Thursday, October 05, 2017
CBS All Access Sets Comedy Premiere Date; Showtime Picks Up BBC Comedy Thriller
CBS All Access, the CBS Television Network's digital subscription video on demand and live streaming service, announced its first original comedy series, No Activity, will premiere on Sunday, November 12, the same night as the chapter one conclusion of Star Trek: Discovery. New episodes of No Activity will be available weekly on Sundays exclusively for CBS All Access subscribers No Activity, a comedy series from executive producers Will Ferrell, Adam McKay and Funny Or Die, marks CBS All Access' first original comedy. In what should be a high stakes sting operation, No Activity celebrates the mundane. Set against the world of a major drug cartel bust, the series follows two low-level cops who have spent far too much time in a car together; two criminals who are largely kept in the dark; two dispatch workers who haven't really clicked; and two Mexican tunnelers who are in way too small a space considering they've only just met.
The cast of No Activity includes co-creator Patrick Brammall and Tim Meadows along with guest stars Mark Berry, Arturo Castro, Mackenzie Davis, Bridget Everett, Will Ferrell, Darren Gilshenan, Travis Guba, Jake Johnson, Sunita Mani, Jason Mantzoukas, Adrian Martinez, Jesse Plemons, Fred Pohl, Alex Rodriguez, Amy Sedaris, J.K. Simmons, Courtenay Taylor, Michaela Watkins and Daniel Zolghadri.
SHOWTIME has acquired the BBC series Ill Behaviour, a six-part comedy thriller about the boundaries of friendship and the lengths taken to preserve it. Starring Chris Geere (You're the Worst), Lizzy Caplan (Showtime's Masters of Sex) and Tom Riley (DaVinci's Demons), Ill Behaviour focuses on Joel (Geere) who uses any methods, conventional or otherwise, to save Charlie (Riley) when Charlie announces that he is abandoning chemotherapy treatment for his cancer. Written by Sam Bain (Peep Show) and directed by Steve Bendelack (Friday Night Dinner), Ill Behaviour makes its SHOWTIME debut on Monday, November 13 at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT. Ill Behaviour is produced by Fudge Park Productions.
In Ill Behaviour, the recently divorced Joel moves in with best friend Charlie, who sets him up on a date with Nadia (Caplan), a doctor who also happens to be a raging alcoholic. Their connection is complicated by the newest revelation about Charlie's condition, sending the trio and mutual friend Tess (Jessica Regan, Doctors) down a reckless path. Tempers flare, temperatures rise, copious amounts of alcohol are consumed, cross-bows are brandished, friends turn into enemies, enemies turn into lovers and life-long relationships bend, stretch - and shatter.
Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows
Sunday, November 8
Animal Control - "Baked Chickens and Rat Dogs" (Fox, 8:00PM ET/PT)
Emily and Shred host their first party as a couple.
The Simpsons - "The Kosmic Kruiser" (Fox, 8:30PM ET/PT)
Bart and Lisa break into Krustyland's most notorious failed attraction, only to discover that it hasn't been completely abandoned.
Universal Basic Guys - "Princess Tammy" (Fox, 9:00PM ET/PT)
The Hoagies take a trip to Story World; Mark engineers a way to pay for the trip.
Grimsburg - "Flutey Friday" (Fox, 9:30PM ET/PT)
Flute and Stan switch bodies for a day.
Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of November 2)
Friday, November 6
- Sarah Paulson (Leap of Faith) - Watch Sarah on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
- Jeff Hiller (Somebody Somewhere/Nightcap) - Jeff appears on Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
- Maz Jobrani (Superior Donuts/The Knights of Prosperity/Better Off Ted) - Maz is a guest on a repeat of Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen at 11:35pm on CBS.
- Natasha Leggero (Broke/Dice/Another Period/Free Agents) and Tommy Davidson (The Varnell Hill Show/The Proud Family/Malcolm & Eddie/Between Brothers) - Natasha and Tommy will be on Funny You Should Ask at 12:37am on CBS.
- Mindy Kaling (Running Point/The Mindy Project/The Office) - ABC's Good Morning America has Deals & Steals with actress Mindy and ABC e-commerce editor Tory Johnson sometime between 7-9am.
- Bill Hader (Barry) - Bill talks about The Cat in the Hat with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
- Henry Winkler (Barry/Arrested Development/Out of Practice/Monty/Happy Days) - Henry discusses how therapy has changed his life, the two words he lives by and his new children's book, Detective Duck: The Mystery of the Flash Flood, on Tamron Hall, so check your local listings. He also drops by to surprise Drew and talk about the fourth installment of his children's book series, Detective Duck: The Mystery of the Flash Flood, on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
- Hailee Steinfeld (Dickinson) - Hailee talks about Disney's Hexed on Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your local listings.
- Rob Riggle (Rob Riggle's Ski Master Academy/Golan the Insatiable/Gary Unmarried) - NBC's Today catches up with Rob in the 9am hour.
- Valerie Bertinelli (Hot in Cleveland/Cafe Americain/Sydney/One Day at a Time) - Nora Singley is joining Pilar Valdes and Valerie for some cooking with Drew and Ross at the tasting table on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
- Andy Richter (Andy Barker, P.I./Quintuplets/Andy Richter Controls the Universe) - Andy can be heard on the Morning Mashup on SiriusXM.
New on DVD and Blu-ray
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)
09/29/26 - Happy's Place - Season Two (Blu-ray) (DVD)
10/20/26 - Abbott Elementary - The Complete Fifth Season (DVD)
10/20/26 - The Brady Bunch - The Complete Original Series (2026 Release) (DVD)
10/20/26 - The Quick Draw McGraw Show - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
10/20/26 - Shrinking - The Complete First and Second Seasons (DVD)
10/20/26 - South Park - The Complete Twenty-Seventh and Twenty-Eighth Seasons (DVD)
11/03/26 - Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage - The Complete Second Season (DVD)
11/03/26 - Rick and Morty - The Complete Ninth Season (Blu-ray) (DVD)
11/03/26 - SpongeBob SquarePants - The Complete Sixteenth Season (DVD)
11/03/26 - Superstore - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
11/24/26 - The Yogi Bear Show - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
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