"SNL" Sessions, Bette Davis "Feud," Miguel Ferrer tribute

Actor Miguel Ferrer Talks "NCIS: Los Angeles" Season Finale

Jeff Sessions, Bette Davis and time travel contribute to this weekends TV highlights. Arent you ready to time travel?

Were almost certain to see Kate McKinnon play Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Saturday Night Live. She also spoofs Kellyanne Conway and Betsy DeVos, so maybe SNL will arrange a film that brings together her portrayals. Oscar winner Octavia Spencer will host, and heres hoping SNL skewers the Academy Awards fiasco. Father John Misty will be the musical guest. Will Alec Baldwin be back as Donald Trump? Will Melissa McCarthy as Sean Spicer? Find out at 11:30 p.m. Saturday on NBC.

Feud: Bette and Joan, an eight-part limited series, starts at 10 p.m. Sunday on FX. This campy extravaganza explores the making of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? and how stars Bette Davis and Joan Crawford detested each another on the set of the 1962 classic. Jessica Lange manages to earn sympathy as the calculating Crawford quite a feat. Susan Sarandon brings a fierce intensity to the driven Davis. Ryan Murphy whipped up this giant souffl of Tinseltown intrigue. It never deflates, thanks to a first-rate cast including Kathy Bates, Stanley Tucci and Alfred Molina. Check out my review.

Feud feels like time travel. Two new series demonstrate the process. Foxs Making History is an incredibly goofy sitcom about returning to the past through a duffel bag. Main characters Dan (Adam Pally) and Chris (Yassir Lester) should appeal to the Fox audience; the show gets the time slot after The Simpsons at 8:30 p.m. Sunday. Maybe this time travel has a future.

Time After Time, debuting with two hours at 9 p.m. Sunday on ABC, is a sturdy premise that you may know from a 1979 movie. In the series, H.G. Wells travels from 1893 London to 2017 New York to try to stop a friend whos revealed to be Jack the Ripper. The first time around Malcolm McDowell played Wells, and David Warner portrayed Jack the Ripper. They were splendid and distinctive; Mary Steenburgen was the female lead. This time around, Freddie Stroma is Wells, and Josh Browman is the Ripper. Other characters disagree about which man is better looking one sign the new version lacks the originals punch.

Theres a lot happening Sunday night. Victoria, the lavish Masterpiece series about the British queen, concludes its first season with 90 minutes at 9 p.m. on PBS.

The Walking Dead offers a new episode, Say Yes, at 9 p.m. on AMC. The plot: Someone in Alexandria must make a morally challenging decision, AMC says, while members of the group scavenge for supplies. Talking Dead, starting at 10:02, features Walking Dead executive producer Denise Huth and comedian/superfan Yvette Nicole Brown.

More Sunday changes: Once Upon a Time returns to the ABC schedule at 8 p.m. NBC brings back Little Big Shots at 8 and Shades of Blue at 10, inserting the new Chicago Justice between them. Justice, a legal drama, comes from d**k Wolf, who is responsible for three other Chicago series on NBC.

CBS offers new episodes of NCIS: Los Angeles at 8, Madam Secretary at 9 and Elementary at 10. NCIS: la will pay tribute to the late miguel Ferrer, who died Jan. 19 of throat cancer age 61.

Viewers will hear a version of "Knocking on Heaven"s Door" played by Ferrer"s band, the Jenerators, and sung by Ferrer. The episode also will explain what happened to Owen Granger, Ferrers character, and conclude with a remembrance title card.

Goodbye to a fine actor.

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Miguel Ferrer"s Final Appearance On "NCIS: LA"

Actor Miguel Ferrer Talks "NCIS: Los Angeles" Season Finale

The late Miguel Ferrer"s final appearance as Assistant Director Owen Granger airs on CBS" "NCIS: Los Angeles" 9 p.m. Sunday Feb. 19 (Channel 12).

Ferrer, son of singer Rosemary Clooney and cousin of actor George Clooney, died of throat cancer on Jan. 19. He was 61.

Katie Barker, CBS Entertainment vice president, tells me that Ferrer will be in a couple of scenes taped before his death.

CBS" publicity photos and media releases for the Feb. 19 broadcast do not mention or show Ferrer.

In the "Payback" episode, CBS says that "emotions run high for the team as one agent is held in an unknown location and tortured by the mole, while another discovers he was betrayed by someone he least expected."

Two of the five publicity photos show Special Agent Sam Hanna (LL Cool J) at a church.

After airing reruns opposite the Academy Awards on Feb. 26, "NCIS: Los Angeles" returns with a new program on March 5 including a tribute to Ferrer in his own voice, Barker confirms. Producers plan to broadcast Ferrer singing Bob Dylan"s "Knocking On Heaven"s Door" with his band, The Jenorators.

The episode will end with a remembrance title card, she says.

CBS promotions for the March 5 episode also don"t mention the late actor. Called "Old Tricks," the March 5 description says:

"After a retirement home resident is kidnapped, the NCIS team uncovers a pair of con artists: Ginger and Edward OBoyle (Debra Jo Rupp and Martin Mull), who hop from home to home scamming the elderly out of their money. Also, Callen (Special Agent G. Callen, played by Chris O"Donnell) confronts his father on his illegal activity and the danger it places on their family."

Ferrer started his career as a drummer, and toured with his mother and Bing Crosby. In the early 1980s, he and his father jose ferrer shot a movie in Kentucky in which his younger cousin, George Clooney, was an extra.

As I wrote on Jan. 19, George moved to Los Angeles and lived with Rosemary in 1982 to pursue acting at Miguel"s urging. And here"s a link to my Feb. 2 story with George"s remembrances of Miguel from a Paramount Studios memorial service.

Source: http://wvxu.org/post/miguel-ferrers-final-appearance-ncis-la

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"NCIS: Los Angeles," "Crossing Jordan" actor Miguel Ferrer...

Miguel Ferrer Passes Away At 61

Actor Miguel Ferrer, who starred in the TV shows "NCIS: Los Angeles and "Crossing Jordan," in addition to the film "RoboCop" anddoing voiceover work in "Mulan," has died at age 61 Thursday, Variety reported.

Ferrer had been battling cancer.

"Today, "NCIS: Los Angeles" lost a beloved family member," showrunner R. Scott Gemmill said in a statement. "Miguel was a man of tremendous talent who had a powerful dramatic presence on screen, a wicked sense of humor, and a huge heart."

Ferrer played Owen Granger on the show since 2012. He was the son of the late musicianJos Ferrer and late Hollywood actress Rosemary Clooney and cousin to actor George Clooney.

Today history will mark giant changes in our world, and lost to most will be that on the same day Miguel Ferrer lost his battle to throat cancer. But not lost to his family. Miguel made the world brighter and funnier and his passing is felt so deeply in our family that events of the day, (monumental events), pale in comparison. We love you Miguel. We always will.

Deadline Hollywood reported that Ferrer had a breakout Hollywood role in the 1987 film "RoboCop" as the creator of the title character.

ferrer is survived by his wife, Lori Weintraub and sons Lukas and Rafael.

Source: http://www.palmbeachpost.com/entertainment/ncis-los-angeles-crossing-jordan-actor-miguel-ferrer-dead/SzEuoV7hKVISABfGTh5UWI/

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