Urich played title role on 'Spenser'

Answer: Robert Urich played the title role on "Spenser: For Hire," which ran on ABC from 1985 until 1988 and again in several TV movies. Avery Brooks played occasional sidekick Hawk.

Question: Sometime in the late 1960s or early '70s, I watched a movie starring Patty Duke that was set during World War I. She was a young woman who fell in love with a Japanese man in the United States. I believe he was being held at a camp until the war was over. Patty Duke becomes pregnant and, of course, they suffer much angst. Do you know the name of this movie and if it's available on video?

Answer: That's "If Tomorrow Comes," a 1971 TV movie (set during World War II) that also stars Frank Michael Liu, James Whitmore and Anne Baxter. It's not yet on video.

Question: What's the name of the music playing on the promo for "Desperate Housewives" with apples?

Answer: That's "Juicy" by Better Than Ezra, from the CD "Before the Robots."

Question: Is Peter Krause of "Six Feet Under" related to Brian Krause of "Charmed"? Also, I heard a really bad rumor that two of my favorite CBS shows had been canceled: "Joan of Arcadia" and "Judging Amy." Please tell me this isn't true!

Answer: Sorry, but both shows have been canceled. And the Krauses aren't related.

Question: I heard that the person who plays Brady Black on "Days of Our Lives" and the actress who plays Nicole on that show are married in real life. Is this true?

Answer: Yes. Glowering Kyle Lowder, who plays Brady, married Arianne Zuker, who plays Nicole, in 2002.

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