Saturday, October 14, 2017
SitcomsOnline Digest: Television Academy Hall of Fame Inductees Announced; Roswell Ready for Reboot
HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB
- New inductees for the Television Academy Hall of Fame have been announced, and they include Shonda Rhimes as well as the original cast of Saturday Night Live. (Hollywood Reporter)
- NBC has canceled The Night Shift, after four seasons and 5 episodes. (Variety)
- It has been a decade since The WB and UPN merged to become The CW, and now it seems they may be having their first reboot baby, as Roswell (which originally aired on The WB before being canceled and moving to UPN) is being considered for a reboot on The CW. (Variety)
- It didn't go unnoticed a few years ago when allegations against Bill Cosby were first revealed that 30 Rock had a scene a few years earlier that made those allegations in their fictional universe, and now, it seems the same series predicted the current events involving Harvey Weinstein on two separate occasions. (US Weekly)
- Futurama (which was recently announced as heading to Syfy) is headed to Hulu on Monday. (SitcomsOnline)
TUESDAY (OCTOBER 17) HOME MEDIA RELEASES

- Crazy Ex-Girlfriend - The Complete Second Season (DVD, $29.99): The CW series continues on DVD with this Warner Archive release.
- The Good Place - The Complete First Season (DVD, $19.97): The first season of the current NBC series arrives on DVD in this set from Shout! Factory.
- Green Acres - The Complete Series (DVD, $139.99): It seemed to be abandoned for a long time, but finally, the last three seasons of the classic sitcom arrive on DVD in this release.
- Rhoda - The Final Season (DVD, $22.97): Yet another series that took a long time to finish on DVD, the final season of this classic arrives in this release from Shout! Factory.
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Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows
Tuesday, June 10
none scheduled
Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of June 9)
Tuesday, June 10
- Will Arnett (Murderville/Arrested Development/Flaked/The Millers/Up All Night/Running Wilde), Jason Bateman (Arrested Development/George and Leo/Chicago Sons/Simon/The Hogan Family/It's Your Move/Silver Spoons) and Sean Hayes (Will & Grace/The Millers/Sean Saves the World) - Catch Will, Jason and Sean on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
- Yakov Smirnoff (What a Country!/Night Court) - Yakov appears on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
- Affion Crockett (First Wives Club) and Milana Vayntrub (Other Space) - Affion and Milana are guests on After Midnight at 12:37am on CBS.
- Bryan Cranston (Malcolm in the Middle/The Louie Show) - Bryan is a guest on Comedy Central's The Daily Show at 11pm. He also talks about Everything Is Going to Be Great on NBC's Today sometime between 7-9am.
- George Takei (Supah Ninjas) - George talks about his new graphic novel It Rhymes With Takei on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am and on ABC's GMA 3: What You Need to Know at 1pm.
- Jenny Slate (The Great North/Big Mouth/Married/Bob's Burgers) - Jenny stops by to talk FX's Dying for Sex on Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your local listings.
- Nick Kroll (Big Mouth/The League/Cavemen) and Andrew Rannells (Girls/The New Normal) - Nick and Andrew talk about I Don’t Understand You on NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
- Keke Palmer (Scream Queens/True Jackson, VP) - Keke is telling Drew all about her new book, Master of Me, on a repeat of The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
- Jim Jeffries (Legit) - Jim talks about Fox's The Snake on Access Daily with Mario & Kit, so check your local listings.
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