Entertainment NOW

Entertainment Now | October 28 - November 3, 2023 By Adam Thomlison TV Media Q: Is it true they were going to make an Indiana Jones mov- ie about aliens? A: Technically, aliens did make an appearance in the fourth film, "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" (2008), but they were originally going to be a much bigger part. The birdcages of Hollywood are lined with decades' worth of un- filmed Indiana Jones scripts that were commissioned by creator George Lucas ("Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope," 1977). One such script, by "Die Hard" (1988) screenwriter Jeb Stuart, would have seen Indy chasing aliens around the U.S. in a sort of pulp-sci- fi take on the character. The timing makes some sense, at least. "Indiana Jones and the Saucer Men from Mars" (the work- ing title of the script) was set after the events of the third film, 1989's "The Last Crusade," thus placing it in the 1950s — the peak of little- green-man mania in the U.S. But it was ultimately scrapped. Copies of the script have circulated online, and elements of it were re- used for "Crystal Skull," but Stu- art's vision never saw a screen. Rumor has it Steven Spielberg, who had directed the three previ- ous films, saw the smash hit 1996 film "Independence Day" and de- cided he and Lucas couldn't make an alien-invasion movie that could compete. Have a question? Email us at questions@tvtabloid.com. Please include your name and town. Per- sonal replies will not be provided. 4 | Saturday morning 10/28 7 AM 7:30 8 AM 8:30 9 AM 9:30 10 AM 10:30 11 AM 11:30 12 PM 12:30 S1 S2 WTTV 4 CBS Saturday Morning (N) Lucky Dog (N) Innovation (N) Mission (N) Hope-Wild (N) Tails of Valor Recipe Rehab Football Indiana at Penn State (L) (N) 4 4 WRTV 6 WRTV Week In Review (N) Good Morning America (N) Good Morning America (N) Retirement Hearts of (N) Dr. Scott Retirement College Football Teams TBA (L) (N) 6 6 @ WPTA WPTA Saturday Morning News II (N) Good Morning America (N) Good Morning America (N) Wildlife Nation oh baby! Hearts of (N) Dr. Scott College Football Teams TBA (L) (N) WISH 7 News 8 Daybreak at 7AM (N) News 8 Daybreak at 8AM (N) News 8 Daybreak at 9AM (N) Great Day Pet Pals TV Into Wild Into Wild Into Wild Into Wild 8 8 H WLFI 8 Lucky Dog (N) Innovation (N) Mission (N) Hope-Wild (N) CBS Saturday Morning (N) Lucky Dog Did I Mention Football Indiana at Penn State (L) (N) D WTHR 12 Today (N) 13Sunrise Weekend at 8am (N) 13Sunrise Weekend at 9am (N) Wild Kingdom (N) Earth Odyssey (N) Play It (N) One Team (N) Paid Programming Premier Soccer (N) 13 13 O WFYI 20 Mister Rogers Daniel Tiger Rosie's Rules Donkey Hodie SciGirls Camp TV Radical Woodsmith Shop This Old House Old House MotorWeek (N) Key 20 20 C WNDY 10 Vets Saving Pets Ready, Set, Pet Outback Ocean Mysteries Pet Pals TV Paid Programming Cars.TV Homes & Estates Fast: Home Rescue Paid Programming Popstar! Today (N) 23 23 F WSOT Gina D's Kids Club Sing God's Word Ignite Your Lig The Torchlighters (:05) Goliath Ryan Defrates The Basics The Fresh Table The Fresh Drenda New Life Live WHMB 9 High School Football Hard Truths Paid Programming Pet Pals TV Great Day TV Grateful R Big Deal HouseCalls (N) 40 WIPB 21 Marias