How Connie Britton played two characters in Hulu's mystery series 'Phony'

Your TV GPS, a look at the week ahead in television, appears every Monday morning on BostonGlobe.com. Today’s column covers Oct. 19-25. As he recovers from an accident, a teenage boy (Sam Nivola, son of Boston native Alessandro) becomes convinced that his mother (Connie Britton) has been replaced by a lookalike in “Phony,” out Tuesday on Hulu. The trailer is worth a watch to see how they’re making Britton look just slightly different when she shows up as the alleged double. A couple of TV veterans bring their skills to bear on the new sitcom “Newlyweds,” out Friday at 8:30 p.m. on NBC, streaming the next day on Peacock. Téa Leoni and Tim Daly star as a duo who impulsively get married soon after meeting each other, and then try to see if their relationship works. Jamie Lee Curtis costars as his ex. The cute in-joke here is that Daly and Leoni are married in real life … but were partnered for many years before they tied the knot, unlike their characters. Comedian Maria Bamford gets the documentary treatment from co-directors Judd Apatow and Neil Berkeley in “Paralyzed by Hope: The Maria Bamford Story,” out Friday on Netflix.

It's spooky season, and Hulu is debuting a new series that blends dark comedy with mystery and the frightening life stage lovingly called "coming of age. ""Phony" features a star-studded cast and an Academy Award-nominated creator. Alicia Vitarelli spoke with the cast and crew about this funny yet nail-biting new series. Sonny Cook considered himself lucky, until he gets into a car accident and realizes his life may have changed in more ways than one. When he wakes up, he is convinced his mother has been replaced by an imposter. Connie Britton plays Ellen, the once-loving mother, who is now a mind-bending mystery. "This feels like something that you haven't quite seen before," says Britton. "For me, that's so exciting. ""You have no idea what's going to happen," says Sim Nivola, who plays Sonny. "Wouldn't you like to know what's going to happen in this cliffhanger of an exciting show? "The burning questions: Is that his mother? Is this other woman a PHONY? "It's sort of like, whoa! What is happening? What does this mean? " says Britton. "The mystery of that is something that I've never been able to play before. "The creators say at the heart, this is a coming-of-age story.

Murder SuicideNeighbors told ABC7 a couple who lived in the home were retired veterinarians. Police are conducting a murder-suicide investigation after five people were found shot to death at a north suburban home on Sunday night. WLSByABC7 Chicago Digital Team Tuesday, October 20, 2026 4:41PMMUNDELEIN, Ill. (WLS) -- Authorities have released the identities of the five people found shot to death inside a home in Mundelein Sunday night. The Lake County Coroner's Office identified them as:-80-year-old James Schmidt-77-year-old Rebecca Schmidt-22-year-old Maclaine Schmidt-37-year-old Nicole Heiser-51-year-old Bryan SchmidtABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watchPolice said Bryan Schmidt was the son of James and Rebecca, Nicole Heiser was his girlfriend and Maclaine was his son. They were found dead inside a home inthe 200-block of Wellington Avenue after police responded to a well-being check at about 11:45 p.m. Police are investigating the incident as a murder-suicide. The coroner's office said Bryan Schmidt died from a gunshot wound inside his mouth. Neighbor Sam Escobedo says he believes he heard what could have been gunshots much earlier Sunday, just before noon.

A few days earlier, the speaker of Iran’s parliament, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, mocked a spike in U. S. Treasury bond rates. “We’ll return you to 1970s rates, plus high gas prices, diesel shortages and bell-bottoms. Enjoy the nostalgia!” he wrote. Iran’s leaders clearly relish the political damage Trump has suffered from the conflict he launched in late February, even as their own economy suffers extreme stress from U. S. sanctions and an American naval blockade. There are signs that political and economic pressure has pulled Trump back from the brink of military escalation, and the election result could determine what steps the United States takes next. “They’re desperate to try and affect the election, so that we can get a nice weak group of people in there, and leave them alone and let them have their nuclear weapon,” Trump told reporters last month. President Trump danced after speaking during a campaign rally at Heartland Credit Union Arena, Monday, in Park City, Kan. Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo/Julia Demaree NikhinsonIt is not the first time Iran has been suspected of maximizing political pain against an American president. After Iranian revolutionaries stormed the U. S.