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SitcomsOnline Digest: Tosh.0 Gets Three Season Renewal; New DVDs for Diff'rent Strokes and More

• Comedy Central has given Tosh.0 a three season renewal. (Hollywood Reporter)
• ABC's Thursday night TGIT lineup is preparing for a crossover event next month. (Deadline)
• Once Upon a Time will be coming to an end after the current season is over. (Variety)
• It may have not gotten all of the attention that the other reality music competition series got, but Fox's The Four: Battle for Stardom performed well enough in the ratings to justify a second season, which will air in the summer. (TVLine)
• Character actor Mickey Jones, who appeared in the recurring role of construction worker Pete on Home Improvement (among other series), died this week at age 76. (Variety)
• With NBC airing the Winter Olympics, Jimmy Fallon is being condensed to a five minute segment called The Fallon 5, which will air every weeknight for the next two weeks. (Deadline) 
• A new version of Muppet Babies is coming to Disney Junior.  (SitcomsOnline)

• It took a little over a decade, but finally, Diff'rent Strokes is being completed on DVD, with Diff'rent Strokes - The Complete Final Season, set for a May 29 release.
• On May 8, Police Woman - The Final Season will be released on DVD.
• Perhaps one of the most surprising DVD releases of the year (from the most surprising studio, at that) would be the Designing Women spinoff, Women of the House, as Women of the House - Complete 12 Episode Series was released this week by Questar.

• You can watch Diff'rent Strokes all weekend this weekend on Decades.
• A special marathon of Frasier, remembering John Mahoney, is happening today until 10:00 PM on COZI.
• There won't be any actual deviations from the regular schedule, but Antenna TV will be showing love related episodes of all of their series on Wednesday for Valentine's Day.
• A special edition of 20/20 will air on Thursday at 10:00 PM on ABC that looks back at the series Roseanne and previews the upcoming new series on ABC.

Posted by Skees -- SitcomsOnline.com at 1:30 PM

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