Screentime October 16-22, 2022

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By Jay Bobbin

Following her awardhonored run in “black-ish,” Tracee Ellis Ross is getting to the roots of another matter.

The actress turns interviewer as the host and an executive producer of “The Hair Tales,” a series from the relatively new Onyx Collective initiative that makes its debut Saturday, Oct. 22, on both Hulu and OWN. An executive producer of the show with others including Oprah Winfrey and author Michaela angela Davis, Ross talks with such notables as Winfrey, Issa Rae and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) and Ross’ fellow “black-ish” alum Marsai Martin about their hair experiences and how

those have impacted their connections to Black culture and society. (Pressley lost her hair to the condition alopecia areata.)

“I feel like I, like so many others, can chronicle my journey of self-acceptance through my journey with my hair,” Ross explains. “I don’t think it was until I was a teenager that I started to face my own personal journey with my experience with my hair, not seeing myself mirrored back to me through culture, through media, through newscasters ... anyone. I saw it at home (with Ross’ mother, iconic singer-actress Diana Ross), but I didn’t see it out in the world.

“At the time, I took that personally, and really sort

of put on my own self that I wasn’t enough. I wasn’t correct. As I’ve gotten older, my own sort of realization about myself was that I was one of many. I was part of a vast community, a culture of people who also weren’t seeing themselves, and it played into the larger story historically, about how black people have been seen in this country, and how the culture of beauty and the industry of beauty has not necessarily mirrored back the reality of the power and the beauty of who we are.”

Fellow “The Hair Tales” executive producer Davis says, “Often, Black women’s hair and Black women’s existence is positioned like a challenge or a problem that we

have to solve. We’re talking about it in the layered way in which we live, so there’s joy, there’s resilience, there’s history, there’s memory, there’s hysteria, there’s ancestry. We’re getting at all of it, and that’s the beauty of it. When we get to tell our own stories, we get to tell them inside the complexity in which we actually live.”

Indeed, Ross emphasizes, “We are using, in this show, hair as an entrance — as an on-ramp into our souls, to explore the largeness of our humanity. I hope that ‘The Hair Tales’ really offers a new definition that beauty is a reflection of self, the imprint of the soul, instead of an idea that is concocted from history and systemic limitations.”

Yes, there was a real John Chapman who planted thousands of apple trees on U.S. soil. But the apples on those trees were much more bitter than the ones you’d find in the supermarket today. “Johnny Appleseed” didn’t expect his fruits to be eaten whole but rather made into hard apple cider.

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The STREAM Scene

“Movie: Whiplash”

J.K. Simmons (“The Closer”) won an Oscar as best supporting actor — as well as a slew of other awards for writer-director Damien Chazelle’s intense, characterdriven 2014 drama, which examines the combative relationship between a music student (Miles Teller) and a relentlessly demanding professor (Simmons). Paul Reiser and Melissa Benoist (“Supergirl”) also appear, but veteran character actor Simmons dominates in an electrifying performance.

“Ax Men”

Dolores Gavin and Thom Beers were the creative forces behind this unscripted series that aired on History from 2008 to 2019 and highlights the work of and dangers faced by logging crews in the secondgrowth forests of Northwestern Oregon, Washington and Montana and the rivers of Louisiana and Florida.

“Gabriel Iglesias: Stadium Fluffy

Live From Los Angeles”

The comic talks about his childhood growing up in Los Angeles, recent blackmail attempts made against him and where he holds the record for receiving the highest fine on stage, among other subjects, in this stand-up performance recorded this past spring at Dodger Stadium. (ORIGINAL)

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“Below Deck Adventure” (Bravo — series premiere, Nov. 1)

This new series goes beyond the deck and off the yacht as we watch passengers paraglide, explore caves and take extreme helicopter rides along the Norwegian Fjords as they stay on the motor yacht Mercury. We watch Capt. Kerry Titheradge and his crew as they curate the ultimate experience for their thrillseeking charter guests looking to push their limits for an unforgettable experience along the picturesque landscapes rich in Vikings history.

