Q: Will “Major Crimes” be returning this year?

— Joyce Habeger, Salem, Ohio

A: No. TNT’s Mary McDonnell-starring spinoff of “The Closer” ended its run in January, though the cast and crew hadn’t necessarily envisioned the cancellation coming when it did. Had it continued, it would have done so without one of its major characters — and we’re not being more specific than that here, so as not to spoil anything for those who might be planning to binge-watch the existing episodes, which are available on home video. When it ended, “Major Crimes” had just broken the 100-episode mark (finishing with No. 105).

Q: When will Kristin Kreuk’s new series be on?

— Abby Hayden, via email

A: July 11 is the scheduled premiere date for “Burden of Truth” on The CW, Kreuk’s traditional network (given the runs she also had there on “Smallville” and “Beauty and the Beast”), but Canadian viewers already have seen the first season of the new drama. It premiered on that country’s CBC network in January and ran through April.

Also an executive producer of the series, Kreuk stars in it as a corporate attorney who returns to her hometown to represent a pharmaceutical company in a case, but has to rethink which side she wants to be on, as she learns more about the matter. With Peter Mooney (“Rookie Blue”) also starring, the show has been renewed by CBC for a second season that begins production soon.

Q: When shows are getting their season finales ready, if they end with a cliffhanger, are they sure they’re coming back for another year?

— Chuck Wade, Leesburg, Florida.

A: If only they could be that sure. Only in certain cases does a show get a renewal early enough to be absolutely sure of having another season by the time its current season ends — and while some producers gamble that a cliffhanger will guarantee a renewal, so that fans won’t be upset by loose ends that never will be resolved, it doesn’t always work out that way.

A very recent example is Fox’s “Lucifer,” which received its cancellation notice just a few days before the airing of what turned out to be its series finale. The producers had rolled the dice in setting up a cliffhanger, expecting to return next season to deal with it, and … no.

Q: What will Elizabeth Vargas do after leaving “20/20”?

— Nicole Weeks, Grand Junction, Colorado.

A: She’s already doing it. She started her new work for A&E Network as an investigative reporter-producer before officially leaving ABC News, since the first of the resulting documentaries made its premiere very recently. Vargas is being succeeded on “20/20” by “Good Morning America’s” Amy Robach.

Q: A documentary about “Soul Train” was shown on VH1 about five years ago. Do you know when it will be released on DVD? Also, will the 50th anniversary “American Bandstand” special be released in DVD?

— Javen Roper, via email

A: We know of no home-video plans for either of those specific programs, but there are compilation releases from those music series that are available either as physical discs or as streaming content. If you hunt around the internet, you should be able to find them if you’re interested.

Q: Is the Gabrielle Carteris that I see mentioned as the president of an actors’ union the same Gabrielle Carteris who played Andrea on “Beverly Hills, 90210”?

— Cindy Harris, Decatur, Alabama.

A: It certainly is. Her rise to the top of the organization SAG-AFTRA has been relatively swift and, sadly, connected in part to a tragedy. Carteris ran for the position of executive vice president and was elected in 2012, and she became acting president in 2016 upon the death of actor Ken Howard (“The White Shadow”), who had led SAG-AFTRA since 2009 … when it was only SAG, prior to its 2012 merger with AFTRA. Soon afterward, Carteris was elected to the presidency by acclamation.