‘Agent Carter’ proves reviews can trump ratings as it returns to ABC
By Cassie Dresch TV Media
I f you haven’t seen “Agent Carter,” it would be easy to dismiss it as just another drop in the sea of Marvel’s ever-growing television and film endeavors. As fans of the show — and critics, for that matter — will tell you, though, this is one Marvel series you shouldn’t dismiss.
In a TV and movie landscape that’s saturated with superheroes, “Agent Carter” is a winner, largely because it doesn’t play by the rules. The 10-episode second season premieres Tuesday, Jan. 19, on ABC.
While season 1 didn’t pull in stellar ratings, the show was lavished with critical acclaim, largely because it focuses on the eponymous Agent Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell, “The Pillars of the Earth”), a hero in her own right, but no super-skilled caped crusader. An insider of the superhero world right from the start, she’s the love of Captain America’s life, and a close friend of Howard Stark (Dominic Cooper, “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter,” 2012), whom she helps found S.H.I.E.L.D., the agency that ultimately unites the Avengers. Carter is in on the ground floor, a mega-competent, brave, intelligent woman who must make her way in a 1940s world that’s less than femalefriendly — a compelling heroine by any standard.
Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes notes that season 1 received a 95 percent approval rating, and Internet Movie Database has it rated 8.2 out of 10 stars, yet “Agent Carter” wasn’t a slam dunk to get renewed. After a strong start — nearly seven million people tuned in for the series premiere — it pulled in only slightly more than four million eyeballs for the finale, a somewhat unnerving decline considering the first season was only eight episodes. Still, as Atwell said at Fan Expo 2015 in September, fan support and all of the positive reviews played a major part in the series nabbing a renewal.
“I didn’t anticipate there would be a second season,” she said. “I
sons, though. With 10 episodes to work with, there’s only so much story the show can cover, and if “Agent Carter” can rebound from less-than-stellar numbers of season 1, or regenerate its more-thanstellar reviews, the sky’s the limit on how far this show could go.
While things may be different this time around, there are still some familiar faces returning for the sophomore season. Along for the Hollywood ride with Peggy and Jarvis are her colleagues, Jack Thompson (Chad Michael Murray, “One Tree Hill”) and Daniel Sousa (Enver Gjokaj, “Dollhouse”), as well as Russian sleeper agent Dottie Underwood (Bridget Regan, “Jane the Virgin”) and Stark.
It’s been a long wait for fans of “Agent Carter,” but the strong leading lady is back on the small screen and taking on the West Coast — acknowledging the high quality, if not numbers, of the first season, ABC has put its faith in the series, and hopes to see a rise in viewership this time around. And so they should; the critically acclaimed series aims to rebound in a big way when “Agent Carter” returns for a second season, premiering Tuesday, Jan. 19, on ABC.
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TNT NBA Basketball L.A. C. at Cle. Cleveland, Ohio (Live) (2:30)
USA WWE Smackdown! (2:00)
7:30 p.m. FSN Destination Polaris (0:30)
8:00 p.m. ESPN 30 for 30 (2:00)
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ESPN2 First Take (Live) (2:00)
FSN NCAA Basketball Utah vs. Wash. St. (2:00)
GOLF EPGA Golf Round 2 Abu Dhabi Championship. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (4:00)
10:00 a.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
11:00 a.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
ESPN2 His & Hers (Live) (1:00)
FSN NHL Hockey Min. at L.A. Los Angeles, Calif. (2:00)
Noon (9) KAWE Sit and Be Fit (0:30)