Dooky Chase Radical Power Trip "Culture" Sara's Getting Dot Older Curious Traveler Journey Indiana Make48 This Old House Start Up 49 4 WFFT Missing (N) Awesome Planet Animals Dog Tales Paid Programming Paid Programming Big Noon Kickoff (L) (N) Football Oklahoma at Kansas (L) (N) / WXIN 11 FOX59 Morning News at Seven (N) FOX59 Morning News at Eight (N) FOX59 Morning News at Nine (N) Big Noon Kickoff (L) (N) Football Oklahoma at Kansas (L) (N) 59 5 $ WIPX 5 Bones "The Foot in the Foreclosure" Bones "The Gamer in the Grease" Bones "The Goop on the Girl" Law & Order: SVU "American Disgrace" Law-SVU "Producer's Backend" Law-SVU "Holden's Manifesto" 63 63 A&E 39 Zombie House Flipping "Dallas: Davis" Zombie House Flipping "Amherst" Zombie House Flipping "Florene" Zombie Flip "The Market Booster" Zombie Flip "Dallas: Arcadia" (N) Zombie Flip "Orlando: Palmer" 118 265 AMC 43 Movie Evil Dead (2013, Horror) Shiloh Fernandez, Lou Taylor Pucci, Jane Levy. The Thing (1982, Horror) Wilford Brimley, T.K. Carter, Kurt Russell. Leprechaun ('93) Warwick Davis. 130 254 AP 30 Extinct "White Wolf of Newfoundland" Extinct or Alive "Florida Black Panther" Extinct "The Dodo of the North" Extinct "The Madagascar Giant" Extinct or Alive "The Javan Tiger" Extinct or Alive 184 282 BET 32 Family Matters Family Matters Major Payne (1995, Comedy) Karyn Parsons, Michael Ironside, Damon Wayans. Harlem Nights (1989, Comedy) Richard Pryor, Redd Foxx, Eddie Murphy. 124 329 BIGTEN 67 The B1G Show The B1G Show The B1G Show The B1G Show The B1G Show Big Ten Football B1G Tailgate (L) (N) College Football Teams TBA (L) (N) 439 610 BRAVO 55 (6:00) Kong: Skull Island ('17) Tom Hiddleston. The Scorpion King ('02) Steven Brand, Dwayne Johnson. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor ('08, Adv) Jet Li, Maria Bello, Brendan Fraser. 129 237 BSMW 53 Outdoorsmen Paid Programming Outdoors (N) Ideal Prostate A Fishing Story (N) Family Adventure Facing Waves MidWest (N) Polaris (N) Football The Card Life Sports Stars 436 668 CMT 59 CMT Music CMT Music Hot20 Countdown (N) To Be Announced 166 327 CNBC 36 Paid Programming Paid Programming Paid Programming Paid Programming Paid Programming Paid Programming ARCA Menards Series West Series ARCA Menards Series West Series Paid Programming Paid Programming 208 355 COM 50 Futurama Futurama Parks (:35) Parks (:10) Parks (:50) Parks (:25) Parks and Recreation 21 Jump Street (2012, Comedy) Channing Tatum, Brie Larson, Jonah Hill. 107 249 DISC 28 Fishing Bass Pro Tour 2023: Stage Six Knockout Round -- Lake St. Clair (N) Ghost Adventures: Screaming Room Ghost Adventures "The Comedy Store" Ghost Adventures "Scotty's Castle" Expedition Bigfoot "Dual Pursuit" 182 278 DISN 38 Bluey Bluey Molly McGee (N) Molly McGee Kiff (N) Kiff Hamster & (N) Hamster & Gretel Hailey's on It! (N) Hailey's on It! Ladybug Ladybug 172 290 E! 49 Charmed "Kill Billie: Vol. 1" Charmed "Kill Billie: Vol.2" Charmed "All Halliwell's Eve" Ocean's Eleven (2001, Comedy Drama) Matt Damon, Andy Garcia, George Clooney. Ocean's Twelve 114 236 ESPN 26 SportsCenter (L) (N) SportsCenter (L) (N) College GameDay (L) (N) Football South Carolina at Texas A&M 140 206 ESPN2 27 Heisman NFL Live NFL Matchup (N) SportsCenter (N) SportsCenter (N) Daily Wager (L) (N) Football Houston at Kansas State (L) (N) 144 209 FREE 44 Halloweentown ('98) Judith Hoag, Kimberly J. Brown, Debbie Reynolds. (:05) Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge ('01) Debbie Reynolds. (:05) Halloweentown High ('04) Kimberly J. Brown, Debbie Reynolds. 