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Entertainment Now | April 1 - 7, 2023 By Raye Smith TV Media WHAT'S NEW ON APPLE TV+ "Schmigadoon!" - Season 2 The lovers are back and ready to paint the town in Season 2 of the hit musical comedy "Schmiga- doon!" when it premieres on Ap- ple TV+ Wednesday, April 5. Having returned to their everyday lives af- ter discovering the magical, musi- cal land of Schmigadoon, where everyone acts like they're in a per- formance of classic musicals, Josh (Keegan-Michael Key, "Keanu," 2016) and Melissa (Cecily Strong, "Saturday Night Live") are left feeling like something is missing for them. Heading back into the woods in search of Schmigadoon once more, what they find instead is Schmicago, a darker, grittier fan- tasy land that reimagines the mu- sicals of the 1960s and '70s. Now, as they settle back into a new ad- venture, they'll have to take on a whole new cast (or two, or three ...) as they work to solve a song- and-dance-filled murder mystery. Season 2 sees the return of stars Dove Cameron ("Descendants," 2015), Jaime Camil ("Jane the Vir- gin"), Kristin Chenoweth ("Push- ing Daisies"), Alan Cumming ("The Good Wife"), Ariana DeBose ("West Side Story," 2021), Ann Ha- rada ("Blue Bloods"), Jane Kra- kowski ("30 Rock"), Martin Short ("Only Murders in the Building") and Aaron Tveit ("Les Misérables," 2012), alongside new additions Ti- tuss Burgess ("Unbreakable Kim- my Schmidt"), Patrick Page ("In the Heights," 2021) and Karin Kon- oval ("Snowpiercer"). The six-epi- sode second season is once again brought to the screen by co-cre- ators Ken Daurio and Cinco Paul, the writing team behind big-screen hits including "Despicable Me" (2010), "Horton Hears a Who!" (2008) and "The Lorax" (2012), among others. WHAT'S NEW ON HULU "Tiny Beautiful Things" - Season 1 Author Cheryl Strayed's work takes to the screen once more with the series adaptation of her bestselling collection, "Tiny Beau- tiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar," premiering on Hulu Friday, April 7. "Tiny Beautiful Things" stars Kathryn Hahn ("WandaVision") as Clare, a floundering writer who becomes a renowned advice columnist — while, behind the scenes, her own life is falling apart. As she tries to hold her marriage to her husband, Danny (Quentin Plair, "Roswell, New Mexico"), and her tumultu- ous relationship with her daugh- ter, Rae (Tanzyn Crawford, "Ser- vant"), Clare's column helps her begin her own journey towards healing as she reflects on her past and looks for a better future. Cre- ated for television by Liz Tigelaar ("Little Fires Everywhere"), "Tiny Beautiful Things" is directed by Desiree Akhavan ("The Bisexual") and Rachel Goldenberg ("Ameri- can Greed") with writing by Tige- laar, Jocelyn Bioh ("Russian Doll"), Ellen Fairey ("Nurse Jack- ie"), Naomi Iwamoto ("Twen- ties"), Des Moran ("Grown-ish") and Deirdre Shaw ("Jane the Vir- gin"). The series also stars Sarah Pidgeon ("The Wilds"), Owen Painter ("The Handmaid's Tale"), Merritt Wever ("Severance"), Eliz- abeth Hinkler ("American Auto") and Michaela Watkins ("The Uni- corn"). Executive producers in- clude Strayed, Hahn, Tigelaar, Re- ese Witherspoon ("Wild," 2014), Lauren Levy Neustadter ("Little Fires Everywhere"), Jayme Lem- ons ("Enlightened"), Laura Dern ("Big Little Lies"), Stacey Silver- man ("The Lying Game") and Nancy Won ("Jericho"). WHAT'S NEW ON PRIME "On a Wing and a Prayer" (2023) Experience a harrowing true story of bravery and survival with the new Prime Original drama film "On a Wing and a Prayer," pre- miering Friday, April 7. On what should have been an ordinary flight, father Doug White (Dennis Quaid, "Far From Heaven," 2002) is forced to fight for his life when their pilot dies suddenly mid-flight. With his entire family onboard the plane, Doug must figure out how to safely land the plane with noth- ing but the help of his wife (Heath- er Graham, "Lost in Space," 1998) and the guidance of a man on the ground (Jesse Metcalfe, "Desper- ate Housewives"). With a screen- play by Brian Egeston ("The Quad"), "On a Wing and a Prayer" is directed by Sean McNamara ("Spare Parts," 2015). WHAT'S NEW ON NETFLIX "Transatlantic" This Friday, April 7, Netflix brings audiences "Transatlantic," the seven-episode limited series inspired by Julie Orringer's novel "The Flight Portfolio" and by the real adventures of Varian Fry (played in the series by Cory Mi- chael Smith, "Gotham"), Mary Jayne Gold (Gillian Jacobs, "Com- munity"), Albert Hirschman (Lu- cas Englander, "Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore," 2022) and the Emergency Rescue Committee (ERC), an internation- al gang of young heroes. Set in Marseille, France, from 1940- 1941, "Transatlantic" follows the group as they risk their lives to save more than 2,000 refugees during World War II, including some of Europe's greatest artists and intellectuals, alongside a long list of individuals deemed "undesirable" by the Nazi Party. From creator/showrunner Anna Winger ("Deutschland, 83") and co-creator Daniel Hendler ("Un- orthodox"), "Transatlantic" also stars Corey Stoll ("Billions"), Gregory Montel ("Call My Agent!"), Ralph Amoussou ("Marianne"), Deleila Piasko ("Agent Hamilton"), Amit Rahav ("Unorthodox"), Moritz Bleibtreu ("Shades of Guilt"), Alexander Fehling ("Inglourious Basterds," 2009), Jonas Nay ("Line of Sepa- ration"), Lolita Chammah ("An- ton Chekhov 1890," 2015), Luke Thompson ("Bridgerton"), Jodhi May ("The Witcher"), Rafaela Nicolay ("FBI: International"), Henriette Confurius ("The Silent Forest," 2022), Yoli Fuller ("Marie Antoinette") and Nadiv Molcho ("Freud"). 10 | Streaming Waltman Flooring 2 x 2" Family Services 2 x 1.5" Keegan-Michael Key and Cecily Strong star in"Schmigadoon!" Kokomo Speedway 2 x 2" Friendship Haven 2 x 2"