SitcomsOnline Digest: Pluto TV Adds Special Versions of Popular Viacom Channels; Perfect Strangers to Finish on DVD

Saturday, May 04, 2019

SitcomsOnline Digest: Pluto TV Adds Special Versions of Popular Viacom Channels; Perfect Strangers to Finish on DVD

Welcome to SitcomsOnline Digest! This week, we're hearing of new Pluto TV offerings, a classic TGIF favorite being completed on DVD, and more. Let's get going!

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB

Pluto TV, the free linear streaming service, has added several Pluto TV versions of popular Viacom channels, which feature different programming and lineups than the cable TV versions but still have plenty of your favorites from those channels. (Variety)
If you've got $6 million, then you can buy the house used for the exterior on Full House, but you might be disappointed to find out that the inside looks nothing like the studio set used for the show. (The Mercury News)
Kenan Thompson says he isn't leaving Saturday Night Live, even though he has a lot of projects in the works. (Deadline)
Sony has named a building on their studio lot after Norman Lear. (Hollywood Reporter)
Not only has black-is been renewed for another season, it appears to be becoming sort of a franchise for ABC. (SitcomsOnline)

HOME MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS

We never quite knew if this would ever come, but Warner Archive is finally completing Perfect Strangers on DVD with Perfect Strangers - The Complete Seventh and Eighth Seasons. It will be released on May 28.

WEEKLY PLANNER (MAY 4 - MAY 10)

Decades as a binge of The Streets of San Francisco this weekend.
Adam Sandler returns to Saturday Night Live roots as host tonight on NBC.
The Dick Van Dyke Show returns to MeTV on Sunday night.
Netflix has a new animated comedy, Tuca & Bertie, coming on Friday.

Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows

Sunday, February 15

The Simpsons - "Irrational Treasure" (Fox, 8:00PM ET/PT)
Marge enters Santa's Little Helper into the national dog show in Philadelphia.

The Simpsons - "Homer? A Cracker Bro?" (Fox, 8:30PM ET/PT)
Homer and Kirk go into business together.

Universal Basic Guys - "Little the Netherlands" (Fox, 9:00PM ET/PT)
Mark learns to ride a bike and finds a hidden Dutch enclave; Tammy helps Leanne plan her "divorce-lorette" party.

Family Guy - "The Edible Arrangement" (Fox, 9:30PM ET/PT)
Lois and Stewie finally understand each other -- thanks to Brian's edibles -- and explore and try to explain their complicated relationship.

Complete TV Listings

Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of February 9)

Friday, February 13

Christopher Titus (Titus) - Christopher is a guest on a repeat of Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen at 12:37am on CBS.
Valerie Bertinelli (Hot in Cleveland/One Day at a Time) - Drew is celebrating Valentine's Day and hitting the headlines with Valerie and Sunny Anderson on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings. Then it's bestie cooking for two with Sunny, Valerie and Ross.
Vanessa Lachey (Truth Be Told/Dads) - Vanessa and Nick Lachey talk about Netflix's Love is Blind on Access Daily with Mario & Kit, so check your local listings.

New on DVD and Blu-ray