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
Tuesday, September 8
Tyler Perry's Assisted Living - "Bedside Man" (BET, 9:00PM ET/PT)
Reginald grows uneasy when a familiar face resurfaces at Pleasant Days, while Vinny's kinky curiosity lands him in trouble with the unpredictable Deja Rey.
The Ms. Pat Show - "Killin' and Dyin'" (BET, 9:30PM ET/PT)
Overwhelmed by work and her kids' squabbling, Pat lands in the hospital and is ordered to rest, but she's determined to make it to a show to impress a big comedian.
Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of September 7)
Tuesday, September 8
- Joey King (Bent) - Catch Joey on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
- Sandra Bullock (Working Girl) - Sandra appears on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC. She also talks about Practical Magic on NBC's Today sometime between 7-9am.
- Molly Shannon (The Hawk/I Love That for You/The Other Two/Divorce/Kath & Kim/Craking Up) - Molly is a guest on a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
- Jake Johnson (Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed/Minx/New Girl) - Jake appears on a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
- Bowen Yang (Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens) - Bowen talks about Broadway's Oh, Mary! on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am.
- Kal Penn (The Santa Clauses/Sunnyside/We Are Men) - Kal chats about Trust Me, I'm a Doctor on Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your local listings.
- Adam Sandler (The Cosby Show) - The Drew Barrymore Show has a little bit extra from Drew's interview with Adam on a repeat of The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
- Cedric The Entertainer (The Neighborhood/The Last O.G./The Soul Man/The Steve Harvey Show) and Anthony Anderson (black-ish/Guys with Kids/All About the Andersons) - Cedric and Anthony take us on a coast-to-coast tasting tour from their new cookbook AC Barbeque: The Husky and Handsome Guide to Grilling on a repeat of Tamron Hall, so check your local listings.
- Jay Pharoah (White Famous/Champaign ILL) - Jay talks about hosting a new season of The Quiz with Balls and releasing new music on a repeat of Tamron Hall, so check your local listings.
- Melissa Peterman (Happy's Place/Young Sheldon/Baby Daddy/Working Class/Reba) - Melissa talks about Happy's Place on Access Daily with Mario & Kit, so check your local listings.
- Alicia Witt (Cybill) - Alicia appears on New York Living on WPIX in New York at 10:35am.
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02/11/26 - Tom and Jerry - The Complete CinemaScope Collection (Blu-ray)
03/24/26 - Looney Tunes Collector's Vault - Volume 2 (Blu-ray)
04/11/26 - Abbott Elementary - The Complete Fourth Season (DVD)
04/21/26 - Famous Studios Champion Collection (Blu-ray) (DVD)
05/19/26 - I Love Lucy - The Complete Series - 75th Anniversary Edition (DVD)
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06/16/26 - Difficult People - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
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07/14/26 - The Office - The Complete Series - Superfan Extended Episodes (Blu-ray)
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07/28/26 - The Paper - Season One (Blu-ray) (DVD)
08/25/26 - Perfect Strangers - The Complete Series (Blu-ray) (DVD)
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