Friday, August 14, 2015
NBC Announces Comedy Plans at 2015 TCA Summer Press Tour; Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of August 17, 2015)
NBC has given a 13-episode series commitment order to an untitled comedy from Parks and Recreation and Brooklyn Nine-Nine executive producer Michael Schur, one of the most respected and talented writer-showrunners in television today. Details are being kept as top secret for now. Stay tuned for more.
NBC also announced another comedy project. Emmy Award winners and producing partners Tina Fey and Robert Carlock are returning to NBC with a pilot production order for an untitled comedy written by Emmy winner Tracey Wigfield. The Fey-Carlock project centers on a mother-daughter relationship that is challenged when an overly involved New Jersey mom gets an internship at her daughter's workplace, a cable news network. Stay with us for continued updates on this one as well.
It's Friday, so it is time for "Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows" for the coming week. This is where we list what sitcom stars are appearing on talk shows for the coming week, the stars are both current and past sitcom stars, so this is for all sitcom fans of all eras!
For the week of August 17-21, 2015, we have many current sitcom stars and past sitcom stars on TV talk shows! All times listed are Eastern. So get your DVRs (or whatever you use) ready! Ready? Here is all what you need to know for the coming week!
Sunday, August 16, 2015
- Angela Kinsey (Your Family or Mine/The Hotwives/The Office) - Catch Angela on Watch What Happens: Live at 11pm on Bravo.
- Lake Bell (Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp/How to Make It in America) - Watch Lake on The Late Late Show with James Corden at 12:37am on CBS. She will also be on Access Hollywood Live, so check your local listings.
- Jeff Garlin (The Goldbergs/Curb Your Enthusiasm) - Jeff appears on a repeat of Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart at 11pm.
- Becki Newton (Weird Loners/The Goodwin Games/How I Met Your Mother) - Becki appears on a repeat of Last Call with Carson Daly at 1:35am on NBC.
- Jessica St. Clair (Playing House/Best Friends Forever/In the Motherhood) and Lennon Parham (Playing House/Best Friends Forever/Accidentally on Purpose) - Jessica and Lennon are guests on @midnight on Comedy Central at midnight.
- Jane Lynch (Angel from Hell) - Jane guest co-hosts LIVE! with Kelly and Michael, so check your listings.
- Bette Midler (Bette) - Bette is a guest on a repeat of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, so check your local listings.
- Mo'Nique (The Parkers) - Mo'Nique opens up about why she believes she was blackballed by Hollywood after her Oscar win and more on a repeat of The Meredith Vieira Show, so check your local listings.
- Simon Helberg (The Big Bang Theory) - Simon is a guest on a repeat of The Queen Latifah Show, so check your local listings.
- Connie Britton (Spin City/The Fighting Fitzgeralds/Lost at Home) - Connie chats on a repeat of The Talk on CBS at 2pm ET/1pm CT-PT.
- Dawn Wells (Gilligan's Island) - Dawn discusses her career and makes a recipe from her new cookbook on Home & Family on Hallmark Channel at 10am ET/PT.
- Dana Delany (The Comedians) - Dana talks about Hand of God on NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
- Wilmer Valderrama (That '70s Show) - Wilmer talks about his latest projects From Dusk Till Dawn and Minority Report on Access Hollywood Live, so check your local listings.
- Tony Hale (Veep/Arrested Development) - Tony is a guest on Larry King Now at 2/5pm PT/ET on Ora.tv and Hulu.
- Lisa Kudrow (The Comeback/Web Therapy/Friends) - Catch Lisa on Conan at 11pm on TBS.
- Michael Rapaport (The War at Home) - Michael appears on a repeat of Watch What Happens: Live at 11pm on Bravo.
- David Alan Grier (The Carmichael Show/Life with Bonnie/DAG) - David is a guest on @midnight on Comedy Central at midnight.
- Patrick Stewart (Blunt Talk) - Patrick stops by The Late Late Show with James Corden at 12:37am on CBS.
- Ana Gasteyer (Suburgatory) - Ana guest co-hosts LIVE! with Kelly and Michael, so check your listings.
