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One of the most

controversial and contentious campaign seasons in history comes to an end Tuesday, as American voters head to the polls to elect a new president. Jay Bobbin looks at various networks’ plans for Election Night coverage … and suggests what to watch for as the evening unfolds.

12-13 A country club still isn’t the most tranquil setting for some people as the second season of Amazon’s seriocomic series “Red Oaks” begins streaming Friday. The show’s creators and stars — and former “Mad About You” colleagues — Paul Reiser and Richard Kind tell Jay Bobbin what to expect from the sophomore round.

14-15 Executive producer Ellen Krass has seen every Broadway production of the acclaimed musical “Gypsy” since the original 1959 production starring Ethel Merman, but she thinks British actress Imelda Staunton brought something fresh to the starring role in this recent U.K. staging. Krass, who has shepherded countless “Great Performances” theater productions for PBS, talks to John Crook about why she considers this one to be the best she’s ever done.

17 Lori Loughlin gets to go the Scrooge route by playing a yuletiide-hating celebrity who — naturally — ends up going to a town that’s all about the holiday in “Every Christmas Has a Story” a Hallmark Channel movie premiering Saturday. The “Fuller House” co-star tells Jay Bobbin about adding her own spins to a seasonally familiar type of role.

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6 DERMOT MULRONEY as a doctor? It’s ‘Pure Genius’

7 LINDSAY SLOANE misses her ‘loving grandfather’ Garry Marshall

8 ANA GASTEYER Back from the ‘rabbit hole’ of ‘SNL’

10 DAN ABRAMS ‘Live PD’ keeps police work real

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Monday, Nov. 79 p.m. on PBSUSO -- For the Troops (NEW SPECIAL)Legendary for sending entertainers overseas to help keep American military personnel connected to home, the United Service Organizations are celebrated in this new documentary narrated by David Strathairn. The story of the initiative’s first 75 years is illustrated in part through interview comments from veterans, historians and such USO participants as Jay Leno, Ann-Margret, Jon Stewart and Raquel Welch. Former President George W. Bush also appears.

Wednesday, Nov. 910 p.m. on PBS (check local listings)Military Medicine: Beyond the Battlefield (NEW SPECIAL)For some people, series and movies such as “M*A*S*H” may be immediate touchstones for the health-related operations of military personnel. This new documentary shows how developments in medicine and related equipment have impacted professionals in that field as well as their patients, both in battle and back at home. Someone who surely knows — ABC News’ Bob Woodruff, who was seriously injured by an IED while reporting on the Iraq War — hosts the program.

Friday, Nov. 118 p.m. on HistoryThe Warfighters (SERIES PREMIERE)Executive producer Peter Berg (“Friday Night Light”) and veteran Special Forces Green Beret Bert Kuntz co-host this four-part marathon Veterans Day special event airing tonight in its entirety. Without narration and driven by first-person accounts, the four episodes chronicle recent U.S. Special Operations Forces missions in the global war against terror. The opener, “Ambush of April 7,” relates how a Marine battalion fought on after a 2004 ambush while they were on an operation near Fallujah, Iraq. Episodes that immediately follow include “A Warrior’s Battle: The Story of Rob Guzzo” (9 p.m.), “The Green Berets of 7115” (10 p.m.) and “Objective Breton” (11:03 p.m.).

7 p.m. & 9 p.m. on ESPNCollege Basketball : Armed Forces Classic Since 2012, the Armed Forces Classic has kicked off the college basketball season at a neutral sight and does so again this year with two games from the Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu. Up first, No. 9 Michigan State and coach Tom Izzo take on the No. 11 ranked Arizona Wildcats. That game is immediately followed by No. 2 Kansas against No. 12 Indiana. There’s no question that all four teams are laying it on the line to start their seasons.

Veterans Day is intended to honor and thank all who served in the United States Armed Forces. Here’s a look at some notable TV programming that pays tribute to our nation’s heroes (all times Eastern).

HONORING THOSE WHO SERVED

Tuesday, Nov. 8WWII’s Most Daring

Raids (NEW EPISODE) Smithsonian Channel,

8 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 9Cold War Armageddon:

Peace and War (NEW EPISODE) American

Heroes Channel, 10 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 11Unbroken (2014) Cinemax, 12 p.m.

Foreign Correspondent (1940) TCM, 12:45 p.m.

Saving Private Ryan (1998) Spike TV, 2 p.m.

American Sniper (2014) Cinemax, 2:20 p.m.

Midway (1976) AMC, 3 p.m.

Home of the Brave (2006) Showtime,

5:30 p.m.

Pearl Harbor (2001) AMC, 6 p.m. & 9 p.m.

Black Hawk Down (2001) Showtime, 7:30 p.m.

The Real M.A.S.H (NEW EPISODE)

REELZChannel, 9 p.m.

The Battle I’ll Never Forget (NEW SPECIAL)

American Heroes Channel, 10 p.m.

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BY JAY BOBBIN

Whichever way it goes, history will be made.

In line with that, television history also will be made on Election Night 2016, since it’s guaranteed that the result will be something news operations never have covered before. Calling the evening of Tuesday, Nov. 8, the Super Bowl of network news is no exaggeration – especially since the occasion comes only once every four years. It’s a given that staffs and resources will be deployed in full force to report on the outcome of the presidential race between the principal candidates: the first woman possibly elected to the office, and a new-to-politics business magnate.

