Day: November 17, 2023

Stories

This “Fargo” role feels like home

Jumping into the compelling “Fargo” characters, actors have tried different methods.
Some have tried speech coaches or studied tapes; David Rysdahl (shown here) had a quicker method.
“I called up my dad and listened to him,” he said. “I ended up calling my aunts and uncles, too.”
The result works wonderfully. In the newest “Fargo” mini-series – debuting at 10 p.m. Tuesday (Nov. 21) on FX – he’s Wayne Lyon, sweet-spirited and optimistic and not sure why people near his wife keep being killed or maimed. Read more…

By Mike Hughes / November 17, 2023
Daily Best Bets

Best-bets for Nov. 19: finales for PBS and for zombies

1) “Hotel Portofino” and “World on Fire” season-finales, 8 and 9 p.m., PBS. Two continuing dramas, each wtih World War II as a key factor, offer deep characters and strong emotions. The pre-war “Portofino” (shown hre in a previous episode) finds hope for saving the hotel, but agony for people near Lucian — his wife, his lover and his friend. For the wartime “Fire,” Harry is back from the front, but his wife is re-joining the Resistance and his mother is, as always, abominable. Read more…

By Mike Hughes / November 17, 2023
News and Quick Comments

Looking for ABC post-strike shows? It’s a long wait

As they wait for the real TV season to arrive, viewers will need patience – three months of it.
CBS has already announced that its post-strike shows will finally reach the air shortly after Feb. 11, when the Super Bowl airs. Now ABC says many of its returns will be even later.
“Grey’s Anatomy” (shown here in the Meredith farewell episode) won’t start until March; the same is true of its spin-off, “Station 19,” and of “9-1-1,” which is moving from Fox. Read more…

By Mike Hughes / November 17, 2023