ESPN SportsCenter (0:30)
ESPN2 First Take (2:00)
12:30 p.m. ESPN Outside the Lines (Live) (0:30)
1:00 p.m. ESPN College Football Live (Live) (0:30)
5:00 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:30)
ESPN2 Around the Horn (0:30)
FSN Monster Jam (1:00)
5:30 p.m. ESPN2 Pardon the Interruption (0:30)
NBCSN NASCAR America (Live) (1:30)
6:00 p.m. ESPN2 NCAA Basketball R.I. vs. G.W. Washington, D.C. (Live) (2:00)
FSN Three Wide Life (0:30)
GOLF CHAMPS Golf Round 2 Mitsubishi Electric Championship. Ka’upulehu-Kona Hawaii (Live) (3:00)
6:30 p.m. ESPN NBA Countdown (Live) (0:30)
FSN Becoming Wild (0:30)
7:00 p.m. ESPN NBA Basketball Mia. at Tor. Toronto, Ont. (Live) (2:30)
FSN State of Hockey (0:30)
NBCSN NASCAR Hall of Fame (Live) (2:00)
7:30 p.m. (9) KAWE NCAA Hockey Fer. St. at Bem. Bemidji, Minn. (Live) (2:30)
FSN NCAA Hockey W.Mich. vs. St. Cloud (Live) (2:30)
8:00 p.m. ESPN2 ITF Tennis Third Round Australian Open. Melbourne, Australia (Live) (6:00)
9:00 p.m. GOLF Golf Central (0:30)
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ESPN2 NCAA Basketball Ohio St. vs. Purd. West Lafayette, Ind. (Live) (2:00)
FSN Becoming Wild (0:30)
8:30 p.m. FSN State of Hockey (0:30)
9:00 p.m. FSN Wild Live Pre-game (Live) (0:30)
GOLF Golf Central (0:30)
9:30 p.m. FSN NHL Hockey Min. at L.A. Los Angeles, Calif. (Live) (2:30)
GOLF PGA Golf Round 1 CareerBuilder Challenge. La Quinta, Calif. (4:00)
TNT NBA Basketball S.A. at Pho. Phoenix, Ariz. (Live) (2:30)
10:00 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
ESPN2 ITF Tennis Third Round Australian Open. Melbourne, Australia (Live) (4:00)
11:00 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
Friday, Jan. 22
8:00 a.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
FSN Wild Live Post-game (0:30)
NBCSN The Dan Patrick Show (Live) (3:00)
8:30 a.m. FSN State of Hockey (0:30)
9:00 a.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
FSN John Gillespie’s Waters & Woods (0:30)
GOLF Golf Central Pre-game (Live) (1:00)
1:30 p.m. ESPN NFL Insiders (Live) (1:00)
FSN Midwest Outdoors Magazine (0:30)
2:00 p.m. ESPN2 ITF Tennis Third Round Australian Open. Melbourne, Australia (3:00)
FSN Lindner’s Angling Edge (0:30)
GOLF PGA Golf Round 2 CareerBuilder Challenge. La Quinta, Calif. (Live) (4:00)
2:30 p.m. ESPN NFL Live (Live) (1:00)
FSN Due North Outdoors (0:30)
3:00 p.m. FSN Backroads With Ron and Raven (0:30)
3:30 p.m. ESPN Highly Questionable (0:30)
FSN Destination Polaris (0:30)
4:00 p.m. ESPN Around the Horn (0:30)
FSN Xterra Adventures (0:30)
4:30 p.m. ESPN Pardon the Interruption (0:30)
FSN Snow Motion (0:30)
GOLF Golf Central Pre-game (Live) (1:00)
1:30 p.m. (11) KARE Premier League Goal Zone (Live) (0:30)
FSN The Bass Dr. (0:30)
NBCSN NCAA Basketball St. Bon. vs. Vir. C. (Live) (2:00)
2:00 p.m. (5) KSTP 30 for 30 (2:00)
(11) KARE Figure Skating U.S. Championship. St. Paul, Minn. (Live) (3:00)
FSN Becoming Wild (0:30)
GOLF PGA Golf Round 3 CareerBuilder Challenge. La Quinta, Calif. (Live) (4:00)
2:30 p.m. FSN Wild Live Pre-game (Live) (0:30)
3:00 p.m. (7) KCCO NCAA Basketball UCLA at Ore. Eugene, Ore. (Live) (2:00)
(23) WUCW NCAA Basketball Pit. at Fla. S. Tallahassee, Fla. (Live) (2:00)
ESPN ESPN2 NCAA Basketball (Live) (2:00)
FSN NHL Hockey Min. at S.J. San Jose, Calif. (Live) (2:30)
5:00 p.m. ESPN NCAA Basketball (Live) (2:00)
ESPN2 Football NFLPA Bowl. Carson, Calif. (Live) (3:00)
9:30 p.m. (15) KVRR KVRR Sports Extra (0:30)
ESPN NBA Basketball Ind. at G.S. Oakland, Calif. (Live) (2:30)
GOLF PGA Golf Round 2 CareerBuilder Challenge. La Quinta, Calif. (4:00)
9:35 p.m. SHOW Boxing Rob Brant, Harmonito Dela Torre, and Bakhtiyar Eyubo Shobox: The New Generation. (2:30)
10:00 p.m. FSN Becoming Wild (0:30)
10:30 p.m. FSN State of Hockey (0:30)
11:00 p.m. FSN WPT Poker Bay 101 Shooting Star. (1:00)
Saturday, Jan. 23
10:00 a.m. ESPN College Gameday (Live) (1:00)