180 311 FOOD 46 Delicious Delicious Kitchen "Halloween Tricks and Treats" Trisha's Southern Trisha's Southern Pioneer (N) Pioneer The Kitchen "First Food Jobs" (N) Hot Dish (N) Guy's 110 231 FS1 68 (5:00) MLB Game 1: Teams TBA Bassmaster Fishing Elite Series Redfish Cup Championship (L) (N) Big Noon Kickoff (L) (N) Football West Virginia at UCF (L) (N) 150 607 FX 54 black-ish black-ish How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World ('19) Jay Baruchel. Abominable ('19) Voices of Albert Tsai, Chloe Bennet. Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation 136 248 HALL 65 (6:00) Christmas in Evergreen: Letters t... Christmas Getaway ('17) Travis Van Winkle, Bridget Regan. Lights, Camera, Christmas! ('22) John Brotherton, Kimberly Sustad. Christmas Made to Order 185 312 HIST 40 Swamp People "Zombie Pirate Gators" Swamp People "The Marina Monster" Swamp People "Big Gators or Bust" Swamp People "Who Will Be King?" Ancient Aliens Special Presentation 120 269 LIFE 29 Health Paid Programming Paid Programming Paid Programming Paid Programming Paid Programming Paid Programming Paid Programming Abducted: The Mary Stauffer Story ('19) Corina Akeson. Movie 108 252 NEWSN 22 Paid Programming Stories of Love Paid Programming Paid Programming Blue Bloods "In the Box" Blue Bloods "Occupational Hazards" Blue Bloods "Bad Company" Blue Blood "Through the Looking Glass" 239 307 NICK 34 SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob The Addams Family ('19) Voices of Charlize Theron, Oscar Isaac. Dr. Seuss' the Lorax ('12) Voices of Ed Helms, Zac Efron, Danny DeVito. Movie 170 299 OXY 61 Dateline "Bad Blood" Real Murders "Tunnel of Terror" Real Murders "Murder on the Marquee" Snapped "Shelia Eddy" Snapped "Ajelina Lewis" Homicide "Greenwich Village Mystery" 127 251 PRMT 57 Bar Rescue NCIS NCIS NCIS NCIS Raiders of the Lost Ark 168 241 SYFY 56 Paid Programming Paid Programming Warm Bodies ('13, Horror) Teresa Palmer, John Malkovich, Nicholas Hoult. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001, Children) Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Daniel Radcliffe. 122 244 TBN 13 Joel Osteen Marcus Mecum VeggieTales Joel Osteen Jackson Mini Steven Furtick Franklin Robert Jeffress Jordan Rubin: 260 372 TBS 41 Friends Friends Gremlins (1984, Fantasy) Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton, Zach Galligan. (:15) Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990, Fantasy) Phoebe Cates, John Glover, Zach Galligan. The Goonies 139 247 TLC 47 My 600-Lb. Life "Tracey's Story" My 600-Lb. Life "Benji & David's Story" Obese and Pregnant Obese and Expecting 183 280 TNT 42 NCIS: New Orleans "Treasure Hunt" NCIS: N.O. "Welcome to the Jungle" NCIS: New Orleans "High Stakes" Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (:15) Suicide Squad Will Smith. 