Thursday, September 08, 2005

No Denver Tribute on TV Land; TV Land Updates

Unfortunately TV Land is not going to do a Bob Denver tribute. It might have something to do with The Hallmark Channel who currently has the rights to Gilligan's Island. Hallmark should air a Gilligan marathon, but I don't see that happening.

Sticking with TV Land, they released two pieces of information today. First, they will have PSA's airing during commercial breaks with classic TV stars encouraging to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Carol Burnett (The Carol Burnett Show), Bill Cosby (The Cosby Show), Tony Danza (Who's the Boss?), Florence Henderson (The Brady Bunch), Alyssa Milano (Who's the Boss?), Mary Tyler Moore (The Mary Tyler Moore Show), Rob Reiner (All in the Family), Dick Van Dyke (The Dick Van Dyke Show) and Henry Winkler (Happy Days) are among the actors who will express their support for the victims of the catastrophic Hurricane Katrina by appealing to television viewers to contribute to relief efforts. Beginning next week, TV Land and Nick@Nite will air the public service announcement featuring these Classic TV icons and their message designed to encourage viewers to support in the relief efforts. The 30-second spot will air in heavy rotation on both networks and be made available to all media outlets. The PSA will direct viewers to the American Red Cross website (www.redcross.org) and toll free phone number 1-800-HELP-NOW (1-800-435-7669) to make contributions to the cause. Gil Cope, whose credits include filming over 500 commercials for Levis, Coke, Honda and Mercedes among others, will direct the PSA.

TV Land is working on a pilot with Paul Reiser titled I Did Not Know That--one-hour sendup of "Biography" style shows to be hosted by Harry Shearer according to Variety. Reiser is producing the pilot. The pilot will feature a series of segments billed as "fake stories about real celebrities" and "fake bios of made-up people." Production begins next week in Los Angeles. If the show's picked up, TV Land execs are targeting a launch early next year. It is not a guarantee to make it on the air.

Up next on the TV Land original docket is One Night Only With David Steinberg, a six-part talker in which the Emmy-winning comedy writer chats with classic and contempo comedians who got their start on television, premieres in December.
Posted by Pavan -- SitcomsOnline.com at 7:55 PM

Sitcoms Airing Tonight

Wednesday, June 16

none scheduled

Complete TV Listings

Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of June 14)

Wednesday, June 16

  • Zooey Deschanel (New Girl) - Watch Zooey on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
  • Sam Richardson (HouseBroken/Detroiters/Veep) - Sam appears on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
  • Annie Murphy (Kevin Can F**k Himself/Schitt's Creek) - Annie is a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
  • Terry Crews (Brooklyn Nine-Nine/Are We There Yet?/Everybody Hates Chris) - Terry will be on Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
  • Rose Byrne (Physical) - Rose appears on The Late Late Show with James Corden at 12:37am on CBS.
  • J. B. Smoove (The Millers/Bent/'Til Death/Curb Your Enthusiasm) - J. B. is a guest on Conan at 11pm on TBS.
  • June Diane Raphael (Big Mouth/Grace and Frankie/Burning Love) - June will be on Watch What Happens: Live at 10pm on Bravo.
  • D. L. Hughley (The Hughleys) - D. L. chats with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
  • Aasif Mandvi (The Brink) - Aasif appears on The Talk on CBS at 2pm ET/1pm CT-PT.
  • Josh Gad (Central Park/Avenue 5/The Comedians/1600 Penn/Back to You) - Josh talks about Central Park on LIVE! with Kelly and Ryan, so check your listings.
  • Miles Brown (black-ish) - Miles appears on a repeat of The Real, so check your local listings.
  • Sarah Chalke (Roseanne/Scrubs/How to Live with Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life)) - Sarah is a guest on a repeat of The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
  • Ellen Burstyn (The Ellen Burstyn Show) - Ellen will be on CBS This Morning sometime between 7-9am.
  • Amber Stevens West (Run the World/Happy Together/Ghosted/The Carmichael Show) and Andrea Bordeaux (Run the World) - Amber and Andrea talk about Run the World on Access Daily, so check your local listings.
  • Michelle Buteau (Bless the Harts/Enlisted) - Michelle talks about Discovery+'s Weekend Getaway on NBC's Today in the 10am hour.

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