SitcomsOnline Digest: New Pilots with Katey Sagal; Greg Garcia Working on New Pilot

Saturday, September 10, 2016

SitcomsOnline Digest: New Pilots with Katey Sagal; Greg Garcia Working on New Pilot

Welcome to SitcomsOnline Digest! This week, we have news of new pilots that are being prepared for beyond this fall, news of some more deaths of classic TV pioneers, and more. Let's get going!

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB

Katey Sagal has become a "hot property" for television lately since being cast in a second sitcom pilot, and this time it is Superior Donuts alongside Judd Hirsch. (Cinema Blend)
Greg Garcia is working to get another sitcom on the air at CBS. (Deadline)
Hulu has picked up a comedy pilot called Future Man, which is executive produced by Seth Rogen, Evan Goldbert, and Matt Tolmach. (Deadline)
Hugh O'Brian, who starred as the title character in the series The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, died this week at age 91. (LA Times)
Leslie Martinson isn't a household name, but he had a long and accomplished career in television, and was known for directing episodes of TV series of all genres from the 1953 through 1989 including episodes of The Mickey Rooney Show, The Millionaire, Surfside 6, Batman, The Brady Bunch, Dallas, Diff'rent Strokes, and Small Wonder. He died this week at age 101. (Spin)
Pop is adding Medium and Buffy the Vampire Slayer to their lineup. (SitcomsOnline)

TUESDAY (SEPTEMBER 13) HOME MEDIA RELEASES

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Newhart - The Complete Sixth Season (DVD, $29.93): The antics of the Stratford Inn continue with this release from Shout! Factory.
The Big Bang Theory - The Ninth Season (DVD, $44.98; Blu-ray, $49.99): The most recent season of the hit CBS comedy comes to DVD with this release.

FOLLOW ME

Who to Follow: Johnny Pemberton (Twitter), "zorn's son. listen to my show here: link"

Claim to Fame: Our "star of the new sitcoms" this week comes from Fox's unconventional animated/live-action hybrid sitcom, Son of Zorn. The series was set to debut on September 25 (when the rest of the Fox Sunday night lineup debuts), but now the first episode has been scheduled for tomorrow night, meaning you'll get a chance to see it two weeks earlier than expected. Johnny Pemberton, as he describes in his Twitter description, plays Alan, the son of the title character. Even though he plays a teenager (as he has in previous roles, such as his role on the ABC series Family Tools), he is not a teenager at all. In fact, he is 35 years old, but one of the "side effects" of a rare disease he once had was a youthful look that makes him appear to be 15-20 years younger than he actually is, giving him a distinctive advantage that he doesn't seem to mind at all in playing roles of younger people. Most recently, he could be seen on episodes of the NBC comedy Superstore. While he isn't busy acting, he can be seen doing stand up comedy.

Pick of the Tweets: "last day on what i've been doing for the past 5 months #sonofzorn @ Fox Studios instagram.com/p/BHC7Xb_AU-3/" (June 24, 2016)

Sitcoms Airing Tonight

Tuesday, November 12

The Conners - "Tempest in a Stew Pot" (ABC, 8:00PM ET/PT)
Jackie and Becky pitch their business plan to Darlene in hopes of getting the Lunch Box back, but Darlene’s decision leads to hostility among the three. Meanwhile, Dan bans Odessa from the house, causing a rift with Harris; and Mark makes extensive Thanksgiving plans that may inevitably fall apart.

Bless This Mess - "The Visit" (ABC, 8:30PM ET/PT)
Donna springs a last-minute trip to Nebraska on Mike and Rio, which she claims is to relax, but Mike and Rio soon find out she has other plans in mind when she steps into competitive mode to get them to participate in the harvest. Meanwhile, Constance’s son Brandon is driving her crazy working at the store, so she pawns him off on Rudy.

mixed-ish - "Puttin' on the Ritz" (ABC, 9:00PM ET/PT)
The kids are excited to learn more about their grandad after Harrison invites the crew to family day at his country club. Although Paul thinks it’s a bad idea, he is eventually overruled. Meanwhile, Alicia attempts to fit in at the country club but ends up fighting with Denise about keeping it real.

black-ish - "Daughters for Dummies" (ABC, 9:30PM ET/PT)
When Dre realizes that his relationship with Diane has been distant, he plans some daddy-daughter bonding sessions, but the plans backfire when he realizes the interest is one-sided. Meanwhile, Bow covers for Junior at his ChoreBoar gig.

Complete TV Listings

Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of November 11)

Tuesday, November 12

Patrick Stewart (Blunt Talk) - Catch Patrick on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Da'Vine Joy Randolph (People of Earth) - Da'Vine appears on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Kristen Bell (The Good Place) - Kristen visits The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC. She also talks about Frozen 2 on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am and on The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
Laurie Metcalf (The Conners/Roseanne/The McCarthys/Getting On/The Norm Show) - Laurie stops by The Late Late Show with James Corden at 12:37am on CBS.
Jenny Slate (Married/Parks and Recreation/Bob's Burgers) - Jenny is a guest on The Late Late Show with James Corden at 12:37am on CBS.
Rob Schneider (Real Rob/Rob) and Esther Povitsky (Dollface/Alone Together) - Rob and Esther are panelists on Lights Out with David Spade at 11:30pm on Comedy Central.
Lizzy Caplan (Party Down/The Class) - Lizzy drops by Conan at 11pm on TBS.
Ilana Glazer (Broad City) - Ilana appears on Watch What Happens: Live at 11pm on Bravo.
Laura Dern (F Is for Family/Enlightened) - Laura is a guest on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, so check your local listings.
Robin Givens (Head of the Class) - Robin visits The Real, so check your local listings.
Donald Faison (The Exes/Scrubs/Clueless) - Donald appears on The Real, so check your local listings.
Nicole Byer (Loosely Exactly Nicole) - Nicole is a guest on The Kelly Clarkson Show, so check your local listings.
Tim Robbins (The Brink) - Tim talks about Dark Waters on New York Live on WNBC in New York at 11:30am ET.
Kristin Davis (Sex and the City/Bad Teacher) - Kristin talks about Holiday in the Wild on NBC's Today in the 9am hour.