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PEOPLE & ARTS Friday 1 February 2019
New CBS contest 'World's Best' wins post-Super Bowl slot

By BETH HARRIS ness career, and longtime
LYNN ELBER Trump adviser Roger Stone,
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — who King called the "mod-
A roundup of news from ern version" of Cohn.
the Television Critics As- Stone, charged with lying
sociation winter meeting, about his pursuit of Russian-
at which TV networks and hacked emails damaging
streaming services are pre- to Democrat Hillary Clin-
senting details on upcom- ton's 2016 election bid, has
ing programs. pleaded not guilty.
While King said the drama
SUPER KICK-OFF will focus on the precarious
CBS is betting big on "The state of truth in the present
World's Best," handing over world and how Baranski's
the coveted post-Super character, Diane, pushes
Bowl time slot to the new back as "the guardrails are
talent competition shep- coming off institutions," he
herded by reality TV titans countered the idea that
Mark Burnett and Mike Dar- "Good Fight" is a leftist fo-
nell. rum.
Burnett has a track record "We're not real fans of
following the NFL's show- shows that preach to the
case game. In 2001, his choir. Our show's probably
"Survivor: The Australian perceived as doing that,
Outback" debuted in that but it's really, a lot of it, a
slot, drawing more than 45 Alison Holloway, from left, Mike Darnell, RuPaul and Ben Winston participate in the "The World's satire of the left," he said,
Best" show panel during the CBS presentation at the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour
million viewers. at The Langham Huntington on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019, in Pasadena, Calif. citing an episode that ex-
CBS scored again in 2010 Associated Press plores racism among peo-
when "Undercover Boss" fol- ple "who pat themselves on
lowed the Super Bowl and was phenomenal to watch Calder's doctor-husband that on this kind of scale is the back for giving to the
lured more than 38 million all these amazing people leaves him as single dad important and it's neces- right causes and are really
viewers. from around the world ex- to their daughter, Jira. The sary. For me, that's one of kind of scumbags them-
Hosted by James Corden, press themselves." survivors are mired in grief, main reasons I was excited selves."
"The World's Best" premieres The second episode airs on while the white police offi- about walking into this role." "The Good Fight" begins its
Sunday after Super Bowl 53. Feb. 6. cer at fault for killing an in- ___ new season March 14 on
Besides impressing judges ___ nocent man faces the pub- ROUND THREE CBS All Access, an on-de-
RuPaul, Drew Barrymore BACK IN TOWN lic and legal repercussions "The Good Fight" will be mand and live streaming
and Faith Hill, contestants Noah Wyle is back in Chi- of his actions. musical as well as combat- service.
have to break through the cago for a TV drama that's Noel Fisher plays Officer ive in its third season. ___
"wall of the world" featur- far different than the 1990s Paul Evans, Aliyah Royale Creators Robert and Mi- MARRIED, AND TO THEIR
ing more than 50 experts hit "ER" that launched his plays Jira and Emayatzy chelle King said the drama WORK
from 38 different countries career. Corinealdi is Jira's birth will continue to play off Anna Paquin and Stephen
who score the competi- In CBS' limited series "The mother in the series from current events and mull Moyer first got together
tion. Among them is Brazil- Red Line," Wyle's character executive producers that the form resistance to the professionally and person-
ian UFC fighter Anderson loses his African-American include Greg Berlanti ("God Trump administration takes ally on "True Blood."
Silva. The winner receives husband in a mistaken po- Friended Me"), Ava DuVer- in the lives of its characters. Now they're working to-
$1 million. lice shooting that's the cat- nay ("Selma") and Erica There also will be tunes that gether again, except she's
Burnett's other big hit is "The alyst for family anguish and Weiss and Caitlin Parrish. naturally reflect what's hap- the star and executive pro-
Voice." Darnell's credits in- social uproar. The latter two are Chicago pening in a scene, Robert ducer and he's strictly an
clude "American Idol" and Wyle, who went from fresh- writers whose play inspired King said Wednesday. off-camera boss.
"Ellen's Game of Games." faced Dr. Carter in NBC's the drama. One example: series stars Paquin plays an expert
"The World's Best" joins a 1994-2009 medical drama The series intends to look Christine Baranski and Au- publicity maven in "Flack"
crowded field of reality "ER" to action series includ- at all those deeply affect- dra McDonald's characters debuting Feb. 21. Moyer is
competition programming, ing "The Librarian" and "Fall- ed by the tragedy, from perform an impromptu ver- an executive producer on
including "The Masked Sing- ing Skies," choked up as he the victim's survivors to the sion of "Raspberry Beret," the six-episode Pop series.
er," renewed for a second discussed "The Red Line," police officer and his fam- bonding over their love of The couple, who married
season by Fox on Wednes- a title referring to a major ily, the producers said. The Prince. In another instance, in 2010 and have two chil-
day. train line that cuts through intent is to bridge the gap "The Good Fight" new- dren together, share a pro-
Darnell told TV critics that Chicago's diverse neigh- between the "two Ameri- comer Michael Sheen sings duction company.
his show's format isn't based borhoods. cas living side by side," said the Jackson 5 song "I'll Be "We were looking for mate-
on any existing foreign pro- "My emotional reaction to Parrish, and, as Weiss said, There." rial to develop," Paquin said
grams and offers "the next my first reading of the script "perhaps see themselves "One of the most terrifying Wednesday. "Two, three
new spin on a variety show." was so intense. I've never more clearly." things I've done, but I think scripts showed up and we
The show offers RuPaul a read a piece of material Corinealdi echoed that it's going to make for histor- literally couldn't stop read-
broader platform than he's that moved me like that. I point, saying America ic TV," Sheen said, drolly. ing them."
enjoyed as host of "RuPaul's can't even talk about the needs to confront "our fam- The former "Masters of Sex" The project took five years
Drag Race" on VH1. show without getting up- ily business." star plays a devilish, rule- to get on television. Then
"We were all not prepared set," Wyle said Wednesday, "There is an epidemic that's breaking lawyer who Rob- Moyer was off in Atlanta
for the emotional journey pausing to gather himself. happening, when black ert King said is modeled shooting Fox's "The Gifted,"
that the show and perfor- In the eight-episode limited men are being system- on political fixer Roy Cohn, leaving him unable to be
mances took us on," the series debuting April 28, the atically killed," the actress a mentor during President as involved as he normally
drag performer said. "It shooting of teacher Daniel said. "To be able to discuss Donald Trump's early busi- would.q