DEAR STACY: I thought "Little Big Shots" was adorable. What is the future of this show? Also, I would like to know if Steve Harvey is married. — PaulaW87
DEAR PAULAW87: NBC has ordered eight hour-long installments of the show produced by Harvey and Ellen Degeneres (who reportedly dreamed up the idea). If its first week ratings hold up at all, you can be sure there will be more. The debut show, benefiting from "The Voice" as its lead-in, came up with the best premiere ratings for any alternative show in the last five years, with 12.7 viewers in overnights alone. Harvey has been wed to third wife Marjorie since 2007. He has seven children.
DEAR STACY: Any truth to those reports of Burt Reynolds and Sally Field getting back together and tying the knot at last? — Jenny S., Scranton, PA
DEAR JENNY: Doubtful. The tabloid tales to which you refer are capitalizing on the stir created last year when Reynolds called the Oscar winning actress the love of his life in his autobiography, and followed up by saying she was "definitely the one that got away." Asked about that, privacy-guarding Field made it clear that any interactions with former beau of five years Reynolds would remain between them only. At 69, Field is a divorcee who seems in no hurry to get married again. Her second marriage ended in 1993.
DEAR STACY: Whatever happened to Jonathan Gilbert of "Little House on the Prairie"? — Wondering, Coral Gables, FL
DEAR WONDERING: The former child actor, who appeared on sister Melissa Gilbert's long-running "Little House" series, grew up and became a New York stockbroker.
DEAR STACY: My question is about Richard Dawson of "Family Feud" and "Hogan's Heroes" fame. When and what did he die of, and did he leave a family? Someone told me he committed suicide. — N.P., Oregon
DEAR N.P.: Dawson passed away June 2 of 2012 at age 79 after battling esophageal cancer. He was survived by wife (since 1991) Gretchen, a one-time "Feud" contestant, their daughter, two sons from his first marriage (to British actress Diana Dors, which ended in divorce), and four grandchildren. It was Ray Combs, another former host of "Family Feud," who committed suicide in 1996.
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