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January 27 - February 2, 2019 WHATS UP! T5 BY ANDREW WARREN TV Media 'Shoring' up: There's just no keeping the "Jersey Shore" gang apart. That reality TV show was a huge hit for six seasons from 2009 to 2012, and last year the group of friends got back together after more than five years apart. Clearly, their chemistry hasn't faded with time, and MTV has or- dered yet another season of the "Jersey Shore" spinoff, "Jersey Shore Family Vacation." The original series followed a group of young and larger- than-life men and women liv- ing together in a vacation home on a beautiful, sunny beach. Several of its stars' unique nicknames became popularized, including JWoww (Jennifer Farley), Snooki (Nicole Polizzi), Pauly D (Paul DelVecchio) and The Situation (Michael Sorrenti- no). The group of friends also includes Vinny Guadagnino, Sammi Giancola and Ronnie Magro, and their antics were closely followed by millions of people. The first season of "Family Vacation" caught up with the gang of friends and reunited them in beautiful Miami, Flor- ida. They're no longer the wild and carefree youths that they were in the original series, though. Oh, they were still wild, but with spouses and young kids in the picture, there was a bit more of a solid foundation beneath the iconic group. The second season of "Fam- ily Vacation," which wrapped up in December, followed the gang to Las Vegas and Atlantic City. There has been no an- nouncement yet about where the friends will spend their third family vacation, but one thing is for sure: wherever they end up, entertaining dra- ma is sure to follow. There's no premiere date on the calendar yet, but expect the third season of "Jersey Shore Family Vacation" to air sometime this year. Comedy about comedy: Comedy may be subjective, but one thing that isn't is that "Crashing" has been a success for HBO. The semi-autobio- graphical comedy has been a hit with critics and a favorite of audiences, and its third sea- son premiered last week on HBO. This week's episode airs Sunday, Jan. 27. The series was created by and stars standup comedian Pete Holmes ("The Pete Holmes Show") as a semi-fic- tionalized version of himself, a young comic struggling to make a name for himself in the crowded standup comedy scene. Fellow comedians Artie Lange ("Mad TV") and T.J. Miller ("Silicon Valley") also star as versions of themselves who move through Holmes' life and help him get things back together after a major be- trayal turns his life upside down. That betrayal was the linch- pin of "Crashing's" first sea- son and the event that set the entire series in motion. After finding his wife with another man, the young comedian found himself homeless and crashing on the couches of a series of fellow comics. It's a chapter in Holmes' life that's all too real, and while the show is definitely a comedy, it also deals with the serious is- sues of adultery, homelessness and the struggle to make it in a difficult profession. Season 2 saw the introduc- tion of a romantic interest for Pete — Ali, played by Jamie Lee of "Girl Code" — as he fi- nally began to move on from his devastating breakup. While the first season focused on how he dealt with the im- mediate aftermath of the life- altering betrayal, the second season was all about moving on and accepting what had happened. As for what's in store for the third season — well, let's not spoil the punchline. Holmes continues to tell his story in the most hilarious fashion possible in "Crashing," airing Sunday evenings on HBO. All's well: Freeform has nailed down its next original series. The youth-oriented channel has put in a 10-epi- sode order for "Everything's Gonna Be Okay," a new come- dy-drama created by Austra- lia's Josh Thomas ("Please Like Me"). No premiere date has been announced yet. In addition to serving as a showrunner and writer, Thomas also stars as neurotic 25-year-old Nicholas, a guy who still lives at home with his single father and teenage half-sisters, one of whom is autistic. He isn't the kind of guy who really helps raise his siblings, but all of that changes when his dad is diagnosed with a terminal illness. What follows is a warm and heartfelt dramedy that is also charmingly funny. It deals with not only Nicholas' reac- tions to suddenly being a fa- ther figure for two teenage girls, but also their own strug- gles with the fact that they're losing another parent and their half-brother is now rais- ing them. ALF BEWITCHED BLACK-ISH BROAD CITY CHEERS COMMUNITY FAM FAMILY TIES FRASIER FRIENDS FUTURAMA GOOD TIMES HAPPY DAYS I LOVE LUCY MANIAC MODERN FAMILY MOM NEW GIRL NEWHART REL ROSEANNE SCRUBS SEINFELD TAXI THE JEFFERSONS THE MICK THE MIDDLE THREE'S COMPANY VEEP TV Sitcoms Vinny Guadagnino as seen in "Jersey Shore Family Vacation" WORD SEARCH STARS ON SCREEN Solution on page T23 A/Elrod Firm 2 x 3