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SitcomsOnline Digest: Netflix Pays $100 Million for Another Year of Friends; Reboots of Night Gallery and New York Undercover

• Netflix has paid $100 million to renew their streaming rights to Friends, and it's only a one year renewal, presumably because Warner is starting their own streaming service and will include the series on that service. (Digital Trends) 
• Another reboot is being considered at Syfy, and this time, it is Night Gallery. (Deadline)
• Why stop with Night Gallery? New York Undercover is being looked at as a reboot for ABC. (Deadline)
• Kevin Hart was announced as the host of the Oscars this week, but that was short-lived and now he will not be hosting the Oscars. (Hollywood Reporter)
• Meanwhile, the Golden Globes ceremony has gone with a safer choice for co-hosts, with Sandra Oh and Andy Samberg. (Variety)
• Carrie Ann Inaba will be replacing Julie Chen on The Talk. (People)
• COZI will begin airing The Office on January 1. (SitcomsOnline)

• The Orville - The Complete First Season (DVD, $29.98): The first season of the Fox series arrives on DVD in this release.

• CBS has Christmas classics Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman tonight.
• On Decades this weekend, it is a full weekend of Love, American Style.
• ABC has Christmas themed episodes of most (though not all) of their sitcoms on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday nights.
• Fox has Christmas episodes of The Simpsons and Bob's Burgers on Sunday.
• Fuller House returns for a new season on Friday on Netflix.

Posted by Skees -- SitcomsOnline.com at 1:00 PM

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