There goes my hero
NBC revives hit sci-fi series after
By Rory MacDonaldGauthier TV MediaWhat makes a hero? Adoring fans? Billions of dollars to spend on nifty gadgets and weapons? A cape? According to NBC, none of the above. It’s been five years since “Heroes” wrapped up its fourth season, but due to an overwhelming amount of support from fans and actors alike, the capeless crusaders will make their return in the form of a 13-part miniseries, aptly titled “Heroes Reborn.” The series premiere airs Thursday, Sept. 24, on NBC.
A lot can change in five years. Reboots aside, it’s rare to see a television show attempt to pick up where it last left off a few years down the road, let alone five. Five seems to be the magic number, which is something “Heroes” and “Heroes Reborn” creator Tim Kring recently explained to the Television Critics Association.
“I would actually say that it is season 10,” he said during an NBC party for the TCA. “I know that sounds a little provocative, but the point is, one of the things that we talked about at the very beginning in the writers room was how we wanted every single bit of the mythology to feel as though there was a continuum from the show, and the show picks up five years later. So, ergo, it would be five seasons later and this would be season 10. That was the thinking.”
“Heroes” originally ran for four seasons on NBC from 2006 to 2010 and gained a loyal following, but new fans to the series need not worry. The reboot serves as an ode to the loyal viewer but also as an open-arm gesture to new fans.
“The idea is that for the loyal viewer of the original series, we want to honor them, and they are rewarded for having been loyal fans of the show by seeing all kinds of things inside the show that other people may not see,” Kring said. “There are a ton of Easter eggs, but it was really important to me and to the network — it was never an argument — we need to be able to say if you weren’t a viewer of the show originally, you needed to have an on-ramp.”
To the disappointment of many,
years with ‘Heroes Reborn’
The man with the horn-rimmed glasses, Noah Bennett (Jack Coleman, “The Office”), will be back in the saddle, however things have drastically changed since we last saw him. When the series kicks off, fans will see Noah attempt to live a quiet, suburban life after losing his adopted daughter, Claire, during a terrorist attack that wiped out all known people with abilities just one year earlier. Significant as it is, the show’s producers and crew have been tight-lipped about the attack thus far but do have plans to explain the latest puzzle.
“There was an event that happened, which is a mystery,” said Kring. “It’s a big mystery because we all know that Claire shouldn’t die. Don’t know how, don’t know why? We uncover a lot of that.”
One new addition to “Heroes Reborn” is a man who is no stranger to the “Heroes” universe, though he never appeared in the show. Zachary Levi, the star of the NBC actioncomedy series “Chuck,” enters “Reborn” as Luke, a man whose sole purpose is to avenge the death of his daughter by any means necessary. After years of “Chuck” airing on the same nights as “Heroes,” Levi is seeing his prayers answered.
“We were on Monday nights together,” Levi explained to “Entertainment Weekly.” “We had a lot of press tie-in things and I met all the cast [of ‘Heroes’] and became friends with them. I was always looking from the outside in going: ‘Man, wouldn’t that be so cool to be on that show.’ ... So when somebody sent me an article saying they’re going to do a ‘Heroes Reborn’ miniseries, I was like: ‘Sign me up!’”
Levi also said that his goal was to get away from the “Chuck” archetype, considering the first thing that typically comes to mind for most people is: “Oh, Chuck! That goofy, geeky techie-turned-top-secret super spy!”
“For me, my one big mandate was I wanted to play something that wasn’t Chuck. I wanted to get away from that kind of archetype and do something that was darker and grittier and heavier — and that’s exactly what [Kring and I] found. It also still has a really unique dynamic kind of arc to the character and the journey that he’s on.”
Catch the series premiere of “Heroes Reborn” when it airs Thursday, Sept. 24, on NBC.
ACROSS
1 Shoe company
5 Light fog
9 Inquire
12 Languages-related suffix
13 “__ __, Brute?”
- Line from Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar
14 Adornment in the Aloha State
15 NEW! Fall 2015: Syfy docu-
series about tech start-ups trying to turn their ideas into Silicon Valley realities, “__ Dollar Club”
17 Address book no.
18 NEW! Fall 2015: 13-episode event series on NBC that’s a revival of its sci-fi drama that ended in 2010: 2 wds.
20 Suffix with ‘Duct’
21 “Tasty!”
22 NEW! Fall 2015: __ Lee Ortiz (Actress who plays a detective on FOX’s medical
procedural drama “Rosewood”)
25 NEW! Fall 2015: Miss __ (Character on ABC’s documentary style show “The Muppets.”)
29 Promos
30 U2 song
31 Roamer
34 No longer together
36 Soldiers, e.g.
38 Alphabetic trio
39 NEW! Fall 2015: Comedy/horror on FOX starring Jamie Lee Curtis: 2 wds.
45 Alkali
46 Bottom line, as per business: 2
wds.