Most broadcast networks plus the cable news channels will be all-in during primetime, waiting to announce whether the Democrats retain the White House with former First Lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, or the Republicans reclaim it with Donald Trump. Certainly, the path to the point where voters go to the polls has been colorful and controversial this time, a fact sure to be recapped – with plenty of specifics – throughout the night.

Expect to see plenty of each network’s major anchors and political-show hosts before, while and after the returns come in. ABC will feature David Muir, George Stephanopoulos and recent debate co-moderator Martha Raddatz prominently; Scott Pelley and past and present “Face the Nation” moderators Bob Schieffer and John Dickerson will be showcased by CBS; NBC will offer Lester Holt, who also moderated the first presidential debate, and “Meet the Press” Chuck Todd; Shepard Smith will anchor on Fox; and PBS’ coverage will be steered by “NewsHour” co-anchors Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff.

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On the cable side, CNN will have Anderson Cooper (who moderated the second debate, along with Raddatz), Wolf Blitzer and such political correspondents as Dana Bash, Gloria Borger and John King. Fox News Channel surely will give Megyn Kelly a showcase role that night, with third-debate moderator Chris Wallace; MSNBC is certain to involve Chris Matthews and Rachel Maddow, with likely participation from the “Morning Joe” team of Joe Scarborough (a former congressman) and Mika Brzezinski; and C-SPAN, whose business is purely politics, will have the bulk of its work force on duty.

Here are some things to watch for this Election Night ... and this Election Night very particularly.

Which states voted which way: How many of the most pivotal states cast their ballots, and the important electoral votes, may give a solid indication of the win in the early hours after the first polls close.

How early – or not – the race is called: The percentages of support have been shifting, depending on the given point in time, so this race ultimately might or might not end up being a tight one.

The victory speech of the winner: Both Clinton and Trump have been so pointed in their criticisms of each other (remember, there was no handshake at the start of Debate No. 2), it will be interesting to see whether the triumphant one even mentions the other by name once it’s all over.

The concession speech of the other candidate: And once it is all over, the words and tone of the person who didn’t get to the Oval Office also will be highly intriguing to gauge.

The “spin” of each candidate’s principal support staff: The on-air arguing has been rather fierce on the part of many backers of each candidate, so after America has spoken and the results are in, how strong their respective positions remain will be another curiosity.

The post-result commentary by certain reporters: Though journalists are taught to keep their opinions out of their comments, some of them have had “encounters” along the campaign trail, either with the candidates themselves or with their handlers. When the contest is done, will they have remarks about those occasions? We shall see.

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DERMOTMULRONEYWhat attracted you to “Pure Genius”?If you look at my list of things I’ve ever done, I’ve never done anything like this. I feel so privileged to have this challenge at this time in my life. They cast me perfectly. I think all of the actors here fit our roles so well that you’re going to feel it when you watch the show. That kind of environment, the world that Jason (Katims, an executive producer of the show) created, makes that stuff easier a little bit because it feels so real.

How are you finding it to speak all the “medical-ese” in the show?You go and you look at the script, and you think that your job is to get all of this medical jargon out. That’s just the surface, really. What we were really saying (in an early episode) is, “Man, can you believe this computer’s doing this?” But our lines are highly technical medical jargon.When I realized that the core of that scene wasn’t what we were saying about how the computer’s been programmed and itself is changing the original plan, what we’re saying to each other – and the hard part, really – is to get the emotional part of the character. Here’s a guy who has done things one way for 25 years and suddenly, he’s being asked to do things differently. The underlying truth of the scene isn’t all the blood-and-guts terminology, it’s what he’s feeling and what he’s experiencing.

You’ve been a director. Do you also plan to do that on “Pure Genius”? Oh, that’s a conversation we’d have some other time ... but I can tell you the directors that we have are fantastic. Dave Semel, I was super-impressed by and we became friends, and Mark Piznarski was behind the camera on (an) episode we just completed. I worked with him on “Crisis,” so I know he is a crack shot and got us out of the gate in high style.It captured all of the great visuals that the pilot has, even though we had significantly more time on the pilot. My job right now is to be the most interesting doctor you’ve ever seen on television.

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It has been said that Matthew Perry’s on-set witticisms were written into the dialog on “Friends.” Is that also the case on “The Odd Couple”?Yeah, I mean that was the beauty. Matthew, especially on that show, he had such a unique voice, I feel like he kind of created his own sort of schtick that people have tried to emulate for years after that. But it’s so cool. I mean, I’ve known him for a long time personally and to just be around him professionally, it’s a job. I think the bigger surprise in doing the show – because I’ve known Matthew for so long so I knew what to expect with that – was getting to work with Tom (Lennon, who plays Felix). I mean, I just think he’s one of the most incredibly talented people I’ve ever met, so to witness that every day really blows my mind. It’s very impressive, and they’re playing perfect characters for who they are. It taps into, I think, their strong suits in life and it’s just them personified in a way.

Was the late Garry Marshall a huge presence on set?He was. I mean, that’s been the biggest heartbreak since we started the show. He was there every week. He gave tons of notes. But more importantly, just his presence felt like ... almost the acceptance of what this show is. I mean, he was there from the inception of this turning into a television show forever ago, and just having him there cheering us on and patting us on the back and being our essential kind-souled cheerleader made us feel that we were doing well. I mean, it’s like getting your loving grandfather’s approval on a daily basis.

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Since you come from an improv background on “Saturday Night Live,” was there room to do improv on “People of Earth”?I mean, they were conscious that they had cast improvisers. I think Greg (Daniels, the series’ showrunner) obviously has enormous experience with very gifted improvisers on his shows and some of the best, I think, in television and I think they’re excited for that collaboration. I mean, I don’t feel any pressure to punch anything up, per se, but it definitely feels like a group that could do that. Especially as an ensemble, that’s just always going to make for it’s own (unique) project.

