Saturday, November 14, 2015
SitcomsOnline Digest: Wicked City Becomes First Official Cancellation of 2015-2016 Season; VEI Preparing to Bring Evening Shade to DVD
HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB
- It almost never takes this long, but this year, it took until the middle of November for the first official cancellation of the new season, and the "winner" (or "loser") is ABC's Wicked City. (Entertainment Weekly)
- It's already over now, but fast food chain White Castle has introduced turkey sliders to their menu, and decided to promote the new offering with a "turkey drop" contest at a location in Cincinnati, a nod to the famous "Turkey's Away" episode of WKRP in Cincinnati. (Marketing Land)
- Angela Kinsey may be returning to the screen on TBS. (Deadline)
- It's fairly common for the late night talk shows to have special Sunday night editions to air on broadcast networks later in the evening on the night of the Super Bowl, but CBS has decided to shake things up and actually make The Late Show the program that airs immediately after it this year. (New York Times)
- The Big Bang Theory is still going strong in the ratings with no signs of dying, but part of the problem with this is that any program that follows it has a tendency to suffer badly in the ratings once it is separated from that lead-in, and Supergirl is a good example of this phenomenon. (Deadline)
- IFC is developing a scripted comedy series from Jon Benjamin. (SitcomsOnline)
HOME MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS
- VEI has been very busy with a lot of complete series lately, and this week, even more were announced. For sitcom fans, however, there is really only one of interest: Evening Shade. No date has been given for this release yet, and we suspect that it won't arrive until later next year.
NOVEMBER 17 HOME MEDIA RELEASES
- Cristela - The Complete Series (DVD, $29.95): It may have only survived for one season on ABC, but now, fans can own that one season on DVD, as a MOD release.
- McHale's Navy - The Complete Series (DVD, $169.99): Shout! Factory released the entire series on DVD several years ago as individual season sets, but now they are compiling the entire series into one set.
- Sgt. Bilko (The Phil Silvers Show) - The Complete Final (Fourth) Season (DVD, $29.99): Shout! Factory wraps up this series, previously released as a complete series, with this final individual season release.
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- Yara Shahidi (grown-ish/black-ish) - Yara is telling Drew about the new venture she's taking on, where she's currently at with dating and more on a repeat of The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
- Don Darryl Rivera (Only Murders in the Building) - Don talks about Broadway's Aladdin on ABC's GMA 3: What You Need to Know at 1pm.
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