SitcomsOnline.com News Blog: June 2014

Monday, June 30, 2014

Girl Meets World Premiere Does Big in Ratings; Remembering Meshach Taylor of Designing Women, Dave's World

It's back and it's off to a great start! The highly-anticipated premiere of the comedy series Girl Meets World (which reunites Cory and Topanga of Boy Meets World) delivered 5.2 million Total Viewers and ranked as the #1 series launch of 2014 among major target youth demographics: Kids 2-11 (2.3 million/5.7 rating), Kids 6-11 (1.8 million/7.7 rating) and Tweens 9-14 (1.7 million/6.9 rating). The premiere aired Friday night at a special time of 9:45pm, following the premiere of the Disney Channel Original Movie Zapped, starring Disney Channel and Disney XD favorites Zendaya and Spencer Boldman, which delivered 5.7 million Total Viewers. Girl Meets World will air regularly every Friday night at 8:30pm beginning next Friday (July 11) only on Disney Channel. Look for guest appearances from other former Boy Meets World stars throughout this first season (of 21 episodes).

Girl Meets World, from executive producer Michael Jacobs, tells the wonderfully funny, heartfelt stories that the nostalgic favorite ABC sitcom Boy Meets World is renowned for - only this time from a tween girl's perspective. It introduces Rowan Blanchard as Riley Matthews, the tween daughter of Cory and Topanga Matthews, while Ben Savage and Danielle Fishel reprise the roles of one of television's favorite couples. Sabrina Carpenter (Sofia the First and a Hollywood Records recording artist) plays Riley's best friend, Maya Hart. August Maturo plays younger brother Auggie Matthews, Peyton Meyer plays Riley's crush Lucas Friar and Corey Fogelmanis is Farkle, an intelligent and quirky classmate (and son of Minkus).

Meschach Taylor

Actor Meshach Taylor, best known for his roles as Anthony Bouvier in Designing Women and as Dr. Sheldon Baylor in Dave's World, has died. He died from cancer on June 28 at his home in Altadena, California. Mr. Taylor was 67.

Taylor's early television career included guest appearances in Barnaby Jones, The Incredible Hulk, The White Shadow, M*A*S*H, Barney Miller and Cagney & Lacey. He landed his first starring role as Tony in the 1983-84 NBC sitcom Buffalo Bill. The short-lived series starred Dabney Coleman, Joanna Cassidy, John Fielder, Max Wright, Geena Davis and Charles Robinson. The critically-acclaimed series received 11 Emmy Award nominations, including two for Outstanding Comedy Series.

Designing Women

Taylor starred as Anthony Bouvier in the 1986-93 CBS sitcom Designing Women. The popular series ran for 7 seasons. It starred Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Jean Smart and Annie Potts. Anthony was an ex-con who worked as the deliveryman-handyman at the interior decorating business, Sugarbakers. He later became a partner of the design firm. Taylor received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 1989. He reprised his role of Anthony Bouvier in an episode of the spin-off series Women of the House in 1995. In 2003, he appeared in The Designing Women Reunion on Lifetime.

Dave's World

He next starred as Dr. Sheldon Baylor in the 1993-97 CBS sitcom Dave's World. The series was based on the writing of Pulitzer Prize-winning Miami Herald columnist Dave Barry. It focused on the daily trials and tribulations of Barry and his family. The series starred Harry Anderson, DeLane Matthews, Shadoe Stevens, J.C. Wendel, Zane Carney and Andrew Ducote. Sheldon (Shel) was their neighbor and Dave's best friend from high school. He was a recently divorced plastic surgeon.

Taylor had a recurring role in the 2004-07 Nickelodeon sitcom Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide. He played Alastair Wright, the social studies teacher and later school principal. Some of his other sitcom guest appearances included The Golden Girls, ALF, What's Happening Now!!, Punky Brewster, Caroline in the City, The Drew Carey Show, All of Us, Hannah Montana and Jessie. His best known film role was as Hollywood Montrose, a flamboyant window dresser in Mannequin. Some of his other film credits included Damien: Omen II, The Howling, Explorers, The Allnighter and Mannequin Two: On the Move.

