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September 23 - 29, 2018 WHATS UP! T5 BY ANDREW WARREN TV Media 'Good' comedy: One of the most sinfully hilarious sitcoms on television isn't about a team of detectives, a group of nerds or a multigenerational extend- ed family. Those all have a home on the dial, but the come- dy in "The Good Place" has a unique edge: it's literally out of this world. The third season of the criti- cally acclaimed comedy pre- mieres Thursday, Sept. 27, on NBC. As a sitcom, the laughs come first, but both seasons have also featured jaw-drop- ping twists that practically de- mand that its audience rewatch the entire series to put things into perspective. There won't be any major spoilers here, but fair warning: "The Good Place" really is a mind-bending sitcom that makes its viewers think. Kristen Bell ("Veronica Mars") is back as Eleanor Shell- strop, a deceased woman who's sent to The Good Place after she dies in a tragic accident. The first season deals with her struggles to fit in once she de- duces that there's been a mis- take — she was a pretty horri- ble person in life and should have been sent to The Bad Place, but one bureaucratic mix-up later has her living the good (after)life, while trying to evade the insightful question- ing of Michael (Ted Danson, "Cheers"), The Good Place's architect and benevolent over- seer. William Jackson Harper ("The Breaks"), Jameela Jamil ("Animals") and Manny Jacinto ("The Romeo Section') star as three other recently deceased people who join Eleanor in puzzling out the secrets of The Good Place, while D'Arcy Carden ("Broad City") rounds out the main cast as Janet, an artificial intelligence that pro- vides information and assis- tance to The Good Place's resi- dents. After the wild ride and shocking finale of the first sea- son, it speaks to the strength of the show's writing that its sec- ond one was just as twisty and entertaining. With Eleanor, Mi- chael and the rest of the after- lifers in an entirely unexpected new situation, the third season promises to keep surprising viewers. The new season pre- mieres Thursday, Sept. 27, on NBC. Game show double-down: Fox is all in when it comes to the game show biz. The net- work recently ordered two ex- citing new shows that are un- like anything else currently on television, with plans for both to premiere later this TV sea- son. Of course, these days new game shows demand a celebri- ty host, and Fox's new duo doesn't disappoint on that front. Actor and comedian Dax Shepard ("CHIPS," 2017) will host "Spin the Wheel," while Rob Lowe ("Code Black") will head up "Mental Samurai." "Spin the Wheel" is a pop culture trivia game with higher stakes than have ever been seen before in the genre. With every correct answer, the contestants add extreme amounts of cash to a colossal 40-foot wheel, while getting an answer wrong adds dangerous wedges that reset their winnings back to zero. With the chance to win up to a whopping $20 million with a spin of the wheel, the stakes re- ally can't get any higher, mak- ing the decision to either give it a spin and risk losing it all or walk away with the money ac- cumulated so far an incredibly difficult one. The other new game show in the works, "Mental Samurai," is described by Fox as an obstacle course for the mind. Every epi- sode will feature people from all walks of life testing their minds' boundaries as they race to answer questions with both speed and precision. This isn't just a mind game, though — it's an obstacle course, and the contestants also have to deal with being transported at high speeds in a rotating capsule. Game shows are hot right now, and Dax Shepard and Rob Lowe bring their own new se- ries to Fox later this TV season. Reality reunion: A beloved reality TV favorite is staging a comeback. "The Hills" ran on MTV for six seasons, from 2006 to 2010, chronicling the lives of a group of young wom- en trying to make it in Los An- geles. Now, eight years later, many of the original cast are re- turning for another go at it. "The Hills: New Beginnings" was announced at August's MTV Video Music Awards, and while no premiere date has been given yet, most of the original cast was present at the ceremony to hype up the an- nouncement. That said, not everyone will be returning. Original series star Lauren Conrad, who first rose to fame in the reality TV series "Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County," won't be part of the reunion, and neither will fellow "Laguna Beach" stars Kristin Cavallari, Whitney Port or Lo Bosworth. Just like its parent, "The Hills: New Beginnings" will fol- low the lives of a group of women living in Los Angeles. Of course, time has passed and many of them are now married and have children, so the focus of the new spinoff may skew a little more mature. AFRIKAANS ARABIC BASQUE BERBER CATALAN CREE CZECH DANISH DUTCH ENGLISH FRENCH GAELIC GERMAN GREEK HEBREW HINDI ICELANDIC IRISH ITALIAN MIN NDEBELE OROMO PERSIAN PUNJABI QUECHUA RUSSIAN SPANISH SWAHILI TAHITIAN TAMIL THAI TIBETAN TURKISH URDU WELSH YIDDISH YUE ZULU Languages Ted Danson stars in "The Good Place" WORD SEARCH STARS ON SCREEN Solution on page T23 A/Elder Law Practice 2 x 3