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TV Media Weekly | June 30 - July 6, 2018 By Adam Thomlison TV Media Q: Is there going to be a "Golden Girls" reunion/re- boot? It seems pretty ripe — at least as ripe as "Roseanne." A: You certainly have a point. "The Golden Girls" remains a well-loved sitcom that's re- mained in the public conscious- ness thanks to the younger gen- eration's embrace of Betty White, and thus seems like a perfect can- didate for a return, a la "Rose- anne," which was (in)famously rebooted last year. However, "The Golden Girls" has a pretty sad reality to get past: White is the only one of the "Girls" who's still alive. Bea Arthur (who played Doro- thy in the 1985-1992 series) died in 2009, a year after Estelle Getty (Sophia) and a year before Rue McClanahan (Blanche). White, who was in fact the old- est of the four stars, is the last one standing. Of course, this doesn't pre- clude a reboot with new stars. Here's my pitch: a reboot of the show with younger actors and White playing the cantankerous Sophia character. Q: Is Rocky Carroll coming back for the next season of "NCIS"? The last season finale has me worried. A: You're not alone. Rocky Car- roll sounds a little worried, too. Without giving too much away, Carroll's character, NCIS Director Leon Vance, ends the season as the captive of a seemingly pretty bad character, and his life is clear- ly in danger. The show has been renewed for a 16th season, but no plot de- tails have been released yet. Even the actor himself seems to know no more about his future on the show than we do. Fans sent messages of support and concern to Carroll's Twitter account after the finale, and in re- sponse he only said, "Thanks for the kind words. Keep your fingers crossed for Vance!" Of course, we all have good reason to worry. Fans are painful- ly aware that the show is willing to write off major characters — Abby (played in all 15 seasons by Pauley Perrette) left the show last season, and people are still sore at the exit of Ziva (Cote de Pablo) in season 11. If the show is able to survive after the exit of major characters like that, you begin to realize that anyone's expendable. Indeed, Gibbs (Mark Harmon) and Ducky (David McCallum) are the only two original characters left on the show. Have a question? Email us at questions@tvtabloid.com. Please include your name and town. Per- sonal replies will not be provided. Hollywood Q&A By Andrew Warren TV Media T here are some big differ- ences between country life and city life, that's for sure, and those differences are most obvious to the folks who've lived in both places. Bestselling cookbook author and food blog- ger Molly Yeh has discovered something that country folk and city folk have in common, though: a love of good food. The acclaimed writer's new show, "Girl Meets Farm," pre- miered last week on Food Net- work and has new episodes air- ing Sundays. A transplant from the big city suburbs to a quiet life on the Minnesota-North Dakota border, Yeh has fallen in love with the quieter, slower-paced life- style, and she's invited TV viewers into her farmhouse to join her as she prepares a range of delicious dishes inspired by her Jewish and Chinese heritage blended with the flavors of the Midwest. In this week's episode, airing Sunday, July 1, the host puts her own fresh spin on a traditional lunch on the farm. With big meals for breakfast and dinner, lunch is light and designed to be eaten in a hurry. She shares her recipe for a quick and easy challah bread, which she serves alongside an equally simple chopped salad with crumbled feta and her own delicious and creamy homemade hummus. In next Sunday's episode, the host treats her friends to brunch the morning after a fun night out in the city. Mini quiches are on the menu, made with bacon and peas, and she prepares a dark chocolate scone loaf with marzi- pan to satisfy her sweet tooth. It's an eclectic mix of flavors, but that comes from the many culinary influences in Yeh's life. She grew up in Chicago's suburbs with a Jewish mother and Chi- nese father, spent several years living in New York City and finally settled in the upper Midwest with her husband. Her cookbook, "Molly on the Range," is an award-winning bestseller, while her lifestyle blogging site "my name is yeh" has been recog- nized and awarded by the New York Times, New York Magazine, Yahoo, Saveur and Food & Wine. She was even on Forbes' "30 Un- der 30" list in 2017. "Girl Meets Farm" currently airs Sundays on Food Network. Celebrated lifestyle blogger Molly Yeh embraces country living 10 | Cooking this week Sunspot 2 x 2" Vicker's Graphics 2 x 1.5" Tech Repairadise 2 x 1.5" Molly Yeh hosts "Girl Meets Farm"

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