- Jennifer Aniston (Friends) - Jennifer appears on a repeat of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, so check your local listings.
- NeNe Leakes (The New Normal) - NeNe is a guest on a repeat of The Meredith Vieira Show, so check your local listings.
- Jim Gaffigan (The Jim Gaffigan Show/My Boys/Welcome to New York) - Jim discusses his new comedy series on a repeat of The Talk on CBS at 2pm ET/1pm CT-PT.
- Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory) - Jim chats with the ladies of The View on a repeat on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
- Ana Ortiz (A.U.S.A.) - Ana and Roselyn Sanchez join the Chew Crew on a repeat of ABC's The Chew at 1pm ET/12pm PT/CT.
- Paul Scheer (The League/Fresh Off the Boat/The Hotwives of Las Vegas) and Rob Huebel (The Hotwives of Las Vegas) - Paul and Rob are guests NBC's Today in the 9am hour and on the AOL Build Show.
- Niecy Nash (The Soul Man/Reno 911!) - Niecy guest co-hosts Access Hollywood Live, so check your local listings.
- Anna Chlumsky (Veep) - Anna is a guest on Access Hollywood Live, so check your local listings.
- Queen Latifah (Living Single) - Watch Queen Latifah on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
- Keegan-Michael Key (Playing House/Gary Unmarried) - Keegan-Michael visits Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
- Tony Hale (Veep/Arrested Development) - Tony appears on Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
- Natasha Leggero (Another Period/Free Agents) - Natasha drops by The Late Late Show with James Corden at 12:37am on CBS.
- Peter Facinelli (Nurse Jackie) - Peter appears on a repeat of Last Call with Carson Daly at 1:35am on NBC.
- Maz Jobrani (Better Off Ted/The Knights of Prosperity) - Maz will be on a repeat of Last Call with Carson Daly at 1:35am on NBC.
- Jemaine Clement (Flight of the Conchords) - Jemaine is a guest on @midnight on Comedy Central at midnight.
- J.B. Smoove (The Millers/Curb Your Enthusiasm/'Til Death) - J.B. stops by Conan at 11pm on TBS.
- Melissa McCarthy (Mike & Molly/Samantha Who?) - Melissa visits LIVE! with Kelly and Michael, so check your listings.
- Stacey Dash (Clueless) - Stacey shares her views on fair wages for women and reveals her man crush on a repeat of The Meredith Vieira Show, so check your local listings.
- Wendie Malick (Hot in Cleveland/Just Shoot Me!) and Jane Leeves (Hot in Cleveland/Frasier) - Wendie and Jane are guests on a repeat of The Queen Latifah Show, so check your local listings.
- Sherri Shepherd (Less Than Perfect/Sherri) - Sherri appears on a repeat of The Queen Latifah Show, so check your local listings.
- Tahj Mowry (Baby Daddy/Smart Guy) - Tahj is a guest on a repeat of The Real, so check your local listings.
- August Maturo (Girl Meets World) - August talks about his show Girl Meets World on Home & Family on Hallmark Channel at 10am ET/PT.
- Anthony Anderson (black-ish/Guys with Kids/All About the Andersons) - Anthony appears on a repeat of Rachael Ray, so check your local listings.
- Nick Jonas (Jonas L.A.) - Nick chats with the ladies of The View on a repeat on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
- Lily Tomlin (Grace and Frankie/Malibu Country) - Lily talks about Grandma on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am.
- Topher Grace (That '70s Show) - Catch Topher on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
- Lily Tomlin (Grace and Frankie/Malibu Country) - Lily drops by Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
- Natasha Leggero (Another Period/Free Agents) - Natasha is a guest on @midnight on Comedy Central at midnight.
- Ross Lynch (Austin & Ally) - Ross visits LIVE! with Kelly and Michael, so check your listings.
- Minnie Driver (About a Boy) - Minnie appears on a repeat of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, so check your local listings.
- Eve (Eve) - Eve dishes on her wedding, life abroad and more on a repeat of The Meredith Vieira Show, so check your local listings.
