Thursday, September 21, 2006
ABC Schedule Notes; New Sitcom 'The Game' Gets Lawsuit?
ABC also will repurpose the pilot for the highly anticipated new series Ugly Betty on ABC Family and SOAPnet. Ugly Betty premieres next Thursday at 8 p.m. on ABC, and will encore next Friday at 7 p.m. on ABC Family and next Saturday at 12 noon and 11:59pm on SOAPnet. Betty has a chance of being the highest rated new shows this season.
ABC also announced that SOAPnet will encore the first season of What About Brian on Sundays from 12-2pm for the next three weeks, leading up to the second season premiere Mon. Oct. 9 at 10 p.m. on ABC.
Author Staci Robinson is suing The CW, its owners and some producers for $40 million for allegedly stealing the concept of her unpublished novel to create the sitcom The Game, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The writer claims that in 2001, she had interviewed for a job as a writers assistant at Kelsey Grammer's Gramnet Prods. when she gave a manuscript of her novel to The Game executive producer Mara Brock Akil. The suit, filed Sept. 14, alleges that the series copies her premise and the characters in the book. She names the CW and its owners, CBS and Warner Bros., Akil and Gramnet as defendants. Besides the hefty monetary damages, Robinson is seeking a temporary restraining order to keep the network from premiering the show on Sunday, Oct. 1. Yikes...
Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows
Thursday, June 4
Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage - "A Bus Bench and Faith out the Wazoo" (CBS, 8:00PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
Audrey and Mary’s (Zoe Perry) feud rears its head when Georgie needs their help with the tire store, and Jim’s forced to confront his age after a visit to the DMV.
Ghosts - "The Life and Times of Esther Greene" (CBS, 8:30PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
Now a successful podcaster, Todd Pearlman returns to profile Sam and Isaac’s book, but becomes obsessed with Jay. Meanwhile, Pete tries to get to the bottom of why Alberta changed her name, forcing her to admit a hidden truth.
Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of June 1)
Thursday, June 4
- John Lithgow (Trial & Error/Twenty Good Years/3rd Rock from the Sun) - Catch John on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
- Paul Rudd (The Shrink Next Door/Living with Yourself/Wild Oats) - Paul appears on Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC. He also talks about Power Ballad on NBC's Today sometime between 7-9am and on ABC News Live Prime with Linsey Davis at 7pm.
- Amy Sedaris (No Activity/Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt/Strangers with Candy) - Andy Cohen interviews Amy and David Sedaris on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen at 9pm on Bravo.
- Anna Faris (Mom) - Anna chats about Scary Movie on Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your local listings.
- Nick Jonas (Jonas) - Nick talks about Power Ballad on on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am and on ABC News Live Prime with Linsey Davis at 7pm.
- Sherry Cola (Shrinking/Nobody Wants This) - Sherry talks about Camp Rock 3 on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am and on ABC's GMA 3: What You Need to Know at 1pm.
- Jennifer Lopez (South Central) and Brett Goldstein (Shrinking/Ted Lasso) - Jennifer and Brett talk about Office Romance on CBS Mornings sometime between 7-9am.
- Alison Brie (Community/GLOW) - NBC's Today catches up with Alison in the 9am hour.
- Kyra Sedgwick (Call Your Mother/Brooklyn Nine-Nine) - NBC's Today catches up with Kyra in the 9am hour.
- Sean Hayes (Will & Grace/The Millers/Sean Saves the World) - Sean tells Drew about his movies The Running Man and Is This Thing On? on a repeat of The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
- Sebastian Maniscalco (Bookie) - Drew is joined by Sebastian at the tasting table to try out what he's making on a repeat of The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
- Joel Kim Booster (Scrubs/Loot/Shrill) - Joel talks about his Bad Dates podcast on Access Daily with Mario & Kit, so check your local listings.
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