TCA 2017 Winter Press Tour: CBS and Showtime; ABC Moves TGIT Return to Jan. 26

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.

TGIT

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

Friday, February 20

Stumble - "Finals Week" (NBC, 10:30PM ET/PT)
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Complete TV Listings

Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of February 16)

Friday, February 20

Nick Kroll (Big Mouth/The League/Cavemen) - Watch Nick on a repeat of Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Laura Benanti (Life & Beth/Younger/The Detour/Go On/Starved) - Laura makes a special appearance on a repeat of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:35pm on CBS.
Hilary Duff (How I Met Your Father/Younger/Lizzie McGuire) - Hilary appears on CBS Mornings sometime between 7-9am.
Jennifer Garner (Party Down/Camping) - Jennifer chats with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
Marilu Henner (Taxi/Evening Shade) - Marilu tells Sherri about her guest-starring role on The Neighborhood on Sherri, so check your local listings.
Dove Cameron (Schmigadoon!/Liv and Maddie) and Avan Jogia (Victorious) - Dove and Avan talk about their Prime Video series 56 Days on Sherri, so check your local listings.
Paul Rudd (The Shrink Next Door/Living with Yourself/Wild Oats) - Paul and Jack Black are telling Drew all about their hilarious adaptation of Anaconda on a repeat of The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
Odessa A'zion (I Love LA/Fam) - Odessa tells Drew about her role in new movie Marty Supreme and hit series I Love LA on a repeat of The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
Demi Lovato (Sonny with a Chance) - Demi talks about her It's Not That Deep tour on Access Daily with Mario & Kit, so check your local listings.