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October 2 - 8, 2017 Page 3 ACROSS 1. Actress in "Bull" (2) 9. Number of seasons for "Lost" 10. Verdi opera 11. Sushi bar offering 13. Thinks ahead 15. "__ __ Evil, Hear No Evil"; Richard Pryor film 17. Actor Daryl of "NCIS: New Orleans" 18. Role in "The Wizard of Oz" 20. "__. Elsewhere" 21. "Kindergarten __"; Schwarzenegger movie 23. Sitcom alien 24. Schwarzkopf's monogram 25. Sinatra's third 26. "__ Femme Nikita" 29. "Match Game __"; 1975-81 Gene Rayburn series 30. Role on "The Middle" (2) 34. Actress Katic 36. Advance very slowly 38. __ Lanka 39. Georgia __; school in Atlanta 42. "__ the Favorite"; 2012 Bruce Willis movie 43. "__ Boss" DOWN 1. __ Grissom; role on "CSI" 2. Test 3. "Witches of __ End" (2013-14) 4. "Star Trek __: The Undiscovered Country"; 1991 sequel 5. Commercial 6. "Cold __" 7. Become dizzy 8. Cartoon dog 9. Minnie Driver sitcom 12. "Long __ __"; TLC series 14. Actress Peeples 16. "A Nightmare on __ Street" 19. "__ Lisa Smile"; 2003 Julia Roberts movie 20. Undergarment 22. Initials for actor Sellers 23. "I __ Legend"; 2007 film for Will Smith 27. Actor Diesel 28. DVD player's ancestor 30. "The __ Event"; 1979 Barbra Streisand movie 31. Grace Kaufman's role on "Man with a Plan" 32. Resound 33. Leafy vegetable 35. __TV; network formerly known as Court TV 37. "World __ Z"; 2013 Brad Pitt movie 40. Most-watched series of the 1998- 99 season 41. Chaplin's initials Solution on page 2 CoverStory By Jay Bobbin © Zap2it As Fox enters the Marvel television-series sweepstakes, there's a familiar feel to the saga of a family on the run. Premiering Monday, Oct. 2, "The Gifted" incor- porates certain "X-Men" elements as Stephen Moyer ("True Blood") and Amy Acker ("Person of In- terest," "Angel") star as the parents of two youngsters (Natalie Alyn Lind, Percy Hynes White) who have mutant powers. Chased by a government agent (Coby Bell, who also worked for "Gifted" developer and executive producer Matt Nix on "Burn Notice"), the relatives seek help from other mutants — played by Jamie Chung, Sean Teale ("Reign"), Emma Dumont ("Aquarius") and Blair Redford — who are facing threats to their own existence. The "X-Men" connection is made clearer by certain behind-the-scenes talents on "The Gifted," including executive producers Bry- an Singer, Lauren Shuler Donner and Simon Kin- berg ... all veterans of that movie franchise. "I guess I'd say what we started with," Nix explains, "was what would be an exciting way to set a show in the 'X-Men' universe that's appropriate for what television does well, where we could focus on this lon- ger-term storytelling. One thing that I think is really exciting about doing an 'X-Men' show on television is that we really get to explore the relationship of the mutants to the larger world, and not have to deal with a team of super- heroes that are wearing uniforms. And really ex- plore society." Actor Moyer has a natural fondness for the Marvel universe, but he admits, "I didn't do the 'X-Men' comic books. I was totally obsessed with Spider-Man. As you get older and you are able to look back at this stuff, it's a way of tapping into that imagination that you had as a kid and what you'd be able to do if you could. Somebody who's been sort of held back in some way or pushed back by society in some way, I think, is very attractive to everyone (who) feels that they've been blocked or stopped from getting fur- ther forward in their life in some way. There is some- thing in everybody to find some element that they can relate to within these stories." The fantasy-drama series "The Gifted" premieres Monday on Fox. 'The Gifted' channels 'X-Men' as Marvel-based Fox series premieres

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