Tuesday, February 19, 2019
Netflix Renews Alexa & Katie for Third Season; CW Seed Adds Alcatraz and Time After Time
Netflix has renewed multi-cam sitcom Alexa & Katie for a third season of 16 episodes. The series, which was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program in 2018, follows two lifelong best friends on their journey as they face not only the challenges of high school but also the lingering complexities of Alexa's battle with cancer. Season 3 will follow Paris Berelc (Alexa) and Isabel May (Katie) through their junior and senior years of high school as they learn that together, they can get through anything. Tiffani Thiessen, Eddie Shin, Jolie Jenkins, Emery Kelly, Finn Carr and Jack Griffo will return. Series creator Heather Wordham will continue as executive producer. The third season of Alexa & Katie will launch in two parts featuring eight episodes each.
Now available on CW Seed are short lived series Alcatraz and Time After Time (including 7 never-before-seen episodes). Alcatraz is set in 1963, the Alcatraz prison, the infamous maximum security prison located off the coast of the city of San Francisco, closes its doors. Or did the prisoners and guards mysteriously disappear? In 2012, they have all resurfaced – and a top secret agency is tasked with finding them before it's too late. From Producer JJ Abrams, Alcatraz stars Sam Neill (Jurassic Park, Peaky Blinders, The Piano), Jorge Garcia (Lost), Sarah Jones (The Path), Parminder Nagra (God Friended Me, The Blacklist, ER), and Jonny Coyne (The Blacklist, Mom).
In Time After Time, young HG Wells (Freddie Stroma) creates his famous time machine and jumps to the future, seeking to capture Jack the Ripper (Josh Bowman). Created by Kevin Williamson (The Vampire Diaries), Time After Time stars Freddie Stroma (Unreal) and Josh Bowman (Revenge). Features seven never-before-seen episodes!
Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows
Friday, May 9
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Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of May 5)
Friday, May 9
- Paul Rudd (The Shrink Next Door/Living with Yourself/Wild Oats) - Watch Paul on a repeat of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
- Matt Bomer (Mid-Century Modern) - Matt appears on a repeat of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
- Asif Ali (Deli Boys) and Saagar Shaikh (Deli Boys) - Asif and Saagar are guests on a repeat of After Midnight at 12:37am on CBS.
- Busy Philipps (Girls5eva/Vice Principals/Cougar Town/Love, Inc.) - Busy chats with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
- Christine Baranski (The Big Bang Theory/Happy Family/Welcome to New York/Cybill) - Christine talks about Nine Perfect Strangers on CBS Mornings sometime between 7-9am.
- Holly Robinson Peete (Hangin' with Mr. Cooper/For Your Love/Like Family/Love, Inc.) - Holly swings by for a chat about her new film Hats Off to Love on Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your local listings.
- Sarah Michelle Gellar (The Crazy Ones) and Alyson Hannigan (How I Met Your Mother/Free Spirit) - NBC's Today catches up with Sarah and Alyson in the 9am hour.
- Brooke Shields (Suddenly Susan) - In this a little bit extra episode Drew shares more of her conversation with Brooke at the news desk on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
- Rebel Wilson (Super Fun Night) - Rebel joins Sherri to talk about starring in the new film Juliet & Romeo, so check your local listings.
- Terri J. Vaughn (She the People/Mann & Wife/Meet the Browns/All of Us/The Steve Harvey Show) - Terri talks about starring in the new Netflix series She the People on Sherri, so check your local listings.
- Julia Sweeney (Shrill/Work in Progress/Maybe It's Me/George and Leo) and Marsha Mason (Grace and Frankie/The Middle/Sibs) - Julia and Marsha talk about My First Ex-Husband on PIX11 Morinng News on WPIX in New York at 9:40am.
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04/01 - Abbott Elementary - The Complete Third Season
05/13 - The Drew Carey Show - The Complete Series* (missing 4 episodes and some music has been replaced or altered)
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