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August 14 - 20, 2017 Page 3 ACROSS 1. Series for Monica Raymund (2) 10. Many ballpoint pens 11. Has __ __ blood type; is AB negative, e.g. 12. Pig's home 13. Sinatra's third 14. O'Neill and Harris 16. Actor on "Blue Bloods" (2) 18. Mayberry resident 20. "Little Man __"; Jodie Foster movie 21. "The __ Boat" 22. Suffix for favor or graph 23. Actress Wong of "American Housewife" 24. Know-it-__; smart alecks 25. 1981 Warren Beatty/Diane Keaton movie 27. W's partners on a vane 28. Game show host (2) 32. Beatle wife 33. "The Money __"; 1986 Tom Hanks film 34. Word in the title of Kaley Cuoco's series 37. One of Santa's reindeer 39. "The __"; Anderson Cooper game show 40. Role on "Kevin Can Wait" (2) DOWN 1. "60 Minutes" network 2. "Your __ Parade" 3. Like dangerous winter roads 4. Initials for Ramon and Emilio Estevez's brother 5. Actor Max of "Barney Miller" 6. __ surgeon; tooth- puller 7. Note of the scale 8. "__ __ my case!" 9. 2012 movie for Cuba Gooding Jr. (2) 13. 1016 years ago 15. Quit moving around 16. "__ Willie Winkie"; Shirley Temple movie 17. Observes 18. 1984 film for Bo Derek and George Kennedy 19. "48 Hours: Hard __" 21. Cooking fat 24. "__ Given Sunday"; Al Pacino/Dennis Quaid film 26. Faint 29. Copycat 30. Moreno or Hayworth 31. Film alien 34. Actor Newhart 35. "__ Fly Away" 36. Seventh letter 38. "Doogie Howser, __" 39. One of the Kettles Solution on page 2 CoverStory By George Dickie © Zap2it In 1990, NBC struck comedy gold with a stand- up named Jerry Seinfeld playing a fictionalized ver- sion of himself in a self-ti- tled sitcom. Now more than a quarter century lat- er, the Peacock Network hopes that formula will again prove fruitful with Marlon Wayans in a series premiering this week. In "Marlon," a half-hour family comedy premier- ing with back-to-back episodes on Wednesday, Aug. 16, Wayans ("In Liv- ing Color," "Scary Movie") stars as Marlon Wayne, a loving though imma- ture father of youngsters Marley (newcomer Notim Taylor) and Zachery (Amir O'Neil, "Mann and Wife"), who is still adjusting to life after his amicable divorce from his very together ex-wife Ashley (Essence Atkins, "Are We There Yet?," "A Haunted House"). An internet star, Marlon is a larger-than-life per- sonality whose parenting style can best be de- scribed as well-intentioned though misguided, a combination that — along with Wayans' formidable improv skills — provides much of the comedic mo- ments in the series. "I'm a crazy man," says Wayans, who is also a creator and executive producer of the series. "... There's nothing like just coming off the cuff, trusting your instincts and bringing you to your show. And I think when you're doing comedy like this, when it's your name and your view, you've got to make sure you inject your personality and your perspective and your point of view. ... I've got a great cast that has fun with me and it's like we're jazz mu- sicians playing some great standards and putting a whole new twist on it." Chief among them is Atkins, with whom Way- ans has worked on many projects, among them "A Haunted House." In that 2013 movie — in which Wayans and Atkins also starred as husband and wife — he was impressed by her ability to play along while he went off on his improvisational tangents. So when he got this se- ries, she was the first per- son he thought of to play his partner in comedy. Marlon Wayans stars in "Marlon," premiering Wednesday on NBC. NBC's 'Marlon' puts Wayans' improv skills on display

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