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July 19 - 25, 2020 WHATS UP! T5 BY MICHELLE ROSE TV Media Back on the case: It's been a long time coming, but Sea- son 2 of "The Alienist" offi- cially kicks off this Sunday, July 19, on TNT. That's one week sooner than the previ- ously announced start date for this installment, which is offi- cially titled "The Alienist: An- gel of Darkness." As an added gesture of goodwill to the series' very pa- tient fans — Season 2 was an- nounced almost two years ago — the cabler will double your dose of this period crime dra- ma by airing back-to-back epi- sodes every Sunday through Aug. 9. And that should fill the time-slots freshly vacated by "Snowpiercer" following its July 12 finale. "The Alienist" was a huge success for TNT when it de- buted back in 2018. It was the top-rated freshman cable se- ries, but if audience numbers alone aren't enough to prove its worth, Season 1 also earned six Emmy and two Golden Globe Award nominations. The first season centered on criminal psychologist Laszlo Kreizler, played by Daniel Brühl ("Inglourious Basterds," 2009), along with ambitious secretary Sara Howard (Dako- ta Fanning, "War of the Worlds," 2005) and newspaper illustrator John Moore (Luke Evans, "Dracula Untold," 2014) as they pursued a serial killer in turn-of-the-century New York. In Season 2, Sara leads the charge as the head of her own detective agency. And this time, the kidnapping of the Spanish consular's infant daughter will lead our trio down a "sinister path of mur- der and deceit" (per TNT). Look for Douglas Smith ("Big Little Lies") and Matthew Shear ("The Boy Downstairs," 2017) to return as twin broth- ers Marcus and Lucius Isaac- son, while Robert Ray Wis- dom ("Supernatural") and Ted Levine ("Jurassic World: Fall- en Kingdom," 2018) will re- prise their roles as Cyrus and former NYPD commissioner Thomas Byrnes, respectively. Melanie Field ("You") and newcomer Rosy McEwen have also joined the cast for Season 2. 'Debris' a go: Craving a new alien drama? NBC has started handing out its pilot- to-series orders for the 2020- 21 season, and the sci-fi drama "Debris" is the first lucky re- cipient. "Debris" comes from "Al- most Human" creator J.H. Wyman, and it's been de- scribed as being in the same vein as "The X-Files" and "Men In Black" (1997). It stars Jonathan Tucker ("Kingdom") and Riann Steele ("Ant-Man and the Wasp," 2018) as CIA and MI6 agents who must work together in their investi- gation of a crashed alien ship that is having a mysterious ef- fect on humans. The series order didn't come as a surprise to industry insiders, since "Debris" ap- peared to be a favorite of the network. It helps that "Debris" is one of the few NBC pilots that had nearly completed production, or rather was about 80% complete (accord- ing to Deadline), ahead of the network review. (Producers reportedly used additional vi- suals to fill in any production gaps.) Still, there's never a guaran- tee with pilots. Adding to the tension is the fact that the se- ries order was announced on the last day before the cast's options were set to expire. NBC's pre-pandemic pilot roster used to be much larger, but understandably, most of those projects were derailed by the production shutdown in March. "Debris" is just one of two pilots that remained on track for a series pickup, with the other being the drama "La Brea," which was given a six- script order and will be con- sidered later this year. Cain's 'Weekend' gig: While no one wants to feel like they can be easily replaced, "Fox & Friends Weekend" may have taken that to the extreme. The Fox News weekend morning show has featured a rotating substitute co-host ever since Tucker Carlson left for prime time back in 2016. But that's about to change: on Saturday, Aug. 15, ESPN radio host and commentator Will Cain is set to make his official debut as co-host alongside fa- miliar faces Jedediah Bila and Pete Hegseth. A licensed attorney who previously oversaw two media companies, Cain has been with ESPN since 2015, when he joined as a contributor to "Fantasy Football Now" and "Outside the Lines." More re- cently, he's been the host of the daily radio show "The Will Cain Show" and is a frequent guest panellist on "First Take." So he's no stranger to lively debate first thing in the morn- ing, when some of us are still waiting for the coffee to kick in. Prior to that, Cain worked as a political analyst over at CNN, where he served as co- host of "In the Arena with El- iot Spitzer" and, in 2012, "Starting Point" with Soledad O'Brien. He has also hosted a number of programs that aired on the Glenn Beck-founded media outlet The Blaze, in- cluding "Real News," "Cain and Cupp" and "The Cain Conversation." Cain also pro- duced the 2014 miniseries "Alise vs. The Mayor" (not to be confused with the 2019 French film "Alice and the Mayor"), which examined the issue of charter schools in New York City. While announcing Cain's new gig with Fox News, Gavin Hadden, vice-president of morning programming, allud- ed to the new co-host's varied resume and said, "Will has a unique ability to connect with an audience on a wide variety of topics and will make an ex- cellent addition to the 'Fox & Friends' franchise." ATARI BANJO BIOSHOCK BOWSER CASTLEVA- NIA DIABLO DIDDY KONG DONKEY KONG DOOM GALAGA GRAND THEFT AUTO HALO LINK LUIGI MARIO MEGAMAN METROID MYST PLAYSTATION PONG PORTAL PRINCESS PEACH QUAKE RAYMAN SAMUS SEGA SONIC SONY SPACE INVADERS SPYRO TAILS XBOX ZELDA Arcade All-Stars Dakota Fanning and Luke Evans in "The Alienist" WORD SEARCH STARS ON SCREEN Solution on page T23