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October 18 - 24, 2020 WHATS UP! T5 BY MICHELLE ROSE TV Media Stars out: Following the pan- demic shutdown, some TV se- ries have resumed production under strict new health and safety guidelines, including fre- quent testing and the creation of zones to facilitate physical dis- tancing. While those measures can en- sure safety on the set, they don't have any bearing on internation- al travel restrictions and any as- sociated risks. That appears to be the big reason actress Liv Ty- ler has opted out of a second season of "9-1-1: Lone Star." The Fox series films in Los Angeles, but Tyler, who current- ly resides in the United King- dom with fiancé Dave Gardner and their blended family, has grown increasingly worried over the travel required for her role in the show. Sources say the actress, concerned about travel- ing back and forth during the pandemic, reportedly ap- proached producers over the summer to discuss a possible exit. It's a rather unexpected move given her multi-year con- tract, but it appears everyone is OK with that decision. "What a thrill it was having a movie star of Liv Tyler's stature to help us launch the first season of '911: Lone Star,'" series show- runner Tim Minear, in a state- ment to Deadline, said. "We loved working with Liv and will be forever indebted to her for her haunting, powerful portrayal of Michelle Blake. While we were able to tell a complete chapter in Michelle's story, as with Connie Britton on our mothership, we also feel like there are more stories to be told. The door here will always be open for a return." Tyler isn't the only lead to leave their series in recent weeks. It was announced that Alan Arkin won't be returning for the third and final season of Netflix's "The Kominsky Meth- od," though it appears that par- ticular decision was made be- fore the pandemic hit. Disney's Fury: Variety was the first to break the news that Disney+ is working on a new Marvel series and that film star Samuel L. Jackson ("Pulp Fic- tion," 1994) may be involved. Disney remains tight-lipped about the project so there aren't any plot details to share. But ac- cording to Variety's "multiple" sources, Jackson would reprise his role as Nick Fury, director of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the founder of the Avengers initiative. Kyle Bradstreet ("Mr. Robot") is also attached as writer and executive producer. If it does land a series order, it would be Jackson's first TV role as a series regular. It's also a role that Jackson knows well; his monocular character first ap- peared in a post-credits scene in the 2008 "Iron Man" film and has since popped up in multiple films within the Marvel Cine- matic Universe (MCU), includ- ing — spoiler alert — 2019's "Spider-Man: Far From Home." Jackson signed a nine-film contract to play the character, who has also recurred in ABC's "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." So, it stands to reason we haven't seen the last of Nick Fury, even if the series doesn't pan out (though that doesn't seem like- ly). It's not the only big, splashy MCU TV production in the works at Disney+. The minise- ries "WandaVision" is due to be released soon, while "The Fal- con and Winter Soldier" and "Loki" are due out in 2021. Oth- ers include "She-Hulk," "Hawk- eye," "Ms. Marvel" and "Moon Knight." Renewed and recast: It's hard to believe it's been 21 years since "Family Guy" first pre- miered on Fox. The animated series is a cult favorite, though it took a while to reach that status — Fox famously cancelled the series in 2002 and sold the rights to Cartoon Network be- fore giving it another shot in 2005. It has since garnered a num- ber of award nominations. But this January, news of series cre- ator Seth MacFarlane's mega deal with NBCUniversal had fans worrying about the series' future at Fox. Luckily, it doesn't look like it's going anywhere anytime soon: Fox has officially renewed both "Family Guy," and "Bob's Burgers," too, for two more seasons. There's also been a big casting change. Since 1999, Mike Henry has been the voice of Cleveland Brown, Peter Griffin's neighbor on "Family Guy" and the animat- ed star of the spinoff series "The Cleveland Show." But this past June, Henry, who is white, an- nounced he was stepping down from voicing the Black character beyond Season 18 as part of a movement to end whitewashing in animation. "I love this charac- ter," explained Henry, "but per- sons of color should play charac- ters of color." Henry is still sticking around as a voice cast series regular — he's also the voice of Bruce the Performance Artist and several more characters. But for Season 19, Arif Zahir, whose impressions of Cleve- land Brown have made him a YouTube star, will be the voice of Cleveland. AUTUMN BARLEY BEAN BEET CANE CEREAL CORN CROP CULTIVATE FALL FARM FEAST FEED FERMENTATION FIELD FRESH FRUIT GRAIN GRAPE GROVE GROWER HAY BALE HEMP HONEY IRRIGATE MAIZE MARKET OATS ORCHARD PICK REAP RICE RIPE SEED SOWING SPROUT STALK STORE STRAW TIMBER TURNIP VINE WEEDS YIELD Harvest Season Liv Tyler as seen in "9-1-1: Lone Star" WORD SEARCH STARS ON SCREEN Solution on page T23