Tuesday, May 01, 2012

TV Guide Acquires Caroline in the City; Bounce TV to Launch Original Sitcom in June


Caroline in the City
TV Guide Network has added another sitcom and also two dramas! As of yesterday, they quietly added Caroline in the City to the schedule. The sitcom has not been on cable since it aired on Lifetime and Lifetime Real Women on and off from about 2003-06. The Lea Thompson 1995-99 sitcom is airing on TV Guide Network weekdays from 4-5pm and encores 7-8pm. Also joining the TV Guide Network are family dramas Early Edition and The Guardian, with Early Edition airing weekdays at 11am with an encore at 1am and The Guardian weekdays at 12 noon with an encore at 12am. So with these three new additions, will everything else remain on the schedule? No, two series will be removed from the line-up. TV Guide will not be airing Veronica's Closet and Cybill anymore, but everything else remains on the schedule and with some new timings: Designing Women (weekdays from 10-11am and 5-6pm), Ugly Betty (weekdays at 1pm and 2pm), Samantha Who? (weekdays at 3pm), Ned and Stacey (weekdays at 3:30pm), Dharma & Greg (weekdays from 6-7pm), Curb Your Enthusiasm (weekdays at 4am), and Weeds (weekdays at 5am). Movies air in primetime from 8pm-12am.
Stay with us for any further updates and if Cybill and Veronica's Closet pop up again on TV Guide we will definitely let you know! For now enjoy the new additions of Caroline in the City, Early Edition, and The Guardian!


Bounce TV, the nation's first-ever over-the-air broadcast television network for African-Americans, will launch its first-ever original series Family Time - a half hour situation comedy created by Bentley Kyle Evans (The Jamie Foxx Show, Martin, Love That Girl) and produced by Evans and partner Trenten Gumbs - this summer. Family Time will be seen on Bounce TV Monday nights at 8:00 p.m. with the series premiere set for Monday, June 18, 2012. Family Time centers around the life and times of The Stallworths, a working class African American family who scratches off a lottery ticket and jumps to middle class overnight. They're an authentic picture of an African American family working to live the dream. This family-next-door consists of two loving parents: Anthony (Omar Gooding, Hangin' with Mr. Cooper) and Lisa (Angell Conwell, Dave's World) Stallworth and their children Ebony (Jayla Calhoun) and Devin (Bentley Kyle Evans, Jr.) The Stallworths move to a middle class community in sunny southern California and both Anthony and Lisa bring baggage and other family members into their relationship that makes for great comedy - and occasional drama.
Now Bounce TV currently does not air any sitcoms on the schedule, so it will be interesting if they acquire any reruns of older comedies to air alongside this original sitcom. Currently Bounce TV only airs movies, Soul Train and Judge Hatchett daily and Fat Albert on Tuesday nights. We will have much more to come on this show and the potential of sitcoms joining Bounce TV! Hoping for some What's Happening!!, Diff'rent Strokes, Benson and Gimme a Break! Anyway, watch a preview of Family Time.


Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows

Thursday, June 12

Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage - "Working for the Enemy" (CBS, 8:00PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
Audrey’s past rears its head when Georgie leaves the tire store to work for Fred Fagenbacher (Matt Letscher), Jim’s longtime nemesis, and Mandy struggles to keep peace in the house.

Ghosts - "It’s the End of the World as We Know It and What Were We Talking About?" (CBS, 8:30PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
Flower interferes with the opening of Jay’s restaurant based on a prophecy from her old cult leader.

Bob's Burgers - "The Place Beyond the Pinecones" (Fox, 8:00PM ET/PT)
Tina and the Thundergirls spend the night in the woods, and Tina faces something even scarier than her nemesis, Troop 257.

Grimsburg - "Loosey Goosey" (Fox, 8:30PM ET/PT)
Flute and Martinez butt heads as they're sent on a literal wild goose chase.

Family Guy - "Live, Laugh, Love" (Fox, 9:00PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
When Peter realizes Joe has never found him funny, he is determined to make Joe laugh; Lois chaperones Chris and Meg's school trip, where she strives to reunite the principal with his long-lost love.

The Great North - "MIB: Men in Belts Adventure" (Fox, 9:30PM ET/PT)
Beef and Walt's best-friendship is put to the test; Wolf and Honeybee team up with the Tuntleys to catch some thieves.

Complete TV Listings


Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of June 9)

Thursday, June 12

  • Sam Rockwell (F Is for Family) - Catch Sam on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
  • Julianne Moore (Sirens) - Julianne appears on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
  • Marc Maron (GLOW/Maron) - Marc is a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
  • Jurnee Smollett (Cosby/On Our Own/Full House) - Jurnee stops by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
  • Steve Buscemi (Miracle Workers) - Steve makes a special appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:35pm on CBS.
  • Cynthia Nixon (And Just Like That.../Sex and the City) and Ricki Lake (The King of Queens) - Cynthia and Ricki are guests on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen at 10:15pm on Bravo.
  • Jeff Hiller (Somebody Somewhere/Nightcap) - Jeff is a guest on Comedy Central's The Daily Show at 11pm.
  • Henry Winkler (Barry/Arrested Development/Out of Practice/Monty/Happy Days) - Henry guest co-hosts NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
  • James Marsden (Jury Duty/Dead to Me/30 Rock) and Ben Schwartz (The Afterparty/Space Force/Parks and Recreation) - James and Ben are telling Drew all about Sonic 3 on a repeat of The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
  • Wilmer Valderrama (That '70s Show) - Wilmer is a guest on Access Daily with Mario & Kit, so check your local listings.


New on DVD and Blu-ray

The Wayans Bros. - The Complete Series Frasier (2023) - Season Two Abbott Elementary - The Complete Third Season The Drew Carey Show - The Complete Series* (missing 4 episodes and some music has been replaced or altered) Bewitched - The Complete Series - 60th Anniversary Special Edition (Blu-ray)

01/28 - Wait Till Your Father Gets Home - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
02/04 - The Wayans Bros. - The Complete Series
03/11 - Frasier (2023) - Season Two
04/01 - Abbott Elementary - The Complete Third Season
05/13 - The Drew Carey Show - The Complete Series* (missing 4 episodes and some music has been replaced or altered)
06/06 - Shoresy - Season 2
06/17 - Looney Tunes - Collector's Vault - Volume 1 (Blu-ray)
07/08 - Bewitched - The Complete Series - 60th Anniversary Special Edition (Blu-ray)

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