Classically-trained musician, cookbook author and blogger Molly Yeh brings viewers into her home on a sugar beet farm in the Midwest to dazzle them with her obsession with food in “Girl Meets Farm,” airing Sundays on Food Network. Find delicious recipes at www.foodnetwork. com/shows/girlmeets-farm

“Shipwreck Hunters Australia”

(Available now)

This six-part documentary series follows a team of ocean adventurers as they explore Australia’s Treasure Coast — a region off the content’s western shores believed to be the home of more than 1,600 shipwrecks — to help unearth the mysteries that lie beneath ocean depths and hopefully bring new discoveries to light. (ORIGINAL)

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7:30 a.m. GOLF DP World Tour Golf Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters, Final Round. (N) (Live)

9:00 a.m. USA Premier League Soccer Manchester United vs Newcastle United. (N) (Live) Å

11:30 a.m. USA Premier League Soccer Liverpool vs Manchester City. (N) (Live)

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NFL Football New England Patriots at Cleveland Browns. Bill Belichick returns to his old stomping grounds as his Patriots visit the Browns. (N) (Live) Å

WNYW-5 NFL Football New York Jets at Green Bay Packers. The Packers return from their business trip to London for a home affair with the Jets. (N) (Live) Å

WUTV-29 NFL Football Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Pittsburgh Steelers. Tom Brady and the Buccaneers visit the Steelers. (N) (Live) Å

ESPN2 Women’s College Volleyball Michigan at Wisconsin. (N) (Live) Å

FS1 Horse Racing America’s Day at the Races. (N) (Live) Å

2:00 p.m. GOLF PGA Tour Champions Golf SAS Championship, Final Round. (N) (Live) 2:30 p.m. WGRZ-2 WICU-12 NASCAR Cup Series South Point 400. (N) (Live) Å

3:00 p.m. WKBW-7 MLS Soccer Round One: Teams TBA. (N) (Live) Å

ESPN2 Boy’s High School Basketball Geico Top Flight Invite, First Semifinal. (N) (Live) Å FS1 MLB Baseball National League Divisional Series: Teams TBA. (N) (Live) Å

4:25 p.m. WIVB-4 WSEE-35 NFL Football Buffalo Bills at Kansas City Chiefs. Buffalo

seeks revenge in this game at Kansas City. (N) (Live) Å

5:00 p.m. ESPN2 Boy’s High School Basketball Geico Top Flight Invite, Second Semifinal. (N) (Live) Å

7:00 p.m. ESPN2 Boy’s High School Basketball Geico Top Flight Invite, Championship. (N) (Live) Å

FS1 MLB Baseball National League Divisional Series: Teams TBA. (N) (Live)

TBS MLB Baseball American League Divisional Series: Teams TBA. (N Subject to Blackout) (Live)

8:00 p.m. ESPN MLS Soccer Round One: Teams TBA. (N) (Live) Å

8:15 p.m. WGRZ-2 WICU12 NFL Football Dallas Cowboys at Philadelphia Eagles. Longtime NFC East rivals square off as the Cowboys visit MVP candidate Jalen Hurts and the Eagles. (N) (Live) Å

9:00 p.m. ESPN2 Boy’s High School Basketball Teams TBA. (N) (Live) Å

Monday

7:00 p.m. FS1 MLS Soccer Round One: Teams TBA. (N) (Live)

ROOT NHL Hockey Pittsburgh Penguins at Montreal Canadiens. (N) (Live)

8:00 p.m. ESPN NFL Football Denver Broncos at Los Angeles Chargers. The Chargers host the Broncos. (N) (Live) Å

TBS MLB Baseball American League Divisional Series: Teams TBA. (N Subject to Blackout) (Live)

9:30 p.m. FS1 MLS Soccer Round One: Teams TBA. (N) (Live)

Tuesday

2:30 p.m. USA Premier League Soccer Brighton & Hove Albion vs Nottingham Forest. (N) (Live)

7:00 p.m. ESPN NHL Hockey Philadelphia Flyers at Tampa Bay Lightning. (N) (Live)

7:30 p.m.

