'Silver Spoons' Coming to Comcast On-Demand's Tube Time Channel; 'Gimme a Break' S2 DVD in Canada, 'Stockard Channing' Back on Schedule

Tuesday, September 05, 2006

'Silver Spoons' Coming to Comcast On-Demand's Tube Time Channel; 'Gimme a Break' S2 DVD in Canada, 'Stockard Channing' Back on Schedule

The '80s sitcom Silver Spoons is set to be available on Comcast's On Demand Service starting today (Tuesday, September 5, 2006). The service goes by the name of Tube Time. Back when Soap joined the line-up in April, I had hoped Silver Spoons would be coming soon, and now it is! Comcast's Tube Time currently offers Soap, Charlie's Angels, One Day at a Time, & Carson's Comedy Classics on the free service to Digital subscribers in their TV Entertainment/Tubetime section. They generally rotate the episodes every 4-6 weeks or so. The first five episodes will be available for Silver Spoons today then they will add an episode or two each week, usually on Tuesdays. Currently, they have Season 2 of Soap and Season 3 of One Day at a Time. You can search for shows here. They've previously offered shows like Diff'rent Strokes, The Facts of Life, Three Stooges, Barney Miller, The Partridge Family, Maude, and S.W.A.T. Diff'rent Strokes and The Facts of Life were just recently removed.
This is a great service offered by Comcast as most of the episodes are completely unedited. I'm not sure if it varies from cable system to system, but the On Demand service is available on Channel 1 is most areas. You can watch the episodes whenever you want. You can even fast forward, rewind, and pause them. The shows they offer are all from Sony. So hopefully we see more Sony sitcoms added in the future. Hopefully The Jeffersons, What's Happening Now!!, Benson would be nice to see. Let's hope the latter two head to DVD, too. Silver Spoons is not on DVD yet, so this will be great if you have this service. Hopefully this means the show is headed to DVD in the near future. We still haven't heard official announcements for some other shows that are on Tube Time or were on it, like One Day at a Time & Maude.

Like we mentioned a few months back, Canadian company VEI will be releasing the Gimme a Break Season 2 DVD before the end of the year. And they kept their promise! They have announced a October 3 release date. That is less than a month away! Universal Home Video still hasn't announced anything for season two, so looks like Canada will have this set first. We in the U.S. can order these DVDs, too, since Canada is Region 1. Click here to pre-order the set, because if you are in the U.S., this will be the only way to buy season two. Also, they have let us know that The Stockard Channing Show/Stockard Channing in Just Friends 2-disc set is back on the radar map and will be coming out on November 21! You can pre-order soon, but not yet. Keep checking Amazon.ca by clicking here. Also, Kate & Allie Season 3 is still on track for early 2007 like we mentioned in late June.

Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows

Friday, October 10

Vampirina: Teenage Vampire - "First Final" (Disney Channel, 8:00PM ET/PT)
Vee leaves Transylvania for boarding school to chase her musical dreams. As she keeps her vampire identity a secret, unexpected obstacles threaten to return her to the shadows.

Vampirina: Teenage Vampire - "First Holiday" (Disney Channel, 8:30PM ET/PT)
Vee leaves Transylvania for boarding school to chase her musical dreams. As she keeps her vampire identity a secret, unexpected obstacles threaten to return her to the shadows.

Complete TV Listings

Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of October 6)

Friday, October 10

Seth Rogen (The Studio/Platonic/Undeclared) and Aziz Ansari (Master of None/Parks and Recreation) - Watch Seth and Aziz on a repeat of Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Carrie Preston (Crowded/Happyish/Emeril) - Carrie is a guest on a repeat of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:35pm on CBS.
Rose Byrne (Platonic/Physical) - Rose appears on Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC. She also chats about If I Had Legs I’d Kick You with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT and on ABC News Live Prime with Linsey Davis at 7pm.
Bill Bellamy (Mr. Box Office/Men, Women & Dogs/Cousin Skeeter) - Bill is a guest on a repeat of Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen at 12:37am on CBS.
Michael J. Fox (Family Ties/Spin City/The Michael J. Fox Show) - Michael discusses his new book Future Boy: Back to the Future and My Journey Through the Space-Time Continuum on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am.
Kenzi Richardson (Vampirina: Teenage Vampire) - Kenzi talks about Vampirina: Teenage Vampire on ABC's The View at 11am ET/10am CT-PT and on GMA 3: What You Need to Know at 1pm.
Morris Chestnut (Out All Night) - Morris sits down for a DAYTIME EXCLUSIVE to chat about the Season 2 premiere of Watson on Tamron Hall, so check your local listings.
Maya Rudolph (Loot/Bless the Harts/Forever/Up All Night) - Maya stops by the studio to discuss Loot on Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your local listings.
Greta Lee (HouseBroken/Russian Doll) - Greta talks about Disney's Tron: Ares on Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your local listings.
Dermot Mulroney (The Righteous Gemstones/Four Weddings and a Funeral) - Dermot is a guest on CBS Mornings sometime between 7-9am.
Idris Elba (Turn Up Charlie) - Idris and Rebecca Ferguson talk about A House of Dynamite on NBC's Today sometime between 7-9am.
Aubrey Plaza (Parks and Recreation) - Aubrey talks about her new book Luna and the Witch Throw a Halloween Party on NBC's Today in the 10am hour and on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
Sheryl Lee Ralph (Abbott Elementary/Fam/Instant Mom/Moesha/It's a Living) - Sheryl stops by to chat with Sherri about the new season of Abbott Elementary on Sherri, so check your local listings.
Henry Winkler (Barry/Arrested Development/Out of Practice/Monty/Happy Days) - TV legend Henry shares details about his 40th book, Detective Duck: The Mystery at Emerald Pond, on Sherri, so check your local listings.
Valerie Bertinelli (Hot in Cleveland/Cafe Americain/Sydney/One Day at a Time) - Valerie appears on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
Teri Hatcher (The Odd Couple/Sunday Dinner/Karen's Song/The Love Boat) - Teri and her daughter Emerson Tenney talk about the Desperately Devoted podcast on a repeat of Access Daily with Mario & Kit, so check your local listings.
Jeremy Piven (Entourage/Ellen/Pride & Joy/The Larry Sanders Show) - Jeremy is a guest on New York Living on WPIX in New York at 10:05am.