PAGE 8 • TV
THE BULLETIN • JULY 29 - AUGUST 4, 2021
What’s Available NOW On
“Critter Fixers: Country Vets,
Season 2” (Available now)
A mule in need of a pedicure, an alpaca
with parasites, a fainting goat and a sick
puppy are among the cases brought before
Drs. Terrence Ferguson and Vernard
Hodges of rural Georgia’s Critter Fixer
Veterinary Hospital in the sophomore
round of this unscripted National
Geographic series.
BY JAY BOBBIN
“Garfield” (Available now)
Bill Murray supplies the voice of the
computer-animated fat cat in this 2004
comedy. Annoyed at the arrival of Odie
the dog, Garfield locks him outside. Odie
wanders off and is picked up by a small-
time entertainer (Stephen Tobolowsky)
who wants to take him to the big city to
use in his act. A now-repentant Garfield
sets out to get him back.
“Sydney to the Max” (Available
now)
This family sitcom stars Ruth Righi as
middle-school student Sydney Reynolds,
who lives with her single dad, Max (Ian
Reed Kesler), in the home where he grew
up, with his mother, Judy (Caroline Rhea).
As Sydney’s interests and activities begin
to mature, Max turns to Judy for her
perspective in scenes that shift back and
forth between the present and the 1990s,
when Max was Sydney’s age.
Jill Wagner
What do you think about the
“Mystery 101” franchise now
reaching its seventh installment with
“Deadly History’?
The long-running Fox series meets
the Marvel Cinematic Universe in this
animated short that finds Loki (voice of
Tom Hiddleston) banished to Springfield,
where he joins forces with Bart (voice of
Nancy Cartwright) to fight against his
toughest adversaries. “Simpsons” regulars
Dan Castellaneta and Yeardley Smith are
also in the voice cast, as are Dawnn Lewis
and Maurice La Marche. (ORIGINAL)
OF ‘MYSTERY 101: DEADLY HISTORY’
ON HALLMARK MOVIES & MYSTERIES
as an amateur sleuth. Has it been a
challenge to balance those aspects?
In doing one of these mystery shows, I
really wanted it to be believable that she
We’ve been very lucky to have this many would be an asset to Travis (the police
detective played in the films by Kristoffer
episodes ... and even as a fan of the
Polaha). Anybody who teaches a class,
show, I’m curious about what happens
and especially one known as Mystery
next, even after this one. It’s left with such
101, means she probably knows as
a big cliffhanger, even more of one than much or more than Travis about detective
the last time, this can’t be the last one. It work just through reading and studying.
had better not be!
She wouldn’t be someone who just
tagged along.
While your “Mystery 101”
character Amy Winslow is a college
professor, she’s also been credible
“The Simpsons: The Good, the
Bart and The Loki” (Available
now)
You and your husband are awaiting
the arrival of your second child
together soon, and shortly after
you welcomed your first one last
year, you made the latest of your
many Hallmark holiday movies
(“The Angel Tree”). If the timing and
the circumstances allow, are you
game to film another one for the
upcoming holiday season?
Last time, about a month later, I was
ready to go – so, yeah, I’m here to work.
I’ll just have two babies with me! There
have been definite conversations, so if
someone wants me to do one and the
script is great, I’m down for it. And if
not, I’m also down for staying on the
farm and putting my feet up.