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SitcomsOnline Digest: Chris Rock to Direct and Executive Produce Kenan Thompson NBC Pilot; Carson Daly Moving On From Last Call

• Chris Rock is on board to direct and executive produce the NBC comedy pilot Saving Kenan, starring Kenan Thompson. (Deadline)
• Meanwhile, Kenan Thompson is on board to be executive producer for a revival of the Nickelodeon series All That. (Variety)
• Here is some advice for any president wanting to declare a national emergency: don't do it on a weekday at 11 AM, because CBS can't let viewers miss The Price is Right. (The Hill)
• The second season of Cosmos won't be premiering on Fox in March as planned. (Variety) 
• It's easy to forget that Last Call with Carson Daly even exists, as it is more often than not in reruns and doesn't resemble a talk show in any way whatsoever, but now Carson Daly is stepping down from hosting the show, although the show itself will stick around with a new host (and perhaps a new format?). (Deadline)
• Nasim Pedrad has a comedy pilot where she plays a Persian teenage boy in the works that has been stalled for years, but now it looks as TBS may be ready to make it a reality. (Hollywood Reporter)
• Bounce TV will soon be airing Moesha and The Game. (SitcomsOnline)

• Decades is binging on Diff'rent Strokes this weekend.
• The third season of Ransom debuts tonight on CBS.
• A new season of Survivor begins Wednesday on CBS.
• Bounce will begin airing Moesha and The Game effective Monday.
• The Canadian sitcom Workin' Moms debuts in the US on Friday, on Netflix.

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

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