What's Up - Your guide to what's happening in Fayetteville, AR this week!
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September 2 - 8, 2018 WHATS UP! T5 BY ANDREW WARREN TV Media Ganging up: If The Gang's antics are any indication, the City of Brotherly Love is any- thing but. If you have friends like Charlie, Dennis, Dee, Mac and Frank, you definitely don't need enemies — The Gang is already enough to handle. "It's Always Sunny in Phila- delphia" returns for a whop- ping 13th season on Wednesday, Sept. 5, on FXX, with more over-the-top antics and more of Dennis (Glenn Howerton, "A.P. Bio") than fans had been antici- pating. The series follows a group of egotistical and de- bauched friends as they get themselves into all sorts of wild and crazy situations that more often than not involve violence, sex or something highly illegal, usually somehow involving the decrepit Irish pub that they run together. Just how much Dennis would be seen this season was up in the air after he headed to North Dakota at the end of last season to take on his new role as a fa- ther, a move that coincided with actor Howerton splitting time with his new leading role in NBC's "A.P. Bio." With that comedy renewed for a second season, it came as something of a surprise when it was con- firmed that he'll be appearing in the majority of this season's episodes. Of course, just how much we'll be seeing him in those episodes remains to be seen. Charlie (Charlie Day, "Pacific Rim: Uprising," 2018), Dee (Kaitlin Olson, "The Mick"), Mac (Rob McElhenney, "Won- der Boys," 2000) and Frank (Danny DeVito, "Taxi") aren't going anywhere, with a 14th season already on order, which will tie "Sunny" with "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" as America's longest- running live-action sitcom in history. That's an incredible accom- plishment — not bad for a group of self-centered under- achievers. The next great sea- son of "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" premieres Wednesday, Sept. 5, on FXX. Murder in Missouri: Chris Rock is headed to Kansas City. The acclaimed comedian and actor has been cast in the fourth season of FX's "Fargo," which is planned to air sometime in 2019 with a new cast, a new setting and a whole new story. Of course, as an anthology series, changing pretty much everything from season to sea- son is nothing unusual. For "Fargo," there's some cross- over between seasons, but with decades and state lines separating their stories, each season is pretty self-con- tained. For the fourth season, the former "Saturday Night Live" cast member and "Everybody Hates Chris" creator will star as the head of a criminal syn- dicate based in 1950s Kansas City, Mo. After years of violent feuding, he and the head of a rival syndicate have built an uneasy peace — until the head of the city's mafia dies, and ev- erything begins to fall apart. Much like the acclaimed 1996 film "Fargo" that inspired the series, each season fea- tures smaller acts of crime that quickly escalate as the perpetrators find themselves in way over their heads. It's black comedy at its finest, and with its anthology format, newcomers can easily start with any season of the TV se- ries. There's no word yet on fur- ther casting for the next sea- son, but filming is scheduled to begin production in early 2019 with a planned airing late in the year on FX. Talk 'Idol': Kelly Clarkson is "talking" about staging a re- turn to television. She's al- ready signed on to be a coach in the upcoming season of "The Voice," premiering Mon- day, Sept. 24, on NBC, but her small-screen ambitions go be- yond that: she also has a syndi- cated talk show in the works. Of course, the big news a few months ago was about the "American Idol" winner sign- ing on to "The Voice," but landing a new talk show would even further cement Clarkson as a cultural icon. A pilot was recently filmed at NBC Uni- versal Studios, with an antici- pated premiere in the fall of 2019. Ever since she achieved in- stant stardom by winning "Idol's" inaugural season in 2002, Clarkson has released eight albums that have sold more than 25 million com- bined copies around the world. She has three Gram- mys, four American Music Awards, two Academy of Country Music Awards and three MTV Video Music Awards under her belt, and she's appeared in movies and written books for children — not bad for someone who started out as a reality TV show winner. Clarkson isn't the only ce- lebrity currently looking at getting into the talk show mar- ket, with RuPaul ("RuPaul's Drag Race") also developing a talker. With the likes of Ellen DeGeneres ("Ellen"), Rachael Ray ("Rachael Ray") and Steve Harvey ("Steve") already dominating daytime airwaves, it's a competitive but poten- tially lucrative market for a newcomer who brings a built- in fanbase. Luckily, fans are something that Kelly Clarkson has plenty of. Her potential talk show is still in the early stages of pro- duction, with a potential pre- miere in the fall of 2019. ADDER ANACONDA ASP BIRD SNAKE BLACK MAM- BA BOA BOIGA BULL CAT-EYED COACHWHIP COBRA COPPERHEAD CORAL CORN GARTER GRASS HOGNOSE JARARACUSSU KEELBACK KRAIT LANCEHEAD MAMBA PATCHNOSE PYTHON RACER RAT RAT SNAKE SEA SNAKE TAIPAN TRINKET URUTU VIPER WHIP WUTU YARARA Slitherers Kaitlin Olson, Charlie Day and Danny DeVito as seen in "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" WORD SEARCH STARS ON SCREEN Solution on page T23