Television Q&A

By Rich Heldenfels

Q. What ever happened to the guy who played the lead role on the “Prison Break” TV series?

A. Wentworth Miller was “Prison Break’s” Michael Scofield, the man initially trying to get his brother (played by Dominic Purcell) out of prison, which led to various adventures. More recently, Miller has had a recurring role on The CW’s “The Flash” as the villainous Leonard Snart, also known as Captain Cold.

He will continue playing that character next season, including as a regular on The CW’s “DC’s Legends of Tomorrow” series, which is built around a group of supporting characters from “The Flash” and “Arrow.” Miller will again be working with Purcell, who has been playing Captain Cold’s associate, Mick Rory (aka Heat Wave), on “The Flash” and also will move to “Legends of Tomorrow.”

Q. Do you know if Katie Couric will be back on TV? I enjoyed her show. It seemed to go off the air when she got married.

A. Like a growing number of productions and personalities, Couric has made her working home on the Internet, having become Yahoo’s “global news anchor” since late 2013; she renewed her deal with the online service in June of this year. After stints at NBC and CBS, her last broadcast news home was ABC, which she left in December 2013 after a little more than two years. Her syndicated talk show wrapped up in July 2014, about a month after she married finance executive John Molner. You can find her latest work at www.yahoo.com/katiecouric.

Q. “Perception” and “Rizzoli and Isles” start their new seasons on the same date!! Last season, “Perception” ended and said it would return in June 2015. In June, “Isles” returned with new show “Proof.” Where is “Perception”?

A. I can’t speak to whatever you might have seen about “Perception” returning. I can tell you that TNT ended the series after three seasons, with the final episode airing in March.

Q. What happened to the series “A.D.: The Bible Continues”? It ended suddenly without any resolution. Will it be back at all?

A. The NBC drama, from the producers of the cable hit “The Bible” and the big-screen movie “Son of God,” ended its first season on NBC in June after 12 episodes. The network chose not to order more. The producers – including the husband-and-wife team of reality-TV mastermind Mark Burnett and actress Roma Downey – have talked about continuing the series elsewhere, possibly on their own online network.

But that could take some time. Entertainment publication Variety said in early July that “the channel is not expected to bow until late 2016 or early 2017. Burnett, Downey and [studio] MGM are in the process of sorting through their options for business models and digital partnership opportunities for the launch. For now, the actors on A.D. will be released from their obligations to the show, which may require some recasting when production gets back on track.”

Q. Could you help me find a DVD of a movie called “Fatal Instinct”? Armand Assante was in it. I think it was a spoof of “Basic Instinct.” It is an older movie.

A. The 1993 comedy, directed by Carl Reiner, is on DVD. If your local retailer cannot order it for you, it is for sale online via Amazon.com, Moviesunlimited.com and other sites. It also is available digitally via Amazon.com and iTunes.

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