‘SEAL Team’: David Boreanaz and the Team Sign Up for a Second Tour

Meet Jason Hayes (David Boreanaz), head of an exclusive military team protecting the USA while raising families (and hell). On the hot, dusty L.A. set of CBS’s SEAL Team, a camo-clad Boreanaz shows us how it’s done: dodging bullets to escape a bombed-out building, then going back to make sure his guys get out alive.

Watching this scene, you might think you’ve tuned in to CNN. The sets, gear and guns are super-detailed, thanks to technical advisers who include veterans of Delta Force, Army Rangers and Tier One Navy SEALs (that’s “sea, air, land” for us civilians).

“The No. 1 thing I learned from them is that they have each other’s backs,” says Boreanaz, the square-jawed star of long-running TV hits Bones, Angel and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. “We never leave someone behind, have passion for what we do—and we really like to have a good time.”

Also in this issue:

• Suits: See Meghan Markle in white as wedding bells are a-ringin’ in the season finale.
• Roseanne: Sara Gilbert talks the moment that sparked the comedy revival with Roseanne Barr,
• Westworld: What’s next for Maeve and Dolores as the hosts strike back.
• Plus: Stephanie March’s Alex Cabot returns to Law & Order: SVU, Michael J. Fox shakes up the Oval Office on Designated Survivor and the best of movies, streaming, sports and more.

SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY ISSUE: The 65 Best Episodes of the 21st Century… And Where to Watch Each One

We gasped! We laughed! We cried! And we whittled down nearly two decades of TV into our Top 10 favorites plus 55 other remarkable installments that we just can’t stop thinking about. Which episode will be No. 1? Could it be Breaking Bad? Oz? This Is Us? Pick up this special 65th anniversary issue on newsstands now to find out!

Also in this issue:

• First Looks: A too-good war reenactor on Elementary and hospital drama Code Black gets musical.
• On the Road With Katie Couric: The Today vet examines divisive issues in her new docuseries, America Inside Out.
• Plus: Debra Messing talks Will & Grace’s season finale, behind-the-scenes moments from Howards End, Lennie James lands in Fear the Walking Dead and the best of movies, streaming, sports and more.

‘Roseanne’: Still Fearless and Still Very, Very Funny! Plus: Spring Preview!

It’s a sad truth that some reporters want the celebs they interview to like them. Others don’t give a rat’s rear. But all I care about on this December morning in Studio City, California, is that Roseanne Barr doesn’t yell at me.

Sure, she’s been perfectly civil to the press since ABC announced last spring it was reviving Roseanne, the classic “feminist working-class family sitcom” (her words) that made her famous. Still, the lady has a reputation. She’s crazy! She’s crabby! She’s crass! Even Barr admits that, over the show’s initial run (1988–97), she hired and fired at whim. She’s made people much more powerful than me (i.e., ABC execs) sweat spinal fluid. She rages on Twitter. Still, I love Roseanne. So getting shade from the star would sting.

Why am I being so personal? Because Roseanne is personal, and it got personal, at a time when few comedies did. It was honest about the drudgeries faced by blue-collar Illinois high school sweethearts Dan (John Goodman) and Roseanne Conner (Barr), their children—popular blonde Becky (Lecy Goranson), sullen tomboy Darlene (Sara Gilbert) and cherub-faced D.J. (Michael Fishman)—and Roseanne’s single younger sister, Jackie (Laurie Metcalf). It embraced TV taboos that even dramas feared.

Also in this issue:

• Spring Preview: Donald Sutherland stars in FX’s Trust, Zach Braff returns with Alex, Inc., Superman’s history is told in Krypton, inside Grey’s Anatomy spinoff Station 19 and Sandra Oh faces danger in Killing Eve. Plus: intel on Westworld, The Americans, Elementary, The Handmaid’s Tale, New Girl and so much more!
• Spring TV Calendar: a one-page rundown of all the new and returning series from the end of March through May.
• Burning Questions: Yikes! What really went down on that shocking finale of The Bachelor.
• Plus: Five can’t-miss true-crime specials and shows, Valerie Bertinelli dishes on her Food Network show, celebrating Dallas‘ 40th anniversary and the best of movies, streaming, sports and more.

‘American Idol’ is Back! Can the Star-Making Machine Do it Again?

It’s Hollywood Week at ABC’s American Idol, but music isn’t the only thing on the agenda. The infamous portion of the competition—where contestants are pushed out of their comfort zones with solo and group performances—has taken its toll on the aspiring singers, and many of them struggle to remember their song’s words. They are, however, not the ones about to be blindsided.

When an impassioned Lionel Richie stands to speak to a set of hopefuls after a performance, his fellow judges, Katy Perry and Luke Bryan, stealthily work together to put a whoopee cushion on his chair. Though the cushion doesn’t make as loud a sound as the duo had hoped, they’re clearly amused with themselves. “I tried to bring some dignity to the show,” Richie, who has an Oscar and two Grammys, jokingly bemoans.

This is American Idol, the reality competition that sets out to find new chart-toppers—and aired what was billed as a series finale two years ago on Fox. But the door was left open when host Ryan Seacrest closed out that April 7, 2016, show, saying goodbye “for now.” Cut to 2017, when a number of networks expressed interest in reviving the series. While Idol was no longer the knockout juggernaut of its early years, it was still a Top 20 show in its final season.

Also in this issue:

• How to Watch TV on Facebook: Everything you need to know about the social media platform’s expanding slate of original video content.
• Instinct: Alan Cumming stars as a gay crime profiler in this adaptation of James Patterson’s bestselling thriller.
• Rise: A group of talented high schoolers, along with two very driven teachers, try to bring Spring Awakening to the stage.
• Plus: What Ryan Murphy’s new Netflix deal means for your favorite shows, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend goes on tour, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. celebrates 100 episodes, Neil Patrick Harris talks Genius Junior and the best of movies, streaming, sports and more.