Survivors include his wife of 30 years, Bianca Ferguson; his daughters Yasmine, Tamar and Esme; his son, Tariq; and four grandchildren. Mr. Taylor was a very talented actor. He added so much to Designing Women. We thank him for the laughter he brought us over the years. He will be greatly missed.

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Sunday, June 29, 2014

Summer 2014 Week 5 Sitcom Ratings

We are in the summer season in television. We will be back with our normal weekly ratings report with the first four nights numbers and analysis in the fall, but we still will have our regular how the sitcoms did all summer long! We have some new broadcast sitcom airings this summer, see below. Here are our summer ratings:

Summer Week 5 (June 23-29) How the Sitcoms Did
(Sun comedies are previous week and Fri/Sat are prelim ratings)
Sorted by 18-49 Rtg
Title	Network	Time	Day	Total Viewers	18-49 Rtg	Notes

The Big Bang Theory	CBS	8:00PM	Thu	8,022,000	1.71	REPEAT
Family Guy	Fox	9:00PM	Sun	2,603,000	1.33	REPEAT
Modern Family	ABC	9:00PM	Wed	4,186,000	1.25	REPEAT
The Simpsons	Fox	8:30PM	Sun	2,580,000	1.21	REPEAT
The Millers	CBS	8:30PM	Thu	5,337,000	1.17	REPEAT
American Dad!	Fox	9:30PM	Sun	2,226,000	1.16	REPEAT
The Middle	ABC	8:00PM	Wed	4,545,000	1.13	REPEAT
Mike & Molly	CBS	9:00PM	Mon	5,410,000	1.10	REPEAT
The Goldbergs	ABC	8:30PM	Wed	3,968,000	1.05	REPEAT
The Goldbergs	ABC	9:30PM	Wed	3,383,000	1.01	REPEAT
Two and a Half Men	CBS	9:30PM	Mon	4,700,000	1.00	REPEAT
2 Broke Girls	CBS	8:00PM	Mon	4,712,000	0.98	REPEAT
Mom	CBS	8:30PM	Mon	4,656,000	0.96	REPEAT
The Simpsons	Fox	8:00PM	Sun	2,182,000	0.94	REPEAT
Undateable	NBC	9:30PM	Thu	2,448,000	0.81
Family Guy	Fox	8:00PM	Tue	1,900,000	0.81	REPEAT
Undateable	NBC	9:00PM	Thu	2,630,000	0.76
Brooklyn Nine-Nine	Fox	8:30PM	Tue	1,218,000	0.55	REPEAT
Brooklyn Nine-Nine	Fox	9:00PM	Tue	1,208,000	0.52	REPEAT
The Mindy Project	Fox	9:30PM	Tue	1,032,000	0.46	REPEAT
American Dad!	Fox	7:30PM	Sun	1,002,000	0.43	REPEAT
Enlisted	Fox	7:00PM	Sun	905,000	0.27	canceled
Comedytime (R)	CBS	8:30PM	Sat			preempted
Comedytime (R)	CBS	8:00PM	Sat			preempted
Bob's Burgers	Fox	7:00PM	Sun			preempted
Animation Domination	Fox	7:00PM	Sun			preempted
Animnation Domination	Fox	7:30PM	Sun			preempted
About a Boy	NBC	9:00PM	Tue			completed
New Girl	Fox	9:00PM	Tue			completed
Last Man Standing	ABC	8:00PM	Fri			completed
Parks & Recreation	NBC	8:00PM	Thu			completed
How I Met Your Mother	CBS	8:00PM	Mon			ended
Growing Up Fisher	NBC	8:00PM	Wed			canceled
Friends with Better Lives	CBS	8:30PM	Mon			canceled
Bad Teacher	CBS	9:30PM	Thu			canceled
Mixology	ABC	9:30PM	Wed			canceled
Suburgatory	ABC	8:30PM	Wed			canceled
Trophy Wife	ABC	9:30PM	Tue			canceled
Surviving Jack	Fox	9:30PM	Thu			canceled
Dads	Fox	8:00PM	Tue			canceled
Super Fun Night	ABC	9:30PM	Wed			canceled
Community	NBC	8:00PM	Thu			canceled
The Crazy Ones	CBS	9:30PM	Thu			canceled
The Neighbors	ABC	8:30PM	Fri			canceled
Raising Hope	Fox	9:30PM	Fri			canceled
Enlisted	Fox	9:00PM	Fri			canceled
Sean Saves the World	NBC	9:00PM	Thu			canceled
The Michael J. Fox Show	NBC	9:30PM	Thu			canceled
We Are Men	CBS	8:30PM	Mon			canceled
Welcome to the Family	NBC	8:30PM	Thu			canceled
Back in the Game	ABC	8:30PM	Wed			canceled

