SitcomsOnline Digest: Disney Announces New Streaming Service Including Every Episode of The Simpsons; NCIS Gets Renewal from CBS

Saturday, April 13, 2019

SitcomsOnline Digest: Disney Announces New Streaming Service Including Every Episode of The Simpsons; NCIS Gets Renewal from CBS

Welcome to SitcomsOnline Digest! This week, we're hearing big news about a new Disney streaming service, a renewal for NCIS, and more. Let's get going!

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB

Disney made a big splash this week with their announcement of the Disney Plus streaming service, which will include an astonishing 7,500 episodes of various TV series in their library, including every episodes of the newest Disney series, The Simpsons. (CNET)
If you're under a certain age, you may be wondering who is actually watching NCIS, but it's enough people for CBS to renew it for a seventeenth season. (Variety)
The Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman cases are still on-going, and while it looks like things are pretty badly for Huffman, it's looking a lot worse for Loughlin. (Vanity Fair)
Joel McHale will host Card Sharks on ABC. (SitcomsOnline)

WEEKLY PLANNER (APRIL 13 - APRIL 19)

Decades is airing Greatest American Hero all weekend long.
MeTV will be airing older skits from The Carol Burnett Show that were not included in the Carol Burnett & Friends package, in an edited to half hour form, Sundays at 10:30 PM and weeknights at 11 PM starting on Sunday.
The new ABC comedy Bless This Mess arrives on Tuesday.
CBS has a (very late) midseason premiere for Life on Pieces on Thursday night.
Hulu has a new comedy series offering, Ramy, which debuts Friday.

Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows

Monday, March 23

The Neighorhood - "Welcome to the Two-Ring Circus" (CBS, 8:00PM ET/PT)
A change of plans sends Mercedes and Tina on a memorable night out that prompts several couples to take a closer look at what they truly want from their relationships. Meanwhile, Dave’s visit to Gemma’s school sparks an honest conversation about her feelings toward her job.

DMV - "Payday" (CBS, 8:30PM ET/PT)
While the DMV crew awaits payday, everyone scrambles for side gigs. Meanwhile, Colette and Ceci attempt to pull Barb out of a pyramid scheme that quickly proves more alluring than any of them anticipated.

St. Denis Medical - "Experience With Human Babies" (NBC, 8:00PM ET/PT)
Alex helps Joyce hire a midwife; Bruce joins Matt for an ambulance ride-along; Serena and Ron butt heads over a pen.

The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins - "Dr. Watson's Dad" (NBC, 8:30PM ET/PT)
When one of Reggie's most prized possessions goes missing, he must gather all the suspects and uncover whodunit.

Complete TV Listings

Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of March 23)

Monday, March 23

James Marsden (Jury Duty/Dead to Me/30 Rock) - Watch James on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
D'Arcy Carden (Barry/The Good Place) - D'Arcy appears on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Cedric the Entertainer (The Neighborhood/The Last O.G./The Soul Man/The Steve Harvey Show) - Cedric is a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
Harvey Guillén (What We Do in the Shadows/The Thundermans) - Harvey appears on a repeat of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:35pm on CBS.
Sterling K. Brown (Starved) - Sterling stops by Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC. He also talks about Paradise on NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
Rachel Dratch (Grimsburg/Imaginary Mary/30 Rock) - Rachel is a guest on Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.