Q: What happened to "The Mentalist"?

A: Its final season began Nov. 30. "The Good Wife" will take a break and "The Mentalist" will have its time slot for five weeks. "The Good Wife" then returns Jan. 4 and "The Mentalist" moves to Wednesdays as of Jan. 7. (It will take over the "Survivor" time slot while that is on its own break.) "The Mentalist" will continue on Wednesdays through Feb. 18, when its two-hour series finale will air.

Q: I was enjoying the TV show "When Calls the Heart" on Saturday nights on the Hallmark channel. Any idea what happened to it?

A: All 13 episodes from its first season have been televised. Hallmark has ordered a second season for telecast in 2015.

Q: At the introduction of Jimmy Fallon on "The Tonight Show," the Roots shout out a number (i.e. 154, 163). What is the purpose of this?

A: The called-out digits represent the episode number. Sometimes, you will hear the Roots mention a city after the number; in that case, the number also matches the city's area code.

Q: What has happened that "Parenthood," being so popular on TV, has ended filming? It is one of the last good shows on TV.

A: The NBC drama has had a good run — the current season is its sixth — and very positive reviews. But it was far from one of the more popular shows. Indeed, when looking at stories written about it over the year, you'll see it called a "perennial bubble show," meaning it was always on the bubble when it came time to decide which shows would be picked up. With a large and reportedly expensive cast, it was in even more jeopardy, especially when NBC was getting more successful in other time slots. So we have come to its final 13-episode season.

Q: Several years ago, we watched John Larroquette in a show called "McBride." We really liked it and wondered what happened with the show and Larroquette.

A: "McBride" was part of a group of mystery movies Hallmark rotated. It aired from 2005 to 2008. Larroquette has since 2008 appeared on "Boston Legal," "Deception," "Almost Human" and other TV shows. He is also set to be part of "The Librarians," which begins Dec. 7 on TNT. It's derived from the series of "The Librarian" movies the network has aired.

Mailbag update: I mentioned not long ago "Mike & Molly" had been held back by CBS for later use. Well, later is here. The network is dropping "The Millers" and putting "Mike & Molly" on Mondays as of this week.

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