TNT NBA Basketball Philadelphia 76ers at Boston Celtics. (N Subject to Blackout) (Live) Å

8:00 p.m. FS1 MLB Baseball National League Championship Series: Teams TBA. (N) (Live) Å

8:30 p.m. ESPN2 MLS Soccer Conference Semifinal: Teams TBA. (N) (Live)

9:30 p.m. ESPN NHL Hockey Los Angeles Kings at Nashville Predators. (N) (Live)

10:00 p.m. TNT NBA Basketball Los Angeles Lakers at Golden State Warriors. (N Subject to Blackout) (Live)

Wednesday

2:30 p.m. USA Premier League Soccer Brentford vs Chelsea. (N) (Live)

4:00 p.m. FS1 MLB Baseball National League Divisional Series: Teams TBA. (N) (Live)

7:30 p.m. ESPN2 College Football Georgia State at Appalachian State. (N) (Live) Å

TNT NHL Hockey Philadelphia Flyers at Florida Panthers. (N Subject to Blackout) (Live)

7:45 p.m. ESPN NBA Basketball New York Knicks at Memphis Grizzlies. (N) (Live)

8:00 p.m. TBS MLB Baseball American League Championship Series: Teams TBA. (N Subject to Blackout) (Live) Å

10:00 p.m. TNT NHL Hockey St. Louis Blues at Seattle Kraken. (N Subject to Blackout) (Live) Å

10:05 p.m. ESPN NBA Basketball Dallas Mavericks at Phoenix Suns. (N) (Live) Å

11:00 p.m. GOLF LPGA Tour Golf BMW Ladies Championship, First Round. (N) (Live)

BY GEORGE DICKIE

Brogdon hopes to be on point with Celtics

On a team that made the NBA Finals last season, Malcolm Brogdon could be the final piece that puts the Boston Celtics over the top.

Acquired in a July trade with the Indiana Pacers, the 2017 NBA Rookie of the Year is the type of point guard who is a solid passer, ball handler and defender, finishes well at the rim and commits few turnovers. Over the last two seasons, he’s one of a handful of players who averaged at least 18 points, five rebounds and five assists. Last year, his numbers were 19.1, 5.1 and 5.9.

He considers himself a point guard first and over his career he has proven himself to be a guy who can take care of the ball and lead a team on the court. But in Boston, he’ll join a backcourt rotation with Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Marcus Smart and Derrick White, thus forcing him to play shooting guard more often.

He did that with the Milwaukee Bucks in the first three years of his NBA career and toward the end of his three-year tenure with the Pacers but it was not his desired role. He’d rather be the guy who gets his teammates involved, who competes on both ends of the court, rather than the shooter. He wants to be a leader and a winner.

He’ll certainly get that chance in Boston, which is where Brogdon and the Celtics will tip off the 202223 season against the Philadelphia 76ers in the opener of a doubleheader airing Tuesday, Oct. 18, from TD Garden on TNT.

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Thursday

7:30 a.m.

GOLF DP World Tour Golf Mallorca Golf Open, First Round. (N) (Live)

2:30 p.m. USA Premier League Soccer Fulham vs Aston Villa. (N) (Live) Å

3:00 p.m. GOLF PGA Tour Golf The CJ Cup in South Carolina, First Round. (N) (Live)

7:00 p.m. WNYO-49 High School Football Pioneer at Lewiston-Porter. (N) (Live)

ESPN2 High School Football Allen (Texas) at Denton Guyer (Texas). (N) (Live) Å

FS1 MLS Soccer Conference Semifinal: Teams TBA. (N) (Live) Å

ROOT NHL Hockey Los Angeles Kings at Pittsburgh Penguins. (N) (Live)

7:30 p.m. ESPN College Football Virginia at Georgia Tech. (N) (Live) Å

TBS MLB Baseball American League Championship Series: Teams TBA. (N Subject to Blackout) (Live) Å TNT NBA Basketball Milwaukee Bucks at Philadelphia 76ers. (N Subject to Blackout) (Live) Å

9:30 p.m. FS1 MLS Soccer Conference Semifinal: Teams TBA. (N) (Live) Å 10:00 p.m. ESPN2 MLS Soccer Conference Semifinal: Teams TBA. (N) (Live) Å TNT NBA Basketball Los Angeles Clippers at Los Angeles Lakers. (N Subject to Blackout) (Live) Å 11:00 p.m. GOLF LPGA Tour Golf BMW Ladies Championship, Second Round. (N) (Live)

