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March 25 - 31, 2018 WHATS UP! T5 BY ANDREW WARREN TV Media Family ties: How far would your family go for you? For Paul Getty, the answer turns out to be "not very far at all." At least, that's the spin that FX has put on one of the most famous kidnappings of the 20th centu- ry in "Trust," which premieres Sunday, March 25. Harris Dickinson ("Beach Rats," 2017) stars as J. Paul Get- ty III in the new series, the heir to the Getty oil fortune who's kidnapped in 1973 by the Italian mafia while in Rome. Soon, his family receives a ransom de- mand, asking for several mil- lion dollars to secure the young man's return. What wealthy family wouldn't pay? Well, the Getty family is no ordinary clan. Donald Suther- land ("The Hunger Games," 2012) plays the young man's ec- centric yet incredibly wealthy grandfather, J. Paul Getty Sr. When the calls start to come in demanding the ransom, he's se- cluded in the English country- side with his mistresses and pet lion, and far too busy to deal with such a banal prob- lem. The boy's father, J. Paul Getty Jr. (Michael Esper, "A Beautiful Mind," 2001), is in London and can't be reached by phone. Ultimately, it falls to the young man's mother (Hillary Swank, "Logan Lucky," 2017) to deal with the kidnappers, but without easy access to the fam- ily fortune, she can't come up with the kind of cash that they want. If this all sounds a bit famil- iar, it's probably because this same kidnapping was made into a major motion picture just last year. "All the Money in the World" (2017) also drama- tized the Getty kidnapping, with Mark Wahlberg ("Daddy's Home 2," 2017), Michelle Wil- liams ("Manchester By the Sea," 2016) and Charlie Plum- mer ("Lean on Pete," 2017) all starring. Christopher Plummer ("A Beautiful Mind," 2001) was famously brought on after filming was completed for a se- ries of reshoots after Kevin Spacey ("House of Cards") was dropped in the wake of allega- tions of sexual misconduct lev- eled at him. "Trust," though, is its own beast, with its own interpreta- tion of the events that hap- pened way back in 1973. Catch the premiere on Sunday, March 25, on FX. Splitting up: Divorce is no laughing matter, but if it's done right, a comedy can find the humor in any situation. Enter "Splitting Up Together," a new sitcom that tackles the touchy subject with warmth, heart and a whole lot of laughs. Premiering Tuesday, March 27, on ABC, "Splitting Up To- gether" stars Jenna Fischer ("The Office") and Oliver Hud- son ("Scream Queens") as newly divorced couple Lena and Martin. Although the spark between them may be gone, they've got three kids and a less-than-stellar real estate market to deal with, so they de- cide to keep their house and trade off parenting duties. With one parent living in the house with the kids and the other in the detached garage — and switching spots once a week — the arrangement seems to be a perfect one. Of course, that starts to change once Martin is forced into tak- ing on more responsibility for the children, while Lena starts dipping her toe in the dating pool again. Adding to the complications of their already unconvention- al divorce are Camille (Lindsay Price, "NCIS) and Arthur (Bobby Lee, "Pineapple Ex- press," 2008), their married friends with their own marital issues, and Lena's sister Maya (Diane Farr, "Numb3rs'), a more free-spirited woman with poor taste in men. "Splitting Up Together" is based on a successful Danish series that showed that, han- dled with care, divorce can be just as funny as any other im- portant life event. The new se- ries premieres Tuesday, March 27, on ABC. On 'Trial': One of last sea- son's funniest new comedies has booked a new suspect for its second season. "Trial & Er- ror" has received a second sea- son order with a planned pre- miere date sometime this year, and an Emmy winner has been cast in a central role. Kristin Chenoweth ("Push- ing Daisies") will be front and center when "Trial & Error" re- turns (no release date has yet been announced), taking on the role of eccentric heiress La- vinia Peck-Foster, who calls in Josh Segal and Associates when her husband's body is found in a suitcase in her car. "Trial & Error" is a legal mockumentary that's filmed in the style of the countless "true crime" series on the dial these days. In the first season, young New York lawyer Josh Segal (Nicholas D'Agosto, "Gotham") moves to East Peck, South Carolina, to han- dle the legal defense of Larry Henderson (John Lithgow, "3rd Rock from the Sun"), a poetry professor accused of murdering his wife. Although the rest of the cast, including Jayma Mays ("Red Eye," 2005) and Steven Boyer ("Law & Order"), are slated to return, Lithgow is not — thus, the addition of Che- noweth. With each season fo- cusing on a different murder case, it looks like the role of the accused will be recast with every season. "Trial & Error" is packed with laughs, and the addition of the Emmy-winning Che- noweth certainly can't hurt in that department. Expect the second season later this year. 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