Monday, August 28, 2017
Pop Wants to Get Physical with Sitcom; Superior Donuts Adds Orange Is the New Black Star
Whether you have Bette Davis eyes or the eye of the tiger, get ready to party all night long (all night) as Pop takes its comedy cue from the '80s with their newest series Let's Get Physical, a modern-day story set in the high-octane world of aerobics. From Pop and Entertainment One (eOne), the series heads into production this September. Paying homage to the decade that introduced America to scrunchies, leg warmers and Footloose, the scripted television comedy stars Matt Jones, Chris Diamantopoulos and AnnaLynne McCord. Let's Get Physical centers on a slacker named Joe who, with every breath he takes, makes a reluctant comeback in the fitness industry after his dad, Colonel Tom Force, a.k.a. "The Godfather of Aerobics," unexpectedly passes away and wills his son the broken-down family gym. In a "Brewster's Millions"-type switch to receive the family fortune and estate, Joe must take on his arch-nemesis, who has become a highly successful fitness entrepreneur. Against all odds, they face off in the ultimate battle of masculinity... The National Aerobics Championships. Might as well jump, right? More news on the series will be coming soon, including a premiere date.
CBS has announced that Diane Guerrero has joined the cast of Superior Donuts as a series regular. She will be introduced in the second season premiere on Monday, Oct. 30 (9:30-10:00 PM, ET/PT). Guerrero will play Sofia, a young Uptown gentrifier who parks her food truck, which serves healthy, socially conscious breakfast foods, in front of Arthur's old-school donut shop. Though Arthur assumes she's an entitled millennial, she's actually a hard-working, enterprising, self-made woman who has poured every penny into her food truck business, which she plans to turn into an empire.
Guerrero is best known for playing Maritza Ramos on the series Orange Is the New Black, for which she has won three Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series, as well as her role as Lina on Jane the Virgin. In 2016 Guerrero released the memoir In the Country We Love: My Family Divided, which recounts her personal story of the real plight of undocumented immigrants in this country.
Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows
Sunday, September 20
Scrubs - "My V.I.P." (ABC, 9:00PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
J.D. and Dr. Park are forced to work together when a member of the hospital board experiences a mysterious health crisis; Turk helps Elliot navigate a newfound romance; the interns practice vulnerability with patients.
Scrubs - "My Best Friend's Barbecue" (ABC, 9:30PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
While J.D. is upset to not be invited to Turk and Carla's annual barbecue, he takes the opportunity to nurture his friendship with Carla at work; Turk teaches the surgical interns how to deliver bad news.
Scrubs - "My Odds" (ABC, 10:00PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
J.D. has finally hit his stride as the new chief of medicine, only to be shaken by an unexpected visit; Elliot grapples with being a good mentor for the interns while still holding them accountable.
Scrubs - "My Celebration" (ABC, 10:30PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
A chaotic day at Sacred Heart forces the doctors and interns to face burnout, life-changing decisions and their relationships with one another.
Universal Basic Guys - "Go Fund Mernft" (Fox, 9:00PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
Mark helps Mernft Man build the house of his dreams; Tammy's fundraising campaign reveals a surprising side of Mernft.
Grimsburg - "Blue Light District" (Fox, 9:30PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
Roles get reversed in Flute and Summers' partnership after male sex workers start turning up dead.
Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of September 14)
Friday, September 18
- Sandra Bullock (Working Girl) - Watch Sandra on a repeat of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
- Stavros Halkias (Tires) - Stavros appears on a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
- Matthew McConaughey (Brothers) and Woody Harrelson and (Brothers/Cheers) - Matthew and Woody talk about Brothers on NBC's Today sometime between 7-9am and in the 9am hour.
- Jane Krakowski (Schmigadoon!/Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt/30 Rock) - Jane talks about Celebrity Name That Tune on NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
- Lili Reinhart (Surviving Jack) - Lili and and Tom Bateman talk about The Love Hypothesis on NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
- Martin Short (Only Murders in the Building/Mulaney/I'm a Big Girl Now/The Associates) - Martin talks about You Had to Be There on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am.
New on DVD and Blu-ray
01/20/26 - The Woody Woodpecker and Friends Golden Age Collection (Blu-ray)
01/27/26 - The New Fred and Barney Show - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
02/11/26 - Tom and Jerry - The Complete CinemaScope Collection (Blu-ray)
03/24/26 - Looney Tunes Collector's Vault - Volume 2 (Blu-ray)
04/11/26 - Abbott Elementary - The Complete Fourth Season (DVD)
04/21/26 - Famous Studios Champion Collection (Blu-ray) (DVD)
05/19/26 - I Love Lucy - The Complete Series - 75th Anniversary Edition (DVD)
05/19/26 - Looney Tunes Cartoons - The Complete Series (Blu-ray) (DVD)
06/16/26 - Difficult People - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
06/30/26 - Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
07/14/26 - The Office - The Complete Series - Superfan Extended Episodes (Blu-ray)
07/28/26 - The Bill Dana Show - The Complete Series (DVD)
07/28/26 - I Love Lucy - The Complete Series - 75th Anniversary Edition (Blu-ray)
07/28/26 - The Paper - Season One (Blu-ray) (DVD)
08/25/26 - Perfect Strangers - The Complete Series (Blu-ray) (DVD)
09/08/26 - Looney Tunes Collector's Vault - Volume 3 (Blu-ray)
09/22/26 - Bridget Loves Bernie - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
10/20/26 - The Quick Draw McGraw Show - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
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