HOLLYWOOD Q&A

Q: I’m a great fan of “If Loving You Is Wrong.” Can you please tell me when it will be returning this year? I can’t wait to see it. A: I’m afraid I can’t — OWN is taking its time dishing out renewals for its shows. I can, however, double-speculate.

First I have to speculate about whether it will be renewed for another round, which seems fairly likely at this point. OWN (otherwise known as the Oprah Winfrey Network) clearly enjoys being in the Tyler Perry business: “If Loving You Is Wrong” is one of the multiple hit shows and films that have come out of writer/director/producer/ actor Perry’s brain in recent years.

Though “If Loving You Is Wrong” took a bit of a dip in the ratings this season — it shed about 300,000 viewers over the course of season 3, and season 3 was already drawing fewer than season 2 — its numbers are still strong for a cable show. Indeed, the only OWN show that’s doing better is “The Haves and the Have Nots,” which also happens to be a Tyler Perry show.

In other encouraging news, none of the stars have suddenly

fled to other shows since the third season ended in March. All this makes it fairly likely that the show will be picked up for a fourth season.

As for when, that’s an even easier guess: every other season so far has debuted in September, so the next one, if it happens, will likely do the same.

Q: Apparently, Betty White was the first woman to win an Emmy for hosting a game show. What game show was it? A: If it weren’t for the groundbreaking nature of Betty White’s hosting role, “Just Men” would be completely forgotten today.

But it did, as you say, give her the opportunity to become the first woman to win an Emmy for hosting a game show, and so the short-lived show entered the history books.

By most accounts it didn’t deserve to.

It lasted only three months before being canceled in early 1983, and it was pretty poorly reviewed while it was on. The Washington Post was particularly vicious, calling it “the litmus test for people who think the TV show that can make them physically ill hasn’t been invented.”

Fortunately, she would go on to fill her awards shelf with more statues for other roles, so she clearly deserves her place in the history books.

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