Television crossword

ACROSS

1 Samms or Thompson 5 Role on “Alice”

8 Jethro Bodine’s portrayer 9 Eerie board of the 1960s 12 Rudely brief

13 Popular prime-time soap opera

14 __ Major; Big Dipper’s constellation

15 Largest ethnic group in South Africa

16 Orange tuber

18 Greek letter 19 Ruby&Sandra

20 Where to find Columbus 21 Robert of “The Sopranos” 23 __ whale; largest toothed predator 24 Short note

25 Recipe verb

26 Tehran resident

28 “__ Wolf”; MTV Tyler Posey series 29 Evergreens

30 Soften up; melt 32 Sit-up targets 35 “Sister __”; Whoopi Goldberg film

36 In __; mired by routine 37 Button alternative 38 Actress Margot 40 “Make Room for __”; Danny Thomas series 41 One not to be trusted 42 Neighbor of Calif. 43 Cobb & Burrell

44 Long look DOWN

1 “Siskel & __”

2 Actress on “Black-ish” 3 Flat-topped cliff

4 “The Kids __ Alright” 5 Baby horses 6 Mischievous cartoon girl 7 “Blood & __”; Don Johnson film

10 Actor on “Magnum P.I.” 11 As light __

12 Night we watch “FBI”: abbr.

13 “__ Date”; Robert Downey Jr. movie

15 Mr. Mostel

17 Mimi Kennedy series 19 Actress Moore 20 Mayberry resident 22 Cariou & Goodman 23 One-dish meal

25 “Now!” in the ER

26 “__ tree falls in the forest...”

27 Springfield & Schroder 30 Long journeys 31 “Ben-__”; Charlton Heston film

33 Cop’s ID

34 “Austin Powers: The __ Who Shagged Me” 36 “Queen for __”

37 Actress Mia

39 Title for Cagney or Lacey: abbr.

40 “__ the Bounty Hunter”