E8 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 2020 LATIMES.COM/CALENDAR
SERIES
Chicago Med Dr. Charles
and Dr. Halstead (Oliver
Platt, Nick Gehlfuss) con-
tinue their clash over pa-
tient treatment plans,
while Maggie (Marlyne
Barrett) gets some long-
overdue good news, and
Nurse Sexton and Dr.
Choi (Yaya DaCosta, Bri-
an Tee) uncover a pa-
tient’s scam. 8 p.m. NBC
RiverdaleAlice (Mädchen
Amick) begins shooting a
documentary about Riv-
erdale and its latest mys-
tery. Also, Archie, Betty
and Veronica (K.J. Apa,
Lili Reinhart and Camila
Mendes) fall deeper into a
web of lies as an investiga-
tion opens. 8 p.m. CW
Party of FiveEmilio (Bran-
don Larracuente) relies
on Natalia’s (Sol Rodri-
guez) help when the fam-
ily’s social worker returns.
Also, Val (Elle Paris
Legaspi) makes a surpris-
ing request that is likely to
have lasting repercus-
sions and Ella (Audrey
Gerthoffer) surprises
Beto (Niko Guardado) in
Mexico. Emily Tosta also
stars in the season finale.
8:30 p.m. Freeform
Nancy DrewWith time run-
ning out before Carson’s
(Scott Wolf) evidentiary
hearing, Nancy (Kennedy
McMann) turns to super-
natural sources to find
clues. 9 p.m. CW
Stumptown Dex (Cobie
Smulders) takes a case
helping a mother who has
lost custody of her chil-
dren, which triggers paral-
lels to her time in Af-
ghanistan. Jake Johnson
and Michael Ealy also star
in this new episode. 10 p.m.
ABC
Twenties An aspiring
screenwriter and member
of the LGBTQ community
(Jonica T. Gibbs) follows
her life dreams with her
straight friends (Chris-
tina Elmore, Gabrielle
Graham) in this new com-
edy premiering with two
episodes. Sophina Brown
also stars. 10 and 10:30 p.m.
BET
Tournament of Champions
Guy Fieri hosts this new
five-part bracket-style cu-
linary competition series
in which 16 of the nation’s
best chefs face off in a se-
ries of elimination rounds.
10 p.m. Food Network
Good TroubleCallie (Maia
Mitchell) struggles a with
difficult moral dilemma in
the season finale of the
spinoff drama. 10 p.m.
Freeform
DaveDave Burd stars as a
neurotic guy in his late 20s
who harbors fantasies of
becoming the next great
rapper in this new come-
dy. 10 p.m. FXX
68 Whiskey Roback and
Davis (Sam Keeley, Jere-
my Tardy) attempt a diffi-
cult and dangerous rescue
through an old minefield
in this new episode of the
service comedy. Gage Go-
lightly, Nicholas Coombe
and Cristina Rodlo also
star. 10 p.m. Paramount
Year of the RabbitRabbit’s
(Matt Berry) team goes
undercover among war-
ring youth gangs in this
new episode of the come-
dy miniseries. Freddie
Fox, Susan Wokoma and
Alun Armstrong also star.
10:30 p.m. IFCSPECIALSVolcano Live! With Nik Wal-
lendaThe aerialist, a sev-
enth-generation member
of the celebrated Great
Wallendas high-wire ex-
tended family, attempts
an 1,800-foot walk over the
active Masaya Volcano in
Nicaragua in this new
two-hour special. 8 p.m.
ABCMOVIESLogan(2017) 10 a.m. FX
Adrift(2018) 1 p.m. Show-
timeTALK SHOWSCBS This MorningAmerica
Ferrera. (N) 7 a.m. KCBS
TodayTop sellers for spring.
(N) 7 a.m. KNBCGood Morning AmericaJa-
nina Gavankar; Pamela
Adlon; Nik Wallenda;
Rocco DiSpirito. (N) 7
a.m. KABC
Good Day L.A. Cheryl
Miller; Doug Shupe, AAA.
(N) 7 a.m. KTTV
Live With Kelly and Ryan
Tom Selleck (“Blue
Bloods”). (N) 9 a.m.
KABC
The ViewJason Biggs. (N) 10
a.m. KABC
The TalkEd Asner; Brandy
and Ray J. (N) 1 p.m.
KCBS
The Dr. Oz ShowA fitness
challenge with Mark
Wahlberg. (N) 1 p.m.