SOURCE: Nielsen Media Research

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Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows

Thursday, April 24

Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage - "TV Money" (CBS, 8:00PM ET/PT)
Mandy tries to prove she’s financially responsible after Jim and Georgie call out her poor spending habits, and Connor’s new girlfriend needs a place to stay.

Ghosts - "I Know What You Did Thirty-Seven Summers Ago" (CBS, 8:30PM ET/PT)
When Sam and Jay host a fundraiser for the mayor to earn a favor for Jay’s restaurant, they learn of his bizarre connection to one of Woodstone’s ghosts. Odessa Adlon returns as Stephanie, the ghost who died on her prom night.

Complete TV Listings

Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of April 21)

Thursday, April 24

Da'Vine Joy Randolph (Only Murders in the Building/High Fidelity/People of Earth/Selfie) - Catch Da'Vine on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Michael B. Jordan (The Assistants) - Michael appears on a repeat of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
Olivia Munn (Perfect Couples) - Olivia is a guest on a repeat of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
Walton Goggins (The Righteous Gemstones/The Unicorn/Vice Principals) - Walton appears on a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
Sasheer Zamata (Home Economics/Woke/Robbie) and Greta Titelman (Fantasmas/Search Party/Los Espookys) - Sasheer and Greta are guests on a repeat of After Midnight at 12:37am on CBS.
Will Forte (The Four Seasons/HouseBroken/MacGruber/The Last Man on Earth/The Cleveland Show) - E! News has an interview with Will at 11pm on E!.
Tika Sumpter (mixed-ish/Final Space/The Game) - Tika sits down with the Tam Fam to talk about her new children's book I Got It From My Mama on Tamron Hall, so check your local listings.
Michael Urie (Shrinking/Krapopolis/Partners) - Michael swings by the studio on Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your local listings.
Edi Patterson (The Righteous Gemstones/Vice Principals/Partners) - Edi chats about The Righteous Gemstones on Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your local listings.
Ernest Lee Thomas (Everybody Hates Chris/What's Happening!!/What's Happening Now!!) and Haywood Nelson (What's Happening!!/What's Happening Now!!) - Ernest and Haywood talk about the 49th Anniversary of What's Happening!! on NBC's Today in the 9am hour.
Cheech Marin (Rob/The Golden Palace) and Tommy Chong (That '90s Show/That '70s Show) - Cheech and Tommy talk about Cheech & Chong's Last Movie on NBC's Today in the 9am hour.
Tiffany Haddish (The Last O.G./The Carmichael Show) - Tiffany co-hosts NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
Casey Wilson (The Righteous Gemstones/Black Monday/The Hotwives/Marry Me/Happy Endings) - Casey talks about The Great American Baking Show on NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
Michelle Buteau (Survival of the Thickest/Bless the Harts/Enlisted) - Michelle is telling Drew about her show Survival of the Thickest on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
Valerie Bertinelli (Hot in Cleveland/Café Americain/Sydney/One Day at a Time) - Dating expert Damona Hoffman is joining Drew and Valerie for a Q & A about first dates on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
Morris Chestnut (Out All Night) - Morris tells Sherri about the new season of Watson on CBS, so check your local listings.