SitcomsOnline Digest: Summer Season Premiere Dates; My Favorite Martian DVD Special Features; New Perry Mason Movies on DVD

Saturday, May 24, 2014

SitcomsOnline Digest: Summer Season Premiere Dates; My Favorite Martian DVD Special Features; New Perry Mason Movies on DVD

Welcome to SitcomsOnline Digest! This week, we've got a look at the summer season premiere dates, a brief summary of sweeps ratings, news about My Favorite Martian on DVD, and more. Let's get going!

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB

It used to be that summer was all about reruns, but not anymore. In fact, these days, we have season premieres in the summer, and Deadline gives us a rundown at all of the season premieres for this summer (although there are certainly some errors in their list, for example, Jennifer Falls is not going to be having it's season five debut on History). (Deadline)
ABC has won the May sweeps contest for 2014, something that it hasn't done since 2000. (IMDb)
Meanwhile, despite having very few hit scripted series for several years, NBC has managed to become the #1 network among 18-49-year-olds for the 2013-2014 season, for the first time in 10 years. (Bloomberg)
TV Land will be adding the sitcom Who's the Boss? to their lineup starting June 1. (SitcomsOnline)
In case you missed it, we had our own preview of the 2014-2015 season this week. (SitcomsOnline)

HOME MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS

We mentioned last month that MPI would be re-releasing My Favorite Martian - Season One on DVD on June 24. Now, TVShowsOnDVD.com has a list of special features, which looks a lot better than the original release from Rhino.
CBS is preparing to release even more Perry Mason made-for-TV movies on DVD on August 5, as they release Perry Mason - Movie Collection, Volume 3. The three disc set will contain six more movies from the franchise, and it comes at a $59.98 MSRP.
We've mentioned time and time again that The Wonder Years will be coming out on DVD later this year, and StarVista is trying to make the best possible release... which is why they're wanting fans to come up with questions to ask for a cast interview. You can post your questions for the cast here, and if your question is good enough, it may be answered on the DVD release.

RECENT REVIEWS ON SITCOMSONLINE.COM

Happy Days - The Fifth Season: After a hiatus of several years, the Fonz (and the rest, of course) return to DVD in this release.
The Honeymooners - Classic 39 Episodes (Blu-ray): You can go "straight to the moon" with this release from CBS, which brings this classic series to Blu-ray for the first time ever, along with some new special features.

MAY 27 HOME MEDIA RELEASES

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00HRUQB5O/ref=nosim/happydaysonline5-20

The Bob Newhart Show - The Complete Series (DVD, $129.99): Shout! Factory gives fans this long awaited release, which (finally) wraps up the classic TV series on DVD.

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Sitcoms Airing Tonight

Wednesday, July 17

grown-ish - "Nice for What" (Freeform, 8:00PM ET/PT)
Zoey, Ana and Nomi each take a small stand for their own happiness.

Florida Girls - "Sunday Chunky Sunday" (Pop, 10:00PM ET/PT)
Jayla ditches the girls to attend a fancy business luncheon; Kaitlin, Shelby and Erica's insecurities begin to cause problems at a neighborhood barbecue.

Florida Girls - "Are We on a Church Trip?!" (Pop, 10:30PM ET/PT)
Shelby launches a plan to get the girls to turn their lives around by tricking them into attending a church trip before they blow their newly won scratcher money.

Just Roll with It - "Karate Wars IV: Dawn of the Karate Wars" (Disney Channel, 8:00PM ET/PT)
When Owen and Blair compete against each other in a karate tournament, Byron and Rachel face the awkward situation of supporting both kids without choosing sides in their new family dynamic.

Younger - "Stiff Competition" (TV Land, 10:00PM ET/PT)
Liza and Charles use competiton to spice up their relationship. Kelsey and Diana question Liza’s loyalty. Josh reaps the perks of going viral.

Complete TV Listings

Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of July 15)

Wednesday, July 17

Lenny Clarke (Are You There, Chelsea?/The Winner/It's All Relative/The John Larroquette Show/Lenny) - Watch Lenny on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Joel McHale (Community/The Great Indoors) - Joel visits The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:34pm on NBC.
Marc Maron (GLOW/Maron) - Marc stops by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:34pm on NBC.
Sofia Vergara (Modern Family/The Knights of Prosperity/Hot Properties) - Sofia appears on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:35pm on CBS.
David Cross (Arrested Development/Running Wilde/Oliver Beene) - David drops by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:35pm on CBS.
Rebel Wilson (Super Fun Night) - Rebel is a guest on a repeat of The Late Late Show with James Corden at 12:37am on CBS.
Jemima Kirke (Girls) - Jemima appears on a repeat of Last Call with Carson Daly at 1:35am on NBC.
Avan Jogia (Victorious) - Avan is a guest on a repeat of Last Call with Carson Daly at 1:35am on NBC.
Bill Hader (Conan) - Bill stops by Conan at 11pm on TBS.
Kristin Chenoweth (Trial & Error/Kristin) - Kristin chats on a repeat of The Talk on CBS at 2pm ET/1pm CT-PT.
The Cast of The Big Bang Theory - Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg, Kunal Nayyar, Melissa Rauch and Mayim Bialik are guests on a repeat of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, so check your local listings.
Gabriel Iglesias (Mr. Iglesias/Cristela) - Gabriel appears on a repeat of The Real, so check your local listings.
Rob Riggle (Rob Riggle's Ski Master Academy/Golan the Insatiable/Gary Unmarried) - Rob talks about ABC's Holey Moley! on Access Live, so check your local listings.