KTTV
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Eugene Levy; Alyson Han-
nigan; 15 White Coats. (N)
2 p.m. KNBC
Dr. PhilA man’s family wor-
ries about his baby’s safe-
ty because he and his ex
have an abusive relation-
ship. (N) 3 p.m. KCBS
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
David Beckham, Miami
FC Club; Usher (“Bur-
den”). (N) 3 p.m. KNBC
The RealSherry Cola and
Cierra Ramirez (“Good
Trouble”). (N) 3 p.m.
KTTV
Amanpour and Company 11
p.m. KCET
The Daily Show Disability
rights activist Judith
Heumann. (N) 11 p.m.
Comedy Central
Conan(N) 11 p.m. TBS
The Tonight Show Hillary
Rodham Clinton; Noah
Schnapp; Jane Birkin and
Iggy Pop perform. (N)
1 1:34 p.m. KNBC
The Late Show Chris Hayes;
David Chang. (N) 11:35
p.m. KCBS
Jimmy Kimmel Live!Elle
Fanning; Dave Burd; Lo-
cal Natives perform. (N)
1 1:35 p.m. KABC
The Late Late Show Usher;
Judy Greer; soccer player
Javier Hernández. (N)
12:37 a.m. KCBS
Late Night Ty Burrell; Susie
Essman; Glen Sobel per-
forms. (N) 12:37 a.m.
KNBC
A Little Late Jo Koy; Erinn
Hayes. (N) 1:38 a.m.
KNBCSPORTSNHL HockeyThe Ducks vis-
it the Colorado Ava-
lanche, 6:30 p.m. NBCSPTV HIGHLIGHTS
Kelsey McNealABC
COBIE SMULDERS
stars in a new episode of
“Stumptown” on ABC.WednesdayPrime-TimeTV SportsNews Movies(N) NewÅClosed Captioning
8 pm 8:30 9 pm 9:30 10 pm 10:30 11 pm
CBS Survivor(TVPG) (N)Å SEAL TeamAfter a failure a
review is done to identify
who was responible. (N)ÅS.W.A.T.(TV14) The team
searches for a gunman tar-
geting women. (N)ÅNews(N)ÅNBC Chicago Med(TV14) A con-
victed murderer escapes;
Maggie gets good news.
(N)ÅChicago Fire(TV14) Boden is
on edge after starting a new
diet; Casey and Severide dis-
agree on a call. (N)ÅChicago P.D.(TV14) An armed
robbery case turns into a ho-
micide investigation; Voight
and Halstead clash. (N)ÅNews(N)ÅCW Riverdale(TV14) Alice starts
shooting a documentary
about Riverdale. (N)ÅNancy Drew(TV14) Nancy
turns to supernatural sourc-
es to find clues. (N)ÅNews(N)Å Sports Final
(N) (10:45)ÅNews(N)ÅABC Volcano Live! With Nik Wallenda(TVPG) The daredevil at-
tempts the 1,800-foot walk over the active Masaya volcano
in Nicaragua. (N)ÅStumptown(TV14) A mother
who has lost custody of her
children. (N)ÅNews(N)ÅKCALNews(N)Å News(N)Å News(N)Å Sports Central black-ishÅ
FOX The Masked Singer(TV14)
T-Pain joins the panel. (N)ÅLEGO Masters(TVPG) City
blocks to form a city. (N)ÅNews(N)Å Extra(TVPG)
Å
MyNtDateline(TVPG)Å Dateline(TVPG)Å SeinfeldÅ SeinfeldÅ King of Queens
KVCRCalifornia Suite›››(1978) Alan Alda, Jane Fonda. (PG)ÅKen Burns: Country MusicThe making of.Å
KCETIngredients Ingredients American Masters(TVPG) Summoned: Frances PerkinsÅAmanpourÅ
UNI Ringo(TV14) (N) Amor eterno(TVPG) (N)
KOCEExpedition(7) Nature(TVPG) The Whale Detective.Å Retirement Guide(TVG)Å
KDOCDateline(TVPG)Å Dateline(TV14)Å Family GuyÅ Family GuyÅ SeinfeldÅ
KLCSSanditonÅ ModusÅ ArticulateÅ PoetryÅ Meeting
A&E PD Cam(N)ÅPD Cam(N)ÅAmerica’s Top Dog(N)Å PD CamÅ PD CamÅ PD CamÅ
AMC Star Trek›››(2009) Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto. (PG-13)Å Under Siege
ANP Lone Star Law: Uncuffed(TV14) (N) Lone Star Law: Uncuffed(TV14) (N)
BBC Stand by Me››››(1986) Wil Wheaton. (R)Å Stand by Me››››(1986) Wil Wheaton. (R)
BET About Last Night›››(7) Tyler Perry’s Sistas(TV14) (N)Twenties(N)ÅTwenties(N)ÅSistasÅ
BravoReal Housewives of New Jesey Summer House(TV14) (N) Real Housewives of New Jesey What Happens
CMT Mom(TV14) Mom(TV14) Mom(TV14) Mom(TV14) Mom(TV14) Mom(TV14) Mom(TV14)
CNN CNN Tonight: Don Lemon(N) Anderson Cooper(TVPG)Å Cuomo Prime TimeÅ CNN TonightÅ
Com South ParkÅ South ParkÅ South ParkÅ South ParkÅ South ParkÅ Awkwafina(N)Daily Show(N)
Disc Expedition Unknown(TVPG) Josh is searching England. (N)Å Expedition
