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January 11 - 17, 2016 Page 3 ACROSS 1. Series for Barry Sloane (2) 10. Role on "The Golden Girls" 11. __ Thomas 12. Sense of wonder 13. Title for Radar on "M*A*S*H": abbr. 14. Series for Allison Janney 16. "__ __ Standing" 18. "Men __ __ Certain Age" 20. "Celebrity Wife __" 21. Actor John __ 22. "Love __ __ Many Splendored Thing" 23. European language 24. Bank machines, for short 25. Actress Jessica 27. Half a dance? 28. Role on "NCIS" (2) 32. Explosive letters 33. O'Brien or Morita 34. "__ in the Family" 37. __ out; becomes oblivious to one's surroundings 39. Ending for buck 40. Actress on "Fresh Off the Boat" (2) DOWN 1. Refrain syllable 2. "__ to Get Away With Murder" 3. 180 degrees from WNW 4. "__ Bought a Zoo"; 2011 Matt Damon movie 5. Mischief-makers 6. 2010 Angelina Jolie film 7. Initials for a "Mad About You" star 8. Namesakes of a red Muppet 9. "A __ __ a View"; 1985 Maggie Smith film 13. Setting for "Dharma & Greg": abbr. 15. Unpleasant atmosphere 16. "__ Vegas" 17. Expert accountants, for short 18. Breakfast order 19. "Bedtime __ __"; Ronald Reagan movie 21. "I've Got __ __ in Kalamazoo" 24. "__ of Cakes"; 2006-10 reality series 26. Actress Susan 29. In __ __; miffed 30. Space flight agency 31. __ scan; diagnostic image 34. "__ You There, Chelsea?" 35. "Get __"; 2009 Robert Duvall movie 36. Role on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" 38. Initials for playwright Simon 39. Former NBA star __ Green Solution on page 2. By Jay Bobbin © Zap2it A lot is riding on "Shad- owhunters": Not only does it turn a popular book fran- chise into a series, it also launches a new network. Well, a somewhat new network. ABC Family becomes Freeform on the day the supernatural adventure premieres, Tuesday, Jan. 12. While shows including "Pretty Little Liars" (which starts a new season on that date) are being held over, others are being added in service of Freeform's aim to appeal to "Becomers," viewers who are experi- encing "firsts" from their first kiss to the birth of their first child. Inspired by Cassan- dra Clare's "The Mortal Instruments" novels, "Shadowhunters" tackles that mission as Katherine McNamara (previously seen on ABC Family's "The Fosters," which also will continue on Freeform) stars as Clary Fray, who's stunned to discover she belongs to a line of half-human, half-angels that hunt demons. She gets a personal reason to join that quest when her mother is kidnapped; Dominic Sherwood, Alber- to Rosende, Emeraude Toubia and Matthew Daddario play her com- rades in battling the other- worldly. A veteran of Broad- way's "A Little Night Music" (in which she performed with Angela Lansbury and Bernadette Peters in different casts), the friendly and energetic McNamara allows the "Shadowhunters" casting room "was indeed" packed with young actresses who wanted to be Clary. "It's a new interpretation of a story that so many people love and are attached to," she says. "We have this opportunity to start fresh and take a new perspec- tive on it, and really do our own thing with it, which is fantastic." The "Mortal Instru- ments" books also yielded a 2013 movie that starred Lily Collins as Clary, and "Shadowhunters" execu- tive producer McG — the filmmaker who also has The CW's "Supernatural" and NBC's "The Myster- ies of Laura" on the air currently — says he's "thrilled to be a part" of the Freeform repositioning "right at the 'go' moment. There's something like 36 or 38 million copies of the books out there in the world that have sown the seeds of awareness, and hopefully, we can deliver on the television version of that." McG saw the film, sub- titled "City of Bones," be- fore he became involved in the TV interpretation: "The movie did well, I just don't know if it did quite well enough to warrant a sequel, so they decided to reappropriate it to tele- vision. Hour by hour, you can tell more story and dive more deeply into the subject matter, the North Star of that being 'Game of Thrones.' I don't think that would be nearly as satisfying as a two- or three-hour movie as it is an hour at a time over a 10-hour season." Ed Decter, co-writer of the movie "There's Something About Mary," also is a "Shadowhunters" execu- tive producer. The ample physical training required of the cast became "sort of a bonding experience for all of us," McNamara reports. "We all had a personal trainer, then we also had gymnastics training so we could do a bunch of our own stunts. On top of that, there's a myriad of differ- ent weapons on the show ... swords, knives, whips and bows and arrows. We all kind of taught one another how to fight and spent a lot of time bruising each other, and I think it really benefits the show." McNamara sees also big benefits to "Shadow- hunters" being such a ma - jor factor in ABC Family's transition into Freeform. "We're very fortunate to have that freedom, if you will, in doing a show of this nature," she notes. "There is so much leeway we have with the fight se- quences and the romance of the show and the differ- ent special effects. There are risks we can take because they're doing the rebrand. While the show is trying to find its tone and its voice, so is the net- work, so they've helped to shape each other." Emeraude Toubia, Dominic Sherwood, Katherine McNamara and Matthew Daddario (from left) star in "Shadowhunters," premiering Tuesday as ABC Family turns into Freeform. CoverStory ABC Family becomes Freeform with help from 'Shadowhunters'

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