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SitcomsOnline Digest: ABC Looking to Do Musical Version of Dirty Dancing; More Releases from Shout! Factory

• It looks as if these musical remakes of classic movies on broadcast networks have become the latest trend in television, as ABC is now jumping in with a planned musical version of Dirty Dancing. (Hollywood Reporter)
• Some sitcom fans may not like Survivor, but apparently Survivor fans (or at least contestants) love sitcoms, as a previous Survivor winner is now working with Greg Garcia (best known for My Name is Earl and Raising Hope) to develop a sitcom for CBS. (Deadline)
• NBC struck ratings gold again with the TV movie Coat of Many Colors this week, including scoring their best total-viewer ratings (excluding sports and musical events) in the timeslot since the finale of ER in 2009. (Rolling Stone)
• Actress Marjorie Lord, who was best known for playing matriarch Kathy on Make Room for Daddy, has died at age 95.  (Entertainment Weekly) 
• Willard Scott has been semi-retired from Today for almost two decades, but now he is ready to retire for good. (Today)
• Golden Globe nominations were announced this week, and as has become more common, the leaders in nominations were not the broadcast television networks. (SitcomsOnline) 

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• It probably comes as no surprise that after releasing all of the other versions of The Bold Ones, Shout! Factory (under TMG) will be wrapping things up by releasing the most successful of the series, The Bold Ones: The New Doctors - The Complete Series on March 1.
• Shout! Factory is finishing up The Nanny on DVD (for those who skipped on the complete series) with The Nanny - The Final Season on March 15.
• Maude - The Complete Fourth Season will be arriving on DVD on March 22.

Posted by Skees -- SitcomsOnline.com at 2:30 PM

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