Disn Bunk’d(TVG) Gabby Duran Sydney-MaxÅRoll With ItÅ Coop & Cami Sydney-MaxÅBunk’d(10:55)
E! ChrisleyÅ ChrisleyÅ ChrisleyÅ ChrisleyÅ The Soup(N) Pop(N)Å BotchedÅ
ESPNBasketball(N) (6:30) SportsCenter(N)Å SportsCenter(N)Å SportsCenter
Food Guy’s Grocery Games(TVG) Guy’s Grocery Games(TVG) Tournament of Champions(TVG) (N)Å
FNC Fox News at Night(N)Å Tucker Carlson TonightÅ HannityÅ IngrahamÅ
Free Twilight Saga:
Eclipse(5:30)Party of Five(TV14) (Season Finale) The
family’s social worker returns. (N)ÅGood Trouble(TV14) (Season
finale) A dilemma. (N)ÅThe 700 Club
Å
FX Avatar›››(2009) Sam Worthington, Voice of Zoe Saldana. (7)Å Avatar›››(2009) (PG-13)
Hall Love, of Course(2018) Cameron Mathison.Å From Friend to Fiancé(2019) Jocelyn Hudon.
HGTVHome Town(TVG)Å 100 Day Dream Home(N)Å Property Brothers(N)Å House Hunters
Hist Forged in Fire: Cutting Deeper(TVPG) Bladesmiths create a functional weapon. (N)Å Forged in Fire
IFC Horrible Bosses››(2011) Jason Bateman. (8:15) (R)Å Year of the Tropic Thunder
Life Married at First Sight(TV14) (N)Å Bride & Prejudice(N)Å Married-Sight
MSN 11th Hour(N)Å The Rachel Maddow ShowÅ The Last WordÅ 11th HourÅ
MTV Catfish: The TV Show(TVPG) Catfish: The TV ShowÅ Ridiculousness Ridiculousness Ridiculousness
NGC Locked Up Abroad(TV14) Locked Up Abroad(TV14) (N) To Catch a Smuggler(N)Å Smuggler(N)
Nick SpongeBobÅ SpongeBobÅ FriendsÅ FriendsÅ FriendsÅ FriendsÅ FriendsÅ
OWN 20/20 on OWN(TV14) 20/20 on OWN(TV14) 20/20 on OWN(TV14) 20/20 on OWN
Para Bad Boys II››(2003) Martin Lawrence. (7) (R)Å 68 Whiskey(TVMA) (N)Å Bad Boys II(R)
Sund Criminal Minds(TV14)Å Criminal Minds(TV14)Å Criminal Minds(TV14)Å Criminal Minds
Syfy The Magnificent Seven››(2016) Denzel Washington. (7)ÅThe Magicians(TVMA) (N) Magnificent
TBS Big BangÅ Big BangÅ Big BangÅ Big BangÅ Big BangÅ Full Frontal(N)Conan(N)Å
TCM Bright Lights›(1935) (7:30) Pin Up Girl››(1944) Betty Grable.Å On With the Show››(1929)
TLC My 600-Lb. Life(TV14) (N) Dr. Pimple Popper(TV14) Save My Skin
TNT All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite(TV14) (N)Å Transformers›››(2007) Shia LaBeouf.Å
Toon Home Movies Bob’s Burgers Bob’s Burgers Rick and Morty American Dad American Dad Family GuyÅ
TravelParanormal Caught on Camera Paranormal Caught on Camera The Alaska Triangle(N) ParanormalÅ
Tru JokersÅ JokersÅ JokersÅ JokersÅ Hoggart(N)ÅInside JokesÅInside JokesÅ
TV L RaymondÅ RaymondÅ RaymondÅ RaymondÅ 2 1/2 MenÅ 2 1/2 MenÅ King of Queens
USA WWE NXT(TVPG) (N)Å Miz & Mrs(N) Miz & Mrs Modern Family
VH1 Black Ink Crew(TV14) (N) Wild ’n Out(N)Wild ’n OutÅ Wild ’n OutÅ Wild ’n OutÅ Wild ’n OutÅ
WGN Cops(TV14) Cops(TV14) Married ... With Married ... With Married ... With Married ... With How I MetÅ
Cine Cowboys & Aliens››(2011) Daniel Craig. (PG-13)Å The Predator(2018) Boyd Holbrook. (R)Å
Encr Gone Baby Gone›››(7:04) Born on the Fourth of July›››(1989) Tom Cruise, Willem Dafoe. (R)Å
Epix What Men Want››(2019) Taraji P. Henson. (R)Å Something’s Gotta Give›››(2003) (PG-13)
HBO Anna››(2019) Sasha Luss, Luke Evans. (R)Å The New Pope(TVMA)Å Avenue 5Å
ShowReal Steel(2011) (6:45)Å Twelve Monkeys›››(1995) Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe. (R)Å
StarzIce Age: Dawn(7:23) (PG) Legally Blonde 2››(2003) (PG-13)Å Men in Black: InternationalÅ
TMC The Professor(2018) Johnny Depp. (R)Å Phenomenon››(1996) John Travolta. (PG) (9:35)ÅGloria (played by Bruno
Bichir and Fernanda Urre-
jola) as they make a new life in
their homeland. In addition,
the episode dealt with the
window dressing the spouses
and the Acosta children —
Lucia (Emily Tosta), Beto
(Niko Guardado, Valentina
(Elle Paris Legaspi) and baby
Rafa (twins Briana and Ari-
anna Cardenas alternating in
the role) — put on to avoid a
discordant reunion. Big bro
