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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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