Northeast Oregon TV Weekly October 24 - 30, 2021 l 19 inside every Inside Thursday every hursday What’s Available NOW On “Bob Ballard: An Explorer’s Life” (Oct. 29) “McFarland, USA” (Oct. 29) The oceanographer credited with the discoveries of numerous notorious shipwrecks including the Titanic, the Bismarck and the USS Yorktown reveals the inside stories behind his most exciting finds, while sharing the personal triumphs, challenges and tragedies that led him to them in this 2020 documentary from National Geographic Kevin Costner heads the cast of this 2015 drama as a high school football coach who lost his last job because he was too rough on his entitled charges. He finds his calling when he lands at a rural California school and turns seven disappointing students into one of the best cross-country track teams in the country. Maria Bello and Morgan Saylor also star. “Impact With Gal Gadot” (Available now) “Rookie of the Year” (Available now) The “Wonder Woman” star hosts this short- form documentary series from National Geographic that spotlights six women working to improve their communities around the world. Among the women featured are a 20-year-old Detroit figure-skating coach who trains young girls of color and helps empower them on and off the ice, and a woman who uses “surf therapy” to help others recover from loss. A 12-year-old boy (Thomas Ian Nicholas) becomes a major- league sensation when an accident renders him a phenomenal pitching arm. Naturally, he helps hurl baseball’s hapless Chicago Cubs into the playoffs. Gary Busey, Dan Hedaya and Daniel Stern also star in this 1993 comedy that was Stern’s rookie effort as a director. om gon.c e r O n ster GoEa art arts event events entertainment entertainmen BY JOHN CROOK Plan B Questions: 1) Joe Mantegna took over the starring role in “Criminal Minds” in 2007 when what former Emmy winner abruptly left the series? 2) Javicia Leslie replaced what actress in the title role of The CW’s “Batwoman”? 3) Kate Mulgrew was cast as Kathryn Janeway in what sci-fi series after the originally cast Genevieve Bujold decided to give up the role? 4) After a stroke forced Bette Davis to drop out of her starring role in the 1983 TV series “Hotel,” the actress was replaced by which of her “All About Eve” co- stars? 5) Which Academy Award winner was fired after trying to replace Barbara Bel Geddes in the role of “Miss Ellie” Ewing on “Dallas”? 1) Mandy Patinkin 2) Ruby Rose 3) “Star Trek: Voyager” 4) Anne Baxter 5) Donna Reed Answers: Joe Mantegna Call 541-523-3673 541-963-3161 For more information