Monday, September 24, 2018
Netflix Gets 2 More Comedies; YouTube Orders Wayne, a New Comedy
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.
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
Wednesday, December 10
Shifting Gears - "Nutcracker" (ABC, 8:00PM ET/PT)
This holiday season, the Parkers discover that romance isn’t always a smooth ride as Matt and Eve are on thin ice, Gabe enlists Riley to help Amelie impress his mom, and Carter seeks help with his “promposal.” Pamela Adlon guest stars.
Abbott Elementary - "Birthday" (ABC, 8:30PM ET/PT)
Jacob takes the lead on organizing Abbott’s annual Winter Show. Janine celebrates her 30th birthday.
Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of December 8)
Wednesday, December 10
- Kate Hudson (Running Point) - Watch Kate on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
- John Stamos (Palm Royale/UnPrisoned/Fuller House/Grandfathered/Jake in Progress/Full House/You, Again?) - John appears on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
- Lily Collins (Emily in Paris) - Lily talks about Emily in Paris on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am.
- Toni Collette (United States of Tara) - Toni chats about Goodbye June with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
- Laura Dern (F Is for Family/Enlightened) - Laura talks about Searchlight Pictures' Is This Thing On? on Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your local listings.
- Jim Belushi (According to Jim/Working Stiffs/Who's Watching the Kids?) - NBC's Today catches up with Jim in the 9am hour.
- Brooke Shields (Suddenly Susan) - Brooke co-hosts NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
- Robby Hoffman (Hacks) - NBC's Today catches up with Robby in the 10am hour.
New on DVD and Blu-ray
01/28 - Wait Till Your Father Gets Home - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
02/04 - The Wayans Bros. - The Complete Series (DVD)
03/11 - Frasier (2023) - Season Two (DVD)
04/01 - Abbott Elementary - The Complete Third Season (DVD)
05/13 - The Drew Carey Show - The Complete Series* (missing 4 episodes and some music has been replaced or altered)
06/06 - Shoresy - Season 2 (DVD)
06/17 - Looney Tunes - Collector's Vault - Volume 1 (Blu-ray)
07/22 - Bewitched - The Complete Series - 60th Anniversary Special Edition (Blu-ray)
08/26 - The Huckleberry Hound Show - The Complete Original Series (Blu-ray)
10/07 - Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage - The Complete First Season (DVD)
10/14 - Curb Your Enthusiasm - The Complete Series (Blu-ray) (DVD)
10/28 - St. Denis Medical - Season One (Blu-ray) (DVD)
11/04 - Happy's Place - Season One (Blu-ray) (DVD)
11/11 - Rick and Morty - Season 8 (Blu-ray) (DVD)
11/11 - SpongeBob SquarePants - The Complete Fifteenth Season (DVD)
11/11 - Two and a Half Men - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
12/02 - Tom and Jerry - The Golden Era Anthology (1940-1958) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
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