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Q: What happened to Lucy Lawless? I haven’t seen her since she played “Xena.” I loved that show. – H.M.
A: Lawless, who hails from New Zealand, is still acting. After the hit syndicated series “Xena: Warrior Princess” ended almost 20 years ago, Lawless guest starred on countless prime-time shows before landing regular roles on “Battlestar Galactica” from 2005-09 and “Spartacus” from 2010-12. She then tried her hand at comedy – and succeeded – with a recurring role as Ron Swanson’s (Nick Offerman) wife on “Parks and Recreation.”
Currently, you can catch her in the Aussie crime series “The Code,” on the Ovation TV channel. Lawless plays schoolteacher Alex Wisham, whose students are involved in a car accident. Alex has footage on her phone of the crash and shares it with a journalist (Dan Spielman), which leads to terrifying consequences from some political bigshots.
If this sounds familiar, ”The Code” originally aired on the Audience Network and on Acorn TV before debuting Aug. 1 on Ovation TV. For more information, visit www.ovationtv.com/the-code.
Jared Padalecki (Frank Ockenfells III/The CW photo)
Q: Do you know if they’re going to finish the final season of “Supernatural” on the CW network? – A Reader, via email
A: “Supernatural,” starring Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki, was nearing the end of its run after 15 years on the CW network when the pandemic shut down production. There are seven episodes left, five of them having already been shot earlier this year. The plan is for those last seven episodes to air this fall before Padalecki starts filming his new series, “Walker,” which is set to begin production in January.
This, of course, all depends on the pandemic. Soap operas like “The Bold and the Beautiful” and “General Hospital” have been among the first shows to re-emerge from the dark. Hopefully more prime-time projects also will begin filming scripts.
As for “Walker,” it’s a remake of the hit series “Walker, Texas Ranger,” which aired from 1993 to 2001 and starred Chuck Norris, and it’ll be part of the CW’s lineup.
Q: My wife and I just finished watching the entire series of ”Breaking Bad.” It is, without a doubt, the best drama series. Does the show’s creator, Vince Gilligan, plan any additional episodes/seasons? – J.D.
A: “Breaking Bad” starred Bryan Cranston as Walter White, a high-school chemistry teacher who turns to crime, namely making meth, after being diagnosed with terminal cancer. It ended after five seasons on the AMC network, a wise decision by its creator, Gilligan, because it concluded while it was at its most brilliant with one of the best series finales ever.
Gilligan then created a prequel, “Better Call Saul,” which will conclude with its sixth season sometime in 2021. While there are no more episodes of “Breaking Bad,” Gilligan did gift fans with the Netflix movie “El Camino,” which told what happened to Aaron Paul’s character, Jesse, after that terrific “Breaking Bad” finale.
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