- Alyssa Milano (Who's the Boss?/Romantically Challenged) - Alyssa appears on a repeat of The Queen Latifah Show, so check your local listings.
- Troy Garity (Ballers) - Troy shares behind-the-scenes stories from Ballers on Home & Family on Hallmark Channel at 10am ET/PT.
- Tony Hale (Veep/Arrested Development) - Tony talks about American Ultra on NBC's Today in the 9am hour, on New York Live on WNBC in New York at 12:30pm ET, and on the AOL Build Show.
- Anthony Anderson (black-ish/Guys with Kids/All About the Andersons) and Tracee Ellis Ross (black-ish/Girlfriends) - Anthony and Tracee are guests on a repeat of Steve Harvey, so check your local listings.
- Jake Johnson (New Girl) - Jake talks about Digging for Fire on NBC's Today in the 9am hour.
- Tiffani Thiessen (Saved by the Bell/Saved by the Bell: The College Years) - Tiffani is a guest on People Now.
- Patrick Stewart (Blunt Talk) - Patrick appears on CBS This Morning sometime between 7-9am.
- Connie Britton (Spin City/The Fighting Fitzgeralds/Lost at Home) - Watch Connie on a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC. She will also be on Larry King Now at 2/5pm PT/ET on Ora.tv and Hulu.
- Rebel Wilson (Super Fun Night) - Rebel stops by LIVE! with Kelly and Michael, so check your listings.
- Vivica A. Fox (True Jackson, VP/Out All Night) - Vivica reveals why she fired herself from the hit reality show, on Kenya-gate and whom she believes was the love of her life on a repeat of The Meredith Vieira Show, so check your local listings.
- Marlon Wayans (The Wayans Bros.) - Marlon is a guest on a repeat of The Talk on CBS at 2pm ET/1pm CT-PT.
- Lily Tomlin (Grace and Frankie/Malibu Country) - Lily appears on a repeat of Rachael Ray, so check your local listings.
- Tituss Burgess (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt/30 Rock) - Tituss is a guest on the AOL Build Show.
- Jake Johnson (New Girl) - Jake appears on the AOL Build Show, on People Now, and on Good Day New York on WNYW-Fox5 in New York sometime between 7-10am..
- Sherri Shepherd (Less Than Perfect/Sherri) - Sherri chats on Ice & Coco on select Fox-owned stations, so check your local listings.
- Danica McKellar (The Wonder Years) - Danica is a guest on Access Hollywood Live, so check your local listings.
- Tony Hale (Veep/Arrested Development) - Tony will be on Morning Joe on MSNBC sometime between 6-9am and on Good Day New York on WNYW-Fox5 in New York sometime between 7-10am.
Sitcoms Airing Tonight
Wednesday, June 29
The Conners - "Patriarchs and Goddesses" (ABC, 8:00PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
Darlene continues to navigate her breakup with Ben, and when she and Becky head to the movies and see Ben on a date, Darlene can’t stop herself from interfering and making everyone uncomfortable. Meanwhile, Dan offers to talk with Aldo’s dad, Jesse (Joe Walsh), when he doesn’t approve of Harris and Aldo’s relationship.
The Goldbergs - "The William Penn Years" (ABC, 8:30PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
Never a sports enthusiast, Adam finds himself in a pickle with his peers when he’s recruited to film his high school’s highly awaited last football game of the year and fails to capture his team’s winning touchdown. Meanwhile, Beverly discovers her neighbor Arnie Wolfy (Dan Lauria) is moving and she’s determined to buy his spacious home and move the family in. Murray’s long-standing and unresolved conflict with Arnie challenges Beverly’s plans, but the family comes to appreciate home is where the heart is.
Abbott Elementary - "Student Transfer" (ABC, 9:00PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
After a negative teacher review, Janine gets a confidence boost when a student gets transferred from Melissa’s class into hers, but it turns out the student proves to be too much to handle. While trying to forge a friendship with an uninterested Gregory, it is revealed that Jacob is constantly getting roasted by his students. The two bond after Gregory unintentionally gives Jacob the idea to incorporate the roasts in an educational way.
