SitcomsOnline Digest: Fox Ready to Reboot Beverly Hills, 90210; Tubi Announces Acquisition of Series from NBCUniversal Library

Saturday, March 02, 2019

SitcomsOnline Digest: Fox Ready to Reboot Beverly Hills, 90210; Tubi Announces Acquisition of Series from NBCUniversal Library

Welcome to SitcomsOnline Digest! It has sadly been a week of sitcom actor deaths, but we promise that not everything that we have this week is bad news. We do have some news of a reboot of Beverly Hills, 90210 as well as news of some new acquisitions of classic series by the free TV streaming service Tubi. Let's get going!

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB

It's official, Fox is bringing back Beverly Hills, 90210, with many members of the original cast. (Variety)
Tubi, a free streaming service, has announced some acquisitions from NBCUniversal that will soon be added to the service, including Punky Brewster, The A-Team, the original Magnum PI, and more. (Multichannel)
Actress Katherine Helmond, known for her roles of Jessica Tate on Soap, Mona Robinson on Who's the Boss?, and also had recurring roles on Coach and Everybody Loves Raymond, has died at age 89. (Deadline)
Actor Nathaniel Taylor, known for his role of Rollo on Sanford & Son, has died at age 60. (Variety)
As if those two deaths aren't enough, Beverley Owen, who played the original Marilyn Munster in the first 13 episodes The Munsters, has also died at age 81. (USA Today)
The CW reboot of Dynasty is now losing its Alexis, as Nicolette Sheridan announced she is leaving the series. (Deadline)
It's hard to believe, but The Masked Singer has been a huge hit for Fox for some reason. (Variety)
Brooklyn Nine-Nine has been renewed for second season on NBC (and seventh season overall). (SitcomsOnline)

HOME MEDIA RELEASES (MARCH 5)

Hangin' with Mr. Cooper - The Complete Second Season (DVD, $29.99): Warner Archive continues with releases of this TGIF favorite on DVD.

WEEKLY PLANNER (MARCH 1 - MARCH 8)

Decades is airing Police Woman all this weekend.
Good Girls returns for a second season Sunday night on NBC.
NBC has the season premiere of A.P. Bio on Thursday.
After airing a tribute to Peter Tork with two episodes of The Monkees last Sunday at 5 PM, the series will now remain on the MeTV lineup in that timeslot.

Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows

Thursday, December 5

Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage - "A Regular Samaritan" (CBS, 8:00PM ET/PT)
Georgie joins a church to sell tires to the congregation and Mandy worries there is more to it than that.

Ghosts - "The Primary Source" (CBS, 8:30PM ET/PT)
When Sam’s book publisher requires source material for her biography on Isaac, she and Jay take a field trip to find a diary he claims he hid when he was alive.

Complete TV Listings

Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of December 2)

Thursday, December 5

Billy Eichner (Friends from College/Difficult People/Parks and Recreation) - Catch Billy on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Dick Van Dyke (The Dick Van Dyke Show/The New Dick Van Dyke Show/The Van Dyke Show) - Dick is a guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Molly Shannon (I Love That for You/The Other Two/Divorce/Kath & Kim/Craking Up) - Molly appears on a repeat ofLate Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
Carmen Christopher (English Teacher) - Carmen is a guest on After Midnight at 12:37am on CBS.
Ronny Chieng (Young Rock/Ronny Chieng: International Student) - Ronny hosts Comedy Central's The Daily Show at 11pm.
Fortune Feimster (Kenan/Bless the Harts/Champions) - Fortune stops by Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen at 11:30pm on Bravo.
Mikey Madison (Better Things) - Mikey talks about Anora on CBS Mornings sometime between 7-9am.
Margo Martindale (The Sticky/The Millers) - NBC's Today catches up with Margo in the 9am hour.
Stephanie Hsu (Laid) - Stephanie talks about Laid on NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
Ariana Grande (Sam & Cat/Victorious) - Ariana is joining Drew to chat all about her role in the iconic new musical Wicked on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
Jurnee Smollett (On Our Own) - Jurnee talks about her new film The Order on Sherri, so check your local listings.
The Cast of The Sex Lives of College Girls - Pauline Chalamet, Alyah Chanelle Scott, Amrit Kaur, Mia Rodgers and Gracie Lawrence are guests on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am.
Ken Jeong (Dr. Ken/Community) - Ken previews his film A Great Divide on Access Daily with Mario & Kit, so check your local listings.
Wyatt Yang (A Man on the Inside) - Wyatt talks about Netflix's A Man on the Inside on Acess Daily with Mario & Kit, so check your local listings.
Adam Brody (Nobody Wants This/Burning Love) and Timothy Simons (Nobody Wants This/HouseBroken/Veep) - Adam and Timothy can be heard on The Morning Mash Up on SiriusXM.