Q: The TV season is in full swing, but I have not seen Danny Pino on “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.” What happened?

— Joan French, North Kingstown, Rhode Island

A: He left in last season’s finale of the NBC drama, when his character Nick Amaro was wounded in a courtroom shootout and decided to leave the New York force to join his family in California. Fans of the franchise have learned to never say “never” about seeing actors return to it, even if only for guest shots, so there’s always a chance he could turn up on the show again. As of this writing, though, we don’t know of any such return appearances by Pino being in the works.

Q: What happened to Mike Rowe’s show “Somebody’s Got to Do It”? Seems like it got canceled after an extremely short season.

— Carol Walker, DeLand, Florida

A: Its season was planned to be short … eight episodes, to be exact. As has been mentioned here time and again, the seasons of cable series generally are shorter than those of broadcast-network series, and CNN shows are no exception. The good news is that Rowe’s program will be back at some point, though a premiere date for new episodes hasn’t been set yet. The last round started in September, so it might be a while.

Q: Especially after the recent episodes of “The Flash” and “Arrow” that featured some of the characters, I’m eager for the new “Legends of Tomorrow” series. When does it start?

— Dan Schaefer, via email

A: The latest DC Comics-inspired series starts Jan. 21 on The CW, with such actors as Victor Garber, Brandon Routh, Caity Lotz, Ciara Renee, Franz Drameh and reunited “Prison Break” alums Wentworth Miller and Dominic Purcell … all of whom have appeared on the other two shows.

Q: What ever happened to “Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll”? I really enjoyed watching it, then it seemed to vanish.

— Gary Pompeo, Wheeling, West Virginia

A: The Denis Leary comedy series played out the 10 episodes that FX initially ordered, but there’s also good news for fans of that show, since it also will return for another 10 episodes this year. (Again, no start date has been set yet.) Leary wrote almost all of the initial stories and also directed a couple, plus he works on the music for the program, so his wearing that many hats on it clearly requires some time for him to get everything ready.

Q: Why isn’t the Humphrey Bogart movie “Deadline — USA” shown on TV or available on DVD?

— Fred Moll, Fleetwood, Pennsylvania

A: Turner Classic Movies has shown it in the past, and that’s always one of the prime places to keep an eye out for it. Written and directed by Richard Brooks (“In Cold Blood”), the 1952 drama actually is available on DVD and Blu-ray … but as overseas releases that can be purchased via U.S.-based websites. Virtually all of those versions require a player with the foreign PAL format rather than the American-standard NTSC, so keep that in mind if you decide to go shopping for the film.

Q: I was interested to see Martin Milner recently with Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis in “Sweet Smell of Success.” Had he started the series “Route 66” at that point?

— Peter Haines, Sacramento, California

A: No, the late actor’s series about companions motoring around the country would begin three years after his appearance in the classic 1957 movie drama about a powerful columnist (Lancaster) and the press agent (Curtis) eager to gain his favor.

Milner’s movie career had started 10 years earlier, opposite William Powell in “Life With Father,” and he also would work with such screen icons as John Wayne and Orson Welles, Natalie Wood and (all in “Mister Roberts,” which also featured Powell) Henry Fonda, Jack Lemmon and James Cagney by the time “Route 66” premiered.

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