10:30 a.m. (9) KMSP (15) KVRR Fox College Hoops Tip-Off (Live) (0:30)
FSN Lindner’s Angling Edge (0:30)
11:00 a.m. (7) KCCO NCAA Basketball Geo. at Con. Hartford, Conn. (Live) (2:00)
(9) KMSP (15) KVRR NCAA Basketball Prov. vs. Vill. (Live) (2:00)
ESPN ESPN2 NCAA Basketball (Live) (2:00)
FSN Fishing the Midwest (0:30)
NBCSN Premier League Live (Live) (0:30)
11:30 a.m. (11) KARE EPL Soccer (Live) (2:00)
FSN Fishing With Joe Bucher (0:30)
NBCSN NCAA Basketball Dav. vs. Rich. (Live) (2:00)
Noon FSN Sportsman’s Journal (0:30)
12:30 p.m. FSN Lindy Fish Ed. (0:30)
1:00 p.m. (5) KSTP World of X Games (1:00)
(7) KCCO NCAA Basketball Duke at N.C. St. Raleigh, N.C. (Live) (2:00)
(9) KMSP (15) KVRR UFC’s Road to the Octagon (1:00)
ESPN ESPN2 NCAA Basketball (Live)
(2:00)
FSN In-Depth Outdoors (0:30)
5:30 p.m. FSN Wild Live Post-game (Live) (0:30)
6:00 p.m. FSN Minnesota
Timberwolves: Track the Pack 201516 (0:30)
GOLF CHAMPS Golf Final Round Mitsubishi Electric Championship. Ka’upulehu-Kona Hawaii (Live) (3:00)
6:30 p.m. (15) KVRR Ultimate Outdoor Adventure (0:30)
FSN Wolves Live Pre-game (Live) (0:30)
7:00 p.m. (5) KSTP NBA Countdown (Live) (0:30)
(9) KAWE NCAA Hockey Fer.St. at Bem. Bemidji, Minn. (Live) (2:30)
(9) KMSP (15) KVRR Boxing Danny Garcia vs. Robert Guerrero Premier Champions. (Live) (2:00)
(11) KARE Figure Skating U.S. Championship. St. Paul, Minn. (Live) (2:00)
(23) WUCW NCAA Hockey Min. vs. Wisc. (Live) (2:30)
ESPN College Gameday (Live) (1:00)
FSN NBA Basketball Mem. at Min. Minneapolis, Minn. (Live) (2:30)
7:30 p.m. (5) KSTP NBA Basketball Chi. at Cle. Cleveland, Ohio (Live) (2:30)
8:00 p.m. ESPN NCAA Basketball (Live) (2:00)
ESPN2 ITF Tennis Fourth Round Australian Open. Melbourne, Australia (Live) (5:00)
9:00 p.m. GOLF Golf Central (0:30)
NBCSN Mixed Martial Arts World Series of Fighting. (Live) (2:00)
9:30 p.m. FSN Wolves Live Post-game (Live) (0:30)
GOLF PGA Golf Round 3 CareerBuilder Challenge. La Quinta, Calif. (4:00)
10:00 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
FSN Wolves Weekly (0:30)
10:30 p.m. FSN Minnesota Timberwolves: Track the Pack 201516 (0:30)
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Cake!
What kid doesn’t love cake?
For that matter, what kind of adult doesn’t love it, too?
Food Network’s “Cake Wars” is back and sweeter than ever. Last week’s premiere saw the contestants baking Star Wars-themed confections, and in this week’s episode — airing Monday, Jan. 18 — they’re getting their Seuss on.
To celebrate “What Pet Should I Get,” the Dr. Seuss children’s book posthumously released last year, four expert bakers compete to craft a cake worthy of being the center of
a Dr. Seuss-themed book release party.
Naturally, these cakes aren’t the kind of celebratory desserts that just anyone can whip up in their oven at home. No, “Cake Wars” features true masters of the craft, and these cakes definitely double as works of art — literally, they’re almost too good-looking to eat!
Returning as host this season is actor Jonathan Bennett (“Mean Girls,” 2004), while the judging panel consists of two master pasty chefs: Ron Ben-Israel (“Sweet Genius”) and Waylynn Lucas, along with a special guest judge.
With each week featuring two race-against-the-clock challenges
that test both the skill and creativity of the contestants, the competition is grueling — but the rewards are worth it. Not only does the winner get their creations featured at a special event, but the sweet-toothed master baker also goes home with an extra sweet $10,000.
Other episodes this season will feature the upcoming film “Kung Fu Panda 3,” the video game phenomenon “Minecraft,” comic book icon “Archie,” the timeless children’s story “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate
Factory” and the classic “Alice in Wonderland,” to name just a few of the many themes heading down the pipe.