Do you miss the grind of “SNL”?Nope. (But it wasn’t) horrible. It’s mostly, honestly, nocturnal. So as a mother, I have two children, I just don’t know how I could do that. And you kind of go down the rabbit hole. Like I’ve done things since I’ve not been on the show – I went back to the Betty White show and back for the 40th, and no matter what, every time I’m like, “Well, I’ve got my life in balance now.”It’s the way the place is set up. As soon as you go into that building, that complex, it’s like you fall asleep and suddenly it’s Sunday and it’s Sunday at 4 – you know, it’s really late on Sunday. But even my older-aged, more grown-up version of not partying so hard and all that, it’s just a rabbit hole. You lose track of space and time. So I always feel like Social Services would have to be called if I went back and worked there now.

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TASTY

When was your last vacation, where and why?

“My last vacation was in January to the Maldives.”

What book are you currently reading?“I’m currently reading a book called ‘Why We Write About Ourselves’ (by Meredith Maran).”

What is your next project?

“I can’t give away too much but (it has to do with) a baking school.”

What did you have for dinner last night?

“To be honest, I had an omelet. It had some chives, some green onions and tomatoes.”

With Halloween firmly in our rear-view mirrors, it’s now onward to those holidays where overeating is not so much a bad habit as it is an obligation: Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Cookies, cakes, pies and other such confections are integral to the American diet this time of year and they’re also at the center of the action on Food Network’s “Holiday Baking Championship,” which returns for its third season on Sunday, Nov. 6.

In the seven-week competition, nine talented bakers will square off in various challenges with host Bobby Deen throwing in a few twists and surprises along the way. The winner, as determined by judges Lorraine Pascale, Duff Goldman and Nancy Fuller, is crowned Holiday Baking Champion and awarded a $50,000 grand prize.

“There is an amazing level of talent in the show,” says Pascale, a British TV cook, author and former model who has also appeared as a judge on Food’s “Worst Bakers in America.” “We have some professional bakers. We have some home bakers. It was a really interesting mix that will appeal to everyone, and that’s what makes the show so much fun is having different levels of bakers. Even though they can all bake really well, you know some are trained, some are home-taught, self-taught, so it’s a really exciting group of people.”

As usual, the challenges will require imagination, ingenuity and a little outside-the-box thinking. Among them in this round: cookies inspired by Grandma, a dessert competition that celebrates ugly holiday sweaters and a challenge that forces the bakers to bake without appliances.

In Sunday’s season premiere, the contestants are tasked with turning classic seasonal beverages into custom-made confections.

“Perhaps you have eggnog,” Pascale cites as an example. “You know, it’s normally a seasonal drink and it’s somehow incorporating that into something that is baked. So what would you do with eggnog? It could be an eggnog crème brulee or an eggnog cupcake or lots of different variations and it’s just about being clever and thinking outside of that box.”

IMAGINATION goes a long way on ‘Hol iday Baking Championship’

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DAN ABRAMS

With police conduct so prominently in the national conversation these days, a series like “Live PD” seems especially relevant.

Airing Fridays on A&E Network, the two-hour documentary series uses dash cams and various other cameras to follow police as they patrol their communities in six regions across the country. Dan Abrams is the host of the telecast and Dallas Police Detectives Emberlin and Kevin Jackson offer their insights on what viewers are seeing.

While this series gives viewers an almost real-time look at police work (the action is actually on a slight delay), critics have argued that with cameras present, police will be forced to be on their best behavior.

But Abrams, a 50-year-old New Yorker who is also a web entrepreneur, restaurateur, author and legal analyst for ABC News, says that if that’s the case, then that’s a good thing.

“The more we can have our police departments functioning effectively, the better,” the Columbia Law School graduate says. “So do I think it will allow people to see some of the more mundane things that police officers do? Sure. Do I think that police officers are going to look good as a result of this? I don’t know. I have no idea. It completely depends on what happens.

“And I think that no one involved in the show is predicting that it’s going to be good or bad for the police,” he continues. “It’s just going to be real.”

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Name: Dan AbramsDate of birth: May 20, 1966Birthplace: New York CityEducation: B.A. in political science from Duke University; J.D. from Columbia Law SchoolFamily: He and partner Florinka Pesenti have a 4-year-old son, Everett Floyd Abrams; father Floyd Abrams is a noted constitutional lawyerTV jobs: Reporter for Court TV; general assignment and chief legal correspondent for NBC News; general manager of MSNBC; substitute anchor on “Today”; host of “The Abrams Report,” “Live With Dan Abrams” and “Verdict With Dan Abrams”; legal analyst for ABC News; anchor of “Nightline”Major stories covered: The O.J. Simpson trial, the assisted-suicide trials of Dr. Jack Kevorkian, the International War Crimes Tribunal


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Ben Higgins of “Ben & Lauren:

Happily Ever After?” on

Freeform“We have ‘Bachelor

in Paradise’ saved on there right now.

I still need to get through the season

of ‘Mr. Robot,’ Season 2. We have

a couple of old Westerns. I love Westerns so we

have like, ‘Dances With Wolves’

and I think we have ‘Wyatt Earp’

– two Kevin Costner movies. And then

I have a couple of old, old-school ones, ‘Two Mules for Sister Sara.’ ... Oh I have ‘Beach

Patrol: Miami Beach’ saved from like

2006 because I was on an episode of

that and I’m trying to find it again

because I haven’t seen it in years.”

