Saturday, April 04, 2015
SitcomsOnline Digest: Full House Spinoff to Come to Netflix?; Growing Pains and Wanda at Large DVD Releases Announced
- Could a Full House spinoff starring Candace Cameron Bure and Andrea Barber be coming to Netflix? It almost sounds like it. (Access Hollywood)
- Meanwhile, ABC has ordered a pilot for a revival of a series featuring the Muppets, with Big Bang Theory co-creator Bill Prady co-writing and executive producing. (Entertainment Weekly)
- CMT has announced that they've ordered a scripted comedy starring Billy Ray Cyrus, who is probably now better known for being "Miley's father" than for his own career. (Hollywood Reporter)
- A judged ruled against DLT Entertainment this week in a copyright infringement case regarding a play that parodied Three's Company. (Deadline)
- New Girl has been renewed for a fifth season. (SitcomsOnline)
- As TV Land tries to go through a bit of reorganization to regain viewers who left when they decided to jump into original series, they are bringing back something that they abandoned a few years ago: the TV Land Awards. (SitcomsOnline)
HOME MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS
- Warner Archive has announced dates for Growing Pains and Wanda at Large this week. We'll be seeing Growing Pains - The Complete Fourth Season on April 14 and Wanda at Large - The Complete First Season on April 7.
- Fox has a few MOD releases ahead with Wilfred - The Complete Season 4 on April 7 and Bob's Burgers - The Complete 4th Season on May 12.
- Fox also announced a September 15 release date for the Lost in Series - Complete Series Collection Blu-ray set. You can read more details about this release at TVShowsOnDVD.com.
APRIL 7 HOME MEDIA RELEASES
- Barney Miller - The Complete Seventh Season (DVD, $24.97:- Shout! Factory brings the classic series (which was already released as a complete series) closer to completion with this release.
- The Brady Bunch - The Complete Series (DVD, $79.99): CBS brings the classic series back to DVD with a lower-priced complete series release, without the shag carpet packaging and certain special features.
- Frasier - The Complete Series (DVD, $129.99): CBS puts every season of the series together in one package for the first time with this release.
- King of the Hill - Season 9 (DVD, $34.95) and King of the Hill - Season 10 (DVD, $34.95): Olive Films continues with their releases of the animated Fox series on DVD.
- Wilfred - The Complete Season 4 (DVD, $29.95): The comedy about a man and his dog (his very unusual dog) continues on DVD as a MOD release.
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Sunday, October 19
The Simpsons - "Treehouse of Horror XXXVI" (Fox, 8:00PM ET/PT)
The town is menaced by a mysterious murdering monster from out of the sewers; Krusty has a demonic special guest on his live Halloween special; Springfield's post-apocalyptic future.
Universal Basic Guys - "Golden Beans" (Fox, 8:30PM ET/PT)
Mark and David start a coffee shop in the garage; Tammy and Hank struggle to keep Mernft Man from bothering customers.
Krapopolis - "Basket Baby" (Fox, 9:00PM ET/PT)
A baby arrives in a basket; Deliria encroaches on Apollo's turf; Tyrannis throws a potluck.
Bob's Burgers - "The Twinnening" (Fox, 9:30PM ET/PT)
Teddy takes a handyman job next door to the restaurant and finds himself trapped inside a store full of spooky antiques.
DMV - "Pilot" (CBS, 10:30PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
East Hollywood Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) driving examiner Colette pines for her coworker Noa while enduring teasing from colleagues Gregg, Vic and Ceci. Also, new manager Barb rallies the crew to save their branch from government shutdown.
Electric Bloom - "How We Handled an Unexpected Visitor" (Disney Channel, 8:00PM ET/PT)
Tulip's sister comes home from college and is jealous of Tulip's bond with Jade; Posey deals with a little incident of her own.
Electric Bloom - "How We Defeated a Jingle Bell Bully" (Disney Channel, 8:30PM ET/PT)
To help Tulip rediscover her love of Christmas, Electric Bloom is forced to team up with their sworn enemies, The Two Shellys, to try and win the Holiday Sing-Off.
Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of October 13)
Friday, October 17
- Charlie Hunnam (Undeclared) - Watch Charlie on a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
- Chelsea Frei (The Paper/The Moodys) - Chelsea appears on a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
- Maz Jobrani (Superior Donuts/The Knights of Prosperity/Better Off Ted) - Maz is a guest on a repeat of Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen at 12:37am on CBS.
- Kristin Chenoweth (Trial & Error/Kristin) - Kristin talks about Queen of Versailles on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am.
- Zachary Quinto (Big Mouth/So Notorious) - Zachary talks about Brilliant Minds on ABC News Live Prime with Linsey Davis at 7pm.
- Tony Shalhoub (We Are Men/Stark Raving Mad/Wings) - NBC's Today catches up with Tony in the 9am hour.
- Aziz Ansari (Master of None/Parks and Recreation) - Aziz talks about Good Fortune on NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
- Penn Badgley (Do Over) - Penn talks about Crushmore: Essays on Love, Loss, and Coming-of-Age with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
- Mira Sorvino (Shining Vale) - Mira joins Sherri to talk about starring in Chicago the Musical on Broadway on Sherri, so check your local listings.
- Cristela Alonzo (Cristela) - Cristela stops by Sherri's Laugh Lounge on Sherri, so check your local listings.
- Penn Badgley (Do Over) - Penn talks about podcast Podcrushed on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
- Arnold Schwarzenegger (FUBAR) - Real Time with Bill Maher features a one-on-one interview with Arnold on HBO at 10pm.
New on DVD and 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)
07/22 - Bewitched - The Complete Series - 60th Anniversary Special Edition (Blu-ray)
08/26 - The Huckleberry Hound Show - The Complete Original Series (Blu-ray)
10/07 - Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage - The Complete First Season
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