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July 10 - 16, 2017 Page 3 ACROSS 1. Actor on "The Great Indoors" (2) 9. Period 10. Actress Thompson 11. O.J. trial judge 13. "The __ Movie"; 2008 Len Cariou film 15. Of the kidneys 17. Series for Katharine McPhee 18. "CSI: __" 20. "Star Trek __: The Voyage Home"; 1986 sequel 21. E-mail provider for mil- lions 23. "Who Do You Think You __?" 24. ...DDE, JFK, LBJ, RMN, __... 25. And not 26. Setting for "Northern Exposure": abbr. 29. Word in the title of How- ie Mandel's game show 30. Best Actor Oscar winner of the '70s and '80s (2) 34. Can wrapper 36. Broad necktie 38. Role on "Last Man Standing" 39. "Witches of __ End" (2013-14) 42. Late Chairman __ 43. Popular game show host (2) DOWN 1. Stewart or Cryer 2. Mayberry's jailbird 3. Johnny Carson's suc- cessor 4. Year in which "CSI" be- gan 5. Initials for MSNBC's Matthews 6. "Mata __"; Greta Garbo movie 7. Actor Rex 8. Letter from Greece 9. Role on "Kevin Can Wait" (2) 12. Daniel DiMaggio's role on "American House- wife" (2) 14. Calendar page: abbr. 16. Geologic period 19. "Gangs of New __"; 2002 Leonardo DiCap- rio film 20. "__ Man"; 2008 movie for Robert Downey Jr. 22. Initials for the star of "The Incredible Hulk" 23. Word in the title of Roma Downey's drama series 27. "Grand __ Opry" 28. Harris and O'Neill 30. First murder victim 31. O'Loughlin of "Hawaii Five-0" 32. "The __ Show with Ste- phen Colbert" 33. Pinnacle 35. __ Gardner 37. Furniture wood 40. "Death __ a Funeral"; film for Chris Rock 41. Letters following Robert Downey & Ed Begley Solution on page 2 CoverStory By Jay Bobbin © Zap2it "It's not the end of the world" is a popular phrase, but don't use it on the mak- ers of "Salvation." In the tradition of such tales as "Armageddon" and "Deep Impact," the CBS summer drama — pre- miering Wednesday, July 12 — puts Earth in peril from an approaching aster- oid. Relatively few people know at first, challenging a Pentagon press secre- tary (played by "Tyrant" alum Jennifer Finnigan) to keep the information from her loved ones. Santiago Cabrera ("Big Little Lies") and Charlie Rowe ("Red Band Society") respectively play the tech genius and the MIT grad student who give her the news about the collision expected to happen six months later. Now expecting her first child with her actor hus- band Jonathan Silverman ("Weekend at Bernie's"), the lively and friendly Fin- nigan admits she's never been a particular fan of doomsday sagas, "not even a little. Before even reading the script, I read the log line (or brief synop- sis), and I think I probably rolled my eyes. But when I read it, it was such a good script. I thought it was sharp, with great suspense and political intrigue and a little levity in there. It really surprised me." Finnigan also embraced her "Salvation" character, giving her a big change of pace from FX's consistent- ly grim "Tyrant," on which she admits she "almost felt like a prop" the first two seasons. "After a very powerful Season 3, I swore that I would never allow myself to take another job where I wasn't guaran- teed the female character would be essential to the core story ... powerful and strong." Sealing the deal for Finnigan (who won three consecutive Daytime Em- mys for "The Bold and the Beautiful") was her first meeting with "Salvation's" showrunners, Liz Kruger and Craig Shapiro, "whom I fell madly in love with. They had such a sharp vi- sion for the show, and they were very invested in mak- ing it a pleasant, happy environment. They wanted this grounded; they wanted politics to come into play, they wanted love stories and human stories, and everything they said just made sense to me." Jennifer Finnigan stars in "Salvation," premiering Wednesday on CBS. Earth's residents seek 'Salvation'

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