SitcomsOnline Digest: ABC Pulls The Mayor; Hulu Adds 90s Animated Favorites

Saturday, January 06, 2018

SitcomsOnline Digest: ABC Pulls The Mayor; Hulu Adds 90s Animated Favorites

Welcome to SitcomsOnline Digest! We're just beginning to get back to normal this week and will have even more for you next week with the TCA Winter Press Tour beginning. This week, we're learning about the (unofficial) cancellation of an ABC comedy, the death of a Grace Under Fire star, and it's been a busy week for Netflix and Hulu. Let's get going!

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB

It isn't totally official yet, but it looks like ABC may have impeached (or as they normally say in television, canceled) The Mayor after nine episodes, as it has been pulled from the lineup. (Entertainment Weekly)
Alex Trebek is taking a bit of a break from Jeopardy! tapings due to a health scare, but he'll be back to taping new episodes soon enough that you won't even notice that he was gone. (NPR)
Hoda Kotb is officially the new co-host of NBC's Today. (New York Times)
Jon Paul Steuer, who is known from his role on Star Trek: The Next Generation and to sitcom fans for playing the first Quentin Kelly on Grace Under Fire, died this week at age 33. (Variety)
The 300th episode of Family Guy will air on FOX next weekend, and an extended episode with limited commercials is planned for March. (SitcomsOnline)

HOME MEDIA RELEASES (JANUARY 9)

Girlfriends - The Complete Series (DVD, $55.98): Every episode of this sitcom arrives on DVD in this value priced selection.

WEEKLY PLANNER (JANUARY 6 - JANUARY 12)

You can binge watch some of the biggest animated series of the 90s on Hulu now, as they have added Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, Tiny Toon Adventures, and (we guess just for completion since it was a "jump the shark" merger of two shows) Pinky Elmyra and the Brain.
David Letterman's new talk show, My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman, debuts Friday on Netflix with Barack Obama as his first guest, but instead of being able to binge watch episodes of this one as you can with most Netflix series, we'll instead get one new episode per month.
Even if it was sort of panned by critics and viewers alike, new episodes of the Netflix sitcom Disjointed arrive on Friday.
Alone Together, a new comedy produced by The Lonely Island, debuts Wednesday on Freeform.
Something that we overlooked in the Weekly Planner last week with all of the news about marathons and new schedules was the debut of Grown-ish on Freeform, but luckily in the era of non-linear television, it isn't too late to catch up on those episodes either on demand or on Hulu.
You can catch Get Smart all this weekend on the Weekend Binge on Decades.
Speaking of Decades, their theme for January is Lost TV, and you can catch Love That Bob and Life With Elizabeth every weekday, and in addition, you can find some very rare lost sitcoms on their lineup next week such as Pistols 'n' Petticoats, The Beulah Show, and Accidental Family.
Even though it isn't a "Lost TV" series, the series Lost has a new home on streaming media, on Hulu.

Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows

Monday, October 14

English Teacher - "Birthday" (FX, 10:00PM ET/PT)
Malcolm throws a surprise birthday party for Evan at a gay bar.

Complete TV Listings

Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of October 14)

Monday, October 14

Patton Oswalt (A.P. Bio/The Goldbergs/The King of Queens) - Watch Patton on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Naomi Scott (Life Bites) - Naomi is a guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Sarah Paulson (Leap of Faith) - Sarah appears on a repeat of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
Kathy Bates (Disjointed) - Kathy is a guest The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:35pm on CBS.
Pamela Anderson (Stacked/Home Improvement) - Pamela appears on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:35pm on CBS. She also talks about I Love You: Recipes from the Heart on ABC's Good Morning America some time between 7-9am.
Reba McEntire (Happy's Place/Reba/Malibu Country) and Anna Kendrick (Love Life) - E! News has interviews with Reba and Anna at 11pm on E!.
Tawny Newsome (Space Force, Eugene Cordero (Tacoma FD) and Jerry O'Connell (We Are Men/Do Not Disturb/Carpoolers/My Secret Identity) - Tawny, Eugene and Jerry are guests on After Midnight at 12:37am on CBS.
Henry Winkler (Barry/Arrested Development/Out of Practice/Monty/Happy Days) - Henry talks about Detective Duck: The Case of the Missing Tadpole on CBS Mornings some time between 7-9am. He will also be on Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your listings.
Zoey Deutch (The Suite Life on Deck) - Zoey talks about Our Town on CBS Mornings some time between 7-9am.
Christa Miller (Shrinking/Cougar Town/Scrubs/The Drew Carey Show) - Christa discusses her series Shrinking on Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your listings.
Lea Thompson (Caroline in the City) - Lea talks about her daughters following her footsteps in acting, her new show and reveals which Back to the Future costar she last spoke to on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
Lamorne Morris (Woke/New Girl) - Lamorne is telling Drew about his sensational new movie Saturday Night on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
Melissa McCarthy (God's Favorite Idiot/Nobodies/Mike & Molly/Samantha Who?) and Ben Falcone (God's Favorite Idiot/Nobodies/Joey) - Melissa and Ben are guests on ABC's Good Morning America some time between 7-9am.
Rosie Perez (Human Resources/Search Party) - Rosie chats with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
Erika Alexander (Run the World/Living Single/The Cosby Show) - Erika talks about her legendary career and her Maxine Shaw Effect leadership program on Sherri, so check your local listings.
Connie Britton (SMILF/Lost at Home/The Fighting Fitzgeralds/Spin City) - Connie talks about her film Here After on Access Daily with Mario & Kit, so check your local listings.
Tia Mowry (Family Reunion/The Game/Sister, Sister) - Tia discusses her reality series Tia Mowry: My Next Act on The Talk on CBS at 2pm ET/1pm CT-PT.