42 | JANUARY 23 • 2020 

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NEW TV/STREAMING 
Outmatched, a Fox sit-com, 
starts on Thursday, Jan. 23, at 
8:30 p.m. It’
s about a blue-collar 
couple (Jason Biggs and Maggie 
Lawson) who live in Atlantic City, 
N.J. They are trying to raise four 
kids — three of whom are certi-
fied geniuses. Biggs, a real Jersey 
native, often proudly calls himself 
the “Jewiest-looking non-Jew.” 
He’
s played Jewish characters 
four times, most notably in the 
American Pie movies. In 2008, he 
married Jenny Mollen, now 40, 
a Jewish comedian. The couple 
has two sons, Sid and Lazlo. (I 
wasn’
t surprised when Biggs post-
ed photos of Sid’
s religious bris.) 
Last May, Biggs and Mollen toured 
Israel and posted on Instagram 
hour-by-hour trip photos. 
Outmatched was created by 
Lon Zimmet, 39, also a Jersey 
native. He has a track record as 
a series producer. His parents are 
board members of the New Jersey 
chapter of the Friends of the Israel 
Defense Forces.
Who Will Write Our History is 
a 2018 documentary about the 
Warsaw Ghetto to be first aired 
on the Discovery Channel Sunday, 
Jan. 26, at 3 p.m. Based on the 
book by Samuel Kassow, a Trinity 
College professor and child of a 
Holocaust survivor, it focuses most 
on the creation of the “Oyneg 
Shabes.” That was the code name 
of an archive of writings detail-
ing what was happening in the 

ghetto. Led by historian Emanuel 
Ringelbaum, a secret group of 
journalists and community leaders 
contributed to the archive. The 
documentary also features new 
interviews, rarely seen footage and 
dramatizations shot on location 
in Poland. Actress Joan Allen and 
Oscar-winner Adrien Brody, 46, 
narrate. The film was directed by 
Roberta Grossman, 60, who also 
directed other Jewish-themed 
documentaries, including Blessed 
Is the Match: The Life and Death 
of Hannah Senesh, Hava Nagila: 
The Movie and Above and Beyond 
(about Jewish American volunteer 
pilots who flew in the Israeli War of 
Independence).
 
JEWS ON ICE
You may be surprised to learn 
11 Jews are now playing in the 
National Hockey League (accord-
ing to Jewish Sports Review 
magazine). Quinn Hughes, 20, has 
been named a 2020 All-Star and 
will play in this year’
s NHL all-star 
game (airs on NBC on Saturday, 
Jan. 25, at 8 p.m.). Hughes is a 
defenseman who plays for the 
Vancouver Canucks. His younger 
brother, Jack Hughes, 18, plays 
for the NHL New Jersey Devils. The 
brothers grew up in Toronto. Quinn 
played for the U-M Wolverines 
for two years before turning pro. 
The brothers’
 father, Jim Hughes, 
a former hockey coach who has 
worked for the Toronto Maple 
Leafs, isn’
t Jewish. Their Jewish 
mother, Ellen Weinberg-Hughes, 
51, was a great collegiate ice 
hockey player. 

NATE BLOOM
COLUMNIST

FOX 

Maggie Lawson 
and Jason Biggs 
star in Fox’
s 
new sit-com 
Outmatched.

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