Monday, October 14, 2013
Fantasy Island Begins Dec. 8 with Marathon on Cozi TV; TV Guide Magazine's 2013 Fan Favorites Cover Poll
Back in early September we mentioned that Cozi TV has acquired Fantasy Island, Starsky & Hutch and Hart to Hart - all from Sony Pictures Television. Now we have details on one of them. Fantasy Island will begin with a five-hour marathon on Sunday, December 8, 2013. The series will then air regularly on the Cozi TV line-up beginning in January (2014). The network will likely be adding more series in January as well, so stay tuned! Perhaps Starsky & Hutch or Hart to Hart will also join the line-up in January, but for sure they are coming sometime in 2014. Cozi TV will continue to bring in NBC Universal-owned series to its schedule, along with these Sony Pictures Television series and other libraries. We will reveal any upcoming acquisitions when they announce them! Hopefully a sitcom or two will pop up in the next year or two? Airing from 1978 to 1984, Fantasy Island was a hit TV series on ABC starring Ricardo Montalbán as Mr. Roarke, the overseer of a mysterious island located somewhere in the Pacific Ocean, where people from all walks of life came to live out their fantasies. Mr. Roarke's energetic sidekick Tattoo, played by Hervé Villechaize, opened each episode by ringing a bell and famously shouting, "The plane! The plane!" to welcome new guests to the island. Stay with us for continued updates on the Dec. 8 marathon and when it will air regularly on Cozi TV in January. TV Guide Magazine opened voting for their fourth annual "Fan Favorites" cover poll. The poll lets fans choose the cover of the magazine, which will then hit stands in early December. The voting started on October 7 and will run through October 28 and is conducted via TV Guide Magazine's official Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/TVGuideMagazine. Past winners of the competition are Doctor Who, Supernatural and Community. The 2013 "Fan Favorites" nominees are: Arrow (The CW) Downton Abbey (PBS) Duck Dynasty (A&E) Grimm (NBC) Orange is the New Black (Netflix) Orphan Black (BBC America) Pretty Little Liars (ABC Family) Scandal (ABC) Teen Wolf (MTV) The Vampire Diaries (The CW) This year, TV Guide Magazine introduces mobile voting via a new Facebook app. Voters will also have the opportunity to post a message to their Facebook community, announcing their vote and encouraging others to vote as well. As in years past, fans can votes as often as they want. TV Guide Magazine's "Fan Favorites" competition is officially on!
Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows
Monday, April 14
The Neighborhood - "Welcome to the Sting" (CBS, 8:00PM ET/PT)
Calvin and Marty send Courtney on a mission to find out information about Fuse Box’s impressive new rival. Meanwhile, Malcolm attends an event for his creative writing program at USC, where he scores a meeting with a book agent, Lisa (Angelique Cabral).
Poppa's House - "Game of Phones" (CBS, 8:30PM ET/PT)
In order to show how disconnected everyone in the family has become, Poppa confiscates all cell phones and starts a fun game of truth or dare.
Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of April 14)
Monday, April 14
- Kathy Bates (Disjointed) - Watch Kathy on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
- Nick Jonas (Jonas) - Nick appears on a repeat of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
- Anthony Michael Hall (The Goldbergs/Awkward/Claude's Crib) - Anthony is a guest on a repeat of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
- Adam Scott (Ghosted/Veep/Parks and Recreation/Party Down) - Adam appears on a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
- Ramy Youssef (#1 Happy Family USA/Ramy/See Dad Run) - Ramy talks about Prime Video's animated series #1 Happy Family USA on Comedy Central's The Daily Show at 11pm.
- Leslie Odom Jr. (Central Park/Love in the Time of Corona/Big Day) - NBC's Today catches up with Leslie sometime between 7-9am.
- Christopher Meloni (Happy/Surviving Jack/Misery Loves Company/The Fanelli Boys) and Dean Norris (United States of Al) - Christopher and Dean talk about Law & Order: Organized Crime on NBC's Today in the 9am hour.
- Valerie Bertinelli (Hot in Cleveland/Café Americain/Sydney/One Day at a Time) - Valerie is joining Drew in the kitchen and sharing how to make one of her family's recipes on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings. She will also be on PIX11 Morning News on WPIX in New York at 9:30am.
- Brian Tyree Henry (HouseBroken/Atlanta) - Brian is telling Drew about his new show, which of her movies had a big impact on him, and growing up with older sisters on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
- Eva Longoria (Only Murders in the Building/Telenovela) and Jesse Garcia (Not Dead Yet) - Eva and Jesse talk about their film Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip on Access Daily with Mario & Kit, so check your local listings.
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