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Was ‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ scene filmed at Carnegie Hall?
Q: Was the scene with Midge and Lenny Bruce in “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” really filmed at Carnegie Hall?
A: The Amazon Prime Video show enjoyed a three-day shoot in the real Carnegie Hall, the New York Daily News reported last June. That was as the hall was coming out of its coronavirus-related shutdown, so “Maisel” did not have to work around concert performances.
And the Daily News noted that Carnegie’s “fastidious upkeep and devotion to its history” meant that the show did not have to do much to make it look the way it did in the early ’60s period of that “Maisel” episode, which was the finale of the fourth season. A fifth season will be the show’s last.
Q: I am wondering about “American Ninja Warrior.” It used to be on an NBC Sports channel, and suddenly the channel and show disappeared.
A: NBCUniversal shut down its sport channel NBCSN at the end of last year and has moved its programming to other services, including USA Network and its streaming service Peacock. When the decision to drop NBCSN was announced a little over a year ago, the Wall Street Journal noted that the sports channel had struggled competitively against other sports operations. USA was also losing audience, so “by putting popular sports on the USA channel, NBCUniversal is hoping it can increase its value of USA Network to distributors,” the paper said.
As for “American Ninja Warrior,” that was being shown in repeats on NBCSN with episodes airing first on the NBC broadcast network. A new season, the show’s 14th, is in the works. And there are repeats out there, including on Peacock and the Bally Sports channels.
Q: I am an avid William Petersen fan and watched every episode of the original “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.” He returned in “CSI: Vegas” but now it seems to have disappeared. Will it return?
A: “CSI: Vegas,” which blended some veterans of the old series with a new cast, made 10 episodes in its first season and has aired them all. The show has been picked up for a second run to air sometime in the 2022-23 season. But Petersen, who reprised his role of Gil Grissom, reportedly signed on only for the first season as an actor and will not be on camera in the second season (he remains an executive producer). In addition, Jorja Fox — who played Grissom’s colleague and lover — will not be back for the second season either. As Grissom goes, she tweeted, so goes Sara.
Q: I remember watching a movie when I was a little girl (over 6 0 years ago) that was the story of a horse named Bess. The horse was on the front line of a military conflict. Please help me identify the movie.
A: You are probably remembering “Gallant Bess,” from 1946. It involved a young man (played by Marshall Thompson) and a horse he finds in the jungle while serving in World War II. According to the Turner Classic Movies site, the movie was based on a real incident.
Q: Why was Julian McMahon (Agent Jess LaCroix) written out of “FBI: Most Wanted”?
A: Folks were surprised about the death of LaCroix, although it has been known for some time that McMahon was leaving the show, reportedly for “additional creative pursuits.” With McMahon gone, Dylan McDermott will be joining “Most Wanted.”
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