Jeremy Renner Talks to Diane Sawyer, Where’s the ‘Beef’ on Netflix, ‘Grease’ Prequel, ‘OC’ Rips from Headlines

Jeremy Renner: The Diane Sawyer Interview — A Story of Terror, Survival and Triumph

Twice Oscar nominated and presently the star of the Paramount+ drama Mayor of Kingstown, Jeremy Renner survived a virtually deadly accident on New Year’s Day when he was run over by his personal seven-ton snowplow whereas attempting to rescue his nephew. Suffering greater than 30 damaged bones and a punctured lung, Renner displays on the accident and his restoration in a prime-time interview with Diane Sawyer, who additionally interviews his family members and the primary responders who helped save his life.

 

Beef

Tempers run excessive in a savagely unsettling 10-episode dramedy starring The Walking Dead’s Steven Yeun and comic Ali Wong, each wonderful as Los Angelenos who succumb to highway rage after a near-miss in a parking zone. He’s a struggling contractor barely making ends meet, and she or he’s an entrepreneur who married into privilege. Each harassed to the restrict by life’s pressures, they’re pushed to the brink as their encounter festers and escalates into an all-out feud.

Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies

Less Grease than crude oil, this noisy and sluggish musical prequel tells the origin story of the Pink Ladies a number of years earlier than Rizzo immortalized the feisty Fifties woman gang within the basic Grease. Ostensibly a fable of feminine empowerment a couple of quartet of Rydell High outsiders studying to be comfy in their very own pores and skin, the unique however unmemorable rating shrieks its message in songs that really feel extra like manifestos with spastic choreography unsuited for this or some other interval. My hand jive saved urging me towards the mute button.

Law & Order: Organized Crime

In basic “ripped from the headlines” trend, the duty pressure tackles a case echoed in latest New York City headlines, after they uncover a sample of robberies involving the drugging of homosexual males. The investigation turns private for Bell (Danielle Moné Truitt) when she tries to assist a fellow officer victimized by the crooks. The franchise offers with extra topical points when Law & Order (8/7c) suspects a cult’s affect is behind a lady’s loss of life from an untreated an infection, and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (9/8c) seems into misdeeds inside a strong development tycoon’s household.

Star Trek: Picard

A very thrilling episode works as many nostalgic Next Generation angles as potential whereas our heroes attempt to regain benefit in opposition to the fiendish Vadic (Amanda Plummer, gloating like a conductor of chaos), who together with her fellow Changelings have taken management of the Titan. While Vadic calls for the enigmatic Jack Crusher (Ed Speleers) be delivered to her—although nobody is aware of why—everybody’s finest hope could also be Data (Brent Spiner), however provided that the android can keep away from being erased by his meaner and lesser half, Lore.

Inside Thursday TV:

• The Masters: First Round (3 pm/ET, ESPN): Could 2022 winner Scottie Scheffler be one of many few golf masters to repeat in back-to-back tournaments? The battle for the inexperienced jacket begins at Augusta (Ga.) National Golf Club.
• CMT Music Awards Extended Cut (8/7c, CMT): If you have been left wanting extra after Sunday’s CBS telecast, a replay gives half-hour of bonus content material and unseen performances.
• Next Level Chef (8/7c, Fox): The competitors turns into spirited (actually) when the cooks are challenged to pair a craft cocktail with an appetizer. Likewise on Bravo’s Top Chef: World All-Stars (10/9c), the chef-testants are tasked to create dishes that includes mead to impress U.Ok. chef and Michelin-starred restauranteur Adam Handling.
• Ghost Hunters (9/8c, Travel Channel): The Walking Dead’s Chandler Riggs joins the TAPS (The Atlantic Paranormal Society) workforce within the Season 3 premiere to snoop round a century-old deserted county jail in Hanford, California.
• Celebrity Prank Wars (10/9c, E!): Following the Season 4 premiere of Celebrity Game Face (9/8c), host Kevin Hart is joined by co-host Nick Cannon to judge which of their movie star associates can pull off the very best viral pranks.
• Wild West Chronicles (10/9c, INSP): The third season opens with Bat Masterson, now a retired lawman, heading to Nebraska to assist a good friend save his brother from being hanged.
• Good Trouble (10/9c, Freeform): The Fosters’ Teri Polo and Sherri Saum visitor on the spinoff when Stef and Lena pay a go to to adoptive daughter Mariana (Cierra Ramirez) to assist her make a serious determination.
• Slasher: Ripper (streaming on Shudder and AMC+): The horror anthology travels again to the 19^th century to disclose the grisly deeds of The Widow, a serial killer concentrating on Toronto’s elite society, with tycoon Basil Garvey (Will & Grace’s Eric McCormack) a possible goal.
• The Winchesters (streaming on HBO Max): If you missed any of the primary season of the Supernatural prequel, it’s now out there for streaming on the HBO app.