MTV2 Gets Bernie Mac; Netflix Goes Dynamite with New Comedy

Monday, June 22, 2015

MTV2 Gets Bernie Mac; Netflix Goes Dynamite with New Comedy

We have more Viacom wheeling and dealing. The sitcom The Bernie Mac Show is now on MTV2. It was previously seen on Centric and before that on BET a few years back. The Bernie Mac Show also recently started airing on the digital multicast network Bounce TV. As for MTV2, of course the series will not have a set timeslot, but you can catch it in multiple blocks throughout the week. Bernie Mac joins the MTV2 line-up which has other sitcoms in block programming like The Wayans Bros, Jamie Foxx Show, Boy Meets World, Everybody Hates Chris, My Wife & Kids, Smart Guy and Martin. The series is based on the comedy of Bernie Mac. In the series, a stand-up comedian and his wife take in his sister's three kids, while celebrity guests drop by occasionally to offer Bernie advice.

Maria Bamford

Netflix has ordered Lady Dynamite, a new original comedy series starring actor and comedian Maria Bamford. The series is based on what she has accepted to be "her life." The occasionally surreal episodes, refracted across multiple periods inspired by the actor/comedian's life, tell the story of a woman who loses - and then finds - her s**t. Pam Brady, Mitch Hurwitz and Maria Bamford are executive producers on the single camera comedy series. Thirteen, 30-minute episodes of the single camera comedy series have been ordered.

Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows

Thursday, February 12

Animal Control - "Bagged Birds and Alley Dogs" (Fox, 9:00PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
Frank spends the day with influencer and park benefactor Roman Park ahead of the grand opening of their annex kennel; friction arises within the newly combined precincts when Emily assigns Templeton, Shred and Patel to work together.

Going Dutch - "The Canuck Stops Here" (Fox, 9:30PM ET/PT)
Capt. Maggie invites her idol, Gen.Martin, to the base in hopes of pitching herself as a mentee; things get complicated when the Colonel and Gen. Martin develop an immediate attraction toward each other.

Complete TV Listings

Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of February 9)

Thursday, February 12

Tyler Perry (House of Payne/Love Thy Neighbor) - Catch Tyler on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Maria Bamford (Lady Dynamite/Benched) - Maria is a guest on a repeat of Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen at 12:37am on CBS.
Constance Zimmer (Entourage/Good Morning, Miami) - Constance talks about the new season of Netflix's The Lincoln Lawyer on Live with Kelly and Mark and on Sherri, so check your local listings.
Valerie Bertinelli (Hot in Cleveland/One Day at a Time) - It's a pizza palooza with Valerie, Joe Isidori and Sunny Anderson on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings. It's a Drew Crew game night and Drew, Valerie, Sunny Anderson and Mikel Welch are playing Pictionary with Ross hosting.
Trinity Jo-Li Bliss (Best Foot Forward) - Trinity is a guest on New York Living on WPIX in New York at 10:45am.