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October 4 - 10, 2021 Page 3 ACROSS 1. 2018-21 series for Christina Hendricks (2) 8. In __ __; mired by routine 9. 1977-81 Katherine Helmond series 10. Character on "The Flintstones" (2) 14. Pub orders 15. Suffix for giant or govern 16. Start of the "Old MacDonald" refrain 17. Mr. Siskel 18. Titles for Columbo & others: abbr. 19. One of the Maverick brothers 20. "__ Shoot Me!" (1997- 2003) 24. "Gone With the Wind" production company 27. "He's Just Not That __ You"; 2009 film 28. Late coach Parseghian 29. "America's __ Talent" 32. 12 years after Columbus' famous voyage 33. "__ __ Live!" 36. Actor Neeson 37. Italy's dollars before the euro 38. "__ __ __ Deal" DOWN 1. Pa Cartwright's portrayer 2. Beginning 3. Mel the Giant 4. "This __ __" 5. Reiner or Schneider 6. Can wrapper 7. __ up; go separate ways 8. More qualified 11. "As __ sow, so ..." 12. Initials for a Beatle 13. Suffix for absent or adopt 14. Phone inventor's monogram 20. Actor Walker 21. Living __ __ rock; oblivious to current events 22. Fence ladder 23. "Mazel __!"; congratulatory cry 24. Rank for Hot Lips on "M*A*S*H": abbr. 25. Barbecue 26. 1953-61 White House wife 29. Workout sites 30. Agreeable reply 31. Note of the scale 34. Floor pad 35. Third Monday in January honoree Solution is on page 2. CoverStory By Jay Bobbin If a new series has you thinking it's 2000 again instead of 2021, you can be forgiven. When creator and ex- ecutive producer Anthony E. Zuiker's Las Vegas-set "CSI: Crime Scene In- vestigation" launched 21 years ago, it quickly became a bigger hit than many anticipated ... es- tablishing a long-running franchise that also came to encompass the spinoffs "CSI: Miami," "CSI: NY" and "CSI: Cyber." Now, what's old truly is new again as CBS revisits the initial location and welcomes back some of the original cast members with the premiere of "CSI: Vegas" Wednesday, Oct. 6. A sequel to the first show, the latest iteration reunites William Petersen (also an executive produc- er again) and Jorja Fox as romantically linked — in fact, formerly married — forensic detectives Gil Grissom and Sara Sidle. Other returnees who'll be familiar to the "CSI" faith- ful include Wallace Lang- ham as David Hodges and (in multiple episodes) Paul Guilfoyle as Jim Brass. Paula Newsome also stars as the crime lab's current leader, and Matt Lauria, Mel Rodriguez ("The Last Man on Earth") and Mandeep Dhillon are among additional cast newcomers. "I think that between Las Vegas, 'Miami,' 'New York' and 'Cyber,' we did hit a sort of audience exhaustion," Zuiker al- lows. "It was always in the back of our minds that this would probably come back, because 'CSI' was such an iconic show and it was mystery-based, it would make perfect sense at some point. I believe we made the crime genre white-hot, and it's still pretty hot to this day, and I think the timing is inter- esting because the world has changed." Indeed, then-cutting- edge forensic techniques were a big part of "CSI's" appeal ... and they still appeal to Petersen, who's an executive producer as well as a star of the new show, as he was the first time. "I sort of jumped at it," he says, "because of the idea of revisiting Gris- som and Sara, to see who we are now. Plus, it"s a different world than it was 20 years ago. The idea of being able to come back into the land of science, I thought, was really a great opportunity." While allowing that "we had to diversify the cast, based on the times," Zui- ker feels "CSI: Vegas" has a strong suit in presenting principal actors from the original run again. 'CSI: Vegas' gives a long-popular crime drama new life 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. InFocus "I Know What You Did Last Summer: Season 1" (Amazon — series premiere, Oct. 15) Based on Lois Duncan's 1973 novel, which also served as the basis of the iconic 1997 film of the same title, this new original horror/ mystery series stars Madison Iseman, Bill Heck, Brianne Tju and Ezekiel Goodman in the story of friends haunted by a tragic car accident on the night of their high school graduation and stalked by a brutal killer.

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