‘Ally McBeal’ will meet ‘Supergirl’ soon

Published 12:00 am Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Photos via NewscomYes, it’s true. Calista Flockhart, left, and Harrison Ford are married. The couple wed in 2010. The late Martin Milner, right, starred in the CBS show “Route 66” from 1960 to 1964 and in the NBC run of “Adam-12” from 1968 to 1975.

Q: I’m interested to see Calista Flockhart coming back to television in “Supergirl.” Is it true she’s married to Harrison Ford?

— Tom David, Wheeling, West Virginia

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A: It is. After eight years together, they wed in 2010. At a summer news conference for “Supergirl” — which premieres Oct. 26 on CBS, and which features television’s former “Ally McBeal” as the heroine’s earthly alter ego’s high-powered boss at a media company — Flockhart joked that she’d like her character to be romanced by Superman.

We followed up on that by asking her how (ahem) Indiana Jones or Han Solo might feel about that, and she smiled knowingly and replied, “I don’t know. I guess you would have to ask him.”

Q: I was sorry to hear of the recent passing of Martin Milner. How many years were his shows “Route 66” and “Adam-12” on the air?

— Fred Myers, Colorado Springs, Colorado

A: “Route 66” aired on CBS from 1960 to 1964, with Milner in the show from start to finish as cross-country motorist Tod Stiles. George Maharis played his traveling companion Buz Murdock for the first 2½ years, then he left the show and Glenn Corbett came in as Linc Case, who joined Tod on his journeys.

The NBC run of the Jack Webb-produced “Adam-12” went from 1968 to 1975, with Milner and Kent McCord as patrol partners Pete Malloy and Jim Reed. As with producer Dick Wolf’s current “Law & Order” and “Chicago” shows, there were crossover episodes involving the other Webb shows of that era, “Dragnet” and “Emergency!”

It was quite touching that after Milner’s death became known, the Los Angeles Police Department sent the Instagram message, “Pete Malloy, you are end of shift” — a sign of respect for what “Adam-12” did for the department’s public image, and also for the inspiration the series was to many viewers who eventually became police officers themselves.

Q: When is the season finale of “Mr. Robot” going to be shown on USA Network?

— Merle Randolph, via email

A: It already has been. It was postponed for one week because on the day it originally was to be shown, a Virginia television reporter and cameraman were killed during an on-air report — and because of a similar element of that season finale, it was deemed inappropriate to show it that night. If your television provider has an On Demand channel that includes programs shown on USA, the episode still might be available there as you’re reading this.

Q: Will there be a second season of “Zoo”?

— Jason Bennett, Grove City, Ohio

A: That hadn’t been determined by CBS at the time of this writing, but James Patterson — the best-selling author who wrote the novel with Michael Ledwidge and served as an executive producer of the show — told us during the summer he didn’t consider “Zoo” sequels out of the question, though the original was written as a complete story. The entire first season is scheduled to be released on home video Dec. 1.

Q: The replay of NBC’s 9/11 coverage on MSNBC made me wonder what has happened to certain reporters who were part of it. For instance, I haven’t seen Jamie Gangel on NBC News in some time. Is she still working?

— Heather Michaelson, via email

A: Interestingly, she started a new job recently. Formerly the national correspondent for NBC’s “Today,” Gangel has the title “Special Correspondent” at CNN, where she began work in August. The end of what she has called her “short retirement” reunites her with Jeff Zucker, the former NBC News chief who now runs the cable news network.

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