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Q: Could you please tell me if “Transplant” will be coming back to NBC and if “Miss Scarlet and the Duke” will be coming back to PBS? – K.E.
A: “Transplant” is an NBC medical drama about Dr. Bashir “Bash” Hamed (Hamza Haq), a battle-tested Syrian doctor who leaves his war-torn country to begin his residency at a Toronto hospital. It was originally a Canadian series on CTV, but NBC picked it up and, good news, it’s been renewed for a second season. Joining the cast full-time will be Torri Higginson, who recurred as an ER nurse in the first season. No airdate has been announced for season two’s premiere, but it’s been given the greenlight.
Hamza Haq in “Transplant” (Fabrice Gaetan/Sphere Media/NBC photo)
As for “Miss Scarlet and the Duke,” nearly 8 million people watched the season one premiere on Masterpiece PBS, according to Town and Country magazine. With ratings like that, it’s no surprise it has already been renewed for a second season. Kate Phillips plays Miss Scarlet, “the first-ever female detective in 19th century London” and Stuart Martin co-stars as Inspector William “The Duke” Wellington. Look for new episodes in 2022, but the first season can be streamed on Amazon Prime.
Q: I started watching “The Real Housewives of New Jersey” again after taking a few years off. I keep hearing Jackie say that she’s a lawyer. Is she really? I thought she wrote a parenting column. – E.J.
A: Jackie Goldschneider is credited as a freelance writer for Good Housekeeping and the Huffington Post, but before starting a family, she was a real-estate attorney. She and her husband, Evan, have two sets of twins. I’m not sure if her newfound reality TV fame is worth all the tears she’s shed on camera this season. If I were her, I’d stick to writing.
Q: What years did the program “Stargate 1” play on TV? – P.G.
A: When I first read your question, I assumed that “Stargate” was part of the “Star Trek” franchise, but I was wrong. “Stargate” was an original film written and directed by Roland Emmerich and starred Kurt Russell and James Spader. The sci-fi movie was about an interstellar transportation device discovered in Egypt.
“Stargate SG-1” was a TV series that ran for 10 years and starred Richard Dean Anderson of “MacGyver” fame and Amanda Tapping of “Supernatural.” It was based on the film and debuted on Showtime in 1997 before moving to the original Sci Fi Channel in 2002, where it stayed until 2007.
There were two subsequent “Stargate” spinoffs (can you see now why I assumed it was part of the “Star Trek” franchise?): “Stargate: Atlantis,” which ran from 2004-09 and included future movie star Jason Mamoa among the cast, and “Stargate: Universe,” which ran from 2009-11 and was headlined by Robert Carlyle.
A writer and producer of all three series, Brad Wright, said in a 2020 interview that a continuation of the show was in the works, but there have been no updates since.
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