SitcomsOnline.com News Blog: July 2016

Sunday, July 31, 2016

Summer 2016 Week 9 Sitcom Ratings

We're in Summer mode. We will be back with our normal weekly ratings report with the first four nights numbers and analysis in the fall, but we still will have our regular how the sitcoms did all summer long! Here are our summer ratings:

Summer Week 9 (July 25-31) How the Sitcoms Did
(Sun comedies are previous week and Fri/Sat are prelim ratings)
Sorted by 18-49 Rtg
Title	Network	Time	Day	Total Viewers	18-49 Rtg	Notes

The Big Bang Theory	CBS	8:00PM	Thu	6,707,000	1.28	REPEAT
Life In Pieces	CBS	8:30PM	Thu	4,966,000	1.05	REPEAT
Modern Family	ABC	9:00PM	Wed	3,279,000	0.93	REPEAT
black-ish	ABC	9:30PM	Wed	2,673,000	0.77	REPEAT
Mom	CBS	8:00PM	Mon	4,270,000	0.68	REPEAT
2 Broke Girls	CBS	8:30PM	Mon	3,710,000	0.68	REPEAT
The Simpsons	Fox	8:00PM	Sun	1,675,000	0.68	REPEAT
Family Guy	Fox	9:00PM	Sun	1,489,000	0.64	REPEAT
The Goldbergs	ABC	8:30PM	Wed	2,329,000	0.60	REPEAT
The Goldbergs	ABC	8:00PM	Wed	2,700,000	0.58	REPEAT
Brooklyn Nine-Nine	Fox	8:30PM	Sun	1,172,000	0.52	REPEAT
Bob's Burgers	Fox	7:30PM	Sun	1,175,000	0.50	REPEAT
The Last Man on Earth	Fox	9:30PM	Sun	1,329,000	0.48	REPEAT
The Simpsons	Fox	7:00PM	Sun	1,216,000	0.42	REPEAT
Last Man Standing	ABC	8:00PM	Sat	2,080,000	0.4	REPEAT
Dr. Ken	ABC	8:30PM	Sat	1,570,000	0.4	REPEAT
The Middle	ABC	8:00PM	Tue			preempted
Fresh off the Boat	ABC	8:30PM	Tue			preempted
Fresh off the Boat	ABC	9:00PM	Tue			preempted
The Real O'Neals	ABC	9:30PM	Tue			preempted
The Middle	ABC	8:00PM	Wed			preempted
Mom	CBS	9:00PM	Mon			preempted
The Odd Couple	CBS	9:30PM	Mon			preempted
The Simpsons	Fox	8:30PM	Fri			preempted
Angel from Hell	CBS	8:00PM	Sat			canceled
Uncle Buck	ABC	9:00PM	Tue			canceled
The Guide to Surviving Life	Fox	7:00PM	Sun			canceled
Bordertown	Fox	7:00PM	Sun			canceled
Crowded	NBC	9:30PM	Sun			canceled
Grandfathered	Fox	8:30PM	Tue			canceled
The Grinder	Fox	9:30PM	Tue			canceled
The Muppets	ABC	8:00PM	Tue			canceled
Telenovela	NBC	8:30PM	Mon			canceled
Undatelable	NBC	8:00PM	Fri			canceled
Galavant	ABC	8:00PM	Sun			canceled
Truth Be Told	NBC	8:30PM	Fri			canceled
Significant Mother	CW	9:30PM	Mon			canceled
Mike & Molly	CBS	8:00PM	Mon			canceled
The Carmichael Show	NBC	8:00PM	Sun			completed
New Girl	Fox	8:00PM	Tue			completed
Superstore	NBC	8:00PM	Mon			completed

SOURCE: Nielsen Media Research

Saturday, July 30, 2016

SitcomsOnline Digest: The Larry Sanders Show to Stream on HBO Go and HBO Now in September; Boy Meets World Cast Reunites on Girl Meets World

Welcome to SitcomsOnline Digest! This week, we have news of a streaming deal for The Larry Sanders Show, a reunion of the Boy Meets World cast, and more. Let's get going!

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB

HBO will begin streaming every episode of The Larry Sanders Show on their streaming services HBO Go and HBO Now in September. (Hollywood Reporter)
The casts of Boy Meets World and Girl Meets World obviously collide somewhat, but a full-fledged reunion is on the way to the newer series next season. (Entertainment Weekly)
Sesame Street has let go of three cast members who've been part of the series for four decades, including one who has been on the series since the first episode, and many people are not happy. (New Yorker)
Miss Cleo, the TV psychic whose commercials aired almost everywhere in the late 90s and early 00s, died this week. (CNN)
VH-1 Classic is about to be rebranded as MTV Classic, bringing back some classic MTV series of the past two and a half decades. (SitcomsOnline)
The Addams Family and Wings will be joining the Antenna TV lineup this fall. (SitcomsOnline)

HOME MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS

CBS is bringing more colorized I Love Lucy to DVD on October 4, with the release of I Love Lucy - Superstar Special #1.

TUESDAY (AUGUST 2) HOME MEDIA RELEASES

Hangin' with Mr. Cooper - The Complete First Season (DVD, $29.99): The memorable 90s sitcom starring Mark Curry arrives on DVD for the first time in this release from Warner Archive.
Heathcliff - The Complete Series (DVD, $19.98): The animated series with the legendary Mel Blanc playing the role of the orange cat arrives on DVD with this release of the entire series.

FOLLOW ME

Who to Follow: Lucie Arnaz (Twitter), "actress, singer, dancer, songwriter, producer, writer, director, teacher, sometime trapeze artist, wife and mother."

Claim to Fame: August is coming up, and it is a month where we usually reflect on the life and career of Lucille Ball, since her birthday is coming up on August 6 (one week from today). Lucille Ball died, of course, almost three decades ago, but her two children, Desi Arnaz, Jr. and Lucie Arnaz, have continued to make sure that the legacy of their mother lives on for decades to come. Lucie Arnaz made her television debut on a few episodes of The Lucy Show before being cast as Kim, Lucy Carter's daughter, in the series Here's Lucy. Her television career was mostly short-lived, but as it turns out, a different direction was much more appropriate for her and has been a place where she has been able to thrive: musical theatre, including Broadway productions. She is still sort of trying to get the hang of Twitter and (as she often admits herself) has a tendency to show up and disappear, but we hope to hear more from her in the future.

Pick of the Tweets: "Can I go to Tweet school? Still so confused!" (April 14, 2012)