Wyatt Cenac of “People of Earth” on TBS“I tape ‘Pardon the Interruption.’ I usually like to watch it the next morning and it’s the thing I watch as I’m like eating oatmeal.”

Janet Montgomery of “Salem” on WGN

America“I was recording

‘The Night Of,’ the HBO show. The John Oliver show. ... I used

to always have the ‘Chelsea Lately’ show as well but obviously

that’s not on anymore. And ‘Broad City’ ...

which my friend told me about a couple

of months ago and I burned through them

all and I just can’t wait for more.”

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Hunter Parrish of “Good Girls Revolt” on AmazonLike everybody else and their mother, ‘Stranger Things’ ... but I did not do it because everybody else was talking about it. I didn’t know people were. I had just seen a sign for it, and it looked like something that was half-’Goonies,’ half-’Are You Afraid of the Dark?’ Those were the things I grew up on, so we dove in, hoping they got it right. And they nailed it, of course. And my wife and I are excited to start watching the latest season of ‘Mr. Robot.’

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Country-club life remains complicated

BY JAY BOBBINAnyone with an affinity for “The Flamingo Kid” or “Caddyshack” is likely to extend it to “Red Oaks,” if they haven’t already.

Nostalgic and contemporary at once, the seriocomic Amazon series centered around the title country club in the mid-1980s starts streaming the 10 episodes of its second season Friday, Nov. 11. Craig Roberts returns as young assistant tennis pro David Meyers, whose carefully mapped-out life has undergone a multitude of changes, resulting in his dropping out of college and putting his filmmaking ambitions on hold ... if not ending them completely.

Another seismic-to-David shift awaits in the new stories, as his would-be girlfriend Skye (Alexandra Socha) shows a marked difference in personality after the year she’s spent in Paris. Her father – Red Oaks president Doug Getty (Paul Reiser) – isn’t happy about it, either, and David ends up the man in the middle between them. Additional cast members include Reiser’s former “Mad About You“ comrade Richard Kind and Jennifer Grey as David’s now-divorced parents, and Ennis Esmer and Oliver Cooper as fellow employees.

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With Steven Soderbergh (“The Knick,” “The Girlfriend Experience”) and series creators Gregory Jacobs and Joe Gangemi among its executive producers, “Red Oaks” isn’t “a show that’s striving to make any big comments about life,” Gangemi maintains, “other than the stuff that’s true of any decade. If we have a sort of (theme) from our body of work and stuff we’ve done before, we tend to have a kind of optimistic view of people coming together and finding communities, and making up their tribes and finding new families ... sometimes of their own creation. I think that message is probably the one we’re trying to support.”

Jacobs agrees that by keeping David as the hub of “Red Oaks,” the show continues the “universal reality of coming-of-age stories, and I think that’s (true of) every decade. I have kids who are teenagers, and they’re in some ways going through a lot of the same things that I did, even though I didn’t have a cell phone. They’re still growing up, and I think we’re all constantly doing it. I mean, I still am. I think that’s kind of the fun, telling those kinds of stories.”

So does Reiser, as the club’s resident “fat cat,” though he also believes “the deck had been shuffled” for Season 2. “We were all working with different combinations, which was fun. We missed the people we weren’t with, but there were also new accommodations and new chemistry. Joe and Greg did a great job of having spent the first season with all the characters. They really wrote, it seemed, so effortlessly for us in the second season that we just picked up the scripts and they all they just flew. One of the great benefits of doing a series is that you learn the characters and you learn how to write for them.”

David Gordon Green – another “Red Oaks” executive producer – is back as one of its directors, as are independent-film staples Hal Hartley (“No Such Thing”) and Gregg Araki (“Splendor”). In playing newly single Sam Meyers, the typically comedic Kind stresses that the series remains “first and foremost a comedy. However, because of the broader strokes in the first year, during the second season, things were more intimate. I was worried: ‘Oh, my gosh, am I too somber or too sober?’ It is still a comedy, but it just got deeper. That’s all I can say.“

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staunton’s ferocious rose propels new PBs ‘Gypsy’ BY JOHN CROOKWhen the original Broadway production of “Gypsy” opened in 1959, it boasted a creative dream team: Ethel Merman as the star, Jule Styne – who later would write “Funny Girl” – as the composer, and a trio from the game-changing “West Side Story”: director-choreographer Jerome Robbins, lyricist Stephen Sondheim and book author Arthur Laurents. Despite good reviews, however, the show was completely shut out at the Tony Awards and ran less than two years.

Since then, this adaptation of stripper Gypsy Rose Lee’s autobiography has attained the stature of a masterpiece, as well as a textbook study in how to construct a great Broadway musical. Its score includes such standards as “Everything’s Coming Up Roses,” “Let Me Entertain You” and “Some People,” and the role of Rose – the stage mother from hell, who tries to realize her own frustrated dreams of stardom via her two daughters – has proven to be catnip for such theater legends

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as Angela Lansbury, Tyne Daly and Patti LuPone, all of whom won Tonys in subsequent Broadway revivals.

On Friday, Nov. 11 (check local listings), PBS’ “Great Performances” brings the latest actress to tackle this exhausting role – Brit thespian Imelda Staunton (“Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”) – to the small screen in a London production that sold out its recent West End run and earned Staunton an Olivier Award (the UK equivalent of a Tony) for her fierce performance.

