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
Thursday, November 6
Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage - "Dirty Hands and a Barbed-Wire Fence" (CBS, 8:00PM ET/PT)
Georgie and Ruben are forced to get their hands dirty when Fred Fagenbacher (Matthew Letscher) tries to run them out of business. Meanwhile, Mandy grows suspicious of Georgie’s lies.
Ghosts - "Bring Your Daughter to Work Day" (CBS, 8:30PM ET/PT)
Trevor finds a way to spend more time with his newly discovered daughter, Abby (Gideon Adlon), by getting her at job at Jay’s restaurant.
Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of November 3)
Thursday, November 6
- David Duchovny (Californication) - Catch David on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
- Mikey Day (Kath & Kim) - Mikey appears on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
- Sydney Sweeney (Everything Sucks!) - Sydney stops by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:35pm on CBS.
- Tiffany Haddish (The Last O.G./The Carmichael Show) - Tiffany appears on Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC. She also talks about Tiffany Haddish Goes Off on NBC's Today sometime between 7-9am and in the 10am hour.
- Cristin Milioti (The Resort/Made for Love/A to Z/How I Met Your Mother) - Cristin is a guest on Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
- Brittany Snow (Ben and Kate) - Andy Cohen interviews Brittany on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen at 10pm on Bravo. She also talks about Hulu's Murdaugh: Death in The Family on Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your local listings.
- Rainn Wilson (The Office) - Rainn talks about Soul Boom Workbook: Spiritual Tools for Modern Living on CBS Mornings sometime between 7-9am.
- Kermit the Frog (The Muppets) - Kermit the Frog and Rob Lake talk about Rob Lake Magic with Specials Guests: The Muppets on NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
- Tracy Morgan (The Last O.G./30 Rock/The Tracy Morgan Show) - Tracy tells Drew about his new show Crutch on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
- Anna Maria Horsford (B Positive/The Last OG/Reed Between the Lines/The Wayans Bros./Amen) - Anna is a guest on New York Living on WPIX in New York at 10:05am.
- Candace Cameron Bure (Fuller House/Full House) - Candace appears on New York Living on WPIX in New York at 10:15am.
New on DVD and Blu-ray
01/28 - Wait Till Your Father Gets Home - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
02/04 - The Wayans Bros. - The Complete Series
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)
07/22 - Bewitched - The Complete Series - 60th Anniversary Special Edition (Blu-ray)
08/26 - The Huckleberry Hound Show - The Complete Original Series (Blu-ray)
10/07 - Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage - The Complete First Season
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