Screentime November 13-19, 2022

By Jay Bobbin

Sylvester Stallone has dabbled in home-screen acting, but now, he’s going all-in.

The action icon who made Rocky Balboa and John Rambo household names tackles a new character tailored to his style in “Tulsa King,” a Paramount+ drama that begins streaming Sunday, Nov. 13. Created by Taylor Sheridan (“Yellowstone”) — also an executive producer of the series alongside Stallone and “The Sopranos” alum Terence Winter — the show gives the star his first continuing weekly role as Dwight “The General” Manfredi, who leaves a 25year prison term expecting to

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be rewarded for literally having killed for his Mob boss.

Instead, he’s exiled from New York to Tulsa, Okla., where he builds a new “crew” of his own from some of the diverse people he encounters.

The regular cast also includes Emmy winner Dana Delany, Martin Starr, Max Casella (“Doogie Howser, M.D.”), Andrea Savage, Jay Will (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”) and Garrett Hedlund.

Stallone’s history with “Tulsa King” dates back to the start of his familiarity with Sheridan. “I met Taylor a while back, actually,” the actor-filmmaker says, “riding horses in California. I wanted him to write the screenplay for ‘Rambo,’ because I was getting lazy. Anyway, we moved on. Then he became

very, very successful with ‘Yellowstone,’ and one day, he just had this idea (for ‘Tulsa King’), called me up and pitched it to me in, like, three seconds. And I went, ‘I’m in.’ ”

Having such an underworld role has been “kind of a fantasy” for Stallone, he notes, “since I was rejected to be one of the 200 extras who basically stood behind a wedding cake in ‘The Godfather.’ I’d been trying to get in gangster films, and it just never happened. Everything comes to those who wait.

“Also, I wanted to play a different interpretation of a gangster,” adds Stallone.

“This is a fellow who’s very educated ... reads Marcus Aurelius, reads Plato. He’s into Machiavelli. He’s a different animal than you would

normally see in a, quote, ‘gangster film.’ ”

Long after landing TV jobs on “Kojak” and “Police Story” in the mid-1970s, Stallone made appearances on “Las Vegas” and (as himself) “This Is Us.” As he now shoulders his own series, he deems it “harder, faster, and longer” than making a movie.

“You really have to be quick. You have to work out of sync a lot of times, with sequences that don’t follow the natural order of things. But most importantly, you have to keep your energy up. The amount of time we did ten episodes is the equivalent of doing five ‘Rockys’ in a row, with no break in-between. I have great respect for the crew in their diligence and endurance.”

Sylvester Stallone stars in “Tulsa King,” which begins streaming Sunday on Paramount+.

The STREAM Scene

“Movie: The People We Hate at the Wedding”

This 2022 comedy stars Kristen Bell and Ben Platt as dysfunctional siblings who with their ever-optimistic mother (Allison Janney) head to England for the wedding of an estranged half-sister (Cynthia AddaiRobinson) in the hopes of reconnecting and restoring some semblance of normalcy to their relationship. John Macmillan, Tony Goldwyn and Dustin Milligan also star for director Claire Scanlon (“Set It Up”). (ORIGINAL)

“Movie: The Forgiven” “Coriolanus” costars Jessica Chastain and Ralph Fiennes reunited for this 2021 drama about the reverberations of a random accident on the lives of local Muslims and Western visitors to a house party in the mountains of Morocco. Matt Smith, Abbey Lee and Marie-Josée Croze are also in the talented cast for director John Michael McDonagh (“Calvary”).

Where all the top choices can be found in one place!

“The Santa Clauses” (Nov. 16)

“Dead to Me”

The comedy caper returns for its third and final season and picks up in the aftermath of another hit and run with Jen and Judy (Christina Applegate, Linda Cardellini) receiving shocking news and ready to risk their lives for the sake of friendship. James Marsden, Sam McCarthy and Luke Roessler also return. (ORIGINAL)

In Focus

“Time for Him to Come Home for Christmas” (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries — TV movie premiere, Nov. 26)

Four days before Christmas, Elizabeth Athens (Holland Roden) receives a voicemail from a number she doesn’t recognize. In the message, a man whom she doesn’t know makes one final plea to the love of his life for a second chance in this 2022 romance. This is the fifth installment of the popular movie franchise based on Blake Shelton’s song “Time for Me to Come Home.” Tyler Hynes, Steve Bacic, Brent Stait and Karen Kruper.