Friday

7:30 a.m. GOLF DP World Tour Golf Mallorca Golf Open, Second Round. (N) (Live) 2:55 p.m. ESPN2 Formula 1 Racing United States Grand Prix, Practice 1. (N) (Live) Å

DRAFT: Selected in the second round (36th overall) by the Milwaukee Bucks in 2016

: Milwaukee Bucks (201619); Indiana Pacers (2019-22); Boston Celtics (2022-present)

POSITION: Point guard, shooting guard

3:00 p.m.

GOLF PGA Tour Golf The CJ Cup in South Carolina, Second Round. (N) (Live) 6:00 p.m. USA NASCAR Xfinity Racing Series Contender Boats 300, Qualifying. (N) (Live) Å

7:30 p.m. ESPN2 College Football Tulsa at Temple. (N) (Live) Å 7:45 p.m. ESPN NBA Basketball Boston Celtics at Miami Heat. (N) (Live) Å 8:00 p.m. FS1 MLB Baseball National League Championship Series: Teams TBA. (N) (Live) Å 9:30 p.m. SHO Boxing ShoBox: The New Generation. Ali Izmailov vs. Radivoje Kalajdzic; Marquis Taylor vs. Marlon Harrington. (N) (Live) Å 10:05 p.m. ESPN NBA Basketball Denver Nuggets at Golden State Warriors. (N) (Live) Å 11:00 p.m. GOLF LPGA Tour Golf BMW Ladies Championship, Third Round. (N) (Live)

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7:30 a.m. USA Premier League Soccer Nottingham Forest vs Liverpool. (N) (Live) Å 8:00 a.m. GOLF DP World Tour Golf Mallorca Golf Open, Third Round. (N) (Live) 10:00 a.m. USA Premier League Soccer Everton vs Crystal Palace. (N) (Live) Å 12:00 p.m. WNYW-5 WKBW7 WUTV-29 ESPN ESPN2 College Football Teams TBA. (N) (Live) Å 12:30 p.m. WGRZ-2 WICU-12 Premier League Soccer Teams TBA. (N) (Live) Å 1:00 p.m. FS1 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Baptist Health Cancer Care 200. (N) (Live) Å 1:30 p.m. WIVB-4 WSEE-35 Pickleball PPA n2grate DC Open. (N) (Live) Å 3:00 p.m. WGRZ-2 WICU-12 Figure Skating ISU Grand

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Prix: Skate America. Pairs free skate; men’s free skate. From Norwood, Mass. (N) (Live) Å

FS1 College Football Teams TBA. (N) (Live) Å GOLF PGA Tour Golf The CJ Cup in South Carolina, Third Round. (N) (Live)

3:30 p.m. WIVB-4 WSEE-35 College Football Mississippi State at Alabama or Ole Miss at LSU or Texas A&M at South Carolina. (N) (Live) Å

WNYW-5 WKBW-7 WUTV29 ESPN2 College Football Teams TBA. (N) (Live) Å ESPN College Football (N) (Live) Å

4:30 p.m. USA NASCAR Xfinity Racing Series Contender Boats 300. (N) (Live) Å

5:00 p.m. TBS MLB Baseball American League Championship Series: Teams TBA. (N Subject to Blackout) (Live) Å

6:30 p.m. FS1 College Football Teams TBA. (N) (Live) Å

7:00 p.m. ESPN ESPN2 College Football Teams TBA. (N) (Live) Å ROOT NHL Hockey Pittsburgh Penguins at Columbus Blue Jackets. (N) (Live)

7:30 p.m. WKBW-7 College Football Teams TBA. (N) (Live) Å

8:00 p.m. USA Figure Skating ISU Grand Prix: Skate America. Pairs free skate; men’s free skate. From Norwood, Mass. (N) (Live)

9:45 p.m. FS1 College Football Teams TBA. (N) (Live)

10:30 p.m. ESPN College Football Teams TBA. (N) (Live)

11:00 p.m. ESPN2 College Football Montana at Sacramento State. (N) (Live) Å

GOLF LPGA Tour Golf BMW Ladies Championship, Final Round. (N) (Live)

BEST JACK LEMMON MOVIES

Mister Roberts” (1955) Jack Lemmon earned his first Oscar as Ensign Pulver, friend to fellow officer Roberts (Henry Fonda) and mutual nemesis of the tyrannical commander (James Cagney) of their World War II vessel in the Pacific.

