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November 16 - 22, 2020 Page 3 ACROSS 1. __ Street; role on "S.W.A.T." 4. Alan or Diane 8. "Bluff City __"; short- lived 2019 series 11. Role on "Alice" 12. "__ __ You"; 2019 Helen Hunt movie 13. "__ to Billie Joe" 14. Role on "This Is Us" (2) 17. Storekeeper on "The Waltons" 18. "__ To Me" (2009-11) 19. "The __ Campbell Goodtime Hour" (1969- 72) 21. Lead role on "The Nanny" 24. Initials for the star of "Father Knows Best" 25. "Life as __ Know It" (2004-05) 26. "Touched by __ Angel" 27. Cry from a flu shot clinic 28. "__ White and the Huntsman"; Kristen Stewart film 30. Tillis & Gibson 32. Actor McBride 34. Word attached to wax or wig 35. "__ __-Nine" 41. Objective 42. Where to get a used item no longer made 43. "__ 54, Where Are You?" 44. Gout pain site 45. "__ __ silly question, and you'll get a silly answer" 46. "The __ Who Came in from the Cold"; Richard Burton film DOWN 1. 1991 Kevin Costner movie 2. Suffix for percent or infant 3. "The Lego __"; 2014 animated film 4. "What's My __?" 5. Cleopatra's downfall 6. Billy __ Williams 7. "Let's Make a __" 8. "The Biggest __" (2004- 16) 9. "Much __ About Nothing" 10. Ming-Na __ 15. "__ __ __ Killed Me"; Lindsay Lohan movie 16. "The __"; 1958-63 Chuck Connors western series 19. "Mardi __"; 1958 Pat Boone musical film 20. Actress Redgrave 22. Not on base when you should be, for short 23. Cronkite's field 29. "__ __, All Ye Faithful" 31. Stoltz & Stonestreet 33. Huge retail furniture company 34. Popular Irish singer 35. "__ Masterson" (1958- 61) 36. "__ Bravo"; John Wayne movie 37. Dieter's concern: abbr. 38. Hairy ox 39. Short snooze 40. Suffix for green or print Solution is on page 2. CoverStory By Jay Bobbin Television-producing veteran David E. Kelley has had successes in the worlds of cable and streaming, but he still has a soft spot for broadcast television. Following "Big Little Lies," "Mr. Mercedes" and HBO's current "The Undoing," the "Ally McBeal," "The Prac- tice" and "Picket Fences" alum is taking his latest project to ABC. Premiering Tuesday, Nov. 17, "Big Sky" adapts several related nov- els by C.J. Box by following the search for two sisters (played by Natalie Alyn Lind and Jade Pettyjohn) kidnapped from a Montana highway. Among the many other characters is a detec - tive (Ryan Phillippe) who crosses paths with his ex- cop ex-wife (Katheryn Winn- ick, "Vikings") while working the case. Also a writer of many "Big Sky" episodes, Kelley says that in adapting Box's "The Highway" into the show's main premise, "The biggest challenge for me was to be able to deliver what the book did ... and that is the tension, the thrill, the drama and the relation - al equations of the charac- ters, which were rich and profound at times. It was a great ride, a great jour- ney. And I'm hoping that particularly given the times, when (viewers) throw on the television at the end of the day, we will be able to deliver that sense of fun, drama, and escapism to them." "Big Sky's" ensemble cast also includes Kylie Bunbury ("Pitch"), Brian Geraghty ("Chicago P.D."), Dedee Pfeiffer, Jesse James Keitel, Valerie Ma- haffey and John Carroll Lynch ("American Horror Story"). Co-star Winnick vows that with all of the characters, "You'll see dif- ferent layers of them as the series unfolds. The things that you least expect in a character end up shocking you, in a lot of different ways." Playing a state trooper in "Big Sky," Lynch has been a series star for Kelley be- fore ("The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire"), and he maintains that he's been a fan ever since he visited friend Don Cheadle on the "Picket Fences" set. "Every single time I watch a David Kelley show, it is its own universe and it tackles its own question," Lynch reasons. "There's always humor. There's always heart. There's al- ways an essential sense of humanity about each and every single universe that's created." While there's never a guarantee that a serialized drama won't be canceled before it can play out fully, Kelley has built a safe- guard into "Big Sky." He explains, "The structure of this show is that we will do four- or five-episode arcs, so if someone could only watch the first half of the season, there will be clo- sure on one storyline." 'Big Sky' opens for ABC with premiere of serialized mystery The identity of the featured celebrity is found within the answers in the puzzle. In order to take the TV Challenge, unscramble the letters noted with asterisks within the puzzle.

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