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PEOPLE & ARTS Wednesday 18 OctOber 2017
CNN’s Chris Cuomo starting HLN series on gritty topics

By DAVID BAUDER on,” Cuomo said. “When
AP Television Writer you see how far they have
NEW YORK (AP) — CNN’s to go and under what con-
Chris Cuomo is hearkening ditions, you would never
back to his newsmagazine do it.”Cuomo’s series will
days with a series for the air five consecutive Friday
sister network HLN that ini- nights. He also looks at child
tially touches on hot-button custody battles involving
issues like the opioid crisis, a polygamous sect on the
illegal immigration and the border of Arizona and Utah
sex trade. and the illegal sex trade
The documentary series, in Los Angeles. Cuomo,
“Inside with Chris Cuomo,” whose brother is New York
debuts Friday at 9 p.m. and Gov. Andrew Cuomo, also
doesn’t affect his day job talks about the growing
as co-host of CNN’s “New population of women in
Day” morning show. prison from New York’s only
“This is the kind of work we maximum security prison for
all want to do most often, women. Production has al-
which is a deep dive into a ready started for a second
subject that matters,” said season.
Cuomo, who worked on Cuomo said the storytelling
ABC’s “20/20” before mov- appeals to him and that he
ing to CNN in 2013. hopes it feeds a hunger for
HLN, the former Headline strong journalism.
News network, is revamp- In this Nov. 10, 2015 file photo, Chris Cuomo arrives at the 9th Annual Stand Up For Heroes in New “As a journalist, you’re get-
ing to have a greater em- York. ting back to basics of what
phasis on crime and inves- Associated Press your raw function is in a
tigative programming. On oin epidemic has become ries profiles Dr. Corrine Stern, “What it reveals about the non-entertainment envi-
Friday’s first episode, “SOS a popular topic for news in- the medical examiner in reality of illegal immigration ronment, where you’re not
New Hampshire,” Cuomo vestigations, it’s clear from the border town of Laredo, in this country was a little bit just focused on ‘what will
looks at the drug problem the scope and growth of Texas, who often sees the of a surprise — the lethal- people really like,’” he said.
in the state, focusing on ad- the problem that more fo- tragic aftermath of people ity of it, the horror of it, the “You have a different man-
dicts and people trying to cus is needed, Cuomo said. who try to illegally enter the desperation of what has to date, and that’s where we
save them. While the her- Another episode of the se- U.S. from Mexico. motivate you to take this are right now.”q
How Jason Ritter makes you want him to save the world on TV

By ALICIA RANCILIO actor has helped him be-
Associated Press come comfortable with just
NEW YORK (AP) — The prem- being.
ise for Jason Ritter’s new “With most crafts you learn
ABC series, “Kevin (Proba- more as you go but acting
bly) Saves the World,” may seems more of a process of
seem far-fetched. unlearning and becoming
A man named Kevin en- more vulnerable,” he said.
counters a meteor and He also credits his role
meets a celestial being on NBC’s “Parenthood,”
who informs him that he’s where many of the scenes
been chosen by God to were improvised, for help-
save humanity. ing him get into the mo-
But first he must work on ment.
himself. “We were improvising and
Ritter says he wasn’t sure it felt like we were not do-
about the show’s premise ing anything, we just were
but the script changed his talking to each other.
mind. I learned a lot just watching
“Even though there’s this everybody on that show.”
fantastical element, it felt Ritter hopes viewers appre-
like all of his reactions were ciate his show’s positivity in
real,” the 37-year-old actor a time of turmoil.
said in a recent interview. “We’re at such a divided
Ritter said it’s not always This image released by ABC shows Jason Ritter in a scene from “Kevin (Probably) Saves the point in this country and
easy to make make-be- World,” airing Tuesdays on ABC. in the world and it’s sort of
lieve believable — and Associated Press nice to be reminded that
that’s something actors it’s all a big lie so you’re try- yourself.” but for the most part, unless there are more things that
can struggle with. ing to be honest within a “The trap that I fall into is, you really are that cool — we have in common with
“It didn’t come naturally to huge lie.” ‘Oh, this character is tough like Harrison Ford, he just re- each other.”
me at all,” he said. Ritter said he’s learned that or this character is cool, so ally is that cool — it comes “Kevin (Probably) Saves
“You are trying to tell the it comes down to “giving here’s what I’ve seen be- off as false.” the World” airs Tuesdays at
truth of your character but yourself permission to be fore or here’s my idea of it,’ Ritter said his training as an 10 p.m. Eastern.q