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June 16 - 22, 2019 WHATS UP! T5 BY ANDREW WARREN TV Media Instinctual investigations: If there's one thing CBS is known for, it's the network's huge number of police proce- durals. It's the home of "Hawaii Five-0," the NCIS franchise, the soon-to-end "Criminal Minds" and the venerable CSI fran- chise. Last spring, another crime-solving series was added to the list, and although it earned only a wishy-washy re- ception from critics, "Instinct" performed admirably in the rat- ings, and it returns for a second season Sunday, June 16. "Instinct" stars the incompa- rable Alan Cumming ("The Good Wife") as Dr. Dylan Rein- hart, an ex-CIA operative who has hung up his espionage hat and taken a job as a psychology professor at a local university. He's lured back to his former life when a serial killer, who ap- peared to be using Reinhart's book for inspiration, leads him to team up with NYPD Det. Lizzie Needham (Bojana Nova- kovic, "Shameless"). Of course, Needham has her own tragic backstory, but who doesn't in these sorts of shows? Her partner, who also hap- pened to be her fiance, was killed in the line of duty, and since then she's been unable to see eye to eye with another partner. "Instinct's" first season may not have wowed the critics, but two things did impress them: Cumming's performance and the show's depiction of gay characters. The Scottish-Amer- ican actor is no stranger to ac- colades — he earned a Tony Award for his stage perfor- mance in "Cabaret" and was nominated for three Emmys for his role of campaign manager Eli Gold in "The Good Wife." In the first season's finale, Dr. Reinhart and his husband Andy (Daniel Ings, "The Crown") adopt a child, while Det. Need- ham receives a less happy end- ing, learning details about her fiance's death while also dis- covering that her chances of getting a coveted promotion weren't as good as she'd hoped. That's where things stand when the second season of "In- stinct" premieres Sunday, June 16, on CBS. Hunting for success: Holly Hunter is joining the battle for succession. The acclaimed ac- tress has joined the cast of HBO's comedy-drama "Suc- cession" for its second season, which is anticipated to pre- miere later this summer, add- ing her distinct level of gravi- tas to the series. "Succession" tells the story of the rich and successful Roy family, whose aging patriarch, Logan (Brian Cox, "The Bourne Identity," 2002), is be- ginning to step back from the day-to-day operations of his massive media conglomerate, leaving a power vacuum that his children and grandchildren rush to fill. It's equal parts dra- ma and comedy as they lie, backstab and attempt to out- maneuver one another in an attempt to come out on top and replace Logan. Hunter joins the cast as Rhea Jarrell, the head of a rival compa- ny that's ready to exploit the power struggle happening in the Roy family's conglomerate. The actress is a four-time Oscar nominee and won one for Best Actress, as well as a BAFTA, Golden Globe and Cannes Film Festival Award for her role in 1993's "The Piano." On the TV side of things, she's won two Pri- metime Emmys. That's a lot of experience, and she's bringing it all to a show that's already steeped in talent. There's still lots of time to binge watch the first season before "Succession" returns this Au- gust on HBO. Ellen eternal: She's hosted one of daytime television's top shows since 2003, and El- len DeGeneres ("Finding Nemo," 2003) isn't going away any time soon. "The Ellen De- Generes Show" has been re- newed for three more seasons, pushing it all the way to 2022. The host made the an- nouncement to her studio au- dience in a recent episode of the talk show. "From the be- ginning, I said that this show was going to be like a relation- ship. We have been through the good, the bad, the '50 Shades of Grey,' phase. It's been a lot of fun, and 16 years is a pretty good run," she said, teasing her audience and mak- ing it sound like she was ready to step back from the show. "Sometimes, in a relationship, you need to take a break — but I don't. You're stuck with me because I just signed for three more years." That little bait-and-switch is classic DeGeneres. The entire show is almost always fun, lighthearted and bright, and the love that she feels for the members of her audience al- ways shines through. Besides the usual talk show fare of in- terviewing celebrities and dis- cussing the news, the show also features DeGeneres danc- ing to popular music and invit- ing audience members up on stage to participate in zany and irreverent games, an idea that's even been spun off into its own series, "Ellen's Game of Games." 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