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October 31 - November 6, 2016 Page 3 ACROSS 1. "The __ __"; series for Eoin Macken 9. Actress Long 10. Invisible emanation 11. __ Thompson 13. Fudd of cartoons 15. Word in the title of Sajak's series 17. Role on "NCIS: Los Angeles" (2) 18. "Witches __ East End" 20. Lizzie Borden's weapon of choice 21. "When Time __ Out ..."; 1980 Paul Newman film 23. Actor on "The A-Team" (2) 24. Capt. Jean-__ Picard; "Star Trek: The Next Generation" role 25. "Con __"; 1997 John Cusack movie 26. "My Super __-Girlfriend"; 2006 Uma Thurman film 29. ABC followers 30. Jed or Elly May 34. Civil rights org. 36. Do a gardening job again 38. Last year's juniors 39. Actor Katz 42. Joan Van __ 43. "__ __ __ Right" DOWN 1. Nothing 2. Dog food brand 3. Lead role on "JAG" 4. Night we watch "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.": abbr. 5. Initials for Sara of "Grey's Anatomy" 6. "Laugh-In" regular 7. "A __ in Her Ear"; 1968 Rex Harrison movie 8. Peg for Tiger 9. "NCIS: __ __" 12. Popular game show host (2) 14. Word with wax or wig 16. Gen. Schwarzkopf's monogram 19. Artificial 20. Very dry 22. Mayberry's location: abbr. 23. One of the Kettles 27. "Sister Wives" network 28. Consumed 30. Singer Johnny 31. Per item (2) 32. __ Close 33. Chiang Mai native 35. "People Are Funny" host 37. Conjunctions 40. "The Famous Adventures of __. Magoo" 41. Smallest of fifty: abbr. Solution on page 2 CoverStory By George Dickie © Zap2it Anyone who has ever found themselves com- plaining about the lack of original story ideas on scripted TV these days may find relief in a com- edy airing this week on TBS. "People of Earth," a half-hour sitcom from Emmy-winning producers Conan O'Brien ("Conan"), Greg Daniels ("The Office") and Jeff Ross ("Eagleheart") premiering Monday, Oct. 31, centers on a support group for alien abductees in a small upstate New York town and the big city reporter assigned to investigate the incidents. At first, Ozzie (Wyatt Cenac, "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart") is skeptical and less than thrilled at the assignment. But the more he looks into the oddball claims of the abductees, the more he finds they may not be so off the wall. In fact, he learns he may be one of them. Among the people this brings him into contact with are Gina (Ana Gast- eyer, "Saturday Night Live"), a part-time thera- pist who runs the group; Kelly (Alice Wetterlund, "The Interview"), a pretty but clueless goofball; Gerry (Luka Jones, "The Campaign"), a tollbooth operator and social drop- out; Richard (Brian Hus- key, "Neighbors"), a tech employee convinced his wife is an abductee; and Margaret (Nancy Lenehan, "The New Adventures of Old Christine"), an am- orous retirement home resident. Father Doug (Oscar Nunez, "The Office") runs the local church where this ragtag group of "experi- encers" — the PC term for alien abductees — meets. "You don't want to say, 'abductee,' " cautions Gasteyer with a laugh, "because you want to have some authorship over your own experience. It gives you more agen- cy. It gives you less of a sense of having been violated." And Gina, Gasteyer's character, has apparently been, well, violated. "She's a survivor herself and an experiencer her- self," the actress explains. "Definitely has had her soul rattled and shaken by that experience and has enough training where she feels qualified to try to shepherd some of these people through their chal- lenging time, though not as qualified as she would like to be. But that's sort of the goal." "People of Earth" premieres Monday on TBS. A support group for alien ab- ductees — yes, really — on TBS' clever 'People of Earth' Providing for the Agricultural and Gardening Needs of our Community 711 E. WATERFORD • WAKARUSA • 574.862.1163 SALES • SERVICE • RENTALS

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