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TV Media Weekly | September 7 - 13, 2019 By Adam Thomlison TV Media Q: Are there any updates on the second season of "The Night Manager"? A: Yes, but they amount to the same lack of a conclusion we had before. The bottom line is we still don't know if it will happen. "The Night Manager," starring Tom Hiddleston ("Avengers: End- game," 2019), Hugh Laurie ("House") and Olivia Colman ("The Crown"), originally aired as a miniseries on AMC here and the BBC in the U.K., an adaptation of the John le Carré novel of the same name. It was a huge critical and popular hit, though, so naturally the networks and fans wanted more. The question was then, and still is, can/will they make another sea- son without source material to draw from? The latest news is that the head writer and director of the first sea- son have both said they won't par- ticipate in a second. Director Su- sanne Bier and writer David Farr both have the same concerns about a second run: They're afraid of doing, in Bier's words (taken from an interview with DigitalSpy. com), "something that does not live up to the level of Season 1. That would be a really bad idea." Nonetheless, there was great optimism a year ago, when the producers announced that they had hired a team of writers for the second season — it didn't include Farr, but it did feature Charles Cumming, another spy novelist whom many have called the next le Carré. Q: I recently saw a TV com- mercial for Carfax, and the voice of the fox sounded famil- iar. It made me wonder if it's the voice of Gobo from "Frag- gle Rock" on HBO. Is it? A: There are a few reasons why we can be certain that's not the same voice. The first is that Jerry Nelson, the legendary Muppeteer and voice of Gobo Fraggle, would have been too busy, and too pricey, to do com- mercial work by the time the Car Fox character debuted in 2009. The second is that the Car Fox ads continue to be made today, seven years after Nelson's death. Brent Halfyard, the actor voicing Car Fox, is, on the other hand, likely much more affordable (no offense to him), and very much alive. His biggest role so far — besides the Fox himself, who has built a weird sort of viral fame — has been nar- rating a few seasons of the Investi- gation Discovery series "Very Bad Men" in the early 2010s. 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 Michelle Rose TV Media S he's been dubbed the "Pioneer Woman" for millennials, but if you've tuned in to "Girl Meets Farm," you know that Molly Yeh shines in her own kind of light. Just this year, the rising Food Network star earned both a Daytime Emmy and a James Beard Award nomination. She recently signed an exclusive agreement for new episodes of her Food Network show and more digital content. And she's a new mom: in March, Yeh and husband Nick welcomed their first child, daughter Bernadette (Bernie). A Juilliard-trained percus- sionist-turned-food blogger, cookbook author and TV host, Yeh has already made her mark on the food entertainment in- dustry. Now, she's ready to in- vite us back into her farmhouse kitchen on Sunday, Sept. 8, for an all-new season of "Girl Meets Farm." If you're looking for movie night-friendly eats and treats, the Season 4 premiere is the ep- isode to watch. Yeh walks you through all the steps for her bar- becue pulled pork nachos, rad- ishes with smoked butter, candy bar salads and a grilled orange soda. Other themes this season will cover Yeh's life as a new mom (check out her baby meal prep pot on mynamisyeh.com) and will include Oktoberfest, Halloween, a Midwest potluck, party bites and "Friendsgiving." If you're new to the show and are wondering where the "Farm" in the title comes from, the series centers on the big-city transplants' new life in the Mid- west (specifically North Dakota) where Nick runs a sugar beet farm. Farm life is what the show is all about, but Yeh's joyful per- sonality is behind its appeal. She also brings a little bit of her background to everything she cooks, whether it's an Insta- gram-worthy cake, a more ad- venturous version of a Midwest staple or a new favorite inspired by her Chinese and Jewish heri- tage. And the result is an enter- taining mix of new and familiar flavors that are a feast for the eyes. So tune in on Sunday, Sept. 8, to find out why "Girl Meets Farm" is the highest-rated day- time show in the Food Network Sunday lineup. More Molly: 'Girl Meets Farm' returns with a new season 10 | Cooking this week Crab House 2 x 2" Family Health Clinic 2 x 1.5" White Lilies N Paradise 2 x 1.5" Molly Yeh hosts "Girl Meets Farm"