NBA Basketball Phoenix Suns at Minnesota Timberwolves (Live) (2:30)

SHOW Boys in Blue We Get Better and Better (1:00)

8:00 p.m. ESPN2 College Basketball

VCU at Dayton (Live) (2:00)

9:00 p.m. ESPN NBA Basketball Denver Nuggets at Los Angeles Clippers (Live) (2:35)

TNT All Elite Wrestling: Rampage (1:00)

9:30 p.m. (15) KVRR KVRR Sports Extra (0:30)

BSNOR Wolves Live Postgame (Live) (0:30)

GOLF Golf Central (Live) (0:30)

10:00 p.m. ESPN2 SportsCenter (Live) (1:00)

BSNOR Wolves+ (0:30)

GOLF PGA Tour Golf Sony Open in Hawaii, Second Round (3:00)

10:15 p.m. (9) KMSP (29) WFTC

FOX 9 Sports Now (0:20)

BSNOR The Rally Rewind (1:00)

GOLF PGA Tour Golf Sony Open in Hawaii, Third Round (Live) (2:00)

6:00 p.m. BSNOR Wolves+ (0:30)

6:30 p.m. (11) KARE Minnesota Bound (0:30)

BSNOR Wolves Live Pregame (Live) (0:30)

7:00 p.m. (9) KMSP (15) KVRR (29)

WFTC NFL Football Wild Card: Teams TBA (Live) (3:00)

ESPN College Basketball Texas Tech at Texas (Live) (2:00)

ESPN2 College Basketball Teams TBA (Live) (2:00)

BSNOR NBA Basketball Cleveland Cavaliers at Minnesota Timberwolves (Live) (2:30)

GOLF Golf Central (Live) (1:00)

8:00 p.m. GOLF PGA Tour Golf Sony Open in Hawaii, Third Round (3:30)

9:00 p.m. ESPN Boxing Top Rank Boxing (Live) (2:00)

ESPN2 College Basketball Portland at Gonzaga (Live) (2:00)

9:30 p.m. BSNOR Wolves Live Postgame (Live) (0:30)

10:00 p.m. (23) WUCW WOWWomen Of Wrestling (1:00)

BSNOR College Basketball Saint Mary’s at San Francisco (Live) (2:00)

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Videoreleases

Vesper

In the near dystopian future where wealthy citizens house themselves in luxurious enclaves called Citadels, teenager Vesper (Chapman) and her father, Darius (Brake), who has transferred his consciousness into a floating orb, traverse Earth’s hostile ecosystem after its collapse. They are forced to

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scavenge and trade seeds for basic necessities. One day while exploring, Vesper comes across a refugee from a Citadel named Camellia (McEwen), and the pair work to transform the desolate landscape into a thriving environment for all inhabitants.

Directors:Kristina Buozyte,Bruno Samper.Stars:Raffiella Chapman,Eddie Marsan,Rosy

McEwen,Richard Brake,Melanie Gaydos,Edmund Dehn. 2022. 114 mins. Sci-Fi.

Angry Neighbors

When a ghastly mega mansion starts to be erected next door, retired writer Harry March (Langella) sees red. Up until this point, he had been living peacefully with his talking dog Hector (Marin). Now, Harry sees no other option but to destroy this symbol of unfettered capi-

talism being built next door to him in the Hamptons. Concocting a scheme to bring down the monstrous house, Harry goes toe-to-toe with not only the mansion’s contractor, Kevin (Cannavale), but those in the community who believe he has lost his mind.

Director:Warren Brock. Stars: Bobby Cannavale,Ashley Benson,Stockard Channing,Frank Langella,Katie Parker,Cheech Marin,Jared Gilman,Stelio Savante.2022.120 mins.Comedy.

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Today [Dec. 1], President Biden hosted French President Emmanuel Macron for the first White House

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Today [Dec. 1], President Biden hosted French President Emmanuel Macron for the first White House

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expensive, NBC can only afford to plug in the bottom half of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree. Things are so expensive, the Statue of Liberty just started an OnlyFans.

Late Night With Seth Meyers

state dinner in more than three years. Yep, the French like to eat late, so Biden was like, “Got it, 4:30 it is.”

According to new research, self-service checkouts at grocery stores are covered in harmful bacteria. But hey, at least they also never work.

state dinner in more than three years. Yep, the French like to eat late, so Biden was like, “Got it, 4:30 it is.”

For the first time ever, New York City has been named the most expensive city in the world. Things are so

According to new research, self-service checkouts at grocery stores are covered in harmful bacteria. But hey, at least they also never work.

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The Late Show With Stephen Colbert

In an effort to destigmatize the disease, the World Health Organization has renamed monkeypox “mpox.” You can’t just KFC this thing; it’s not like we don’t know the ‘m’ stands for. That’s like when the Washington football team briefly changed their name to the Washington YouKnow-Whats. A so-called “zombie virus” has been revived after 50,000 years trapped in the

In an effort to destigmatize the disease, the World Health Organization has renamed monkeypox “mpox.” You can’t just KFC this thing; it’s not like we don’t know the ‘m’ stands for. That’s like when the Washington football team

New York City recently posted a job listing for a

expensive, NBC can only afford to plug in the bottom half of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree. Things are so expensive, the Statue of Liberty just started an OnlyFans.

Late Night With Seth Meyers

New York City recently posted a job listing for a

Director of Rodent Mitigation, which will pay up to $170,000 a year. Wow, $170,000 a year to say, “Maybe don’t serve dinner in the gutter.”

