Monday, September 24, 2018

Netflix Gets 2 More Comedies; YouTube Orders Wayne, a New Comedy

AJ and the Queen

Josh Segarra, Michael-Leon Wooley, Katerina Tannenbaum, and Tia Carrere join the cast of AJ and the Queen, the upcoming Netflix comedy series starring Emmy Award-winning RuPaul Charles. The series is written by Michael Patrick King (Sex and the City) and RuPaul Charles who will both serve as executive producers. Josh Segarra will play Hector. Michael-Leon Wooley will play Louis. Katerina Tannenbaum will play Brianna. Tia Carrere will play Lady Danger. In the comedy, RuPaul stars as Ruby Red, a bigger-than-life but down-on-her-luck drag queen who travels across America from club to club in a rundown 1990's R/V with her unlikely sidekick AJ, a recently orphaned, tough-talking, scrappy 11-year-old stowaway. As these two misfits, one tall, one small, travel from city to city, Ruby's message of love and acceptance winds up touching people and changing their lives for the better. Oh, and RuPaul performs a killer musical number in every drag club.

No Good Nick

Meanwhile, Melissa Joan Hart (Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Melissa & Joey) & Sean Astin (The Lord of the Rings trilogy) will star in the multi-camera series No Good Nick, a new live action comedy series revolving around a family that welcomes a thirteen-year-old into their family before realizing she is a street-smart con artist with a secret agenda. Netflix has ordered 20 half-hour episodes. Siena Agudong (Star Falls) as the title character, Kalama Epstein (The Fosters) and Lauren Lindsey Donzis (Liv and Maddie) also star.


From YouTube Originals comes the first teaser trailer for the highly-anticipated action comedy series, Wayne, which held its world premiere at Tribeca TV Festival yesterday (Sunday, September 23). The series will launch on YouTube Premium in January 2019. In this gritty and sometimes bloody tale, fifteen year-old Wayne sets out on a dirt bike with his new crush Del to take back the 1978 Pontiac Trans Am that was stolen from his father before he died. It is Wayne and Del against the world. Wayne will star Mark McKenna (Sing Street, Kat and Alfie: Redwater) as "Wayne" and Ciara Bravo (Big Time Rush, Red Band Society) as "Del." Joshua J. Williams (Mudbound) will also recur as "Orlando". The 10 episode series is written and created by Shawn Simmons.


Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows

Monday, December 29

The Neighborhood - "Welcome to the New Normals" (CBS, 8:00PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
The Johnsons and Butlers face big changes and unexpected challenges as Tina discovers a new passion, Malcolm navigates work and family boundaries and Courtney takes a major step with Marty. Meanwhile, Dave’s tech experiment backfires and Gemma’s parenting plan goes awry.

DMV - "Easy Pass" (CBS, 8:30PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
Colette is tasked with giving Noa his driving test and Ceci helps Barb get camera-ready for her new manager portrait.

Complete TV Listings


Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of December 29)

Monday, December 29

  • Robby Hoffman (Hacks) - Watch Robby on a repeat of Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
  • Reba McEntire (Happy's Place/Malibu Country/Reba) - Reba appears on a repeat of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
  • Ted Danson (A Man on the Inside/Mr. Mayor/The Good Place/Bored to Death/Help Me Help You/Becker/Ink/Cheers) - Ted is a guest on a repeat of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:35pm on CBS.
  • Jesse Plemons (No Activity/Bent) - Jesse appears on a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
  • Steve Byrne (Sullivan & Son) - Steve is a guest on a repeat of Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen at 12:37am on CBS.
  • Connie Britton (SMILF/Lost at Home/The Fighting Fitzgeralds/Spin City) - Connie tells Sherri about starring in The Family McMullen, the sequel to The Brothers McMullen, on a repeat of Sherri, so check your local listings.
  • Ashley Park (Emily in Paris/Only Murders in the Building/Girls5eva/Nightcap) - Ashley talks about the highly-anticipated fifth season of Emily in Paris on Netflix on a repeat of Sherri, so check your local listings.
  • Emeril Lagasse (Emeril) - Sunny Anderson gets a big surprise from Drew – cooking with the legendary Emeril Lagasse on a repeat of The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
  • Jennifer Aniston (Friends/Muddling Through/Ferris Bueller/Molloy) - Drew is chatting with Jennifer about the new season of The Morning Show, her kids cookbook, Cook with Clydeo, and her haircare line on a repeat of The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
  • Patti LaBelle (Out All Night) - Patti cooks on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am and on ABC's GMA 3: What You Need to Know at 1pm.
  • Hugh Jackman (Human Resources) and Kate Hudson (Running Point) - Hugh and Kate talk about Song Sung Blue on a repeat of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.


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10/14 - Curb Your Enthusiasm - The Complete Series (Blu-ray) (DVD)
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11/11 - SpongeBob SquarePants - The Complete Fifteenth Season (DVD)
11/11 - Two and a Half Men - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
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