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Is ‘Dixie’ gone with the wind?

- By Rich Heldenfels Do you have a question or comment about entertainm­ent past, present and future? Write to Rich Heldenfels, P.O. Box 417, Mogadore, OH 44260, or brenfelsgm­ail.com. Letters may be edited.

Q: What happened to the Netflix show “Hart of Dixie,” which was abruptly taken off the air in the middle of the series?

A: First, the series starring Rachel Bilson was discovered by a lot of folks on Netflix but was not made for that streaming service. It was first shown on The CW for four seasons in 2011-15. Netflix has been carrying the show for several years, but its rights to the series ended in December 2020. The entire series was released on DVD and can be found streaming on Amazon Prime Video.

Q: Netflix has had two seasons of the Italian crime drama “Gomorrah,” despite the fact that additional seasons have been released in Europe but not in the U.S. Do you have any informatio­n about it?

A: HBO Max is now carrying three seasons of the series, which is no longer on Netflix. From what I can find, there have been four seasons of the series to date, with a fifth one planned. The first two seasons were shown on Sundance TV and then Netflix. According to Deadline.com, problems with the U.S. rights led to delays of additional releases; those issues seem to have been resolved with the HBO Max deal.

Q: “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” was the most wonderful series, but right now it appears nowhere on Sundance or on demand. I wonder why TV is devoid of this treasure.

A: It isn’t. As the answers above and some previous notes in this column have indicated, repeats of classic shows are moving around among broadcast, cable and streaming, leading viewers on merry chases and into new fee structures. “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” for one, now has its seven seasons on Hulu. It is also on Prime Video and on DVD.

Q: Is “A Million Little Things” off the air permanentl­y or delayed?

A: As readers here know, the pandemic has made the current TV season one full of delays, reduced numbers of episodes and general confusion. But popular shows have been finding their way back on the air, and “A Million Little Things” is in that group. The latest news from ABC is new episodes will begin March 11, a Thursday, and then move to Wednesday nights beginning April 7.

Q: I know COVID-19 has screwed up many TV schedules, but do you know when the comedy “The Orville” will be televised again?

A: The space satire,

which first aired on Fox, was supposed to return as a Hulu series for its third season in late 2020. But it also ran into pandemicre­lated delays, including one in January. In fact, Deadline reported that many studios paused production then “amid an unpreceden­ted surge in coronaviru­s infections and COVID-19 deaths in Los

Angeles County.” And that means waiting to see when “The Orville” will be able to return.

 ?? EDDY CHEN/THE CW ?? Rachel Bilson as Dr. Zoe Hart in “Hart of Dixie,” which ran from 2011 to 2015 on the CW and had been carried by Netflix for several years.
EDDY CHEN/THE CW Rachel Bilson as Dr. Zoe Hart in “Hart of Dixie,” which ran from 2011 to 2015 on the CW and had been carried by Netflix for several years.

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