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TV Media Weekly | June 3 - 9, 2017 By Adam Thomlison TV Media Q: I was enjoying "Time Af- ter Time" as a different type of program, and was looking for- ward to the rest of the story, but it was pulled mid-series! Can I rent or watch the rest of the episodes somewhere? A: As of now, there's no way to watch the seven remaining epi- sodes of "Time After Time." But that could change. ABC hasn't officially canceled the show, though networks rarely cancel anything officially. Rather, it has simply replaced the show in its time-slot. That means it could bring back the show at any point and just call it a hiatus. Indeed, networks have been doing that for a long time now — they pull low-rated shows from the schedule during the regular season, when lots of people are at home looking for something to watch, and schedule the leftover episodes in the summer, when the ratings wouldn't have been great anyway. This is simply an economic measure, since they've already paid for the shows to be produced and would rather that money not go totally to waste. In the case of "Time After Time," 12 episodes were produced and only five have aired. And the show was definitely low-rated — it started with just 2.5 million viewers and dropped steadily from there. The remaining seven episodes could show up on the ABC sched- ule this summer, but the modern era provides new venues as well: The show could pop up on Netflix or another streaming service. The show's weird premise, which combines sci-fi, fantasy and alternate history, could make it a good candidate for Internet success. Speculative fiction (the catch-all term for those various genres) generally does well on- line. In terms of plot resolution, "Time After Time" is based on a novel of the same name by Karl Alexander, so you could go there for answers. 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 he glitz. The glamor. The teeming throngs of ador- ing fans. The food — ah, the food! The lives of Food Network chefs are fabulous ones, at least in the minds of those who aspire to join their ranks, and once a year the specialty channel gives those hopefuls with dreams of stardom a chance to make that dream come true. "Food Network Star" is back for a 13th season Sunday, June 4. Two of the network's biggest stars, Bobby Flay ("Beat Bobby Flay") and Giada De Laurentiis ("Giada at Home"), return as the hosts, mentors and judges for 12 hopefuls with stars in their eyes who are aching to land their very own Food Network show. That's a pretty big prize — so big, in fact, that it can't be con- tained in just one show. Last sea- son's two "Food Network Star" companion series are back, too, giving Flay and De Laurentiis even more to work with as they consider who should be the eventual winner. The first companion, "Food Network Star: Comeback Kitch- en," has been running former "Food Network Star" contes- tants through a gauntlet of chal- lenges for the past three weeks. These folks hit it off with audi- ences in past seasons, and after three episodes of competing, one of them is ready to join the new- comers in the June 4 premiere. Then there's "Star Salvation," a companion web series avail- able at Food Network's website (www.foodnetwork.com). Host- ed by former "Food Network Star" winner Jeff Mauro ("The Kitchen") and Iron Chef Alex Guarnaschelli ("Chopped"), it's a chance for each week's elimi- nated contestant to earn his or her way back into the competi- tion. The ultimate winner of "Star Salvation" will return to "Food Network Star" just in time to join the final four in the Aug. 6 episode. While some "Food Network Star" winners of seasons past have faded into relative obscuri- ty, be it due to scheduling con- flicts or other circumstances, oth- ers have gone on to become some of the channel's most fa- miliar faces — a fact best em- bodied by season 2's winner Guy Fieri, host of "Guy's Big Bite," "Guy's Grocery Games" and, of course, "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives." The next Guy Fieri could be in the wings just waiting for the chance to become Food Net- work's next celebrity chef. "Food Network Star" premiers Sunday, June 4. Giada De Laurentiis and Bobby Flay as seen in "Food Network Star" Culinary hopefuls reach for Food Network celebrity 10 | Cooking this week Friendship Haven 2 x 2.5" Noah's Ark 2 x 2" 2nd Shift Plumbing 2 x 1.5"

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