48 Lummox
49 Yea opposers
50 Paradise
51 “Falling Skies” channel
52 Gaelic
53 Stitches
DOWN
1 Cold War org.
2 “In the Valley of __” (2007)
3 Snooze
4 Add ingredients to the sauce or soup: 2 wds.
5 Type of disturbance
6 “How sweet __ __!” - Jackie Gleason
7 Writer’s creation
8 Car repair shop service
9 Certain singing voice 10 Visionary 11 Pottery oven
16 Ms. Falana
19 Dieter’s stat.
22 “The Brady Bunch” character
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3:30 p.m. ESPN Highly Questionable (0:30)
FSN Minnesota Traveler (0:30)
NBCSN NASCAR Auto Racing Sprint Cup Series Qualifying Sylvania 300. From New Hampshire Motor Speedway-- Loudon, N.H. (Live) (1:30)
4:00 p.m. ESPN Around the Horn (0:30)
ESPN2 Baseball Tonight (Live) (0:30)
FSN UEFA Europa League Magazine (1:00)
4:30 p.m. ESPN Pardon the Interruption (0:30)
ESPN2 Outside the Lines (Live) (0:30)
7:30 p.m. GOLF Web.com Golf Round
2 Nationwide Championship. From OSU Golf Club-- Upper Arlington, Ohio (2:00)
8:00 p.m. SPIKE Bellator MMA (2:15)
9:00 p.m. ESPN2 Baseball Tonight (Live) (1:00)
FSN Twins Live Post-game (Live) (0:30)
NBCSN NPGL Fitness Quarter-final (1:30)
9:30 p.m. FSN Becoming Wild (0:30)
GOLF Golf Central (0:30)
10:00 p.m. (29) WFTC Vikings: Beyond the Gridiron (0:30)
ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
ESPN2 NFL Live (1:00)
FSN Gopher Football with Jerry Kill (0:30)
GOLF PGA Golf Round 2 Tour Championship. From East Lake Golf Club-- Atlanta, Ga. (5:00)
10:30 p.m. FSN Vikings: Beyond the Gridiron (0:30)
NBCSN NPGL Fitness Quarter-final (1:30)
11:00 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
ESPN2 Baseball Tonight (Live) (1:00)
FSN WPT Poker Alpha8. St. Kitts (1:00)
Saturday, Sept. 26
11:00 a.m. (5) KSTP ESPN ESPN2
NCAA Football (Live) (3:00)
(11) KARE PGA Golf Round 3 The Tour Championship. From East Lake Golf Club-- Atlanta, Ga. (Live) (3:30)
(23) WUCW NCAA Football (3:30)
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GOLF EPGA Golf Round 3 European Open. From Golf Resort Bad Griesbach-Bad Griesbach, Germany (3:30)
NBCSN Premier League Live Bridge (Live) (0:30)
11:30 a.m. (9) KMSP (15) KVRR MLB
Pre-game Show (Live) (0:30)
FSN Destination Polaris (0:30)
NBCSN EPL Soccer Chels. at Newc. From St. James’ Park-- Newcastle-uponTyne, England (Live) (2:00)
3:00 p.m. (9) KMSP (15) KVRR College Football Pre-game (Live) (1:00)
DISC Barrett-Jackson (Live) (4:00)
GOLF Web.com Golf Round 3
Nationwide Championship. From OSU Golf Club-- Upper Arlington, Ohio (Live) (2:00)
3:30 p.m. NBCSN NASCAR Auto Racing Xfinity Series Qualifying Visitmyrtlebeach.com 300. From Kentucky Speedway-- Sparta, Ky. (Live) (1:30)
4:00 p.m. (9) KMSP (15) KVRR NCAA Football (Live) (3:00)
5:00 p.m. GOLF CHAMPS Golf Round 2
First Tee Open. From Pebble Beach Golf Links-- Pebble Beach, Calif. (Live) (3:00)
NBCSN NASCAR Auto Racing Sprint Cup Series Qualifying Sylvania 300. From New Hampshire Motor Speedway-- Loudon, N.H. (1:30)
5:30 p.m. (5) KSTP College Football Studio (Live) (0:30)
ESPN ESPN2 College Football Scoreboard (Live) (0:30)
FSN Twins Live Pre-game (Live) (0:30)
6:00 p.m. ESPN ESPN2 NCAA Football (Live) (3:00)
FSN MLB Baseball Min. at Det. From Comerica Park-- Detroit, Mich. (Live) (3:00)
6:30 p.m. NBCSN Countdown to Green (Live) (0:30)
7:00 p.m. (5) KSTP Saturday Night Football Pre-game Show (Live) (0:07)
(9) KMSP (15) KVRR College Football Extra (Live) (0:30)
NBCSN NASCAR Auto Racing Xfinity Series Visitmyrtlebeach.com 300. From Kentucky Speedway-- Sparta, Ky. (Live) (3:00)
7:05 p.m. (5) KSTP NCAA Football (Live) (3:15)
7:30 p.m. (9) KMSP (15) KVRR NCAA Football (Live) (3:30)
(11) KARE Boxing Card TBA Premier Champions. From Legacy Arena-Birmingham, Ala. (Live) (2:30)
