You have questions. I have some answers.

Q: With the cancellation of Shemar Moore’s “S.W.A.T.,” it was indicated there was another show his character would star on. I haven’t seen more about it. Is it going to happen?

A: Yes. As Deadline.com reported, production began late last year on “S.W.A.T. Exiles,” which finds Moore’s character “Hondo” Harrelson coming out of retirement to lead an experimental unit of young recruits. Stars from the previous series Jay Harrington (Deacon) and Patrick St. Esprit (Hicks) are set to return for at least the pilot of the new show. It’s not yet clear when and where the new show will air. But this certainly shows the continued life of the “S.W.A.T.” concept, whose history spans more than 50 years starting with the 1975-76 TV series, and including a 2003 big-screen version.

Q: Will there be a second season of “Heated Rivalry”?

A: Yes. The Canadian drama about gay hockey players, based on the “queer hockey romance” books by Rachel Reid, is set for a second run, with production aiming to begin this summer. Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie are set to return as lovers Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov, says People.com, with Storrie adding that the new season will be based on Reid’s book “The Long Game.” According to People.com, “Set nearly 10 years later, ‘The Long Game’ finds Shane and Ilya still guarding their relationship as they weigh the risks of going public — and what that choice would mean for their futures on and off the ice.”

Q: There has been a ton of Black sitcoms, so why has nobody done a modern version of “Amos ‘n’ Andy”?

A: There’s still a stigma attached to that show, which was first a radio hit, then a network TV show in 1951-53, followed by a long run in TV syndication before it was pulled out of circulation in 1966. While observers such as historian Donald Bogle have called the TV show “one of the best made and acted” sitcoms, Bogle also notes that the art was in service of stereotypes of people of color. Complaints began during the radio era, when white actors played the Black characters, and continued into TV; there the stereotypes were part of a viewing landscape with few positive images of Black Americans on TV to provide a contrast. Actress Diahann Carroll once said she was not allowed to watch the show when young because it was “so racist.”

But Carroll also said she eventually saw the show was “really funny,” and there has been more appreciation of it artistically in recent years. You can judge for yourself: Episodes are on YouTube and DVD. But the title still bears a lot of controversial weight. (Yes, there was an action-comedy movie called “Amos & Andrew” but it has no narrative connection to the television series.)

Q: I recently enjoyed watching a show on Netflix named “The Waterfront” and it seemed the ending left it open for another season, are there any plans to come back?

A: The drama sure looked as if it had plans for a second season. But Netflix did not see a future and dropped the show after the one season.

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