Tim Allen, Elizabeth Mitchell, Eric Lloyd and David Krumholtz reprise their roles from previous “Santa Clause” comedies for this holiday miniseries that catches up with Scott (Allen) as he’s coming to the realization that he can’t be Santa Claus forever and thus sets out to find a suitable replacement. Kal Penn and Laura San Giacomo also star. Peyton Manning makes an appearance as a possible successor

Supermodel Cindy Crawford is among the A-list celebs who express their gratitude to those who have had a major impact on their lives by surprising them with a home renovation in the Drew and Jonathan Scott-hosted “Celebrity IOU,” returning with new episodes Monday on HGTV. Catch up on past episodes at www.hgtv.com/shows/ celebrity-iou

Sports Zone

sunday

9:00 a.m. USA Premier League Soccer Brighton & Hove Albion vs Aston Villa. (N) (Live) Å

11:30 a.m. FS1 Men’s College Soccer Big East Championship: Teams

TBA. (N) (Live) Å

USA Premier League Soccer Fulham vs Manchester United. (N) (Live) Å

12:00 p.m. MSG NBA Basketball Oklahoma City Thunder at New York Knicks. (N) (Live)

12:55 p.m. WKBW-7 Formula 1 Racing Sao Paulo Grand Prix. (N) (Live) Å

1:00 p.m. WSEE-35 NFL Football Cleveland Browns at Miami Dolphins. The Browns gear up for a twogame AFC East road trip with this match against the Dolphins. (N) (Live) Å

WNYW-5 WUTV-29 NFL Football Minnesota Vikings at Buffalo Bills. Stefon Diggs’ Bills host the Vikings. (N) (Live) Å ESPN2 CFL Football TBA at Toronto Argonauts. Eastern Final. (N) (Live) Å

GOLF PGA Tour Golf Cadence Bank Houston Open, Final Round. (N) (Live)

2:00 p.m. ESPN College Basketball Colorado vs Tennessee. (N) (Live) Å

4:00 p.m. WGRZ-2 WICU-12

Figure Skating ISU Grand Prix: MK John Wilson Trophy. (N) (Live) Å

WIVB-4 NFL Football Indianapolis Colts at Las Vegas Raiders. The Raiders welcome the Colts to the Strip. (N) (Live) Å

FS1 NHRA Drag Racing Auto Club Finals. (N) (Live)

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GOLF PGA Tour Champions Golf Charles Schwab Cup

Championship, Final Round. (N) (Live)

4:25 p.m. WNYW-5 WUTV29 NFL Football Dallas Cowboys at Green Bay Packers. Two of the NFL’s most revered franchises battle at Lambeau Field as the Packers host the Cowboys. (N) (Live) Å

5:00 p.m. ESPN2 Women’s College Basketball Stanford at Portland. (N) (Live) Å

7:00 p.m. ESPN NHL Hockey Washington Capitals at Tampa Bay Lightning. (N) (Live) Å

8:15 p.m. WGRZ-2 WICU-12 NFL Football Los Angeles Chargers at San Francisco 49ers. The 49ers come off a bye week to host the Chargers. (N) (Live) Å

8:30 p.m. ESPN2 USL Championship Soccer Teams TBA. (N) (Live) Å

Monday

6:00 p.m. ESPN2 Women’s College Basketball Indiana at Tennessee. (N) (Live) Å

6:30 p.m. FS1 Women’s College Basketball Texas at Connecticut. (N) (Live) Å

8:15 p.m. ESPN NFL Football Washington Commanders at Philadelphia Eagles. The Eagles look to sweep the season series from the Commanders for the second straight year. (N) (Live) Å

8:30 p.m. FS1 College Basketball Butler at Penn State. (N) (Live) Å

Tuesday

2:30 p.m. ESPN2 Soccer (N) (Live) Å 6:30 p.m. FS1 College Basketball Northwestern at Georgetown. (N) (Live) Å 7:00 p.m. ESPN College Basketball Kentucky vs Michigan State. (N) (Live) Å

ESPN2 College Football Teams TBA. (N) (Live) Å ROOT NHL Hockey Toronto Maple Leafs at

Pittsburgh Penguins. (N) (Live)

SNY College Basketball New Hampshire at Fordham. (N) (Live)

7:30 p.m. TNT NBA Basketball Memphis Grizzlies at New Orleans Pelicans. (N Subject to Blackout) (Live) Å

