SitcomsOnline Digest: Dax Shepard Cast in Recurring Role on The Ranch; Jake McDorman Joins Murphy Brown Revival

Saturday, March 17, 2018

SitcomsOnline Digest: Dax Shepard Cast in Recurring Role on The Ranch; Jake McDorman Joins Murphy Brown Revival

Welcome to SitcomsOnline Digest! This week, we're hearing casting news about The Ranch and the Murphy Brown revival. We're also hearing that the One Day at a Time reboot on Netflix may be on the verge of cancellation. And of course, there are always reboots and revivals in the work, and we're hearing of yet another new one this week. Let's get going!

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB

With Danny Masterson fired from the Netflix sitcom The Ranch, Dax Shepard has been cast in a recurring role to fill in, at least for the time being. (Entertainment Weekly)
Jake McDorman has been cast as the title character's son Avery in the Murphy Brown revival. (Deadline)
The Netflix reboot of One Day at a Time is on the verge of cancellation, and it seems that a lot of people aren't happy about that. (Vulture)
Beverly Hills, 90210 will never go away, and now, a revival with Tori Spelling and Jennie Garth is up for consideration. (Hollywood Reporter)
At the same time students walked out of class on Wednesday, every Viacom cable network also went dark for 17 minutes in solidarity, a somewhat surprising move for cable networks such as CMT. (Vox)
Get ready to open more suitcases, as CNBC is bringing in new episodes of Deal or No Deal with Howie Mandel returning as host. (Hollywood Reporter)
Not to be outdone by other religions, the Church of Scientology has launched a new 24 hour network, although you won't find it on your standard TV lineup unless you have DirecTV. (Deadline)
ABC has renewed all of their "core" reality series. (SitcomsOnline)

HOME MEDIA RELEASES (MARCH 20)

Lou Grant - The Final (Fifth) Season (DVD, $29.99): The final season of the spinoff of The Mary Tyler Moore Show arrives in this release.

WEEKLY PLANNER (MARCH 17 - MARCH 23)

Bill Hader makes a return to Saturday Night Live tonight as host, with musical guest Arcade Fire.
On Decades, you can catch a marathon of Our Miss Brooks all weekend long.
Fox hasn't aired new episodes of any of their Sunday night animated series in over two months, but they'll all be new again on Sunday, in addition to a new episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine as it moves to Sunday nights.
Netflix debuts a new teen oriented comedy, Alexa and Katie, on Friday.

Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows

Tuesday, December 9

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Complete TV Listings

Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of December 8)

Tuesday, December 9

Regina Hall (Black Monday/Grandfathered/Married/Second Generation Wayans) - Catch Regina on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Lily Collins (Emily in Paris) - Lily appears on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
Laura Dern (F Is for Family/Enlightened) - Laura is a guest on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:35pm on CBS. She also talks about Is This Thing On? on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am.
Amy Sedaris (No Activity/Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt/Strangers with Candy) - Amy appears on Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
Tony Rock (Living Biblically/Mann & Wife/All of Us) - Tony is a guest on Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen at 12:37am on CBS.
Matt Rogers (No Good Deed/I Love That for You) - Andy Cohen interviews Matt on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen at 10pm on Bravo. He also talks about Christmas in December on ABC News Live Prime with Linsey Davis at 7pm.
Ronny Chieng (Young Rock/Ronny Chieng: International Student) - Ronny hosts Comedy Central's The Daily Show at 11pm.
Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu (Emily in Paris) - Philippine and Emily in Paris creator and executive producer Darren Star are guests on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am and on ABC's GMA 3: What You Need to Know at 1pm.
Mila Kunis (Family Guy/That '70s Show) - Mila stops by for a chat about Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery on Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your local listings.
Taran Killam (Stumble/Single Parents) - Taran talks about ABC's High Potential on Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your local listings.
Mark Hamill (The Texas Wheelers) and Tom Kenny (SpongeBob SquarePants) - Mark and Tom talk about The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants on CBS Mornings sometime between 7-9am.
Kerry Washington (UnPrisoned) - Kery talks about Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery on NBC's Today sometime between 7-9am.
Toni Collette (United States of Tara) - Toni talks about Goodbye June on NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
Zachary Levi (Less Than Perfect/Telenovela) - Zachary tells Sherri about his new film Not Without Hope on Sherri, so check your local listings.
Minnie Driver (Emily in Paris/Speechless/About a Boy) - Minnie plays behind-the-scenes and shares moments from her biggest projects like Good Will Hunting. Plus, she tells Drew about joining the cast of Emily in Paris on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
Valerie Bertinelli (Hot in Cleveland/One Day at a Time) - Valerie, Amirah Kassem, Mikel Welch are facing off against Drew in the annual quirky Christmas tree competition on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
Marlo Thomas (That Girl) - Marlo tells Drew about her amazing work with St. Jude's Children's Hospital on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.