and stand-in patriarch Emilio
(Brandon Larracuente),
meanwhile, is back home due
to his DACA status.
The Times spoke with
Amy Lippman, co-creator of
the original “Party of Five”
and the reboot, about what’s
in store for Wednesday’s sea-
son finale, how to ensure au-
thentic treatment of the sub-
ject matter and whether the
series is intended as a form of
activism.
In the penultimate episode,
we see the siblings, sans
Emilio, in Mexico to visit
their parents. What does
this set up for the finale?
I started the year thinking
it’d be really interesting, if for
some reason Lucia is really
lacking a mother and she
goes by herself to Mexico.
That was all I had at the
beginning of the year — one
kid going. And then, once we
told the third-to-last episode
where Valentina runs away,
we realized: Why wouldn’t all
of them go?
They all have issues
they’re dealing with. It can be
investigated once they’re
reunited with their parents,
and then, for me, I got very
excited when I thought,
“Well, what if we tell the story
of what happened to the
parents?” We haven’t seen
the parents; we’ve no idea
what their story is, and what
happens if those kids arrived,
and we find out those parents
are on the verge of separat-
ing? Instead of your assump-
tion that their struggle is
identical, they are missing
their children in identical
ways, why not see what hap-
pens to a couple where
there’s blame, where one is
grieving in a way that the
other isn’t, where one is
trying to move on and the
other can’t?
There’s this idea that if
only we can be united all our
problems will be over, and
that’s not true. Even being
reunited is not the answer to
all their problems because
things have changed for all of
them over the course of the
year. ... The season com-
pletely takes a turn with one
line of dialogue, which is
when they go and collect
Valentina at the border and
she says: “What happens
now?” And Emilio says:
“Well, now you keep going.”
I will say, without giving
away what happens, we end
the season in ways that the
audience will not expect. The
way we leave at the end of the
season suggests a whole new
story in the second season.
Nothing will be the same as a
result of the way we end the
first season. Now, I never
thought I’d do a cliffhanger,
but it is a cliffhanger.
There’s a lot of thinking to
be done about the second
season. Everyone’s a little on
edge because we don’t know
what’s going to happen with
the Writers Guild — whether
there’s going to be a strike
coming. But I’m thinking
about it and I’m watching
how people respond to the
episodes.What inspired this look into
the marital strife that can
result from these situa-
tions?
We made a decision not to
see the parents — except
fleetingly and only from the
kids’ perspectives — for
most of the season, because
we wanted to focus on the
immediate effects the depor-
tation had on the kids. But it
goes without saying that the
stress of a situation like the
Acostas’ isn’t felt only by the
people left behind. And yet
the focus isn’t generally on
the people headed back to
their homelands who have to
start their lives all over
again. It made sense to us
that Gloria and Javier would
deal with their predicament
differently; Javier would try
to remain forward-thinking
and practical, but that Glo-
ria would be consumed by
grief, unable to make peacewith the decision to leave
their youngest child behind.There’s been a lot of conver-
sation recently about who
should be telling certain
stories. And you’ve talked
about how, at the beginning
of this venture, it was im-
portant for you to staff the
writers room with people
that could speak to this
experience, or have a con-
nection to it, in a way that
maybe you didn’t have. Talk
about what you were feeling
diving into this premise.
