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36 | JANUARY 16 • 2020

TV SHOWS

Deputy started Jan. 2 on
Fox (9 p.m.). Stephen
Dorff, 48, plays Bill Hollister,
a deputy who becomes
the chief of the huge Los
Angeles County Sheriff’
s
Department when the
elected chief dies suddenly.
Hollister is more an Old
West guy than a modern
lawman. Dorff, who identi-
fies as Jewish, is a veteran
action film actor. Dorff’
s late
mother wasn’
t Jewish. His
Jewish father is Steve Dorff,
70, a successful country music
composer who also writes film
scores and TV theme songs.
Bex Taylor-Klaus, 25, has
a supporting role as Breanna
Bishop, a seasoned investigator
in the sheriff’
s office. This is her
first role as a network series
regular. She has been quoted
as saying “Bex” is short for
Rebecca. When asked about her
nationality, she replied: “Wow,
that is difficult. My family is from
Spain, Cuba, Israel. The family
is Jewish and from all over the
place.”
The Owl House, a Disney
Channel animated fantasy,
began on Jan. 10. It’
s about a
teen girl who finds a portal to
another world where she can try
to fulfill her dream of becom-
ing a witch. “King,” one of the
show’
s three main characters,
is voiced by Alex Hirsch, 34.
He created Gravity Falls, a hit
Disney animated series.
Zoey’
s Extraordinary Playlist
started Jan 7 (NBC, 10 p.m.).
Jane Levy, 30, stars as Zoe,
a computer code writer who
begins to hear the thoughts of
people around her through pop-
ular songs. At first, she questions
her sanity. Later, with the help

of a friend, she comes to realize
this power is a gift — she can
connect better with everyone,
including her ailing father.
Levy’
s first big role (2011)
was as the co-star of the
well-reviewed ABC series
Suburgatory. Family history sites
reveal her father is Jewish and
her mother is not. She doesn’
t
talk about her family back-
ground.
Broadway actor Skyler Astin,
32, plays Max, a close asso-
ciate of Zoe. Born Skyler Astin
Lipstein, he’
s best known to
most people for playing Jesse
Swanson in the films Pitch
Perfect and Pitch Perfect 2.
Avenue 5 is a comedic sci-
ence fiction series, set in the
future, that starts on HBO on
Jan. 19. Avenue 5 is the name of
the spaceship where most of the
series scenes take place. Josh
Gad, 38, is a series regular. He
plays Herman Judd, the billion-
aire owner of Avenue 5. Also in
space is Captain Picard, a CBS
All-Access series that begins on
Jan. 23. Patrick Stewart returns
in the title role he created in Star
Trek: The Next Generation. Brent
Spiner, 70, reprises his Next
Gen role (“Data”, an android) in
the new series.

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