SitcomsOnline Digest: Hulu Gets The Goldbergs; The A-Team Ready for a Reboot?; More Growing Pains to Arrive on DVD

Saturday, September 26, 2015

SitcomsOnline Digest: Hulu Gets The Goldbergs; The A-Team Ready for a Reboot?; More Growing Pains to Arrive on DVD

Welcome to SitcomsOnline Digest! Fall is here, and so is the fall season, with many shows having already started this week and even more to come next week. But here, we've got all of your news and updates, including news of The Goldbergs on Hulu, a reboot of The A-Team, and more. Let's get going!

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB

Acquisition deals used to be about which cable network gets the rights to a TV series, but these days, they are more about which streaming service gets the rights to a series. This week, Hulu got the rights to The Goldbergs. (Hollywood Reporter)
What would Married... With Children look like if it happened to be in a mashup with Dexter? James Franco gives us an idea in his AOL series Making a Scene. (Huffington Post)
It is somewhat intriguing that with all of the remakes that exist in the world, it took us until now to even think about a remake of The A-Team. (Deadline)
It wouldn't be surprising if you haven't heard of the Fox comedy Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life, and that is because it is a midseason series that has yet to air, but apparently Fox executives were impressed enough to order seven additional episodes. (Deadline)
Pilot season is usually the most boring time of the year for TV fans, as network executives comb through what they think viewers would like to see on the air (perhaps dismissing some series that may have been huge hits), but Amazon does things a bit different, of course, and their pilot season gets the viewers involved... and it is coming up again soon. (SitcomsOnline)

HOME MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS

Warner Archive is pushing Growing Pains one step closer to completion with a release of Growing Pains - The Complete Sixth Season. It will be reportedly be released on November 3, and will leave only the final season unreleased.

SEPTEMBER 29 HOME MEDIA RELEASES

Fresh Off the Boat - The Complete First Season (DVD, $29.99): The freshman season of the ABC hit comedy arrives on DVD in this release.

FOLLOW ME

Who to Follow: Josh Peck (Twitter)

Claim to Fame: Remember the Nickelodeon show Drake & Josh? Josh played Josh (of course), although he got his start a few years earlier on The Amanda Show. But now, he is making it to network television, with his role in the upcoming Fox series, Grandfathered, where he will star along with John Stamos.

Pick of the Tweets: "Dear @JohnStamos you killed it at the Emmys. Also, please make @HereIsGina my step mom. That is all. @Grandfathered #Grandfathered" (September 20, 2015)

Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows

Wednesday, March 5

Shifting Gears - "Career" (ABC, 8:00PM ET/PT)
Georgia invites Matt and Riley to speak at her school’s Career Day, where playful competition turns tense when Riley learns Georgia is ashamed of her job. Meanwhile, Gabriel mentors Carter’s car project until a more urgent piece of business arises.

Abbott Elementary - "Books" (ABC, 8:30PM ET/PT)
A debate over a controversial book leads Ava to remove it from the library, but some parents push for its return.

Complete TV Listings

Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of March 3)

Wednesday, March 5

Walton Goggins (The Righteous Gemstones/The Unicorn/Vice Principals) - Watch Walton on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Mike Epps (The Upshaws/Uncle Buck/Survivor's Remorse) - Mike is a guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Mindy Kaling (Running Point/The Mindy Project/The Office) - Mindy appears on Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
Mitra Jouhari (Clone High/Three Busy Debras), Sandy Honig (Three Busy Debras) and Alyssa Stonoha (Three Busy Debras) - Mitra, Sandy and Alyssa are guests on After Midnight at 12:37am on CBS.
Tony Danza (Taxi/Who's the Boss?/Hudson Street/The Tony Danza Show) - Tony talks about Power Book III: Raising Kanan on CBS Mornings sometime between 7-9am.
Nick Offerman (Parks and Recreation) - Nick appears on CBS Mornings sometime between 7-9am.
Parker Posey (Search Party/The Return of Jezebel James) - Parker talks about The White Lotus on NBC's Today sometime between 7-9am.
Regina Hall (Black Monday/Grandfathered/Married/Second Generation Wayans) - Regina guest co-hosts NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
Tan France (Deli Boys - Tan talks about Deli Boys on NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
Sterling K. Brown (Starved) - Sterling tells Sherri about his new role on the hit Hulu series Paradise on Sherri, so check your local listings.
Melissa Peterman (Happy's Place/Young Sheldon/Baby Daddy/Working Class/Reba) - Melissa talks about her hit NBC show Happy's Place on Sherri, so check your local listings.
Wendell Pierce (The Odd Couple/The Michael J. Fox Show/The Weber/The Brian Benben Show/The Gregory Hines Show) - Wendell talks about Power Book III: Raising Kanan on ABC's GMA 3: What You Need to Know at 1pm.
Jennie Garth (Mystery Girls/What I Like About You) - In a DAYTIME EXCLUSIVE with actress Jennie Garth, she shares her formula for fulfillment and how she created the “I Choose Me” movement on Tamron Hall, so check your local listings.