I would hate to think that
the only things that I can
write about as a person of a
certain ethnicity is to use my
own experience. If you sort of
broaden that out, it means I
have no authority to write
about men, or I have no
authority to write about
Catholics, or I have no au-
thority to write about the
transgender community. I
think if you say to a writer,
“You can’t credibly tell a
story about anyone except
yourself,” I think we are
limiting the stories that
people can write. I thinkwhat’s important is that a
writer, like myself, doesn’t
claim any authority over
anyone’s experience, and
actually writes of another
person’s experience in as
informed a way as possible.
So for example, from the
beginning, Chris [Keyser]
and I, who created the show
together, felt like we needed
to have a point of view in-
formed by someone whose
own experience sort of
skewed closer to the experi-
ence of the Acostas. I ran a
writers room where I felt that
it was really important that
any story we told was vetted
by people who had a closer
experience than I to the
experience of the characters.
I wouldn’t presume to say
that I speak for a Latinx
community. I feel like I
should be allowed to imagine
stories outside my own
personal experience, as long
as they are informed by
people who really do have,
like, ownership over a certain
experience. And it’s really
tricky. Over the course of the
season, the conversations
that we had in the room wereso dynamic and informative
and challenging. And what I
really realized is that there is
no one way to tell anyone’s
story. And that speaks to not
only the plight of the
Acostas, but, for example, we
have a transgender charac-
ter on the show. And that
story line is informed by
consultants and members of
the LGBTQ community.I think what becomes the
issue is, if you’re not writing
from experience or a con-
nection to it, are you doing
the homework to tell it
authentically versus relying
on tropes or your limited
idea of whatever it is.
From the beginning,
before anything was written,
we brought in a Latinx writer
to help us with very first
episode. It wasn’t like we
only relied on the story that
had been told before, that we
transposed to a Latinx fam-
ily. We knew it had to have
qualities that were really
unique to their circum-
stances, so that we just
couldn’t rely on what we’ve
done before. Every single
episode was read by every-
one in the room, we had
consultants, we had endless
conversations about them. It
was really important to me
that people could look at the
show and relate to it and that
it be authentic.
I’m concerned that the
takeaway of that conversa-
tion is that people cannot
write experiences that are
not their own. If that’s the
takeaway, I think we’re going
to limit people who are really
well-intended and who want
to explore experiences other
than their own. I don’t want
to be circumscribed in that
way. I want to be able to
imagine and create situa-
tions that are unfamiliar to
me.Immigration remains a
polarizing issue in the U.S.,
particularly under the
current administration. Do
you view the show as a form
of activism?
I don’t, actually. What
was more interesting to do
was just tell the story of a
family that was in this situa-
tion — is that activism? I
don’t know. I wasn’t looking
to make huge pronounce-
ments. I have a point of view
about it. The show does have
a point of view that families
belong together. But I think
if you could attribute any
kind of activism to the show
it’s that we are looking with
empathy at a family that has
been separated by the
United States’ present immi-
gration policy. That’s what
we’re doing: We’re saying,
“This is what it would be
like.” People can watch the
show and say, “That is the
result of their own choices.”
There are characters on the
show that espouse that point
of view, and they’re not vil-
lainous. In the second epi-
sode, we have a character
who is herself Mexican
American and she says, “You
disadvantage us when you
come to the country this
way.” I think that is a point of
view that people have.
I felt like my only obliga-
tion was to tell a story about
what it might be like to have
people who have looked at
those situations and seen
them on the front page of
papers read the headlines
and said, “That is something
other than me; I don’t know
what that would feel like; I
don’t relate to that” — and
then to actually say these are
families like any other family.
They are people who em-
brace the American dream.
Some of their kids don’t
speak Spanish. They run a
business, they drive the cars.
There was a deliberate
choice to make them relat-
able to an American audi-
ence as a family living in Los
Angeles and trying to get by.
That was a way of allowing
the audience to perhaps see
their own experience re-
flected in the experience
of a Latinx family that has
to deal with deportation
issues.‘Party of Five’ checks on parents
[‘Party of Five,’from E1]
GLORIA(Fernanda Urrejola) holds her youngest in
the “Mexico” episode of Freeform’s “Party of Five.”Erin SimkinFreeform‘Party of Five’
Where: Freeform
When: 8:30 p.m.
Wednesday
Rating: TV-14 (may be
unsuitable for children
under the age of 14)