SitcomsOnline Digest: American Dad Gets Two Season Renewal at TBS; New Details About Roseanne Reboot

Saturday, January 13, 2018

SitcomsOnline Digest: American Dad Gets Two Season Renewal at TBS; New Details About Roseanne Reboot

Welcome to SitcomsOnline Digest! It's been a crazy and busy week of news thanks to the TCA Tour, and we have a lot here for you, but not even close to all of it. This week we're hearing about new American Dad episodes at TBS, more updates on how the Roseanne reboot and some political views we'll be seeing there, and more. Let's get going!

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB

TBS has not only renewed American Dad for two more seasons, but they'll even be pairing it with another new animated comedy. (Deadline)
Roseanne Barr, who ran for president in 2012 as the candidate for a third party that has a strong socialist platform, has been in the news a lot lately for her pro-Trump views, and it seems that her character in the reboot of the series will also be a Trump supporter. (Washington Post)
Because apparently everything that happened in the 90s is huge again, ABC scored big with their Tonya Harding interview, where her mother insisted "we were never trailer trash, we had a beautiful new trailer." (Deadline)
Flight of the Conchords had a short (but very memorable) life on HBO, and now, the two stars are getting back together for a one hour comedy special. (Billboard)
The character Apu on The Simpsons has been getting a lot of negative attention lately regarding the stereotypes of Indian people that it portrays, and Hank Azaria (the man who voices the character) says that the series will be addressing that issue. (Entertainment Weekly)
Donnelly Rhodes, who is known to sitcom fans for his role of Dutch on Soap, has died this week. (New York Times)
A certain four letter word that would have been unheard of on basic cable (except for a certain episode of South Park) has been in the news a lot lately, and the FCC is already getting complaints about news outlets repeating it. (Deadline)
It's been a long time since we've seen a failed backdoor pilot air as an episode of the parent series, but The Goldbergs is about to do it. (SitcomsOnline)

HOME MEDIA RELEASES (JANUARY 16)

Trial & Error - The Complete First Season

Trial & Error - The Complete First Season (DVD, $24.99): The first season of the NBC sitcom arrives on DVD in this Warner Archive release.

WEEKLY PLANNER (JANUARY 13 - JANUARY 19)

Comedy Central brings The Office to their lineup next week, and it will begin with a 13 hour marathon on Monday.
The comedy series Corporate debuts on Comedy Central on Wednesday.
You can join Dan Tanna this weekend on Decades, as they air a Vega$ marathon all weekend.
The Paynes, Tyler Perry's House of Payne spinoff, will debut on Tuesday on OWN before moving to its regular slot on Friday.
It's always great to see new additions to Hulu, and this week, they've added Living Single.

Sitcoms Airing Tonight

Monday, January 21

none scheduled

Complete TV Listings

Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of January 21)

Monday, January 21

Will Arnett (Arrested Development/Up All Night/Running Wilde), Alyssa Milano (Who's the Boss/Romantically Challenged), Fred Willard (Back to You/Everybody Loves Raymond/Maybe It's Me), Jake Johnson (New Girl), Fred Armisen (Forever) and Anthony Atamanuik (The President Show) - Will, Alyssa, Fred, Jake, Fred and Anthony are featured in Intermission Accomplished: A Halftime Tribute to Trump on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Method Man (Method & Red) - Method Man visits The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:35pm on CBS.
Andrea Savage (I'm Sorry/The Hotwives of Orlando/Significant Others) - Andrea stops by Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
Terry Crews (Brooklyn Nine-Nine/Are We There Yet?/Everybody Hates Chris) - Terry appears on E!'s Busy Tonight at 11pm.
Vanessa Hudgens (Powerless) - Vanessa is a guest on The Talk on CBS at 2pm ET/1pm CT-PT.
Lil Rel Howery (Rel/The Carmichael Show) - Lil Rel drops by The Talk on CBS at 2pm ET/1pm CT-PT.
Yvette Nicole Brown (The Mayor/The Odd Couple/Community) - Yvette appears on The Real, so check your local listings.
Molly Ringwald (Townies/The Facts of Life) - Molly gives the scoop on her new movie, and hit show, Riverdale – and dishes on what it was like to watch The Breakfast Club with her own daughter on Rachael Ray, so check your local listings.
Lily Tomlin (Grace and Frankie/Malibu Country) and Jane Fonda (Grace and Frankie) - Lily and Jane are guests on Access Live, so check your local listings.
Amanda Seales (Insecure/My Brother and Me) - Amanda appears on ABC's GMA Day at 1pm.
Patrick Stewart (Blunt Talk/American Dad!) - Patrick talks about The Kid Who Would be King on NBC's Today sometime between 7-9am.
William Jackson Harper (The Good Place) - William talks about The Good Place on the BUILD Series at 11am.
Heather Dubrow (Stark Raving Mad) - Heather is a guest on the BUILD Series at 12pm.