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On newsstands November 22, 2017

Holiday Preview: Get Holly Jolly With Michael Weatherly’s ‘Bull’

Michael Weatherly looks ridiculous. The Bull star just emerged from the dressing room at his 12th TV Guide Magazine cover shoot wearing a brown tweed sport coat over a maroon turtleneck and matching slacks. It’s an outfit best described as “1960s dad”—and it’s tight in all the wrong places. He couldn’t appear less sexy or more undignified, but it’s hard to tell if he cares. That’s the amazing, terrific thing about Weatherly: He probably doesn’t. He’s game. He doesn’t complain. He laughs off mistakes. He makes other people feel good. If it seems naive of us to dismiss this as an act, then so be it. Maybe we’re just in the holiday spirit.

Later, the photographer’s assistants give him candy canes to put in his mouth like cigars, tie a gold ribbon around his neck and wrap him in a string of twinkling holiday lights. Again, he’s game. He’s also pretty thankful. The 49-year-old actor, who starred as NCIS’s jokey Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo from 2003 to 2016, is married and has three healthy kids. His CBS drama Bull—on which he plays a trial consultant—is still a hit in Season 2. And he’s got a new partner in showrunner Glenn Gordon Caron (Moonlighting), who’s made the procedural darker and more substantial. Goodbye, silly plots featuring poisonous dresses; hello, storylines about fatal frat hazing and assisted suicide. The December 12 holiday episode is no different, focusing on a 9-year-old girl (Annabelle Wachtel) who wants to sue her negligent parents for divorce.

Recovering in a bar after the four-hour shoot, Weatherly excitedly talks about the show—and life. Can things get any better? Well, he is spending his holidays in Jamaica, so…

Also in this issue:

Holiday Preview: A Christmas Story Live! scoop, festive episodes of The Middle, Great News, Hawaii Five-0 and more!
Holiday TV Calendar: From White Christmas to Hallmark Channel’s latest originals, we’ve got you covered with this two-page calendar.
Plus: An expanded What’s Worth Watching section, the verdict on Amazon’s latest batch of pilots, the dos and don’ts of spinoffs and the best of movies, streaming, sports and more.

On newsstands November 8, 2017

The Biggest Show in the World: ‘NCIS’ is Going Strong After 15 Years

He’s the No. 1 star on the world’s No. 1 drama on TV’s No. 1 network. But you’d be hard-pressed to find anything showboat-y about Mark Harmon.

The veteran actor, currently in his 15th season as Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs on CBS’s NCIS, settles down for a chat at a mom-and-pop diner not far from his home in Los Angeles. This is one of Harmon’s longtime hangouts, and it’s due to go out of business soon—yet another victim of an unaffordable rent hike. That looming event has him feeling nostalgic and a bit melancholy. Like Gibbs, the 66-year-old Harmon is a guy who radiates old-school decency and honesty. He deflects praise. He dodges any talk of status or power. His modesty would be maddening if it weren’t so refreshing. Is it possible for a TV superstar to actually be normal? Probably not. But Harmon comes damn close.

Also in this issue:

Fall Streaming Preview: Westerns are back! Inside Godless and the return of Longmire; Spike Lee’s She’s Gotta Have It adaptation; Marvel’s The Punisher; and three things to know about The Crown‘s second season. Spoiler alert: There’s a major royal scandal ahead.
The Good Doctor: Freddie Highmore brings TV’s latest hero to life on ABC’s breakout hit of the season.
Plus: Outlander‘s big outbreak, Mindy Kaling picks her favorite The Mindy Project episodes, Bull celebrates Turkey Day and the best of movies, streaming, sports and more.

On newsstands October 25, 2017

TV’s Hottest Couples: Letty and Javier of ‘Good Behavior’ Come Clean

Good Behavior opened its second season with a toe-curling scene steamy enough to warrant a title change for TNT’s sexy crime caper. We’re thinking Smoking Hot Behavior.

There’s no question the couple at the center of the lusty action—Letty Raines (Michelle Dockery) and Javier Pereira (Juan Diego Botto)—are the hottest con woman–hit man pairing in TV history. “At their first read together, the chemistry was so obvious and instant,” executive producer Chad Hodge recalls. The choice to hire Botto, a little-known Madrid-based actor, was “a no-brainer,” he says. Dockery, whose last role had been as Downton Abbey’s decidedly more upper-crust Lady Mary, echoes that notion. “Our connection was clear as soon as Juan walked into the room.”

Their characters’ first encounter was not nearly as promising. Interrupted while robbing a hotel room, Letty hid in a closet and overheard Javier finalizing a deal to murder a client’s no-good wife. After she tried to warn the victim, the contract killer with a conscience took Letty captive. Twists, turns and a few power struggles later, the outlaws gave into their mutual attraction.

Also in this issue:

Outlander: Time-crossed lovers Jamie and Claire set sail on an adventure at sea.
TV’s Hottest Couples: This Is Us, Game of Thrones (Yep, we went there!), The Walking Dead, Riverdale and more steamy twosomes fogging up our screens.
Blue Bloods: Donnie Wahlberg opens up about why the drama killed off the show’s matriarch Linda.
Shameless: Frank Gallagher, a sober man? William H. Macy explains this new turn for his Showtime character.
S.W.A.T.: Behind the scenes scoop on the high-octane stunts of CBS’s big reboot.
Plus: What’ll happen to HGTV after Fixer Upper ends, The Brave‘s Anne Heche dissects her life on TV, Matt Roush reviews Stranger Things Season 2 and the best of movies, streaming, sports and more.

On newsstands October 11, 2017

From ‘Sisters’ to ‘CSI: NY’ — Sela Ward Returns to TV With Epix’s ‘Graves’

On a soundstage in Albuquerque, Sela Ward is lying in bed with costar Nick Nolte as they shoot an emotional moment for the second season of Epix’s political dramedy Graves. In the scene, Ward’s Margaret Graves—usually a rock for her husband, former President Richard Graves (Nolte)—is in need of support while she juggles running for Senate and a brewing scandal that could destroy her family. Can her husband deliver?

One thing we do know: Ward can deliver. The actress stepped into the role of the dutiful first lady when Academy Award winner Susan Sarandon left the politically charged series early on due to artistic differences. “I had four days to prep before I started!” Ward recalls. Nolte, though, had no concerns about his new TV wife. “I knew right away that they had cast the right person,” he says. “She is a formidable actor and human being. She keeps me from getting into trouble, or at least she tries to!”

Creator Joshua Michael Stern agrees. “The show wouldn’t be anything close to what it is without her,” he says. “Sela is really the light and heart and soul of Graves.” That’s evident on set when, during a break in filming, the cast and crew surprise the 61-year-old actress with a cake and a rousing rendition of “Happy Birthday.”

The moment of levity is much needed, because things in Season 2 of Graves get, well, grave. Ward fills us in.

Also in this issue:

Halloween Preview: See your favorite series dressing up, trick-or-treating and conjuring up some spooks. Includes: black-ish, MacGyver, The Simpsons and Superstore.
The Walking Dead: The gang prepares for a major face-off against Negan when Season 8 premieres.
Stranger Things: The boys are back… but where’s Eleven? Everything you need to know about the new season of Netflix’s buzzy hit.
Plus: NCIS star Pauley Perrette makes her shocking exit after 15 seasons, this fall’s breakout winners and losers, This Is Us executive producer Ken Olin pens a guest column about making TV viewers reach for the tissue box, scoop on Outlander‘s steamy reunion and the best of movies, streaming, sports and more.