Home Economics - "Box of King-Size Candy Bars, $48.99)" (ABC, 9:30PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
Trick or treat is not the only question on the Hayworths’ minds as they debate the best neighborhood for a spooktacular Halloween. Meanwhile, Connor navigates sharing the holiday with his ex-wife, Emily.
Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of June 27)
Wednesday, June 29
- Chelsea Handler (Are You There, Chelsea?) - Chelsea guest hosts Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
- Steve Carell (Space Force/The Office/Come to Papa/Watching Ellie) - Watch Steve on Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
- Minnie Driver (Speechless/About a Boy) - Minnie appears on The Late Late Show with James Corden at 12:37am on CBS.
- Garcelle Beauvais (The Jamie Foxx Show) - Garcelle is a guest on Watch What Happens: Live at 3:30am on Bravo.
- Simu Liu (Kim's Convenience) - Simu chats with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
- Sophia Bush (Partners) - Sophia will be on LIVE! with Kelly and Ryan, so check your listings.
- Raven-Symoné (Raven's Home/That's So Raven/Hangin' with Mr. Cooper/The Cosby Show) - Raven-Symoné appears on LIVE! with Kelly and Ryan, so check your listings.
- Ed Helms (The Office) and Randall Park (Fresh Off the Boat) - Ed and Randall are guests on The Kelly Clarkson Show, so check your local listings.
- Chelsa Handler (Are You There, Chelsea?) - Chelsea appears on The Kelly Clarkson Show, so check your local listings.
- Charlie Day (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia/Luis) - Charlie will be on The Kelly Clarkson Show, so check your local listings.
- Ron Howard (Arrested Development/Happy Days/The Andy Griffith Show) and Clint Howard (Gung Ho) - Ron and Clint are guests on The Kelly Clarkson Show, so check your local listings.
- Jason Biggs (Outmatched/Mad Love/Drexell's Class) - Jason appears on a repeat of The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
- Kym Whitley (Young & Hungry/Animal Practice/Sparks) and Finesse Mitchell (Outmatched/A.N.T. Farm) - Kym and Finesse guest co-host a repeat of The Wendy Williams Show, so check your local listings.
- Wendi McLendon-Covey (The Goldbergs/Rules of Engagement/Reno 911!) - Wendi is a guest on a repeat of The Wendy Williams Show, so check your local listings.
- Joey King (Bent) - Joey appears on E!'s Daily Pop at 11am.
- Mira Sorvino (Shining Vale) - Mira talks about the film Most Guys Are Losers on CBS Mornings sometime between 7-9am and on NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
- Michelle Buteau (Enlisted/China, IL) - Michelle will be on NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
- Kim Fields (The Upshaws/Living Single/The Facts of Life/Baby, I'm Back) - Kim talks about Netflix's The Upshaws on Access Daily, so check your local listings.
New on DVD/Blu-ray (March-June)
03/08 - Brooklyn Nine-Nine - Season Eight
03/08 - Brooklyn Nine-Nine - The Complete Series (Blu-ray) (DVD)
03/15 - Head of the Class - The Complete Fourth Season
03/15 - The Proud Family - The Complete Original Series - Anniversary Collection
03/22 - The Honeymooners Specials - The Complete Collection
03/29 - Rick and Morty - The Complete Seasons 1-5 (Blu-ray) (DVD)
03/29 - Young Rock - Season One
04/05 - Up All Night - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
04/26 - The Danny Thomas Show (aka Make Room for Daddy) - The Complete Fourth Season
04/26 - Jackie Gleason TV Treasures - 70th Anniversary Collection (including Honeymooners Rarities)
05/03 - No Activity - Season Three
05/13 - The Donna Reed Show - The Complete Seasons 1-5 (Time Life)
05/31 - Becker - The Complete Series (2022 Release)
06/14 - Curb Your Enthusiasm - The Complete Eleventh Season
06/14 - Hacks - Season One (Blu-ray) (DVD)
06/14 - Rutherford Falls - Season One (Blu-ray) (DVD)
06/21 - The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet - The Complete Season One / Season Two / Season Three (07/26) / Season Four (07/26)
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