You have questions. I have some answers.

Q: I am curious: did they ever colorize any of the old “Perry Mason” series? With the fashion and architecture, it would surely be great. I love watching the old shows on MeTV.

A: As far as I know, the 1957-1966 “Perry Mason” starring Raymond Burr has not been colorized. But there is a color episode, from 1966: "The Case of the Twice-Told Twist.” The networks around that time were shifting from black-and-white to color with new and returning shows. Done late in the show’s ninth season, “Twice-Told” showed how “Mason” might look if brought back for a 10th run. But the show was canceled after nine seasons, leaving it with just the one color telecast (until, of course, later TV movies were made in color).

Q: We just finished watching “Northern Rescue” on Netflix, and the ending suggests that there is going to be another season or continuation episodes. Can you please confirm or deny that there is a continuation?

A: There is not. The Canadian drama starring William Baldwin and Kathleen Robertson ended in 2019 after a single season.

Q: I am very upset over Paramount+ putting “NCIS: Tony & Ziva” on their network, which many people cannot afford. We watched them both for so many years on “NCIS” and enjoyed their relationship so much. Now we are being forced not to see them again because of Paramount+. Gee, thanks.

A: It may not be any consolation to you, but even as a longtime “NCIS” watcher, I didn’t think much of the first three episodes of “T&Z.” And I am cynical enough to think the show will end up being broadcast on CBS, maybe next summer, once the company has raked in as much money as it can from new Paramount+ subscribers. Shows do bounce between streaming and broadcast. NBC premiered the fifth season of “Law & Order: Organized Crime” first on Peacock but is now putting those episodes on broadcast beginning Sept. 25 — the same night that “Law & Order” and “Law & Order: SVU” start new seasons. And not long ago ABC tried “Dancing with the Stars” on Disney+ instead of broadcast, then moved it back to broadcast along with streaming.

Q: When I watch “Law & Order Toronto,” there’s an overabundance of the color teal evident. Clothing, wall coverings, “whites of the eyes,” etc. Once you notice it, it’s certainly distracting. I Googled it and it seems it’s now an artistic filming ploy? I don’t like it.

A: I at first wondered if you needed to adjust the picture setting on your TV. In fact, the use of teal — or teal and orange — is not new. The Guardian reported on it back in 2010 ("Hollywood's new colour craze"), “with the greenish-blue teal forming a backdrop and the orange (which includes flesh tones) in the foreground.” As one expert said, “if you take two complementary colours and put them next to each other, they will ‘pop,’ and sometimes even vibrate.” That and other color grading, ‘in which a film's palette is altered in post-production, has become more prevalent over the last decade, as digital technology has erased the limits on what can be done.” Such tools continue to be used, although like other technological tricks there is no guarantee they will be used well.

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