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March 20 - 26, 2017 Page 3 ACROSS 1. "__ the Boss?" 5. Ma, for one (hyph.) 9. Ross or Rigg 10. Way too heavy 12. "__ My Children" 13. "You __?"; Lurch's line 16. "Sister __"; film for Whoopi 17. Lansing's initials 18. Neil Patrick or Ed 20. Word in the title of Roma Downey's series 21. Kojak's first name 23. When tripled, 1970 Martin Balsam war film 25. Unit of elec. current 26. "A Nightmare on __ Street"; Johnny Depp movie 27. Cold sore spot 28. By way of 29. "The Magic of Belle __"; 2012 Morgan Freeman film 30. Finishes 32. "Night __ the Museum"; 2006 Ben Stiller movie 33. Joan or Melissa 38. "Whose Line Is __ Anyway?" 39. "How I __ Your Mother" 41. Classic Verdi opera 42. "McFarland, __"; film for Kevin Costner 43. __ Hotchner; "Criminal Minds" role 45. Grand home 47. "Happy __" 48. "__ City" DOWN 1. Role on "Chicago Med" (2) 2. __ Linden 3. "Studio 60 __ the Sunset Strip" (2006-07) 4. Rue or Gilbert 5. Boo Boo's buddy 6. Initials for actor Bean 7. Affirmative vote 8. Role on "The Odd Couple" (2) 9. Move suddenly 11. Sicilian gusher 14. Setting for "Evening Shade": abbr. 15. First Lady Reagan's initials 18. Actor Dennis __ 19. Martin and Harvey 22. Oscar-winner Jannings 24. Actor Ken 29. "__ __ __ Rock"; Simon & Garfunkel hit 31. "__ Search"; Ed McMahon series 34. McShane and McKellen 35. "Star Trek __: The Undiscovered Country" 36. Actor O'Neill 37. Los Angeles team 40. Refrain syllable 42. Prefix for form or sex 44. Comment from Fran Fine on "The Nanny" 46. UPI competitor Solution on page 2 CoverStory By Jay Bobbin © Zap2it Many television pro- grams like to tout them- selves as "timely," but there's no question that "Shots Fired" truly is. Premiering Wednesday, March 22, the limited-run Fox drama series — creat- ed and executive-produced by filmmaking spouses Gina Prince-Bythewood ("Love & Basketball") and Reggie Rock Bythewood ("Notorious") — focuses on two murders in a North Carolina town that seem racially motivated, with one victim black and the other white. An investigator and a special prosecutor (played by Sanaa Lathan and Stephan James) lead a probe for the Department of Justice, eventually sus- pecting power brokers in- cluding the state's re-elec- tion-minded governor (Oscar- and Emmy-winning actress and director Helen Hunt) of a cover-up. Also factoring into the story in major ways: a sheriff (Will Patton); one of his deputies (actor-singer Mack Wilds, who was Tristan Wilds on "The Wire" and "90210"), who committed one of the shootings; the mother (Jill Hennessy) of the teen he killed; another local police veteran ("True Blood" alum Stephen Moyer); a pastor (Aisha Hinds); and a re- al-estate tycoon (Richard Dreyfuss, another Oscar owner) who also operates a privatized prison. Ron Howard and Brian Grazer's Imagine Entertainment also is a production entity on the weekly 10-hour saga. Though Reggie Rock Bythewood allows that events in Ferguson, Mo., were touchstones for "Shots Fired" as he and his wife mapped out the drama, he says, "We looked at various sorts of small Southern towns, and for many reasons, North Carolina just seemed to work well. It really rocked us in many ways when all the protests and all the sort of things that happened in Charlotte (occurred), watching it on TV and seeing some of the places where we shot, where a lot of the protests and various troubles were going on." Co-star Dreyfuss adds, "We didn't have to look into a crystal ball and know that something was going to happen in that town. It's happening. It's happening all over. We shot probably the most current show you'll ever see. It's exactly current with the world. It was Reggie supporting the script and talking to me about it that sold me, and then the world followed. As you watch this show, you're going to be remind- ed very clearly of the most current headlines in your life. This is America." Helen Hunt is among the stars of "Shots Fired," premiering Wednesday on Fox. Police, politicians and the public respond to 'Shots Fired' in Fox drama series WE CARRY LAWN MOWERS 711 E. WATERFORD • WAKARUSA • 574.862.1163 SALES • SERVICE • RENTALS ® MOWERS ®

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