Monday, September 11, 2017
MeTV Celebrates 50 Years of The Carol Burnett Show; Celebrity Big Brother Coming in Winter 2018
Fifty years ago today (September 11), Carol Burnett broke through the variety comedy glass ceiling to become a superstar with one of the greatest television shows of all time, The Carol Burnett Show. In honor of Ms. Burnett's historic achievement and her ongoing legacy, MeTV presents "Carol Burnett's Golden Anniversary," a special week-long tribute event. Each weeknight beginning tonight (Monday, September 11) through Friday, September 15, MeTV will air an episode featuring a different iconic character or skit that helped define the future of sketch comedy. Episodes will air at 11:00pm ET/PT. The "Carol Burnett's Golden Anniversary" schedule and episode line-up is as follows. All episodes air in their regularly scheduled time periods at 11:00pm ET/PT.
Monday, September 11
My, those draperies look fetching. Carol and the gang parody the classic film Gone with the Wind with Carol playing Scarlet O'Hara in "Went with the Wind."
Tuesday, September 12
Carol's sweet niece visits only to discover she's possessed in this parody of The Exorcist in the recurring sketch "As the Stomach Turns."
Wednesday, September 13
Mr. Tudball (Tim Conway) tries to teach Mrs. Wiggins (Carol Burnett) how to use the intercom.
Thursday, September 14
Eunice, Ed, and Mama play the game "Sorry!" in "In the Family," the sketch that gave birth to the successful spin-off Mama's Family.
Friday, September 15
In "Nora Desmond," Carol plays a washed-up silent film star doing a bug spray commercial.
CBS announced it will broadcast its first celebrity edition of reality hit Big Brother. The special winter edition will feature multiple episodes per week during a concentrated run and include the series' signature Head of Household and Power of Veto competitions and live evictions. Julie Chen will host. CBS All Access, the CBS Television Network's subscription video on demand and live-streaming service, will again share all the action from inside the house with its 24/7 live feed. Also, Pop TV will provide fans the exclusive live television broadcast of Big Brother After Dark, an unfiltered late-night feed from inside the house. Additional details regarding scheduling and casting will be announced at a later date. The celebrity edition of the series is in addition to Big Brother's milestone 20th season that will be broadcast in summer 2018.
Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows
Wednesday, July 16
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia - "Mac and Dennis Become EMTs" (FXX and FX, 9:00PM ET/PT)
After witnessing EMTs resuscitate a Paddy's patron, Mac and Dennis set out to become the pinnacle of masculinity.
Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of July 14)
Wednesday, July 16
- Ronny Chieng (Young Rock/Ronny Chieng: International Student) - Watch Ronny on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
- Owen Wilson (Stick) - Owen takes "The Colbert Questionert" on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:35pm on CBS.
- Timothy Olyphant (Santa Clarita Diet) - Timothy appears on Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
- Emily Ratajkowski (Too Much) - Emily is a guest on Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC. She also talks about Too Much on NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
- Kristen Schaal (What We Do in the Shadows/The Last Man on Earth/Bob's Burgers/Flight of the Conchords) and Flula Borg (Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin) - Kristen and Flula are guests on a repeat of After Midnight at 12:37am on CBS.
- Miley Cyrus (Hannah Montana) - Miley discusses her new documentary Something Beautiful ABC's GMA 3: What You Need to Know at 1pm.
- Freddie Prinze Jr. (Freddie) - Freddie talks about I Know What You Did Last Summer on Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your local listings.
- Valerie Bertinelli (Hot in Cleveland/Café Americain/Sydney/One Day at a Time) - Drew and Valerie are highlighting some extra special adoptable dogs with a local humane society on a repeat of The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
- Emily Osment (Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage/Young Sheldon/Young & Hungry/Hannah Montana) and Montana Jordan (Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage/Young Sheldon) - Emily and Montana are telling Drew about their hilarious Young Sheldon spinoff Georgie and Mandy's First Marriage on a repeat of The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
- Joey Lawrence (Gimme a Break!/Blossom/Brotherly Love/Run of the House/Melissa & Joey), Matthew Lawrence (Gimme a Break!/Drexell's Class/Walter & Emily/Brotherly Love/Boy Meets World) and Andy Lawrence (Tom/Brotherly Love/Oliver Beene) - The Lawrence brothers talk about their Brotherly Love Podcast Live event in Las Vegas on Access Daily with Mario & Kit, so check your local listings.
- Malin Akerman (Dollface/Sin City Saints/Trophy Wife/Childrens Hospital) - Malin is a guest on PIX11 Morning News on WPIX in New York at 9:30am.
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