8:30 p.m. FS1 College Basketball Marquette at Purdue. (N) (Live) Å

9:00 p.m. MSG NBA Basketball New York Knicks at Utah Jazz. (N) (Live)

9:30 p.m. ESPN College Basketball Duke vs Kansas. (N) (Live) Å 10:00 p.m. TNT NBA Basketball Brooklyn Nets at Sacramento Kings. (N Subject to Blackout) (Live) Å

Wednesday

6:00 p.m. ESPN2 College Football Teams TBA. (N) (Live) Å

7:30 p.m. ESPN NBA Basketball Boston Celtics at Atlanta Hawks. (N) (Live) Å

FS1 College Basketball Iowa at Seton Hall. (N) (Live) Å TNT NHL Hockey St. Louis Blues at Chicago Blackhawks. (N Subject to Blackout) (Live) Å

10:00 p.m. ESPN NBA Basketball Golden State Warriors at Phoenix Suns. (N) (Live) Å MSG NBA Basketball New York Knicks at Denver Nuggets. (N) (Live) TNT NHL Hockey Los Angeles Kings at Edmonton Oilers. (N Subject to Blackout) (Live) Å 2:00 a.m. GOLF DP World Tour Golf DP World Tour Championship, First Round. (N) (Live)

6:00 a.m. GOLF DP World Tour Golf DP World Tour Championship, First Round. (N) (Live)

BY GEORGE DICKIE

Brunson takes the reins for Knicks

Over the past two decades have yielded some ignominious point guard play at Madison Square Garden.

Players such as Jarrett Jack, Chris Duhon, Pablo Prigioni, Raymond Felton and washed-up versions of Derrick Rose and Jason Kidd have come and gone and haven’t exactly enthralled rk Knicks faithful. But in Jalen Brunson, there may be light at the end of the tunnel.

Indeed, in their new floor general the Knicks have imported a solid playmaker and ball handler who can create off the dribble, score from midrange and potentially get the New York offense humming.

The fifth year man out of Villanova had his breakthrough year last year with the Dallas Mavericks, when he registered per-game averages of 16.3 points, 4.8 assists, 3.9 rebounds and 0.8 steals. He was also an efficient scorer, shooting 50.2 percent from the field and 37 percent from three-point range.

His performance was enough for the Knicks to sign him to a four-year, $104 million contract in July. Of course, he will no longer have All-Star wing Luka Doncic as his running mate. But the hope in New York is that he will team with power forward Julius Randle and swingman R.J. Barrett to form a formidable New York scoring attack. After decades of disappointment, Knicks fans are taking a wait-and-see attitude. unson and the Knicks can be seen in action on the road twice this week: Tuesday, Nov. 15, on TNT, against the Utah Jazz; and Friday, Nov. 18, versus the Golden State Warriors on

Thursday

12:00 p.m. GOLF PGA Tour

Golf RSM Classic, First Round. (N) (Live)

2:00 p.m. ESPN2 College Basketball Shriners

Hospitals Charleston Classic: Old Dominion vs Virginia Tech. Second Quarterfinal. (N) (Live) Å

3:00 p.m. GOLF LPGA Tour Golf CME Group Tour Championship, First Round. (N) (Live)

4:00 p.m. ESPN2 College Basketball Myrtle Beach Invitational: Murray State vs Texas A&M. Second Quarterfinal. (N) (Live) Å

6:30 p.m. FS1 College Basketball Nebraska at St. John’s. (N) (Live) Å

7:00 p.m. ESPN2 College Basketball Legends Classic, Consolation: Teams TBA. (N) (Live) Å MSG NHL Hockey New Jersey Devils at Toronto Maple Leafs. (N) (Live) SNY College Basketball Norfolk State at Monmouth. (N) (Live)

7:30 p.m. ESPN College Football SMU at Tulane. (N) (Live) Å

8:00 p.m. ROOT NHL Hockey Pittsburgh Penguins at Minnesota Wild. (N) (Live)

8:30 p.m. FS1 College Basketball UC Riverside at Creighton. (N) (Live) Å

10:00 p.m. MSG NHL Hockey New York Rangers at Seattle Kraken. (N) (Live)

2:00 a.m. GOLF DP World Tour Golf DP World Tour Championship, Second Round. (N) (Live)

4:55 a.m. ESPN2 Formula 1 Racing Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Practice 1. (N) (Live) Å

6:00 a.m. GOLF DP World Tour Golf DP World Tour Championship, Second Round. (N) (Live)

