By Rich Heldenfels

You have questions. I have some answers.

QAs a parent of an LBGTQ youth everything I’ve learned about gay teen culture was from the Netflix series “Heartstopper.” Please tell me there will be a fourth season, and maybe a follow-up movie.

AThe gay teen romance is not getting a fourth season, but there will be a TV movie wrapping up the story of Charlie (Joe Locke) and Nick (Kit Connor). As SoapCentral.com reported, Locke said the cast members are all so busy now that they would have had trouble finding time to make an entire fourth season. Hence the movie.

The movie, says Deadline.com, is based on the upcoming sixth and final volume of Alice Oseman’s “Heartstopper” graphic novels; Oseman has also written the script, and production on the movie has begun.

QWe very much enjoy the current version of “Magnum P.I.” starring Jay Hernandez but have not heard if the series will continue for another season. What have you heard?

AThat the show has been canceled. Twice. It originally aired on CBS (home of the original Tom Selleck-starring “Magnum”) for four seasons in 2018-22. NBC then picked it up but later dropped the series amid declining ratings. The finale aired in January 2024.

QRecently I happened to watch the same episode of “M.A.S.H.” on MeTV and TV Land. The MeTV version had five to 10 more minutes of content than the TV Land version.

To make sure I wasn’t imagining things I made a point of watching more episodes on MeTV and they all had more of the original broadcast versions. Why does TV Land cut classic shows like“M.A.S.H.”?

ABasically, TV Land makes room for more commercials while keeping a show in a 30-minute time slot. MeTV is more willing to limit ads to keep shows in their original form, which had more content than ads in comparison to today’s commercial programs. And it’s not just about this “M.A.S.H.” For many years network TV shows and some movies sold to cable or in broadcast syndication have been either cut or sped up to make ad space. Of course, this hurts the shows, and some of us look for shows elsewhere, such as on disc (although in some cases those have also been edited) or on more viewer-friendly streaming services.

QI just finished watching Season 1 of “Maxton Hall — The World Between Us.” Will there be Season 2?

AYes, and a third season. Prime Video has announced the arrival of the second season on Nov. 7, as well as plans for production of a third season based on Mona Kasten’s trilogy. Here’s a Prime Video hint about Season 2: “After their passionate night together in Oxford and her greatest life goal within reach, everything seems to be going perfectly for Ruby (Harriet Herbig-Matten). But a stroke of fate in James’ (Damian Hardung) family changes everything and James himself, of all people, brings her back from cloud nine to a harsh reality.”

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