Q: Will “Nurse Jackie” ever return to Showtime? It’s been a long time since they showed a new episode.

— Lynnie Angus, Bellaire, Ohio

A: The sixth season of Edie Falco’s series is scheduled to begin April 13, and it will return on the strength of an Emmy win for co-star Merritt Wever, alias the show’s Zoey. In the moment, she gave one of the more brief and memorable acceptance speeches of recent times: “Thanks so much. Thank you so much. I gotta go. Bye.”

Q: I’ve been wondering what David James Elliott has been doing since the end of “JAG.”

— Neva Musgrave, Vienna, W.Va.

A: The actor might be returning to series work next season, since he’s made a comedy pilot for Fox, “Here’s Your Damn Family,” in which he plays a father of three who marries a woman played by “Malcolm in the Middle” alum Jane Kaczmarek.

Among other credits Elliott has accrued since “JAG” ended in 2005 have been the shows “Close to Home,” “Scoundrels” and “GCB,” plus such made-for-TV movies as “Dad’s Home,” “Truth Be Told” and “Exploding Sun.”

Q: In the series “The Sopranos,” when Uncle Junior shoots Tony, he yells something in Italian just before he shoots. What does he yell, and what does it translate into in English?

— Louis Martini, Buhl, Idaho

A: He shouts, “Cazzata, Malanga!” which roughly translates into “(Take your pick of derogatory noun), Malanga!” Malanga was the name of a mobster the confused Junior was sure wanted to kill him, though Malanga had been dead for many years. In his condition, Junior mistook Tony for him, leading to the shooting.

Q: Will “Southland” be back on anytime soon?

— Bette Warner, Carroll, Ohio

A: Not unless someone chooses to repeat the existing episodes, since TNT canceled the police drama after giving it a reprieve when NBC gave it a pink slip just before its second season was to have started airing. TNT ran those episodes, then went on to order three more rounds of it.

Since its end, cast member Michael Cudlitz joined AMC’s “The Walking Dead,” and Ben McKenzie has been cast as Detective James Gordon (long before he became Commissioner Gordon in the saga of Batman) in the forthcoming Fox series “Gotham.”

Q: I recently watched the first three episodes of “The Bletchley Circle” and enjoyed them. I saw that four new epiodes were released in January, and I was wondering whether they have aired in the U.S. and will be aired again.

— Jennifer Sheridan, Clearfield, Pa.

A: Though they’ve run in England already, that new Season 2 begins its PBS airings April 13. A DVD set of it is slated to be released two days later, so if you so choose, you’ll be able to see the remaining three episodes before they’re broadcast here.

Q: Does Bravo still show “Inside the Actors Studio”? If so, when?

— Kelly Smith, Grand Junction, Colo.

A: The James Lipton-hosted series still is turning out new episodes, but they’re scheduled irregularly … or frustratingly irregularly, as some people (like us) might say. To find it, keeping a close eye on Bravo’s listings is a near-necessity; even then, the telecast dates sometimes are released so relatively late, they don’t make the deadline for some TV listings.

Two of the most recent episodes were shown on consecutive nights — something of a miracle, given the erratic scheduling — shortly before the Academy Awards, and they featured sessions with two of the nominees: Amy Adams, who was up for best actress in “American Hustle,” and Matthew McConaughey, who went on to win best actor for “Dallas Buyers Club.”

Q: Where has Peter Reckell from “Days of our Lives” gone?

— Linda Kaufman, Columbus, Ohio

A: He’s continued his work in the serial drama field, though not quite as visibly, as a cast member of the Internet show “Venice: The Series.” It’s co-produced by fellow network daytime veteran Crystal Chappell, who’s also among its stars, and a number of other broadcast soap alums have been featured in it. Among them: Shawn Christian, Hillary B. Smith, Judi Evans, Michael Sabatino, Galen Gering, Lesli Kay, Jordan Clarke and Tina Sloan.

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