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November 11 - 17, 2018 WHATS UP! T5 BY ANDREW WARREN TV Media Midlife crisis: HBO's slate of original comedies contin- ues to expand, and the premi- um channel is never afraid to search both near and far for its next hilarious hit. Its latest comedy, "Sally4Ever," pre- mieres Sunday, Nov. 11, and springs from the mind of ac- claimed English actress Julia Davis ("Love Actually," 2003). The co-production between HBO and the United King- dom's Sky Atlantic stars Cath- erine Shepherd ("Paddington," 2014) as Sally, a middle-aged marketer who's been living a quiet and dull life with her longtime boyfriend, David (Alex Macqueen, "The Inbe- tweeners 2," 2014), for the past decade. It's safe, it's comfort- able, but when David suddenly proposes, Sally bolts and ends up in someone else's arms. Those arms don't belong to another man, though — they belong to a woman. Series cre- ator Davis also stars as Emma, a beautifully seductive singer, actress and author who casts a romantic and lustful spell over Sally, drawing her into a side of her life that she'd never even known existed. Sally leaps head first into a wild af- fair with the other woman, but before she's even fully com- mitted to her new life, the as- sertive Emma has already moved into her house, shuf- fled her furniture around and rearranged her life. It's a hilarious look at midlife changes and the ways that a more assertive person- ality can run roughshod over a softer one, with the main cast supported by a slate of British actors, including Sean Bean ("Game of Thrones"), Julian Barratt ("The Mighty Boosh"), Joanna Scanlan ("Notes on a Scandal," 2006) and Mark Ga- tiss ("Sherlock"). Making a major midlife change is a big deal, but for Sally, who's used to a quiet, boring life with her boyfriend, the changes that are incoming are downright wild. HBO's new comedy "Sally4Ever" pre- mieres Sunday, Nov. 11. Into the deep: Discovery is venturing into the deep un- known. If "Shark Week" has proven anything, it's that there's an insatiable appetite out there for things that lurk in the ocean's depths, and now the channel is setting out to explore some of the least understood places and most inaccessible places on the planet. Set to premiere sometime in 2019, "Deep Planet" will be a major multiplatform event that will, for the first time ever, bring a firsthand look at the deepest points in all five of the world's oceans to televi- sion. Five Deeps Expedition has spent three years plan- ning, leaning on the expertise of the world's foremost sub- marine engineers, oceanogra- phers and scientists, and the result is the Limiting Factor: a two-person submersible that's been specially designed for this exact endeavor. Renowned explorer Victor Vescovo, who's climbed the world's highest mountains, will pilot the submersible as it descends to the deepest places in the Atlantic Ocean (Puerto Rico Trench), Pacific Ocean (Challenger Deep in the Mari- ana Trench), Indian Ocean (Java Trench), Arctic Ocean (Molloy Deep) and Southern Ocean (South Sandwich Trench). Some of these depths have never before been witnessed by human eyes. "I was very surprised to discover that no one had ever been to the bot- tom of four of the world's oceans," Vescovo said in a statement, and it's anybody's guess as to just what the in- trepid explorer will find down there. "Deep Planet" comes to Discovery later in 2019. Killer dramedy: An Aus- tralian comedy-drama has made itself at home on this side of the Pacific, and it's set- tled right in. "Mr. Inbe- tween's" freshman season just wrapped its North American run a few weeks ago, but it's already been renewed for a second outing. The dramedy, which airs on FX here and on Foxtel in Austra- lia, stars Scott Ryan ("The Magi- cian," 2005) as Ray Shoesmith, an ex-husband, a loving father, a devoted boyfriend and a loyal friend struggling to keep going through whatever life throws at him. Of course, the fact that he's also a killer for hire makes his life far more complicated, espe- cially as he struggles to keep his "normal" life separate from his criminal one. The first season's six half- hour episodes were a hit with critics, receiving heaps of praise for its snappy pacing, thanks to its 30-minute format and for its skillful blend of laugh-out-loud humor and se- rious drama. Ray's not a killer who enjoys the act — it's just his job, one that he happens to be very good at, but it isn't one that brings him any sort of pleasure. And therein lies the lynch- pin that ties both the drama and the comedy: a profession- al killer, and a darned good one, who doesn't like killing. The first season was a quick, enjoyable treat and the second promises to bring more of the same when the Australian se- ries returns to FX later in 2019. AQUA AZURE BLUE BIRD BLUE GIANT STAR CERULEAN COBALT CRAYONS CYAN DENIM EARTH EEYORE EYES GROVER INDIGO JEANS LAGOON LASER NAVY NEPTUNE OCEAN OUT OF THE BLUE PEACOCK PLUMS POLICE RHYTHM AND BLUES ROBIN EGG ROSES SEA SKY SMURFS SQUIRTLE SURGEONFISH TEAL TURQUOISE WOAD Feeling Blue? Julia Davis and Catherine Shepherd as seen in "Sally4Ever" WORD SEARCH STARS ON SCREEN Solution on page T23