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Q: It was nice to see Alana De La Garza back as Connie Rubirosa on “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” recently. What else has she been doing?

— Jeff Harris, Winter Haven, Fla.

A: Last year, she was in the Jekyll-and-Hyde-ish NBC suspense series “Do No Harm,” which admittedly didn’t get a huge showcase. After two airings last winter, it was canceled, with the remaining episodes burned off on Saturdays during the summer. De La Garza also appeared with Amy Poehler, Owen Wilson and others in the 2013 movie “You Are Here,” written and directed by “Mad Men” mentor Matthew Weiner.

Since Rubirosa now is a federal prosecutor who’s based in New York again, it’s always possible the actress could pop back up on “SVU.” It should be noted, though, that she also has been spending a lot of time playing another role: mom. She and her husband welcomed their second child, last July, a daughter who joined the couple and their now-3-year-old son.

Q: I enjoyed “Touch” but haven’t seen any mention of it for the future. Did it get canceled?

— Sandy Waggoner, West Plains, Mo.

A: Yes. Fox ended the series after two seasons, but that doesn’t mean the network is out of business with star Kiefer Sutherland. He returns as the ever-resourceful Jack Bauer in the limited-run sequel series “24: Live Another Day” starting May 5.

Q: Can you tell me if the little boy who played Forrest Gump’s son in the 1994 movie is the man who is playing Danny Grayson on “Revenge”? They sure do look alike.

— Dorothy Otterman, Clitherall, Minn.

A: There’s a resemblance, but they aren’t the same person. Josh Bowman, who plays Danny (and, incidentally, is involved off-screen with fellow “Revenge” star Emily VanCamp), began his professional career only about seven years ago. Forrest Jr. was played by Haley Joel Osment, whose fame would skyrocket five years after that movie with his “I see dead people” performance in “The Sixth Sense.”

Q: In the final season episode of “Betrayal,” ABC didn’t list the start date for next season.

— Bev Wasmund, Farnham, N.Y.

A: That’s because it hasn’t been determined whether there will be a next season. ABC has some time to make a decision, which likely won’t be finalized until the network unveils its lineup for the 2014-15 television year in May. It has to be said, though, that the ratings for its season finale — which tied the show’s lowest numbers up to that point — weren’t particularly encouraging.

Q: I think “In the Heat of the Night” is one of the best TV series ever made. Why was it never released on DVD?

— Al Lumannick, Columbus, Ohio

A: Actually, it was … not in its entirety, but several seasons of the Carroll O’Connor-Howard Rollins series are available on disc, and they aren’t hard to find (and, in most cases, pretty reasonably priced) online. We’ve also seen them in department-store bins for very low prices, along with complete seasons of other series that were produced or acquired by MGM Television, such as “The Young Riders” and “Sea Hunt.”

Q: I saw the movie “The Goodbye Girl” on cable recently. Wasn’t another version of it made?

— Wendy Paul, Sacramento, Calif.

A: In a 2004 remake that Richard Benjamin directed for TNT, Patricia Heaton and Jeff Daniels assumed the roles first played in 1977 by Marsha Mason and Richard Dreyfuss, who won the best actor Oscar for it.

Neil Simon — who had been married to Mason when the original movie was made — adapted his own screenplay for the television version, and Mason since has played Heaton’s mother in several episodes of ABC’s “The Middle.”

Q: Why was “The Michael J. Fox Show” suddenly on a half-hour earlier recently?

— Mark Howell, Milwaukee

A: It was an attempt by NBC to see if there might be any more traction for the sitcom if it traded Thursday-night spots with “Sean Saves the World” to benefit from the immediate lead-in of “Parks and Recreation.” In the end, it didn’t make much of a difference, with its performance improving only a tenth of a ratings point over its previous telecast.

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