Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe star in "Outlander"

Back to Fraser's Ridge: Good news for Clan Frasier fans: the Droughtlander ends this week. "Outlander" Season 5 premieres this Sunday, Feb. 16, on Starz, and it's been over a year since the fourth season ended with a major cliffhanger. Sure, viewers got to see Roger (Richard Rankin, "Thirteen") and new mom Brianna (Sophie Skelton, "Ren") reunite at River Run. But in true "Outlander" fashion, the episode didn't exactly end on a happy note: Jamie (Sam Heughan, "The Spy Who Dumped Me," 2018) was ordered to form a militia to hunt down his fugitive godfather, Murtagh (Duncan Lacroix, "Outlaw King," 2018). And that's where Season 5 picks up the story.

It's hard to imagine Jamie donning a red coat after all he's endured, but it's a sight we'll see this season, which will be largely (but not entirely) based on "The Fiery Cross," the fifth book in Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series.

If you've read the book, you kind of have an idea of what might be in store for the Fraser-Mackenzie family this season. Then again, the TV series doesn't always follow the source materials -- case in point, Murtagh died at Culloden in the books, but on TV, he's very much alive, and he even hooked up with Jocasta (Maria Doyle Kennedy, "Orphan Black") at the end of Season 4, despite his status as a wanted man.

A lot of the events of the next 12 episodes will test Jamie's allegiance to Murtagh, while also focusing on Bree and Roger's relationship. And perhaps we haven't seen the last of the evil Stephen Bonnet (Ed Speelers, "Downton Abbey").

While fans aren't in a rush to think of the season's end just yet, there is something special to look forward to: series author Gabaldon has penned Season 5's penultimate episode, episode 511. This was teased last October in a Twitter exchange between Gabaldon and series executive producer Matthew Roberts, with Caitriona Balfe ("Ford v Ferrari," 2019), who plays Claire, piping in with, "And it is (no surprise) a brilliant Ep ... Can't wait to start shooting it this week!" Fans can also look forward to the release of the ninth "Outlander" novel, "Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone," due to hit bookstores later this year.

FX's 'Redeemer': Actor Matthew McConaughey ("Interstellar," 2014) is teaming up again with "True Detective" creator Nic Pizzolatto in a new series that may be coming to FX.

Inspired by Patrick Coleman's novel "The Churchgoer," "Redeemer" would star McConaughey as a minister-turned-security guard on the hunt for a missing woman in Texas. McConaughey's character quickly gets more than he bargained for as his search uncovers corruption and criminal conspiracy as part of a mystery in which past and present violently collide.

Pizzolatto and McConaughey will both serve as executive producers, and the project has landed a script-to-series order so far -- that means if Pizzolatto turns in a solid script, FX will skip the pilot process and simply greenlight the series.

FX is probably hoping to duplicate the success of the duo's last collaboration. The first season of HBO's anthology series "True Detective" earned 12 Emmy nominations and five wins, including outstanding director for Cary Fukunaga, who departed the series after Season 1.

Pizzolatto recently parted ways with HBO after the series' third season, which scored another nine Emmy nominations after a much-maligned second season. "Redeemer" is Pizzolatto's first TV project under a new overall deal with Fox 21 Television Studios and FX Productions.

So does this mean the end for "True Detective"? Not necessarily. HBO still owns the rights to it, and the cabler could bring in a new showrunner if it opts to air a fourth season. But it's pure speculation at this point since nothing has been formally announced (yet).

If it does make it to air, "Redeemer" will be McConaughey's second gig as a TV regular. His most recent box office appearance is in Guy Ritchie's comedy crime caper "The Gentlemen," which hit theaters on Jan. 24.

Saved by the Bell (Again): Mario Lopez continues to dish daily as co-host of the syndicated talk shows "Access Hollywood" and "All Access." But for a time you couldn't say his name without also mentioning his "Saved by the Bell" character, A.C. Slater.

It looks like the former "Extra" host isn't shying away from his teen TV past: for his next acting gig, Lopez will be reprising his role on the planned "Saved by the Bell" sequel, which is headed for the NBCUniversal streaming service Peacock after its spring launch.

Lopez starred in the original series, which ran on NBC from 1989 to 1993, and in one of the two spinoff series (he starred in the TV movies, too). But he's not the only returning cast member: Elizabeth Berkley ("Showgirls," 1995) will also be back as former class president Jessie Spano, whose teen son Jamie (Belmont Cameli, "Empire") is the captain of Bayside's football team.

Of course, you can't have "Saved by the Bell" without Zack Morris. Mark-Paul Gosselaar, who currently plays the patriarch on the ABC sitcom "Mixed-ish," initially said he hadn't been contacted for a return to Bayside. But he is slated to appear in a few episodes as the governor of California, who has landed himself in hot water after closing too many low-income high schools. And that sets up the revival series: Gov. Morris has to send some of those students to the state's highest-performing schools, including Bayside High (Mr. Belding would be proud), where the privileged students could use a bit of a reality check.

No word yet on whether other Bayside alums, such as Tiffani Thiessen ("White Collar"), Lark Vorrhies ("In the House") or Dustin Diamond ("Joker's Wild," 2016), will also return.