Monday, August 07, 2017
TCA Summer 2017 Press Tour: ABC; The Karate Kid Stars Reunite for Comedy Series
ABC was up at the TCA Summer 2017 press tour yesterday. There were some renewal news for their game shows, along news on the return of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, which will return in November on Friday nights at 9pm, following the conclusion of Marvel's Inhumans. Panels for new series mostly took center stage, but casts of current series like Once Upon a Time, The Middle, Grey's Anatomy were on hand. ABC announced that it is picking up season three of its hit game show Match Game, with host Alec Baldwin. Additionally, Baldwin's company, El Dorado Pictures, has inked a two-year first-look deal with ABC Studios. Two more of ABC's hit 'Fun & Games' shows, The $100,000 Pyramid and Celebrity Family Feud, have received season three and four greenlights, respectively. Both shows are currently airing on Sunday nights in the summer. No news yet on The Gong Show, but a season two renewal is likely. ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live returns to Brooklyn, New York, for five original shows starting Monday, Oct. 16, 2017 and running through Friday, Oct. 20. The show will tape before a live audience from the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Howard Gilman Opera House. This will be the third time that Kimmel and his show have broadcast from BAM. And finally, ABC and dick clark productions announced that the 2017 American Music Awards, the world's biggest fan-voted award show, will broadcast live on Sunday, Nov. 19 from 8:00-11:00 p.m. EST on ABC.
Epic adversaries return to the dojo in Cobra Kai, an all-new series that reteams Ralph Macchio and William Zabka in their star-making roles from the iconic film franchise, The Karate Kid. The 10-episode, half-hour comedy series, coming to YouTube Red in 2018, reimagines one of Hollywood's most popular tales of rivalry and redemption. Thirty years after the events of the 1984 All Valley Karate Tournament, a down-and-out Johnny Lawrence (Zabka) seeks redemption by reopening the infamous Cobra Kai karate dojo, reigniting his rivalry with a now successful Daniel LaRusso (Macchio), who has been struggling to maintain balance in his life without the guidance of his mentor, Mr. Miyagi. The show is about two men addressing past demons and present frustrations the only way they know how: through karate.
Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows
Thursday, October 8
Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage - "Feminine Wiles and Some Tire Thing in Lubbock" (CBS, 9:00PM ET/PT)
Tensions rise when Mandy and the family side against Georgie in his fight with Mary. Meanwhile, Connor turns to Georgie when he gets himself into trouble.
Eternally Yours - "Bring Your Daughter to Work Day" (CBS, 9:30PM ET/PT)
ETERNALLY YOURS is a family comedy centered around Charles (Ed Weeks) and Liz (Allegra Edwards) – a vampire couple whose once-passionate romance has devolved into a pulseless marriage after 500 years together. Living in present-day Seattle with their oddball coven, they’ve settled into an eternal rut – until their daughter Emma’s (Helen J Shen) earnest human boyfriend, Max (Jaren Lewison), unexpectedly enters their lives and forces them to confront whether their love can survive forever … or if forever is a life sentence. Max finds his world turned upside down after he discovers the truth about Emma’s mysterious family.
Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of October 5)
Thursday, October 8
- Michael Douglas (The Kominsky Method) - Catch Michael on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
- Keri Russell (Running Wilde/Daddy's Girls) - Keri appears on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
- Kyle MacLachlan (Carol's Second Act/Sex and the City) - Kyle is a guest on Comedy Central's The Daily Show at 11pm. He also talks about Fictional Selves: A Memoir with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
- Heather Dubrow (Stark Raving Mad/Jenny/Life with Roger) - Andy Cohen interviews Heather on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen at 1:30am on Bravo.
- Kerry Washington (UnPrisoned) - Kerry talks about Animals on ABC's Good Morning America sometime betweeen 7-9am.
- Allison Janney (Mom/Mr. Sunshine) - Allison discusses The Diplomat on Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your local listings.
- Ed Weeks (Eternally Yours/LA to Vegas/The Mindy Project and Allegra Edwards (Eternally Yours/Upload) - Ed and Allegra talk about Eternally Yours on CBS Mornings sometime between 7-9am.
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