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By WALT BELCHER, The Tampa Tribune

Published: November 23, 2007

Like sands through an hourglass, so are the questions that trickle through the days of a TV critic's life. The spud stud is baffled because no one answered last week's trivia question.

I will try again. A famous wrestler had a freaky role on a very popular episode of "The Six Million Dollar Man." This episode was a jump-the-shark moment for the 1970s series, and the wrestler had to endure teasing from his peers for taking the role.

The first person to name the wrestler and the role wins the "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?" lunchbox.

Send your answers to wbelcher

@tampatrib.com.

Now for the question of the week from Mark D. Ginex of Tampa:

"I always enjoy reading your columns. I have just a few questions. Regarding your Bob Hite column, you mentioned he is moving to Colorado. Is that full time? I thought he was a nautical/water buff. Is he going to produce specials for Channel 8 from there or about Tampa?

"Two shows on NBC I follow most are 'ER' and 'Las Vegas.' Where has Luka's character been all season? He has only been in a couple of scenes. And about 'LV,' what happened to Nikki Cox and James Caan? Why were they written off?"

The answers: Bob Hite and Bonnie, his wife of 18 years, will be living on a mountain ranch near Durango. He plans to fly back often and charter boats to be on, under and in the waters of Tampa Bay.

He also plans to produce freelance reports for WFLA.

Actor Goran Visnjic, who plays Luka Kovac, left "ER" to pursue film roles (He co-stars with Ashley Judd in "Helen.") He agreed to appear in eight episodes this season.

To explain the departure, his Luka character has been out of the country tending to his ailing father. Before the writer's strike, Visnjic said he was looking forward to an intimate romantic finale with Abby (Maura Tierney).

On "Vegas," the producers were told by NBC to cut costs, so Cox was let go.

Caan apparently wanted more freedom to work in films. But, really, isn't Tom Selleck an improvement?

Walt Belcher can be reached at (813) 259-7654 or wbelcher@tampatrib.com.

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