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September 29 - October 5, 2019 WHATS UP! T5 BY MICHELLE ROSE TV Media 'Harts' in right place: This Sunday, Fox invites you to meet the Harts. They're a Southern family struggling to make ends meet. But what they lack in mon- ey, they make up in love and laughs — so says the network and the series creator, Emily Spivey, who also wrote for "The Last Man on Earth" and "Satur- day Night Live." "Bless the Harts" is the new kid on Fox's Sunday night block and it premieres Sunday, Sept. 29, right after "The Simpsons'" 31st season opener. Fox's first female-created ani- mated series features the vocal and writing talents of several "Saturday Night Live" alumnae, notably Kristen Wiig ("Brides- maids," 2011) and Maya Ru- dolph ("Grown Ups," 2010). De- spite their one-year age differ- ence in real life, the two actress- es voice a mother-daughter duo: Wiig is Jenny, a single mother and waitress who is struggling to get by in Green- point, North Carolina, while Rudolph is Betty, Jenny's lot- tery-obsessed mother. A former "SNL" staff writer, Jillian Bell ("22 Jump Street," 2014) lends her voice to the role of Jenny's daughter, Violet. Ike Barinholtz ("The Mindy Proj- ect") is Violet's boyfriend and honorary Hart family member, Wayne Edwards. And a few more big names will have recur- ring guest roles, including Holly Hunter ("Here and Now") and Mary Steenburgen ("The Last Man on Earth"). If the animation style reminds you of "King of the Hill," it's in- tentional. "Bless the Harts" even borrowed the Mega Lo Mart box store concept from the older Fox series, which suggests the two might be set in the same uni- verse. And like "King of the Hill" in its later years, "Bless the Harts" is part of Fox's "Animation Domination" programming block, which returns after a five- year hiatus. Two other animated stalwarts, "Bob's Burgers" (now entering its 10th season) and "Family Guy" (in its 17th sea- son), are also premiering new seasons this week and will round out the all-animated Sun- day lineup. Papal Law: Anticipation is building for HBO's upcoming limited series "The New Pope," especially after its out-of-com- petition screening at the Venice Film Festival last month. The nine-part event is direc- tor Paolo Sorrentino's followup to 2016's "The Young Pope," a vi- sually stunning tale of a fictional modern papacy shaped by closed-door machinations and political intrigue. Jude Law ("Sherlock Holmes," 2009) is back as the unconven- tional Pope Pius XIII. But not ev- erything is as it seems. In "The New Pope," the action picks up eight months after that climactic heart attack. The American pontiff is still in a coma, although Law appears in spirit form or in dream-like se- quences — hence Law's Speedo- clad, beach-strolling appearance in the HBO teaser. Meanwhile, a divided Vatican is reeling from the murder of successor Francis II, but must move quickly to find a replace- ment. Enter John Malkovich ("Being John Malkovich," 1999) as the charismatic and all-know- ing Sir John Brannox, who ap- pears to favor a more moderate approach. Festival-goers in Venice only saw episodes 2 and 7 and a short montage. But early reviews are already heaping praise on the se- quel, especially the addition of Malkovich as the titular charac- ter. Returning cast members in- clude Silvio Orlando ("Il papà di Giovanna," 2008), Javier Cámara ("Narcos"), Cécile de France ("Hereafter," 2010), Ludivine Sa- gnier ("Lola et ses frères," 2018) and Maurizio Lombardi ("All the Money in the World," 2017). You'll likely recognize two addi- tional names: shock-rocker Mar- ilyn Manson and actress Sharon Stone ("Basic Instinct," 1992), who are both cast in still-undis- closed roles. Remember 9/11: ABC is mov- ing ahead with its planned adap- tion of Mitchell Zuckoff's best- selling book, "Fall and Rise: The Story of 9/11." The limited series is slated for 2021 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the tragic events of September 11. And while the project is currently still in development, the net- work has already tapped Oscar- winning producer and screen- writer Mark Boal ("Zero Dark Thirty," 2012) to adapt the book for TV. Like the book, the TV adapta- tion will be a non-fictional, char- acter-driven narrative that "chronicles the stories of those who were lost, saved and forever altered" by the events. ABC's news release added that it "will attempt to be a portrait of Amer- ican resilience in the face of trag- edy and an accounting of 9/11's aftermath decades later." Lionsgate Television Group and 3 Arts Entertainment will produce the adaptation, which appears to be in good hands. Boal won Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay and Best Picture with "The Hurt Locker" (2009). He teamed up with director Kathryn Bigelow once more for "Zero Dark Thir- ty" (2012), which earned him several nominations as writer and producer. As for Zuckoff, the bestselling author and former Boston Globe reporter will serve as executive producer. ACORN APPLE AUTUMN CHESTNUT CHILLY CIDER COUGH CROPS CROWS EQUINOX FEAST FLEECE FOOTBALL FROST GOURD HALLOWEEN HARVEST HAYRIDE HOT COCOA LEAF PILE LEAVES MAIZE MIGRATION MUD NOVEMBER NUTS OCTOBER PIE PUMPKIN RAINCOAT RAKE SEPTEMBER SNEEZE SQUASH SQUIRRELS STEW TURKEY Summer's Gone A scene from "Bless the Harts" WORD SEARCH STARS ON SCREEN Solution on page T23