8:00 p.m. GOLF Golf Central (1:00)
NBCSN NASCAR Auto Racing Sprint Cup Series Practice Sylvania 300. From New Hampshire Motor Speedway-Loudon, N.H. (Live) (1:30)
Noon (9) KAWE Sit and Be Fit (0:30)
ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
ESPN2 First Take (2:00)
GOLF PGA Golf Round 2 Tour Championship. From East Lake Golf Club-- Atlanta, Ga. (Live) (5:00)
12:30 p.m. NBCSN Lucas Oil Motorsport Hour (1:00)
1:00 p.m. ESPN College Football Live (Live) (0:30)
FSN John Gillespie’s Waters & Woods (0:30)
1:30 p.m. ESPN NFL Insiders (Live) (1:00)
FSN Midwest Outdoors Magazine (0:30)
NBCSN Lucas Oil Motorsport Hour (1:00)
2:00 p.m. ESPN2 SportsNation (Live) (1:00)
FSN Outdoor Bound TV With Kurt Walbeck (0:30)
2:30 p.m. ESPN NFL Live (Live) (1:00)
FSN Due North Outdoors (0:30)
5:00 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:30)
ESPN2 Around the Horn (0:30)
FSN Three Wide Life (0:30)
GOLF Golf Central (0:30)
NBCSN NASCAR Auto Racing Xfinity Series Final Practice Visitmyrtlebeach. com 300. From Kentucky Speedway-Sparta, Ky. (Live) (1:30)
5:30 p.m. ESPN2 Pardon the Interruption (0:30)
FSN Twins Live Pre-game (Live) (0:30)
GOLF CHAMPS Golf Round 1 First Tee Open. From Pebble Beach Golf Links-Pebble Beach, Calif. (Live) (2:00)
6:00 p.m. ESPN2 MLB Baseball (Live) (3:00)
FSN MLB Baseball Min. at Det. From Comerica Park-- Detroit, Mich. (Live) (3:00)
6:30 p.m. ESPN College Football Countdown (Live) (0:30)
NBCSN American Heart: Deontay Wilder (0:30)
7:00 p.m. ESPN NCAA Football Boi. St. at Vir. From Scott Stadium-Charlottesville, Va. (Live) (3:00)
NBCSN UCI Cycling World Championship. (2:00)
Noon (9) KMSP (15) KVRR MLB Baseball (Live) (3:00)
FSN DFL Soccer Augs. at M’Glad. From Borussia-Park-- Monchengladbach, Germany (2:00)
1:00 p.m. (7) KCCO PBR Bull Riding From PPL Center-- Allentown, Pa. (1:00)
1:30 p.m. NBCSN Barclays Premier League Goal Zone (Live) (0:30)
2:00 p.m. (5) KSTP College Football Studio (Live) (0:30)
(7) KCCO College Football Today (Live) (0:30)
ESPN ESPN2 College Football Scoreboard (Live) (0:30)
FSN NCAA Football Rice at Bay. From McLane Stadium-- Waco, Texas (Live) (3:30)
NBCSN Notre Dame Pre-game Report (Live) (0:30)
2:30 p.m. (5) KSTP NCAA Football (Live) (3:00)
(7) KCCO ESPN ESPN2 NCAA Football (Live) (3:00)
(11) KARE NCAA Football Lowell at N.D. From Notre Dame Stadium-- South Bend, Ind. (Live) (3:30)
GOLF Golf Central (0:30)
NBCSN Mobsteel (1:00)
9:00 p.m. ESPN College Football Scoreboard (Live) (0:30)
GOLF PGA Golf Round 3 Tour Championship. From East Lake Golf Club-- Atlanta, Ga. (5:30)
9:30 p.m. ESPN NCAA Football (Live) (3:00)
FSN #VikingsConnected (0:30)
10:00 p.m. (23) WUCW Ring of Honor Wrestling (1:00)
(29) WFTC Vikings Connected (0:30)
ESPN2 SportsCenter (1:00)
FSN Vikings: Beyond the Gridiron (0:30)
NBCSN Boxing Deontay Wilder vs. Johann Duhaupas Premier Champions. From Legacy Arena-- Birmingham, Ala. (Live) (1:00)
10:20 p.m. (5) KSTP College Football Studio (Live) (0:08)
10:30 p.m. FSN Becoming Wild (0:30)
11:00 p.m. ESPN2 SportsCenter (1:00)
FSN WPT Poker Seminole Hard Rock Showdown. (1:00)
NBCSN /Drive on NBC Sports (0:30)
11:30 p.m. NBCSN F1 Auto Racing Japanese Grand Prix. From Suzuka Circuit-- Suzuka, Japan (Live) (2:30)
Brainerd Daily Dispatch, MN: Sports Sep 20, 2015 to Sep 26, 2015
It looks like chef Anne Burrell won’t rest until she’s whipped all of America into shape — culinary shape, that is. After six seasons of “Worst Cooks in America,” the Food Network show in which she and another celebrity chef train teams of ordinary Americans with extraordinarily bad cooking skills, the chef with the distinctive hair is turning her sights on celebrities.
