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June 20 - 26, 2016 Page 3 ACROSS 1. Charles and Romano 5. Actor on "The Beverly Hillbillies" 9. Actress Kelly 10. __ Flynn 12. Early PC maker 13. 2001-07 sitcom about a single mom 16. "__ of Cakes" (2006-11) 17. Kidman's initials 18. Hampton Fluker's role on "Shades of Blue" 20. Initials for Kirstie 21. Lucy's man 23. Brenneman and Roloff 25. Stewart, for one 26. __ Tayback of "Alice" 27. "The Karate __" 28. Robin Roberts' state of birth: abbr. 29. "Rag __"; hit song for the Four Seasons 30. Actor Richard 32. "Star Trek __: The Voyage Home"; 1986 sequel 33. Role on "Seinfeld" 38. Winnebago or Air- stream, for short 39. Diesel, for one 41. "Leave __ __ Beaver" 42. Hawaii's Mauna __ 43. Without __ __; fancy-free 45. Diamond and others 47. "Beavis and Butt-__" 48. Actor Jannings DOWN 1. Actor on "NCIS: New Orleans" (2) 2. Objective 3. MMXVI, for one: abbr. 4. Gilbert or Rue 5. __ Bridges 6. Setting for "Evening Shade": abbr. 7. Age 8. Actor on "NCIS" (2) 9. Obey 11. Thompson and her namesakes 14. Series for Noah Wyle, once 15. Johnny Hart comic strip 18. "The __"; series for Charlie McDermott 19. Fred or Ben 22. Dirt 24. "The Green __"; 1999 Tom Hanks movie 29. Prima donna 31. Gabor and Longoria 34. Committed perjury 35. "Pirates of the Caribbean: __ World's End" 36. "Clarissa Explains __ All" 37. "__ But the Lonely Heart"; Cary Grant film 40. Scotsman's denial 42. Rob Lowe's age 44. Acuff's initials 46. Role in "The Wizard of Oz" Solution on page 2. CoverStory By Jay Bobbin © Zap2it You may think you know the series title "American Gothic" al- ready, but there's a catch. And, as it happens, a Ketch. CBS aired a drama by that name (developed by Shaun Cassidy and Sam Raimi) in the mid-1990s, but the network now has another one with a differ- ent concept. Premiering Wednesday, June 22, the show focuses on Boston's prominent Hawthorne family, which has enough skeletons to require more closets to put them all in. The clan's main concern is a serial-killing case that, in the wake of their patri- arch's death, they learn he might have been involved in ... as another relative still among them also may have been. With Steven Spielberg's Amblin firm co-producing "American Gothic" with CBS Television Studios, the show labels each episode with the name of a famous painting, a nod to the iconic Grant Wood work that shares the series' title. Its act- ing ensemble includes Antony Starr (fresh off Cinemax's recently ended "Banshee"), Virginia Mad- sen, Juliet Rylance ("The Knick"), Justin Chatwin ("Shameless") and Megan Ketch. Seen more recently on such shows as "Jane the Virgin" and "Under the Dome," Ketch had a brief run as Danny Rea- gan's (Donnie Wahlberg) detective partner in the third season of CBS' "Blue Bloods." She didn't know of the earlier "American Gothic" series, but she notes, "I find that people also mistake it for 'Amer- ican Horror Story' or 'American Crime.' They'll say, 'I've heard of that show,' and I say, 'No! It's in good company, but it's not what you're thinking of.' " Obviously, Ketch hopes that will change as "Amer- ican Gothic" (created by executive producer Corinne Brinkerhoff, with whom she worked previ- ously on the CBS show "Reckless") plays out over the summer. She explains her character, Tessa, has "a brand-new marriage to the character Brady Ross (Elliot Knight), who has just made Detective with the Boston Police. I play a public-school teacher, and we sort of represent the everyman. "I look at Tessa as a bright, nurturing soul who is trying desperately to keep her family together. She doesn't necessarily uphold the path of elite wealth, but of a public servant and a community builder. That consciously or subconsciously puts her at odds with her fam- ily, who are concerned about being the most powerful pillars of society that they can be." Ketch appreciates having the much-storied Boston as an "American Gothic" backdrop, though the show actually is being filmed in Toronto. "It's such an iconic city," she reflects, "so critically im- portant to our history and what we like to identify with as Americans. It's the epicenter of where we really put our stake in our own freedom, and I think that comes into play in an interesting way in this story, simply because the Hawthorne family is at the center of Boston wealth and Boston political iden- tity. My older sister in the show is a city councilor and is running for mayor, and her race toward win- ning the election is a big part of what makes this show so interesting and fun." Though her "Blue Bloods" tenure — which still can be seen in syndi- cated repeats of the po- lice drama — was short, Ketch says it was sweet. It came during the show's Season of the Megans: Immediately after Ketch, Megan Boone had a simi- larly brief flight as another cop, prior to her stardom as the now-not-deceased Liz Keen on NBC's "The Blacklist." With both based in New York then, it wasn't unusual for them to cross paths. "The pilot season be- fore that, or maybe the following pilot season, I saw her in many waiting rooms," Ketch recalls with a laugh. "We were on the same track, it would seem, and I've loved her work on 'The Blacklist.' " The drama series "American Gothic" premieres Wednesday on CBS. Serial murders unravel a Boston clan in new 'American Gothic'

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