138 245 TOON 45 Gumball/ Gumball Gumball/ Gumball Gumball/ Gumball Gumball/ Gumball Tiny Toons Loo Teen/(:45) Teen Teen/(:15) Teen Teen/(:45) Teen Craig/(:15) Craig Craig/(:45) Craig Tiny Toons Loo Looney Tunes 176 296 TRUTV 66 Dumbest "World's Dumbest Partiers 22" World's Dumbest ... Dumbest "World's Dumbest Showoffs" Dumbest "World's Dumbest TV Shows" Dumbest "Smartest Inventions 12" Dumbest "Dumbest Motorheads 11" 204 246 USA 24 Premier League (N) Premier League Soccer Chelsea vs. Brentford (L) (N) Premier League (N) Premier League Soccer Arsenal vs. Sheffield United (L) (N) Premier League (N) NASCAR (N) 105 242 VH1 33 Cheaters Love & Hip Hop Miami Basketball Wives Ice Queens B-ball Wives "Never Have I Ever" The Expendables (2010, Action) Jason Statham, Jet Li, Sylvester Stallone. (P) 162 335 HBO 700 (:55) Coraline (2009, Animated) Voices of Teri Hatcher, Jennifer Saunders, Dakota Fanning. (:40) Black Sheep (1996, Comedy) David Spade, Tim Matheson, Chris Farley. (:10) Step Up Revolution (2012, Drama) Kathryn McCormick, Misha Gabriel, Ryan Guzman. (:50) AKA Mr. Chow (2023, Documentary) 300 501 MAX 730 (6:45) Charlie Wilson's War (2007, Docu-Drama) Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tom Hanks. (:25) Signs (2002, Thriller) Joaquin Phoenix, Cherry Jones, Mel Gibson. (:15) Walk the Line (2005, History) Reese Witherspoon, Ginnifer Goodwin, Joaquin Phoenix. The story of music legends Johnny Cash (Joaquin Phoenix) and June Carter Cash (Reese Witherspoon). Sideways ('04) Paul Giamatti. 310 515 SHOW 750 (6:00) The Truman Show (:45) Homefront ('13) James Franco, Jason Statham. A former DEA agent (Jason Statham) encounters trouble when he moves to a small town. First Blood (1982, Action) Richard Crenna, Brian Dennehy, Sylvester Stallone. (:05) Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985, Action) Richard Crenna, Julia Nickson, Sylvester Stallone. (:45) Rambo III 318 545 STARZ 650 (5:45) Made of Honor The Wedding Planner (2001, Romance) Matthew McConaughey, Bridgette Wilson-Sampras, Jennifer Lopez. (:20) Zombieland: Double Tap ('19) Woody Harrelson. Post-apocalyptic warriors square off against smarter, faster and seemingly indestructible zombies. Shining Vale Shining Vale Shining Vale Shining Vale 350 527 STZEN 350 (6:45) Speed (1994, Action) Dennis Hopper, Sandra Bullock, Keanu Reeves. (:40) Fall ('22) Virginia Gardner, Grace Caroline Currey. Two expert climbers fight the elements when they become stranded at the top of a remote radio tower. (:35) Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016, Horror) Iain Glen, Ali Larter, Milla Jovovich. (:25) Nothing Left to Fear ('13) James Tupper, Ethan Peck, Anne Heche. 340 535 TMC 785 Surge (2020, Thriller) Ellie Haddington, Ian Gelder, Ben Whishaw. (:40) Bridge of Spies (2015, History) Mark Rylance, Alan Alda, Tom Hanks. Lawyer James Donovan tries to negotiate a prisoner exchange for captured pilot Francis Gary Powers. (:05) Resistance: 1942 ('21) Jason Patric, Cary Elwes. A group of resistance fighters broadcasts a message of hope to survivors behind enemy lines in 1942. 327 554 S1 - DISH S2 - DirecTV 7 AM 7:30 8 AM 8:30 9 AM 9:30 10 AM 10:30 11 AM 11:30 12 PM 12:30 S1 S2 Hollywood Q&A Harrison Ford in "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull"

• Cover