Yes, “Worst Cooks in America” finally has a celebrity edition, and it premieres Wednesday, Sept. 23, on Food Network.
As usual for “Worst Cooks,” Burrell and another chef divvy up the celebrities into two teams and then compete to see who can best teach their teams basic cooking skills. After trouncing chef Tyler Florence in the last season, though, Burrell just might have her work cut out for her this time around.
“Food Network” staple Rachael Ray is the challenger, and after three seasons on “Rachael vs Guy: Celebrity Cook-Off,” she already knows how to get celebrities hopping in the kitchen.
So who are these celebrities who are total klutzes in the kitchen? Actor and ‘90s heartthrob Dean Cain (“Lois & Clark: The New
Adventures of Superman”), comedian and “Saturday Night Live” alumna Ellen Cleghorne, “The Brady Bunch’s” Barry Williams and actor Jaleel White (“Family Matters,” Dreamgirls,” 2006) all make the trip to culinary boot camp.
They’ll be joined by a host of reality TV stars who fall apart in the kitchen: Jenni “JWoww” Farley (“Jersey Shore”), Kendra Wilkinson (“Kendra on Top”) and Chris Soules (“The Bachelor”) round out the cast of celebrities looking for a bit of help from chefs Burrell and Ray.
Don’t get too attached to these folks, though. In the first episode, before boot camp even gets underway, the celebrities have to put together their signature dishes for
the first-ever “Worst Cooks in America” potluck. Based on their performances the two chefs will do a schoolyard pick to form their teams of three celebrities. With seven kitchen klutzes, though, that means one will be sent packing before the competition even begins.
In the end, they’re doing this for a good cause. The chef who improves the most by the end of boot camp will be given a cool $50,000 for charity and will (hopefully!) go home with enough cooking knowhow to make a meal that won’t set anyone to gagging.
The celebrity edition of “Worst Cooks in America” with Burrell and Ray premieres Wednesday, Sept. 23, on Food Network.
Sunday, Sept. 20
9:30 a.m. (23) WUCW Mad Dogg and Merrill’s Midwestern Grill’n
11:00 a.m. TRAV Bizarre Foods: Delicious Destinations
11:30 a.m. TRAV Bizarre Foods: Delicious Destinations
Noon TRAV Bizarre Foods America
2:30 p.m. (8) WDSE The Mind of a Chef (N)
3:00 p.m. (8) WDSE A Chef’s Life (N)
6:00 p.m. (2) KTCA (8) WDSE The Great British Baking Show (N)
11:00 p.m. (8) WDSE The Great British Baking Show
Monday,
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Pitch Perfect 2
The Barden Bellas are back in this sequel to the hit 2012 film. Now a highly successful act, the college a cappella group is set to perform at President Obama’s birthday celebration. Things go disastrously wrong for the group during Fat Amy’s (Wilson) solo, though, and the Bellas are suspended from further performances. To get them reinstated, the group’s leader, Beca (Kendrick),
gets them a spot in the Worlds a cappella tournament, where they must win in order to compete again — a feat that no American group has ever been able to accomplish. Faced with intimidating European teams, the girls will have to be at their best if they’re to have any hope of bringing home the top prize.
Director: Elizabeth Banks. Stars: Anna Kendrick,RebelWilson, SkylarAstin,Hailee Steinfeld, Brittany Snow,Adam DeVine, Katey Sagal,Anna Camp.2015. 115 min.Comedy.