That made this “Gypsy” exactly the kind of theater event that Emmy-winning veteran producer Ellen Krass wanted to capture for posterity.

“I’ve seen every ‘Gypsy’ on Broadway – Merman, Angela, Tyne, Bernadette (Peters) and Patti – but I swear, I’ve never seen anyone like Imelda Staunton,” Krass says. “She’s something very different. Her Rose is a monster, and I think the others didn’t want to be monsters. I have sat through this production maybe 25 times now and every song moves you. Many people have tried to capture this musical, but I really believe this ‘Gypsy’ is the best show we’ve done.”

She credits Lonny Price, who directed this presentation for television, for much of the program’s impact. Price used a rail camera, familiar to viewers from Olympic sporting events, to give the show a cinematic feel and bring the audience into the action.

“We shot this twice,” Krass says. “You know, when NBC does one of its musicals, they work on it for six weeks. I think it’s a credit to Lonny that he is able to do so much work in so little time, and have them come out as beautiful as they do. So the kudos go to Stephen’s (Sondheim) work, Imelda’s performance and Lonny’s understanding of musical theater.”

Staunton’s uncompromising approach to her character may prove polarizing – at the end of Act One, in “Everything’s Coming Up Roses,” we see Rose go through a psychotic break – but her portrayal is grounded in Laurents’ book and Sondheim’s lyrics.

“Rose is simply not very likable,” Krass says. “In that scene where June leaves and suddenly Rose shifts her attention to her other daughter, as you watch you realize it has nothing to do with her daughter, it’s all about Rose. She is a desperate woman and very selfish, so it’s hard to like her, even though she’s a mother.”

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BY JAY BOBBINIf a dose of politics Hollywood-style will help get you set for Election Day, Turner Classic Movies may get your vote first.

The channel has a slate of relevant films slated through most of the day Monday, Nov. 7 – with fictional tales during the daytime and documentaries (as part of its Alec Baldwin-hosted “To Tell the Truth” series) at night. A number of the attractions truly do fit the designation “classic,” and here’s a look at some of them.

“Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” (1939): One of the hallmarks of director Frank Capra and star James Stewart’s careers, the comedy-drama introduces a naïve political newcomer to the workings of Washington to fill out the term of a deceased senator. Jefferson Smith gives corrupt colleagues more than they bargained for, though, as he lobbies for the land to house a boys’ camp.

This movie’s theme has been repurposed numerous times in the years since, to support the notion that one pure-hearted person can triumph over an established “machine” of lawmakers. And for a perfect translation of the term “filibuster,” watch Stewart’s Smith hold the Senate floor for nearly 24 hours of nonstop talk. Other notable stars include Jean Arthur and veteran character actors Edward Arnold and Claude Rains.

“The Best Man” (1964): Adapted by Gore Vidal from his stage play, this well may be the best political-convention story ever told. Henry Fonda and Cliff Robertson play presidential-nomination rivals cut from very different cloths … the former, a secretly flawed moralist who refuses to play dirty, even when handed the ammo to do so; and the latter, an obviously ruthless opportunist who will use anyone and anything to fulfill his aims.

Much of the drama comes from the two men seeking the endorsement of the exiting president (Oscar-nominated Lee Tracy), but director Franklin J. Schaffner also captures the bigger picture of the pomp and mayhem of such a convention. Ann Sothern adds welcome comic

relief as the vice chair of the party – which is never specified – and Kevin McCarthy is properly efficient as the Fonda character’s schedule-obsessed campaign manager.

“Advise & Consent” (1962): Henry Fonda also has a key role in producer-director Otto Preminger’s version of Allen Drury’s best-seller about a potential Secretary of State’s nomination by an ill president (Franchot Tone) who wants someone to ensure his foreign policy will stay on track. Much debate in the Senate surrounds the nominee, with Charles Laughton and Walter Pidgeon as the principal opponents in the discussion.

The cast is loaded with other familiar-faced talents, from Don Murray and Peter Lawford to Lew Ayres and Burgess Meredith. However, one co-star who stands out is Betty White – yes, that Betty White – in a rare dramatic performance as a Kansas senator who weighs in on the increasingly complicated proceedings.

“Primary” (1960): A milestone in cinema verite, this Robert Drew-produced recap of its year’s Wisconsin between John F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey for the Democratic nomination involved several talents who would make their own marks in that shoot-from-the-hip style of filmmaking: cinematographers Richard Leacock (“Monterey Pop”) and Albert Maysles (“Gimme Shelter,” “Grey Gardens”), and editor D.A. Pennebaker (“Don’t Look Back,” “The War Room”).

The you-are-there technique is stunning as Kennedy and Humphrey are shown both publicly (amid massive crowds) and privately (with extreme close-ups depicting them awaiting the critical results of polls). Robert Redford’s “The Candidate” approximated much of what “Primary” covers, but in this case, it’s the real deal.


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BY JAY BOBBINLori Loughlin has a perpetually sunny spirit, but a holiday movie steals it long enough for her to have to win it back.

Also reprising her role as Rebecca in the soon-to-return Netflix sequel series “Fuller House,” the television veteran takes the lead in “Every Christmas Has a Story,” one of the first new films in this year’s around-the-clock Hallmark Channel “Countdown to Christmas” festival. Premiering Saturday, Nov. 12, it casts Loughlin as a television star who admits her dislike of the yuletide while on the air ... making her someone in need of a Christmas makeover (which was the picture’s original title).

