WEDNESDAY CELEBS

Q: Can you tell me what’s going on with “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend”? I heard they are planning to have a new love interest for Rebecca Bunch.

– Callie F., via Twitter A: Well ... kinda. “Pitch Perfect” star Skylar Astin has signed on to the show’s final season, and although the actor is different, the character he’s portraying is a familiar one: Rebecca’s boyfriend from the first season, Greg. They decided to recast Greg, who was originally played by Santino Fontana, to go in a different direction with the character. (New Yorkbased Santino had asked to be let go at the end of the first season/beginning of the second because it didn’t work with his schedule.) Series creator and star Rachel Bloom said that the show itself won’t ignore the recast, saying: “We don’t want to spoil it too much. It will be a great statement on how our perception of people changes. Greg is a barometer of how people’s perceptions change. It will have been two years since Rebecca’s seen him.”

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Q: Can you tell me what’s up with the “Roseanne” spinoff? Is ABC moving forward with it?

– Billy T., via email A: The cast of “Roseanne,” excluding Roseanne Barr, will be back with “The Conners” starting Tuesday, Oct. 16, at 8/7c, including series stars John Goodman and Laurie Metcalf. We’ve been given a hint as to what we can expect with the reimagining/spinoff with the show’s logline: “After a sudden turn of events, the Conners are forced to face the daily struggles of life in Lanford in a way they never have before. ... This iconic family – Dan, Jackie, Darlene, Becky and D.J. – grapples with parenthood, dating, an unexpected pregnancy, financial pressures, aging and in-laws in working-class America. Through it all, the fights, the coupon cutting, the hand-medowns, the breakdowns ... with love, humor and perseverance, the family prevails.”

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Email Cindy at letters@cindyelavsky.com.