Q: Will "Welcome to Sweden" be back at some point?

A: Yes. The Greg Poehler comedy about an American who moves to Sweden will be back on NBC with 10 new episodes. I'm guessing it will return next summer, but network scheduling can be a mysterious thing. Of course, it's also a hit in Sweden, and was renewed there even before NBC asked for more.

Boris' mansion in the Hamptons

Q: I am a fan of "Royal Pains." Could you tell me who actually owns Boris' mansion on the show and if it is in the Hamptons?

A: That is the OHEKA Castle Hotel & Estate in Huntington, N.Y., on Long Island. Financier Otto Hermann Kahn had it built, a process that took two years until completion in 1919. (The name is an acronym from Kahn's full name.) According to the OHEKA website, it is the second-largest private residence built in the United States: 127 rooms and 109,000 square feet. Since Kahn's death, it has been a retreat for New York sanitation workers, a training site for merchant marine radio operators and a military school, which went bankrupt. In 1984, developer Gary Melius bought the estate and restored it; it hosts weddings, corporate retreats and guests in its hotel rooms.

'Death' of an inspector

Q: Why did they kill off Ben Miller, who played Inspector Richard Poole in the series "Death in Paradise"?

A: Miller wanted out of the series about an English police detective working on a tropical island. In published interviews back in January (when the current season of the British-made "Death" aired overseas), Miller said it was too difficult to be away from his home and children in England for the months of shooting in Guadalupe. Nor was it easy to bring his family with him, because his oldest son is in school. The show has gone on with a new investigator, played by Kris Marshall.

Cranston's soapy background

Q: Did Bryan Cranston of "Breaking Bad" appear in a soap opera in the '80s? I think it may have been called "Loving."

A: Cranston indeed played Douglas Donovan on the ABC daytime drama, which aired from 1983 to 1995; original cast member Cranston was on the show about two years.

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