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Think you’ve seen this on TV before? You’re right

LYNN ELBER ing the show’s supposed
DAVID BAUDER last season just a year
AP Television Writers ago and that it would feel
NEW YORK (AP) — As fraudulent to bring it back
broadcast networks rolled so quickly.
out their plans for next sea- “We did not see the fan ex-
son this past week, those citement and enthusiasm
watching could be forgiv- for the show to come back
en for pulling out phones that (producers) Fremantle
and checking the calen- did,” said Dana Walden,
dar. chairman and CEO of the
There’s the cast of NBC’s Fox Television Group. “We
“Will & Grace,” ready to just had a different set of
return. The folks at “Rose- facts.”
anne” are back on the THE FINAL FRONTIER
couch. “Dynasty” and Networks are wading more
“S.W.A.T.” are coming deeply into sci-fi and fan-
back with new actors, the tasy genres, aping the
latter settling in to a CBS movie model that finds
lineup that already boasts more reliable success with
“Hawaii Five-0” and “Mac- space and superhero sa-
gyver.” Just a year after its gas than untested themes.
farewell season, “Ameri- “Marvel’s Inhumans” will
can Idol” will live again. In this undated image released by ABC, shows the cast members of “Roseanne,” Michael Fishman air on ABC. CW is add-
With cable and streaming as DJ Conner, seated from left, Roseanne Barr as Roseanne Barr, John Goodman as Dan Conner, ing “Black Lightning” to a
and second row from left, Sara Gilbert as Darlene Conner, Alicia Goranson as Becky Conner and
services enticing viewers Laurie Metcalf as Jackie Harris. The original cast of “Roseanne” will return to ABC two decades comic book-heavy sched-
with bold work like “Game after it wrapped its hit series, the network said Tuesday in announcing its 2017-18 season plans. ule that already includes
of Thrones,” ‘’Stranger Associated Press “The Flash” and “Super-
Things” and “The Hand- girl.” Fox will air “The Gift-
maid’s Tale,” broadcasters ica than Roseanne,” ABC appeal to those who re- ABC’s decision to revive ed,” a drama about chil-
entered a time machine in Entertainment President member the original shows “American Idol,” likely in dren with mutant powers,
a quest to find something Channing Dungey said. as well as newcomers un- the mid-season, had other and comedy “Ghosted,”
appealing. CW President Mark Pedow- aware they’re not seeing networks rolling out the kind about pals exploring unex-
The reboot of “Roseanne,” itz said it was a “no-brainer” an original concept. of rationalizations you’d ex- plained phenomena in Los
ABC’s hit 1988-97 comedy to order a remake of the CBS Corp. Chairman Leslie pect to hear from rejected Angeles.
about a working-class fam- prime-time soap “Dynasty.” Moonves, who called the suitors. Producers offered it THIS IS WAR
ily led by Roseanne Barr, Much of the network’s tar- “Roseanne” comeback a around widely before ABC There’s a military drama
was that network’s big sur- get audience hadn’t been “stunt” in admiring fashion, bit. trend next season, and
prise. born when onscreen divas suggested too much was Too expensive and too it’s strictly elite. CBS is en-
“The Conners’ joys and Linda Evans and Joan Col- being made of the trend. soon, rival executives said. listing “Seal Team,” which
struggles are as relevant lins engaged in catfights, “When you look at the to- The discussions were per- explores the personal and
and hilarious today as they as they were charmingly tality of what’s out there, sonal at Fox, where “Idol” professional lives of mem-
were then, and there’s re- called back then. it’s really a small part,” he made its original home. Fox bers of an “elite Navy SEAL
ally no one better to com- Networks hope the re- said. executives said they spent team” deployed on mis-
ment on our modern Amer- heated comfort food will FAKE NEWS? millions of dollars promot- sions worldwide. q
Hugh Jackman’s secret? He

didn’t know wolverines are real

JOHN CARUCCI for three weeks and I was The actor was gently told
Associated Press shooting, so I was kind of he was to portray a wol-
NEW YORK (AP) — After on my own. I remember verine, not a wolf. “I said,
playing Wolverine in nine going past an IMAX in To- ‘Well, there’s no such thing
movies, Hugh Jackman ar- ronto, and there was an as a wolverine,’” Jackman
guably knows more about IMAX documentary about said. Singer responded:
the superhero than any- wolves, and so I thought, “’Go to the zoo, dude.’ I
one. But that wasn’t always ‘I’ll go and see that,’” Jack- literally didn’t know it ex-
the case. man said Wednesday. isted,” Jackman said.
He recalls researching the When they stared shoot- A wolverine is a mammal
animal when he first got ing 2000’s “X-Men,” direc- that resembles a small bear
the role and being some- tor Bryan Singer noticed but is actually the larg- In this Feb. 24, 2017 file photo, Hugh Jackman attends a screen-
what mistaken about the something wasn’t right with est member of the weasel ing of “Logan” in New York.
character. For one thing, Jackman’s performance. family. The Wolverine that Associated Press
he had no idea that a wol- “He said, ‘Are you sort of Jackman plays onscreen in “Logan,” and is now pro- grittier look and feel than
verine is a real creature. walking funny, what’s go- is a mutant born with su- moting the film’s special the other movies of the
“I didn’t even know there ing on?’ And I said, ‘I’ve per-human senses and the treatment “Logan Noir,” franchise, director James
was a wolverine. I literally, been doing this thing with power to heal from almost with a black-and-white ver- Mangold, who also co-
embarrassingly did about wolves,’ and he goes, ‘You any wound.Earlier this year, sion of the film in theaters wrote the screenplay,
two weeks of research on know you’re not a wolf, Jackman marked the char- ahead of the DVD release. wanted the story to be
wolves. I was rehearsing right?’” Jackman recalled. acter’s final performance While “Logan” takes on a more sentimental.q