One particular American town might be able to help, since it has a massive Christmas observance. It lures her and her show there, and she has to work very closely with its producer (Colin Ferguson), who also happens to be her former boyfriend. And if you don’t think her attitude eventually gets turned around, you’ve never watched a Hallmark Channel movie, particularly at this time of year.

“They sure are fun to do,” Loughlin reflects of the Hallmark brand of seasonal tale, “and around the holidays, I just keep Hallmark Channel on, 24/7. I don’t even turn it off. I watch everything there, because it just makes you feel good.”

Loughlin allows that “Every Christmas Has a Story” casts her as a modern Ebenezer Scrooge “in a much milder form, which is the Hallmark brand, of course. I think it’s a gentler approach to somebody who has lost their way. She isn’t necessarily ‘Bah, humbug!’ about other people celebrating, she just doesn’t embrace the Christmas spirit like she once did, because of various circumstances she’s gone through. And I think that’s really relatable.”

That notion helped Loughlin tap into a Christmas sensibility herself while making the movie decidedly out-of-season: “That is really hard to do in June in Vancouver, but I have to give kudos to the art department and set decorators. They did a tremendous job. What’s poignant is that the town in the story itself has gone through some hard times and transformations, and it has lost a little of its Christmas spirit, too. Even though they’re welcoming this woman, the invitation is sort of twofold.”


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The ever-upbeat Loughlin gets to have a big on-camera meltdown as her alter ego declares her distaste for Christmas, and the actress enjoyed doing something so different for her. “I was actually surprised. It made me laugh. I love slapstick comedy, and I turn around and accidentally hit a guy and he falls back and lands in a tree. I really appreciated the way it was done. She wasn’t trying to be mean, but it turns into this big to-do and becomes this sort of runaway train.”

Also seen in September’s season premiere of CBS’ “Blue Bloods” as a police widow who didn’t want her son to become a cop, Loughlin continues her strong ties to Hallmark with “Every Christmas Has a Story.” She starred in its “Northpole” sequel last holiday season, plus she’s a regular on its series “When Calls the Heart” – which offers a new, seasonal movie on Christmas night, then debuts its fourth season in 2017 – and she’s made seven “Garage Sale Mystery” movies for Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, with four more slated for production.

“They keep me busy all the time,” she says of Hallmark, “and I’m so happy to be working with them. It’s been so diverse for me (this TV year), from the heartfelt to the edgy on ‘Blue Bloods’ to the comedic on ‘Fuller House.’ It’s been great fun for me to play in all those different arenas.”

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FULL NAME: Trevor John Siemian

BORN: Dec. 26, 1991

BIRTHPLACE: Windermere, Fla.

HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6-foot, 3-inches/220-pounds

TEAM: Denver Broncos

POSITION: Quarterback

NO.: 13

COLLEGE: Northwestern

NFL DRAFT: 2015 / Round: 7 / Pick: 250

HONORS & ACHIEVEMENTS: Week 3 AFC offensive player of the week; ranked fourth all-time in passing yards at Northwestern

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BY DAN LADDIt’s starting to become clear as to why Trevor Siemian won the starting quarterback job for the Denver Broncos, who visit the Oakland Raiders in an AFC West showdown Sunday, Nov. 6, on NBC’s Sunday Night Football. Siemian beat out veteran Mark Sanchez and rookie Paxton Lynch to take the helm under center for the Super Bowl 50 champions in the wake of Peyton Manning’s retirement and Brock Osweiler’s departure via free agency.

The second-year quarterback’s value to the Broncos became apparent when he sat out with a shoulder injury in the Broncos’ first loss of the season in Week 5 to the Atlanta Falcons. Lynch struggled, proving that head coach Gary Kubiak made the right decision in naming Siemian the starter prior to the season.

Siemian didn’t have an easy start to the season himself, throwing two interceptions in the season-opener against Carolina. But he kept his poise well enough to pull out a victory and looked much sharper in the weeks that followed. In a Week 3 win over the Cincinnati Bengals, he threw for four touchdowns and 312 yards. A week later he suffered the shoulder injury against Tampa Bay.

Between Kubiak and general manager John Elway, the Broncos are a sensitive team when it comes to quarterbacks. They know a few things about the position so it should be a credit to Siemian that they not only let Osweiler walk, but also chose Siemian to start over Lynch, their first round draft pick out of Memphis.TREVORSIEMIAN

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“The Girl on the Train” is Emily Blunt, literally playing a voyeur on wheels in the movie adapted from the best seller by Paula Hawkins.

With the setting shifted from the book’s London to downstate New York, the central character is a hard drinker compelled to spy on her ex (Luke Evans), his former mistress (Rebecca Ferguson) and their baby – which she does, twice daily, from a commuter train that passes by their house in which she used to live herself.

From her seat, she also looks in on another couple. That’s where the story’s mystery eventually kicks in, since she comes to believe that something very bad has happened to that wife, played by Haley Bennett (who also has the remake of “The Magnificent Seven” on her fall-movie resume). But is that actually the fact, or is that hunch just a result of the drinking? And was the eavesdropper directly involved in whatever may have occurred?

If “The Girl on the Train” makes you think of “Gone Girl,” you won’t be alone. It very obviously opens up the same sort of questions, asking you whether to trust the prism of the character the events are seen through. While that

can be intriguing initially, it can become tiresome eventually, though screenwriter Erin Cressida Wilson gives her best shot to keeping the adaptation involving from start to finish.