Friday

12:00 p.m. ESPN2 College Basketball Shriners

Hospitals Charleston Classic, First Semifinal: Teams TBA. (N) (Live) Å GOLF PGA Tour Golf RSM Classic, Second Round. (N) (Live)

2:30 p.m. ESPN2 College Basketball Myrtle Beach Invitational, First Semifinal: Teams TBA. (N) (Live) Å 3:00 p.m. GOLF LPGA Tour Golf CME Group Tour Championship, Second Round. (N) (Live) 6:00 p.m. FS1 College Basketball Indiana at Xavier. (N) (Live) Å 7:00 p.m. ESPN2 College Basketball Continental Tire Main Event: Virginia vs Baylor. First Semifinal. (N) (Live) Å 7:30 p.m. ESPN NBA Basketball Milwaukee Bucks at Philadelphia 76ers. (N) (Live) Å 8:00 p.m. FS1 College Basketball Villanova at Michigan State. (N) (Live) Å 9:00 p.m. ESPN2 College Football South Florida at Tulsa. (N) (Live) Å SHO Bellator MMA 288: Nemkov vs. Anderson 2. Vadim Nemkov vs. Corey Anderson, light heavyweight title bout. From Chicago. (N) (Live) Å 10:00 p.m. FS1 College Football San Diego State at New Mexico. (N) (Live) Å MSG NBA Basketball New York Knicks at Golden State Warriors. (N) (Live) 10:05 p.m. ESPN NBA Basketball New York Knicks at Golden State Warriors. (N) (Live) Å

2:00 a.m. GOLF DP World Tour Golf DP World Tour Championship, Third Round. (N) (Live) 5:25 a.m. ESPN2 Formula 1 Racing Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Practice 3. (N) (Live) Å

6:00 a.m. GOLF DP World Tour Golf DP World Tour Championship, Third Round. (N) (Live)

12:00 p.m. WNYW-5 WKBW7 WUTV-29 ESPN ESPN2

FS1 College Football Teams TBA. (N) (Live) Å SNY College Football Stony Brook at Monmouth. (N) (Live)

1:00 p.m. GOLF PGA Tour Golf RSM Classic, Third Round. (N) (Live)

2:00 p.m. ROOT College Football Southern Utah at Sam Houston State. (N) (Live)

2:30 p.m. WGRZ-2 WICU-12 College Football Boston College at Notre Dame. (N) (Live) Å

3:30 p.m. WIVB-4 WSEE-35 College Football Georgia at Kentucky or Tennessee at South Carolina or Ole Miss at Arkansas. (N) (Live) Å

WKBW-7 ESPN ESPN2 FS1 College Football Teams TBA. (N) (Live) Å

4:00 p.m. WNYW-5 WUTV29 College Football Teams TBA. (N) (Live) Å

5:00 p.m. SNY College Basketball Illinois-Chicago at Fordham. (N) (Live)

7:00 p.m. ESPN ESPN2 FS1 College Football Teams TBA. (N) (Live) Å

ROOT NHL Hockey Pittsburgh Penguins at Winnipeg Jets. (N) (Live)

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

8:00 p.m. WNYW-5 WUTV29 College Football Teams TBA. (N) (Live) Å

10:30 p.m. ESPN ESPN2 FS1 College Football Teams TBA. (N) (Live) Å

MSG NHL Hockey New York Rangers at San Jose Sharks. (N) (Live) 1:30 a.m. GOLF DP World Tour Golf DP World Tour Championship, Final Round. (N) (Live)

BEST MARTIN SCORSESE MOVIES

“Taxi

“The Last Waltz” (1978) The final concert by music’s The Band is documented brilliantly by Scorsese, who had been aneditor and assistant director on “Woodstock.”

“Raging Bull” (1980) Robert De Niro nabbed an Oscar for his remarkable transformation as boxer Jake LaMotta in Scorsese’s gritty biography, also boasting superb supporting work by Joe Pesci.

“The King of Comedy” (1983) Robert De Niro is typically great as an obsessed fan, but the true revelation in Scorsese’s comedydrama is Jerry Lewis, in a knowing andrather chilling performance as the talk-showhost who’s the object of the obsession.

