HOLLYWOOD Q&A

Q: Is there going to be a “Golden Girls” reunion/reboot? It seems pretty ripe — at least as ripe as “Roseanne.”

A: You certainly have a point. “The Golden Girls” remains a well-loved sitcom that’s remained in the public consciousness thanks to the younger generation’s embrace of Betty White, and thus seems like a perfect candidate for a return, a la “Roseanne,” which was (in)famously rebooted last year.

However, “The Golden Girls” has a pretty sad reality to get past: White is the only one of the “Girls” who’s still alive.

Bea Arthur (who played Dorothy in the 1985-1992 series) died in 2009, a year after Estelle Getty (Sophia) and a year before Rue McClanahan (Blanche).

White, who was in fact the oldest of the four stars, is the last one standing. Of course, this doesn’t preclude a reboot with new stars. Here’s my pitch: a reboot of the show with younger actors and White playing the cantankerous Sophia character.

White’s still working, so that part wouldn’t necessarily be a problem. She most recently ap-

peared in an episode of the oddball comedy talk show “Fireside Chat With Esther” in January, but was working full time up to 2015 on her last series, “Hot in Cleveland.” Q: Is Rocky Carroll coming back for the next season of “NCIS”? The last season finale has me worried.

A: You’re not alone. Rocky Carroll sounds a little worried, too.

Without giving too much away, Carroll’s character, NCIS Director Leon Vance, ends the season as the captive of a seemingly pretty bad character, and his life is clearly in danger.

The show has been renewed for a 16th season, but no plot details have been released yet. Even the actor himself seems to know no more about his future on the show than we do.

Fans sent messages of support and concern to Carroll’s Twitter account after the finale, and in response he only said, “Thanks for the kind words. Keep your fingers crossed for Vance!”

Of course, we all have good reason to worry. Fans are painfully aware that the show is willing to write off major characters — Abby (played in all 15 seasons by Pauley Perrette) left the show last season, and people are still sore at the exit of Ziva (Cote de Pablo) in season 11. If the show is able to survive after the exit of major characters like that, you begin to realize that anyone’s expendable.