The decidedly glum result here is shakier than “Gone Girl,” relying on voiceovers for considerable exposition of actions it would have been more compelling to see rather than be told about. That likely was in service of keeping the audience in doubt about the heroine’s reliability

of recollection, but it’s a gamble taken by the script and director Tate Taylor that only offers part of the hoped-for payoff.

Any flaws “The Girl on the Train” can’t be blamed on star Blunt. She’s a terrific choice for the central role, and she’s backed by a generally fine cast – most notably, the also-ideal-for-her-part Bennett and the ever-reliable Allison Janney as a police detective. Two other very familiar faces, Lisa Kudrow and Laura Prepon, also turn up in relatively brief stints.

“The Girl on the Train” never goes off the tracks completely, but with the approach it takes in its screen translation, it’s also not an entirely smooth journey.

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“FINDING DORY” (Nov. 15): In the sequel to Disney-Pixar’s animated “Finding Nemo,” fish Dory (voice of Ellen DeGeneres) sets out to find her parents. (PG: AS)

“GAME OF THRONES: THE COMPLETE SIXTH SEASON” (Nov. 15): The fate of Jon Snow (Kit Harington) is a major element of this most recent round of the hugely popular HBO series. (Not rated: AS, N, GV)

“HELL OR HIGH WATER” (Nov. 22): Two brothers (Chris Pine, Ben Foster) who feel they have no choice but to commit robbery are chased by a Texas Ranger (Jeff Bridges). (R: AS, P, V)

“THE BEATLES: EIGHT DAYS A WEEK – THE TOURING YEARS” (Nov. 18): The Ron Howard-directed documentary compiles footage of the Fab Four’s live performances in the mid-1960s. (Not rated)

“MECHANIC: RESURRECTION” (Nov. 22): A former assassin (Jason Statham) must carry out three kills to ransom his new love interest (Jessica Alba). (R: AS, P, V)

“ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS: THE MOVIE” (Nov. 29): Jennifer Saunders (also the writer here) and Joanna Lumley reprise their television roles as the high-living Edina and Patsy. (R: AS, P)

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“SAUSAGE PARTY”Though it’s computer-animated, this comedy isn’t for kids, being notably racier than other films in the genre. Seth Rogen (who also co-wrote the script) voices a sausage named Frank, who wants to get much closer to his hot-dog-bun girlfriend Brenda (voice of Kristen Wiig) ... but Honey Mustard (voice of Danny McBride) warns them that life outside their supermarket won’t be as idyllic as they imagine. Unforeseen circumstances keep the couple in the store long enough to check out whether that claim is true, and they’re not thrilled by what they discover. Jonah Hill, Bill Hader, James Franco, Craig Robinson, Paul Rudd, Edward Norton and Salma Hayek also are in the voice cast. ››› (R: AS, P, V) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand)

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 6, 2016

8:30 p.m. on FOXSon of ZornZorn (voice of Jason Sudeikis) deploys a clever way to play hooky from work in the new episode “A Tale of Two Zorns.” He wants to be available to buy a new video game the moment it goes on sale, so he puts a body double in his usual place. Once Edie and Linda (Cheryl Hines, Artemis Pebdani) realize what’s going on, the double gets abused by them in a way the real Zorn doesn’t. Johnny Pemberton and Tim Meadows also star. New

9 p.m. on ABCSecrets and LiesEric (Michael Ealy) gets a surprise visit from someone who covertly had close ties to Kate (Jordana Brewster) in the new episode “The Parent.” As a result of new information he gets, Eric develops more doubts about Patrick (Charlie Barnett). Detective Cornell (Juliette Lewis) is troubled by the second anniversary of her partner’s murder, which still hasn’t been solved — and the sudden reappearance of her ex-husband (guest star Jake Weber) doesn’t calm her nerves. New

9 p.m. on BRAVOMarried to MedicineAs a new season opens with the appropriately titled “New Beginnings,” Quad has a new baby in her house, while Lisa’s got a baby on her brain. Simone and Cecil adjust to life apart, and Dr. Jackie just keeps advancing. Toya faces some major problems with the IRS, and Lisa Nicole throws a bash aimed at bringing the group together. Season Premiere New

MONDAY NOVEMBER 7, 2016

8 p.m. on FOXGothamEmmy-winning co-star Michael Chiklis gets to play looser with his character in the new episode “Mad City: Blood Rush,” as Detective Barnes’ behavior starts to change ... and the results are not pretty. Nygma (Cory Michael Smith) finds himself in uncertain emotional territory with Isabella (guest star Chelsea Spack). The engagement

of Lee and Mario (Morena Baccarin, guest star James Carpinello) is celebrated with a party thrown by Falcone (guest star John Doman). New

9 p.m. on BRAVOVanderpump RulesRestaurateur Lisa Vanderpump returns for a new season of overseeing a group of staff members who lead drama-filled lives. In addition to most of the usual suspects, new to the SUR staff this season is Brittany Cartwright, Jax’s new girlfriend, who is trying to learn how to live with a playboy who is known for stretching the truth. Case in point: Shortly after Brittany is hired, Jax spreads a rumor about her that threatens to demolish this promising love affair. Season Premiere New

TUESDAY NOVEMBER 8, 2016

10 p.m. on SYFYAftermathMaybe they should ask for a second opinion? With volcanic Mount Rainier threatening to erupt at any moment, a mysterious figure tells Karen, Joshua (Anne Heche, James Tupper) and their family that their only salvation lies back on that same deadly mountain in a new episode called “What the Thunder Said.” Levi Meaden, Taylor Hickson and Julia Sarah Stone also star. New

WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 9, 2016

8 p.m. on CWArrowSeeking the common link among Prometheus’ murder targets, Oliver (Stephen Amell) eventually determines — via Felicity and Curtis (Emily Bett Rickards, Echo Kellum) — that it’s him himself in the new episode “So It Begins.” Felicity considers confiding in Malone (guest star Tyler Ritter) about the nature of her work with Team Arrow. Thea and Lance (Willa Holland, Paul Blackthorne) have an intense conversation. David Ramsey also stars. New

8:30 p.m. on ABCSpeechlessJJ (Micah Fowler) becomes a resource for an injured gymnast who’s trying to adjust to using a wheelchair in this new episode, and he eventually develops a crush on her. Ray (Mason Cook) comes up with a tall tale to cover for a photo he accidentally took with his cell phone, and he gets away with it for a while ... until Maya (Minnie Driver) calls him on it. Dylan (Kyla Kenedy) gets lessons in handling stress from Jimmy (John Ross Bowie). New

10 p.m. on NBCChicago P.D.The murder of the sole witness in a case against a serial rapist prompts Voight (Jason Beghe) and the team to investigate the family of the suspect (guest star Gus Harper) in the new episode “300,000 Likes.” Antonio (Jon Seda) mulls a career change when he’s offered a job with the state attorney’s office. Body cameras offer evidence of a strange encounter involving Burgess and Sorensen (Marina Squerciati, guest star Kevin Kane). Sophia Bush also stars. New

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8 p.m. on FOXRosewoodA famous model’s untimely death puts Rosewood and Villa (Morris Chestnut, Jaina Lee Ortiz) on the case in the new episode “Lidocaine & Long-Term Lust.” The probe takes them to Miami’s plastic-surgery market and opens up strong suspicions of foul play. Lorraine Toussaint, Gabrielle Dennis and Eddie Cibrian also star ... and guest star Jack Benza gets one of the television season’s more distinctive roles thus far, “Schlubby Guy.” New

8:59 p.m. on FOXPitchThe arrival of Livan Duarte (guest star Christian Ochoa) as the Padres’ new catcher doesn’t go over well with many people in the new episode “San Francisco.” Mike (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) is among them, since he is moved from that position to first base. Amelia and Oscar (Ali Larter, Mark Consuelos) team up to do damage control regarding Ginny (Kylie Bunbury). Dan Lauria, Mo McRae and Meagan Holder also star. New

9 p.m. on ABCNotoriousMelina Kanakaredes (“CSI: NY”) continues her guest role in the new episode “The Burn Book,” as the character seeks help from Julia and Jake (Piper Perabo, Daniel Sunjata) when her daughter’s (guest star Haley Ramm) boyfriend is murdered — and the daughter is the suspect. Singer-songwriter-actor Ray J crosses the line from reality into fiction by playing himself, as the weapon used in the homicide turns out to be his. Adam Rayner (“Tyrant”) also guest stars. New

9 p.m. on NBCChicago MedThough one needs a new kidney, two brothers can’t settle their differences in the new episode “Free Will.” Dr. Halstead and Dr.

Manning (Nick Gehlfuss, Torrey DeVitto) try to bring them to a meeting of minds to resolve the medical dilemma. Dr. Rhodes and Dr. Latham (Colin Donnell, guest star Ato Essandoh) are challenged by a woman who doesn’t want her daughter to have needed surgery. Sophia Bush and Jesse Lee Soffer appear in their “Chicago P.D.” roles. New

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 11, 2016

8 p.m. on CWThe Vampire DiariesDamon (Ian Somerhalder) heads for Texas and crosses paths with Peter Maxwell (guest star Joel Gretsch, “The 4400”) in the new episode “An Eternity of Misery.” Stefan and Alaric (Paul Wesley, Matt Davis) get a look into the past of the force they’re trying to vanquish, in order to save Damon and Enzo (Michael Malarkey). Matt (Zach Roerig) experiences a strange merging of his own past and present. Candice King also stars. New

8 p.m. on FOXHell’s KitchenRather literally, a southern flavor infuses the new episode “Don’t Tell My Fiance,” in which the chefs must put spins on a favorite regional dish. The dinner service includes a number of familiar faces as guests: Los Angeles Clippers star J.J. Redick, “American Idol” alum Blake Lewis, actress Mircea Monroe (“Episodes”) and reality television’s Adrienne Maloof (“The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills”). Chef Gordon Ramsay springs a surprise. New

9:01 p.m. on FOXThe ExorcistCasey’s (Hannah Kasulka) vanishing frays the emotions of the other Rances in the new episode “Chapter Seven: Father of Lies.” Father Tomas (Alfonso Herrera) has problems dealing with the general knowledge of Casey’s possession. Father Marcus (Ben Daniels) seeks the help of Mother Bernadette (guest star Deanna Dunagan). Father Bennett’s (Kurt Egyiawan) probe of the Tattersall firm

proves dangerous for him. Geena Davis, Alan Ruck and Brianne Howey also star. New

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 12, 2016

8 p.m. on HBOMovie: The Divergent Series: AllegiantAs a ruthless battle threatens all of humanity, Tris and Four (Shailene Woodley, Theo James) make a risky journey beyond the wall that encloses Chicago to find a peaceful solution for their troubled city in this 2016 action film, the first of a two-part adaptation of the final book in Veronica Roth’s “Divergent” trilogy. Jeff Daniels, Octavia Spencer, Ray Stevenson, Zoe Kravitz, Miles Teller and Ansel Elgort also star. Premiere


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