Best of all for us home bakers watching from our living rooms, though, is that Food Network shares the recipes of the winning cakes at FoodNetwork.com/CakeWars. We can’t all be master bakers, but at least we can pretend, right?
“Cake Wars’” newest season just got underway, and catch the Dr. Seuss-themed episode Jan. 18.
Sunday, Jan. 17
Noon TRAV Bizarre Foods
1:00 p.m. (9) KAWE Jacques Pepin: Heart and Soul
TRAV Bizarre Foods
1:30 p.m. (9) KAWE Barbecue University With Steven Raichlen
2:00 p.m. (8) WDSE A Chef’s Life
2:30 p.m. (8) WDSE The Mind of a Chef
Monday, Jan. 18
8:00 a.m. TRAV Bizarre Foods America
9:00 a.m. TRAV Bizarre Foods America
10:00 a.m. TRAV Bizarre Foods America
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Noon TRAV Bizarre Foods
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TRAV Bizarre Foods
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TRAV Bizarre Foods 11:00 a.m. TRAV Bizarre Foods 11:30 a.m. (9) KAWE Martha Bakes Noon TRAV Bizarre Foods 1:00 p.m. (11) KARE The Rachael Ray Show TRAV Bizarre Foods 2:30 p.m. TRAV Man v. Food 3:00 p.m. TRAV Food Paradise 4:00 p.m. TRAV Food Paradise 5:00 p.m. TRAV Bizarre Foods 6:00 p.m. TRAV Bizarre Foods America 8:00 p.m. TRAV Bizarre Foods: Delicious Destinations (N) 9:00 p.m. TRAV Booze Traveler (N) 10:00 p.m. TRAV Bizarre Foods 11:00 p.m. TRAV Bizarre Foods: Delicious Destinations Wednesday, Jan. 20 10:00 a.m. TRAV Food Paradise: London 1:00 p.m. (11) KARE The Rachael Ray Show 2:00 p.m. TRAV Man v. Food 2:30 p.m. TRAV Man v. Food 3:00 p.m. TRAV Bizarre Foods 4:00 p.m. TRAV Bizarre Foods Thursday, Jan. 21 1:00 p.m. (11) KARE The Rachael Ray Show 9:00 p.m. BRAVO Recipe for Deception (N) 11:30 p.m. BRAVO Recipe for Deception Friday, Jan. 22 1:00 p.m. (11) KARE The Rachael Ray Show Saturday, Jan. 23 8:00 a.m. (2) KTCA The Mind of a Chef 8:30 a.m. (2) KTCA Around the Farm Table 9:00 a.m. (2) KTCA The Great British Baking Show 10:00 a.m. (2) KTCA Beatrice Ojakangas: Welcome to My Kitchen 10:30 a.m. (2) KTCA Martha Bakes 11:00 a.m. (2) KTCA New Scandinavian Cooking BRAVO Recipe for Deception 11:30 a.m. (2) KTCA America’s Test Kitchen From Cook’s Illustrated Noon (2) KTCA Sara’s Weeknight Meals (9) KAWE Cook’s Country From America’s Test Kitchen TRAV Bizarre Foods: Delicious Destinations 12:30 p.m. (2) KTCA Joanne Weir Gets Fresh 1:00 p.m. (2) KTCA Jacques Pepin: Heart and Soul TRAV Food Paradise 1:30 p.m. (2) KTCA Lidia’s Kitchen 2:00 p.m. (8) WDSE Martha Bakes TRAV Food Paradise 2:30 p.m. (8) WDSE Martha Stewart’s Cooking School 3:00 p.m. (8) WDSE America’s Test Kitchen From Cook’s Illustrated Brainerd Daily Dispatch, MN: Food Jan 17, 2016 to Jan 23, 2016
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Jem and the Holograms
Based on the beloved late-’80s animated TV series of the same name, this musical adventure follows a talented small-town girl as she strives to discover who she truly is. Jerrica (Peeples) lives with her sister, Kimber (Scott), and her aunt’s adopted daughters Aja (Kiyoko) and Shana (Perrineau). Typically a very shy girl, Jerrica is vaulted into stardom when a video of her singing makes its way to You-
Tube, thanks to Kimber. The nowfamous singer takes the stage name Jem, and, along with her three sisters, embarks on a musical journey of self-discovery in the face of global admiration and an increasingly complex lifestyle.
Director:JonM.Chu.Stars:Aubrey Peeples,StefanieScott,HayleyKiyoko,AuroraPerrineau,Juliette Lewis,MollyRingwald,RyanGuzman,NathanMoore.2015.118 min.Adventure.
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