Some Like It Hot” (1959) The long association of Lemmon and director Billy Wilder began with this classic Depression-era comedy about two murder-witness musicians (Lemmon, Tony Curtis) who disguise themselves within an all-female band to hide from the killers.

Days of Wine and Roses”

This searing adaptation of a television play features unforgettable work by Lemmon and Lee Remick (under director Blake Edwards) as a couple devastated by alcoholism.

The Great Race” (1965) Blake Edwards’ sprawling road-race comedy goes off the tracks in multiple ways, but

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it gives Lemmon an opportunity to have great fun as the villain trying to derail the saga’s hero (Tony Curtis, reunited with Lemmon).

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The Fortune Cookie” (1966) Another reteaming with Billy Wilder gave Lemmon his first project with Walter Matthau, who earned an Oscar as a shyster lawyer representing his brother-in-law (Lemmon), a television cameraman injured while covering a football game.

The Odd Couple” (1968)

Lemmon and Walter Matthau cemented themselves as a screen comedy team as neatnik Felix and slovenly Oscar in this hit version of Neil Simon’s play.

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The Out-of-Towners” (1970)

Lemmon connected with playwright Neil Simon again as he and Sandy Dennis played Midwestern visitors who ran into every problem imaginable while in New York.

The China Syndrome” (1979)

The dramatic skills of Lemmon again got a great workout from his role as a nuclear-plant supervisor determined to expose dangers at the site with help from a TV-news crew (Jane Fonda, Michael Douglas).

“Missing” (1982) In this true stor y, a compelling Lemmon plays a man who goes to Chile and works with his daughter in-law (Sissy Spacek) to find out what happened to his vanished journalist son.

“Glengarry Glen Ross” (1992) Lemmon is heartbreaking as a onceprominent but now-declining real-estate salesman in the film of David Mamet’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play.

“Grumpy Old Men” (1993)

Lemmon and Walter Matthau still had some hits left in them when they made this comedy about neighbors whose long-standing feud is amped up by their mutual interest in a local newcomer (Ann-Margret).

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Jewel Staite

BY GEORGE DICKIE

OF ‘FAMILY LAW’ ON THE CW

Many of your scenes are with Victor Garber, who plays your character ’s estranged father. How is he as a scene partner?

Oh, he’s fabulous. ... He is very generous. He’s always on time. He’s the kind of person that says, you know, if you’re five minutes early you’re late. (Laughs) So he’s always on time, he’s overprepared and he knows everybody’s name and he’s there to work, which I love. There is no diva-ness about Victor Garber. He is there to work and he’s always prepared, so I love that about him, and he makes everybody step up to that. So we all have to show up willing to work and be super-prepared.

He’s also really fun. He’s got a great sense of humor and he’s very sardonic, very sarcastic and self-deprecating and I love all of those things about him. So we all have a similar work ethics around here.

So your relationship is the complete opposite of that of your characters?

Yeah, I feel like all we do is sort of yell at each other on this show. But we’re very tight in real life and he’s become a bit of a mentor to me and I go to him when I have questions and things about how to handle the work of the show and the brunt of the show and being in all day every day. He’s got some really great advice on how to maintain my energy levels and all of that and I feel like he’s quite protective over us and it’s been pretty wonderful to get to know him as well as we have.

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Feed Phil” on Netflix

“My Policeman” (Prime Video — movie premiere, Nov. 6)

From director Michael Grandage (“Genius”) comes this original drama that opens in 1950s Great Britain and follows the 40-year love triangle that plays out after museum curator Patrick arrives in the home of teacher Marion and policeman Tom. Harry Styles, Emma Corrin, Gina McKee, Linus Roache, David Dawson and Rupert Everett head the cast.