“The Color of Money” (1986) Paul Newman reprised the role of pool shark “FastEddie” Felson, and won an Oscar for it, in this unofficial sequel to “The Hustler” thatalso marked a significant career step for Tom Cruise. Notable in the cast as well is Forest Whitaker

“GoodFellas” (1990) Widely consideredScorsese’s masterpiece, this first-rate, factinspired crime drama casts Ray Liotta as a Mob novice mentored by veterans (Robert DeNiro, Joe Pesci – who won an Oscar here as a hot-tempered underworld lieutenant – and Paul Sorvino). Always worth observing in a viewing of this film is the superbly chosensoundtrack, sort of a hit parade spanning the 1950s through the 1970s.

“Cape Fear” (1991) Robert De Niro offers a chilling update of Robert Mitchum’s 1962 role as an ex-convict targeting hisformer lawyer (Nick Nolte). Smartly, Scorsese gave Mitchum and original co-star Gregor yPeck roles here, and the first version’s Bernard Herrmann score is used again.

“The Age of Innocence” (1993) Edith Wharton’s novel gave Scorsese the means to dive atypically into a period drama,beautifully executed.

“Gangs of New York” (2002) Another period piece, but with much more energy,was Scorsese’s saga of the conflict between mid-19th-century gang leaders (Daniel DayLewis, Leonardo DiCaprio).

“The Aviator” (2004) Scorsese’s portraitof reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes (Leonardo DiCaprio) also captures the era’s Hollywood in great detail. Cate Blanchett won an Oscar as Katharine Hepburn.

“Casino” (1995) Many key “GoodFellas” players including Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and co-screenwriter Nicholas Pileggireunited with Scorsese on this saga of Las Vegas and the Mob. Sharon Stone was astrong figure in that year’s film awards, winning a Golden Globe as the woman inthe De Niro character’s life, for better and worse.

“The Departed” (2006) Director Scorsese earned a long-elusive Oscar forthis Americanization of the Hong Kongdrama “Infernal Affairs,” with a cop(Leonardo DiCaprio) and a mobster (MattDamon) infiltrating each other’s spaces. Jack Nicholson contributes superb supportingwork.

“The Irishman” (2019) Some clever technical trickery helps Scorsese trace thecareer of an underworld deputy (Robert De Niro) over many years.

BY JAY BOBBIN

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“Tulsa King” on Paramount+

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Dwight (Manfredi)

Stacy Bodhi

Mitch Margaret

(Sylvester) Stallone (Andrea) Savage (Martin) Starr (Garrett) Hedlund (Dana) Delany

(Mafia) Capo

Released (From Jail) Exiled Oklahoma (Criminal) Empire

Taylor Kinney

OF ‘CHICAGO FIRE’ ON NBC

BY JAY BOBBIN

Now that Severide and Stella are married on “Chicago Fire,” is the dynamic between you and Miranda Rae Mayo still as comfortable in playing the parts?

She’s been great. And there is more Stella and Severide stuff to come. I would miss it.

We didn’t get decent weather (for the wedding episode last year). It was raining and sleeting, it was cold, and it was almost May. Best-laid plans, right? We only had the location for a day, and I think it turned out great and looked amazing, thanks to everyone involved ... the director of photography, the camera operators, everybody. That was a fun day. It was beautiful, and I hope that everybody really dug it.

How do you feel about continuing to have your work base in Chicago?

I’ve been in Chicago for 10 years now, and I’ve gotten to know the area through my work, which is fortunate.

Though he came back as Matt Casey in last season’s finale, how is it not to have your former co-star Jesse Spencer around. I miss him. He’s surrogate family, like a brother. When you spend that many years being a foot away from someone and looking him in the eye and telling so many stories, and that goes away ... yeah, I miss him.

During the “Chicago Fire” hiatus periods, you don’t seem to do much work. Is that by choice?

I was on the grind since I was 22 or 23, and the work is when you’re not working. I would do the show and then do a movie and the. Go back to the show, but now, I’m in Serbia or I’m in Morocco or I’m in Egypt. I’m just away.

Then you go, “It would be nice to spend time with family or friends,” so the past three or four years, that’s what I’ve been doing during the hiatus.

In Focus

“Reindeer in Here” (CBS — new special, Nov. 29) This new animated special from author Adam Reed tells the story of how Blizzard (Blizz), a young reindeer at the North Pole, has a unique trait — one antler is significantly smaller than the other. Despite this, he and his group of friends band together to save the future of Christmas and unknowingly create a magical holiday tradition. Blizz just wants to show Santa that his original inventions can make Christmas even better — you just have to believe in yourself.

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Crossword

Michael’s portrayer on “The Godfather” (2)

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