Shows returning – and some that are not

You have questions. I have some answers.

Q. Do you know if the TV series “Legends” with Sean Bean and TV series “Zoo” will be back this summer?

A. TNT dropped “Legends” after two seasons. “Zoo” will be back on CBS for a second season with a two-hour premiere June 28.

Q. I found the TV show “Lucifer” fascinating and creative storytelling. The Season 1 finale cliffhanger left me speechless. I really want to see where the writers take that bombshell! Please tell me the show will be back with Season 2?

A. Fox has, in fact, picked up the drama for a second season and scheduled it again on Monday nights after “Gotham.”

Q. I am wondering if there will be a third “True Detective.” Both shows were great!

A. It’s not clear at this writing whether there will be a third season. Although the first season starring Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey was well received by many, the second season with a new cast including Colin Farrell, Vince Vaughn, Rachel McAdams and Taylor Kitsch was not much liked. But late last year, when “True Detective” honch Nic Pizzolatto made a new deal with HBO, the network said the continuation of the show was being considered.

Q. I watch a lot of “Golden Girls” reruns. Are you able to tell me the ages of the stars when the show first aired?

A. Yes. The sitcom premiered Sept. 14, 1985. Bea Arthur (Dorothy) and Rose (Betty White) were 63. Blanche Rue McClanahan (Blanche) was 61 and Estelle Getty (Sophia) was 62. Yes, Dorothy’s mother was played by an actress younger than the one playing Dorothy.

Q. Please let me know if “Grantchester” has finished this season. The last program left me in “limbo,” which made me think that this season has ended and when the new season begins, it will start where this season ended.

A. The sixth and final episode of the second season of the drama aired on Masterpiece on May 1. It already had aired overseas, where the show is produced for the ITV network. And ITV has ordered a third season.

Q. We love “Hollywood Game Night,” and all of a sudden before all the fourth-season episodes were aired it was pulled from NBC. What happened to it, and will it be back?

A. NBC likes the show, which it can run just about anytime it needs fresh programming because the episodes are self-contained. But partly because host Jane Lynch has had other commitments, such as her short-lived CBS sitcom, the number of episodes each season has varied. Still, NBC has said it will be back in 2016-17, although it did not give it a specific time slot in the fall.

CORRECTION

Last week’s print version of the mailbag incorrectly referred to “The Protectors” on “The Bold Ones” as the adventure series starring Robert Vaughn. The show called “The Protectors” that was part of the “The Bold Ones” was, in fact, a police drama starring Leslie Nielsen and Hari Rhodes. My apologies.

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