Q&A

Q: Who played Felix Chavez, the fighter Adonis is promoting in "Creed III"? 

As is so often the case with the Creed series of movies, and the Rocky movies that came before, Felix Chavez was played by a real professional boxer.  Jose Benavidez Jr. is a top-ranked super-welterweight boxer who has challenged for titles and comes from a boxing family (his father, Jose Sr., is a trainer, and his brother David is a top p...

Q: Where did "The Biggest Loser" go? Will it be coming back?

Currently, the answer is no. But that's changed in the past.  "The Biggest Loser" was once one of the most famous and successful reality shows on TV, part of the first wave of shows (along with "Survivor" and "The Amazing Race") that defined the genre's look and feel. Until it was cancelled in 2016.  USA Network revived the show in 2...

Q: Remember "Mad TV"? Did any of the cast members go on to do anything big? 

A show with a record like "Mad TV," on the air for 15 seasons, would normally not be considered an also-ran. That is, unless it's working in the shadow of a show like "Saturday Night Live" (48 seasons and counting).   So many comedy giants got their start on "SNL" that we forget that many owe a similar debt to "Mad TV," a similar sketch-co...