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October 10 - 16, 2016 Page 3 ACROSS 1. Actor on "Code Black" (2) 8. Low-__ diet; Atkins, for one 9. Had debts 10. Actress on "Mom" (2) 14. "Queen of Jazz" 15. Sculptor's tool 16. Monogram for the first female U.S. Supreme Court Justice 17. __ up; bound 18. Letters in a college's web site address 19. Verdi opera 20. "If I __"; 2014 Chloé Grace Moretz movie 24. Monogram for writer Doyle 27. Advanced degrees, for short 28. Prefix for heat or fix 29. "Last __ Standing" 32. Plantar fasciitis site 33. Martha Plimpton's sitcom role (2) 36. Actor on "The Beverly Hillbillies" 37. Shallowest of five 38. Ari Stidham's role on "Scorpion" DOWN 1. Flagged down a cab 2. Fleet of warships 3. Baseball stat. 4. Role on "Happy Days" 5. "My __ Worst Enemy"; short-lived 2008 series 6. Actress on "Touched by an Angel" 7. Shameful report card 8. 952 in old Rome 11. Initials for actress Kirstie 12. Harris or O'Neill 13. "What I Like About __" 14. Letter from Greece 20. 1998 Dustin Hoffman/ Sharon Stone film 21. "Up in __ __"; 2009 George Clooney movie 22. Fred Astaire's dancing sister 23. Fashion designer's monogram 24. King Kong, for one 25. Baby beds 26. Postpone 29. "Jeopardy!" creator 30. "The Hobbit: __ Unexpected Journey"; 2012 fantasy film 31. Word in the title of Howie Mandel's game show 34. Sushi bar offering 35. Butterfly catcher's need Solution on page 2 CoverStory By Jay Bobbin © Zap2it It's called "American Housewife" now, but a new ABC show's original title was "The Second Fat- test Housewife in West- port." That pretty much defines the premise of the sitcom, premiering Tuesday, Oct. 11. Fresh off a long run as Melissa McCarthy's sister on "Mike & Molly," Katy Mixon now assumes the lead as Katie Otto, a Connecticut wife and mother-of-three whose strong self-esteem helps her handle not fit- ting the "perfect" image of many of her neighbors and acquaintances in — as she terms it — that "hoity-toity town." Diedrich Bader ("The Drew Carey Show") plays her uncon- ditionally loving husband, with Daniel DiMaggio, Meg Donnelly and Julia Butters as their offspring. "I kind of just jumped in because I fell in love with the character and the sto- ry," the effusively friendly Mixon says. "I had just ended 'Mike & Molly,' and I walked into the room to see all of (the new show's producers) four days later. I thought the premise was so incredible, in the sense of she's an authentic woman loving in an inau- thentic world, and she's trying the best that she can to be who she is. "Sometimes she's fearless, and sometimes she's got so many inse- curities, so what attracted me to the role was that everybody can relate. Whether what gender you are, whether what area you come from (and what) background, everybody can relate to insecurities. And it's about how you meet yourself where you are and go through it and how you tackle it." "American Housewife" creator Sarah Dunn ("Bun- heads," "Spin City") ex- plains, "One of the things that sort of drove me to do this was that I have two small children. I have a seven-year-old and a six- year-old, and I had been on bed rest with both pregnancies for four-and- a-half months. And I was out of Hollywood and I'm a novelist, so I just sort of had all of this mommy stuff. I was really being a mom and not a TV writer or something like that, and I just would look at my friends (and be) like, 'This is funny. Like, what we're doing is funny. The mom can be the center of a show." Katy Mixon stars in "American Housewife," premiering Tuesday on ABC. Katy Mixon is an amusing 'American Housewife' in new ABC sitcom WE CARRY LAWN MOWERS 711 E. WATERFORD • WAKARUSA • 574.862.1163 SALES • SERVICE • RENTALS ® MOWERS ® 574-533-2079 www.billsheatinginc.com Serving Goshen and Surrounding Areas for 65 Years f 803 Linway Drive Goshen, In 46526

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