Q: Is it true this is the last year for “Castle?” We have really enjoyed the series and hoped it would continue.
A: When I asked an ABC rep about the show’s status, he simply said that we will know if it’s getting another season when this and other networks announce their schedules in May.
The show is quite popular. One recent telecast had a reported 11 million viewers, a pretty good number these days, and one that makes “Castle” ABC’s most-watched drama.
With viewers 18 to 49 years old, the audience prized by advertisers, ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Scandal” have done better than “Castle,” but it still has a decent young-adult number.
Which doesn’t mean everything is rosy on the show. Deadline.com reported in July that Nathan Fillion — who plays the Castle in “Castle” — was at odds with the show’s studio because he wants a shorter workweek.
Q: Will “Southland” be back on TNT? It is one of my favorite police dramas.
A: It is also one that has ended after five seasons, the first on NBC and the next four on TNT. (If you don’t believe me, note that the last DVD set proclaims it “the complete fifth and final season.”
Q: Did PBS cancel “Call the Midwife”? If not, can you tell me when it is scheduled to resume?
A: The PBS period drama will be back for its third season in spring 2014. In addition, there’s a “Call the Midwife” holiday special set for telecast on Dec. 29. (You may want to double-check in your local listings.)
PBS says of the special: “In 1958 East End London, the holidays are not just about the opening of presents, but also about the closing of deep wounds. Although the weather is unseasonably mild … the lives of the midwives are anything but calm.”
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