SitcomsOnline Digest: Paste Magazine's 10 Best Sitcoms of 2018; Jim Parsons Talks About Why He Was Ready to Move On

Saturday, January 05, 2019

SitcomsOnline Digest: Paste Magazine's 10 Best Sitcoms of 2018; Jim Parsons Talks About Why He Was Ready to Move On

Welcome to SitcomsOnline Digest! This is the first week of the new year, and not surprisingly, it's a slow news week. But we're here anyway with the slow trickle of news that we have. Let's get going!

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB

What were the ten best sitcoms of 2018? Paste Magazine has some thoughts. (Paste)
Jim Parsons has revealed why he is ready for The Big Bang Theory to end, though it it is mostly just the typical "time to move on" reasoning. (E! News)
Viacom has put out a somewhat bizarre (as well as skeptical) study that shows that younger viewers actually like seeing on-screen logos during their programming. (Deadline)
If you get your cable from Spectrum, then you currently don't have your local channels from Tribune or WGN. (Deadline)
Bob Einsten, who appeared on Curb Your Enthusiasm, died this week at age 76. (Hollywood Repoter)
Ripley's Believe it or Not will be returning as a rebooted series. (SitcomsOnline)

WEEKLY PLANNER (JANUARY 5 - JANUARY 11)

The big week has come, Brooklyn Nine-Nine returns for a new season on Thursday, except now it's on NBC.
The Golden Globe Awards air tomorrow night on NBC.
The Bachelor returns to ABC on Monday night.
Schooled, the spinoff of The Goldbergs, debuts Wednesday night on ABC.
Friends from College returns for a new season on Friday on Netflix.
Decades is airing Renegade all weekend long.

Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows

Thursday, November 21

Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage - "The 6:10 to Lubbock" (CBS, 10:00PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
Georgie and Mandy get fed up staying with her parents and reconsider their living situation after a fight with Mandy’s mom, Audrey.

Ghosts - "Man of Your Dreams" (CBS, 10:30PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
Sam learns that one of the ghosts’ powers is to enter the dreams of the livings and influence their decisions. Also, two of the ghosts think they’ve learned the secret to moving on.

Complete TV Listings

Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of November 18)

Thursday, November 21

Jim Gaffigan (The Jim Gaffigan Show/My Boys/The Ellen Show/Welcome to New York) - Catch Jim on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Rita Moreno (One Day at a Time/Happily Divorced/9 to 5) - Rita appears on Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
Justine Lupe (Nobody Wants This/Cristela), Jackie Tohn (Nobody Wants This/GLOW) and Timothy Simons (HouseBroken/Veep) - Justine, Jackie and Timothy are guests on After Midnight at 12:37am on CBS.
Kristin Chenoweth (Trial & Error/Kristin) - Kristin appears on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen at 10pm on Bravo.
Maura Tierney (NewsRadio/The Van Dyke Show) - Maura is in the studio to discuss the neww season of Law and Order on Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your listings.
Paul Reiser (Mad About You/Red Oaks/Married/My Two Dads) - Paul is telling Drew about his huge return to comedy after thirty years with his standup special, Life, Death and Rice Pudding, and his new movie The Gutter on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
John O'Hurley (Seinfeld/Over the Top/The Mullets) - John will be on PIX11 Morning News on WPIX in New York at 9:40am.