Tuesday, January 10, 2017
TCA 2017 Winter Press Tour: CBS and Showtime; ABC Moves TGIT Return to Jan. 26
CBS and Showtime had the floor yesterday at the TCA 2017 Winter Press Tour. CBS announced its CBS All Access series The Good Fight, a spin-off of The Good Wife. CBS also announced Carpool Karaoke for Apple Music (iTunes). It was followed by panels with the cast and producers of upcoming CBS series Superior Donuts, Training Day and Doubt. After lunch, Showtime was up. They had panels for I'm Dying Up Here: A Sit Down About Stand-Up In the Seventies, Billions, Guerrilla: The Untold Story of Radicals, Romance & Revolution, and Twin Peaks 2017. They announced that Twin Peaks returns Sunday, May 21 with a two-hour premiere event and 18 episodes have been ordered. Six episode series Guerrilla: The Untold Story of Radicals, Romance & Revolution will premiere on Wednesday, April 19. Showtime also picked-up a fourth season of The Affair. Showtime also picked-up two new series: drama The Chi and comedy White Famous.
The return of TGIT - Grey's Anatomy (8:00-9:00 p.m. EST/PST), Scandal (Season six premiere 9:00-10:00 p.m. EST/PST) and How to Get Away with Murder (10:00-11:00 p.m. EST/PST) - has been moved to Thursday, January 26. An ABC News pre-inauguration 20/20 special, America's First Family: The Trumps Go to Washington, will air from 10:00-11:00 p.m. EST/PST on Thursday, January 19, preceded by repeats of Grey's Anatomy and Scandal at 8:00 and 9:00 p.m. EST/PST, respectively. The move was made in order to accommodate the ABC News special and to ensure that TGIT returned with three original episodes. All three were scheduled to return Jan. 19.
Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows
Saturday, June 14
Mind Your Business - "The Golden Gears" (Bounce TV, 8:00PM ET/PT)
Alfonso and Kim get caught up with a multi-level marketing scheme; Lucille becomes a lovesick teenager while dating a man in a motorcycle club.
Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of June 9)
Friday, June 13
- David Spade (Rules of Engagement/8 Simple Rules/Just Shoot Me!) - Watch David on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
- Dakota Johnson (Ben and Kate) - Dakota is a guest on a repeat of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
- Natasha Lyonne (Russian Doll) - Natasha appears on a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
- Whoopi Goldberg (Whoopi/Bagdad Cafe) - Whoopi is a guest on CBS Mornings sometime between 7-9am.
- Jon Hamm (Grimsburg/Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) - Jon stops by the studio to talk Your Friends & Neighbors on Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your local listings.
- Sebastian Maniscalco (Bookie) - NBC's Today catches up with Sebastian sometime between 7-9am.
- Joel McHale (Animal Control/The Great Indoors/Community) - Joel talks about The 1% Club on NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
- Susie Essman (Curb Your Enthusiasm/Broad City/Baby Boom) - Drew is chatting with best friend duo Joy Behar and Susie on a repeat of The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
- Morris Chestnut (Out All Night) - Drew is chatting with Morris about starring in Watson on a repeat of The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
- Luke Kirby (Étoile) - Luke talks about Prime's Étoile on a repeat of Access Daily with Mario & Kit, so check your local listings.
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03/11 - Frasier (2023) - Season Two
04/01 - Abbott Elementary - The Complete Third Season
05/13 - The Drew Carey Show - The Complete Series* (missing 4 episodes and some music has been replaced or altered)
06/06 - Shoresy - Season 2
06/17 - Looney Tunes - Collector's Vault - Volume 1 (Blu-ray)
07/08 - Bewitched - The Complete Series - 60th Anniversary Special Edition (Blu-ray)
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