According to the latest numbers, crime on New York’s subway last month decreased by 13 per cent because it’s hard to commit a crime if you can’t move your arms.

Director of Rodent Mitigation, which will pay up to $170,000 a year. Wow, $170,000 a year to say, “Maybe don’t serve dinner in the gutter.”

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CHANNEL GUIDE

“Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” (2022)

Get a mystery with a view when the highly anticipated new crime comedy sequel, “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,” premieres Friday, Dec. 23, on Netflix. Heading off to a lavish private estate on a Greek Island, intrepid detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig, “Casino Royale,” 2006) soon winds up in the company of a group of disparate, well-to-do friends brought together by billionaire Miles Bron (Edward Norton, “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance),” 2014). When someone turns up dead, everyone is a suspect and, as per usual, everyone has their own secrets, lies and motivations that add to the case. It’s up to Det. Blanc to unravel the mystery and bring the murderer to justice. From director and writer Rian Johnson (“Looper,” 2012), who earned a an Oscar nomination for the original “Knives Out” (2019) film, the all-star cast of “Glass Onion” is rounded out by Janelle Monáe (“Hidden Figures,” 2016), Kathryn Hahn (“WandaVision”), Leslie Odom Jr. (“Hamilton,” 2020), Jessica Henwick (“The Gray Man,” 2022), Madelyn Cline (“Outer Banks”), Kate Hudson (“Truth Be Told”) and Dave Bautista (“Guardians of the Galaxy,” 2014).

“Alice

in Borderland” - Season 2

Take a trip down the rabbit hole with Season 2 of the Japanese sci-fi thriller “Alice in Borderland,” premiering Thursday, Dec. 22, on Netflix. Based on the manga of the same name by Haro Aso, the series began as obsessed gamer Arisu (Kento Yamazaki, “Orange,” 2015) suddenly found himself in a bizarre, emptied-out version of Tokyo, where he and his friends were forced to compete in a series of dangerous games in order to survive. Now, hoping to solve the mystery of what this strange Borderland really is and return to their own world, Arisu and his friends must take on even more dangerous games to survive and, hopefully, escape.

From director Shinsuke Sato (“I Am a Hero,” 2015), who writes the series with Yasuko Kuramitsu (“Love Song”), “Alice in Borderland” is executive produced by Kaata Sakamoto (“The Naked Director”). The series also stars Tao Tsuchiya (“Downtown Rocket”), Nijiro Murakami (“Isle of Dogs,” 2018), Ayaka Miyoshi (“Confessions,” 2010), Dori Sakurada (“Coffee and Vanilla”), Aya Asahina (“Girl Gun Lady”), Yuri Tsunematsu (“The Naked Director”), Yuki Morinaga (“Sweet Revenge”), Keita Machida (“Meet Me After School”), Hayato Isomura (“Offbeat Cops,” 2022), Kai Inowaki (“Given”), Katsuya Maikuma (“Believers,” 2022), Honami Sato (“Ride or Die,” 2021), Nobuaki Kaneko (“Promise Cinderella”), Tsuyoshi Abe (“Tokyo Vampire Hotel,” 2017), Sho Aoyagi (“Mr. Long,” 2017), Riisa Naka (“Tokyo MER”), Yutaro Watanabe (“Flightless Bird and Merry-Go-Round,” 2015) and Tomohisa Yamashita (“The Man From Toronto,” 2022).

“Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan” - Season 3

Get right back into the action with the Season 3 premiere of “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan,” premiering Wednesday, Dec. 21, on Prime. This season finds CIA agent Jack Ryan (John Krasinski, “The Office”) working as a case officer in Rome. When he is tipped off that the Sokol Project, a secret plan to restore the Soviet Empire, is being resurrected more than 50 years after it was thought to have been shut down, Jack embarks on a mission to confirm the intelligence. However, things quickly go awry, and Jack finds himself accused of treason and on the run with a Red Notice for his arrest. As he works to evade his own government, Jack races against the clock to prevent a global catastrophe. Based on the hit series of spy thriller novels by Tom Clancy, “Jack Ryan” was created for television by Carlton Cuse (“Lost”) and Graham Roland (“Dark Winds”). This season also stars Wendell Pierce (“The Wire”), Michael Kelly (“House of Cards”), Nina Hoss (“Phoenix,” 2014), Betty Gabriel (“Get Out,” 2017), Kevin Kent (“13 Hours,” 2016), Peter Guinness (“Zack Snyder’s Justice League,” 2021), Alexej Manvelov (“Chernobyl”), James Cosmo (“Braveheart,” 1995) and Mikhail Safronov (“Anna,” 2019).

“When Hope Calls Christmas” (2022)

Based on the “When Calls the Heart” spinoff series titled “When Hope Calls,” the Christmas special “When Hope Calls Christmas” premieres on Prime Tuesday, Dec. 20. The series, set in the early 1900s, centers on the lives of orphan siblings Lillian (Morgan Kohan, “Love on Harbor Island,” 2020) and Grace (Jocelyn Hudon, “Sniper: Rogue Mission,” 2022), who grow up apart but reunite later in adulthood. In this festive film, when the little town of Brookfield is selected by a national magazine to be featured for its holiday spirit, the residents band together to turn their community into a Christmas wonderland like no other. Directed by Bradley Walsh (“A Merry Christmas Wish,” 2022), the film stars Kohan, Ryan-James Hatanaka (“Nancy Drew”) and Lori Loughlin (“Full House”).

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John Krasinski stars in “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan”

Daniel Craig stars in “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”