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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