‘Tulsa King’ moves back to streaming

Q: I just finished watching the first season of “Tulsa King” on CBS. Will the second season also be on CBS? I don’t have Paramount+.

A: More than once the broadcast networks have brought streaming fare to their schedules only to return the shows to their subscription-based streaming homes with the hope that viewers will follow them. This was especially noticeable during the Hollywood strikes last year as the networks filled gaps in their schedules with streaming series. But it also has happened with summer schedules needing filler.

CBS accordingly added the first season of the Sylvester Stallone series “Tulsa King” to its lineup over the summer — but has no plans as of now to carry the second season, which has begun on Paramount+.

Q: Can you explain why in TV show credits after the main cast is listed, there is always one last one where the star is named and the character played, such as “and Andy Kaufman as Latka Gravas” or “Michael D. Roberts as Rooster”?

A: While that’s not always the case, it happens often. One article described the practice as one negotiated by actors’ agents “to bring added distinction to an actor.”

Q: I was wondering if you know of a TV show from the ‘60s, perhaps British, in the vein of “The Twilight Zone.” The opening credits were in a deserted amusement park at night.

A: That’s “Journey to the Unknown,” a British series that aired on ABC in 1968-69. It “focused on psychological horrors,” says “The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows.” Producers on “Journey” included Norman Lloyd and Joan Harrison, both of whom had collaborated with Alfred Hitchcock on other projects.

Q: Any idea where I could find the movies about Dobermans robbing banks?

A: There is a movie trilogy about highly trained dogs — “The Doberman Gang” (1972), “The Daring Dobermans” (1973) and “The Amazing Dobermans” (1976). I have found a DVD of the first two films; one seller is Amazon. “The Doberman Gang” also is streaming, via Hoopla and for a fee at Prime Video, Apple TV and Fandango at Home; “The Daring Dobermans” is on Prime, Apple TV and Fandango.

Q: On “Midsomer Murders” the episode “Vixen’s Run” has a scene at the graveside of Sir Freddy and a poem with the line: “Do not stand at my grave and weep.” It would mean a great deal to me to know the entire poem. Who wrote it?

A: The 2006 episode drew on a poem called “Immortality,” published in a magazine in 1934 and written by Clare Harner. Here is the poem:

“Do not stand / By my grave, and weep. / I am not there, / I do not sleep.

“I am the thousand winds that blow / I am the diamond glints in snow / I am the sunlight on ripened grain, / I am the gentle, autumn rain.

“As you awake with morning’s hush, / I am the swift, up-flinging rush / Of quiet birds in circling flight, / I am the day transcending night.

“Do not stand / By my grave, and cry. / I am not there, / I did not die.”

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