SitcomsOnline Digest: Late Night Tops Ratings for the Season; FXX Announces Archer After Hours

Saturday, May 25, 2019

SitcomsOnline Digest: Late Night Tops Ratings for the Season; FXX Announces Archer After Hours

Welcome to SitcomsOnline Digest! After a few busy weeks of news, we're already in our summer slump, but we're here with a few highlights, including a new after show for the FXX series Archer, a lawsuit regarding The Andy Griffith Show, and more. Let's get going!

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB

The 2018-2019 season was very good for CBS, as The Late Show with Stephen Colbert was the ratings king for late night talk shows. (Variety)
It seems like every hit cable TV show has an after show these days, and now Archer is getting one that will air on Facebook Live. (Deadline)
CBS is being sued over the use of the theme song for The Andy Griffith Show on DVD and digital platforms. (Hollywood Reporter)
PBS recently aired a same sex wedding episode of the children's show, Arthur, but it didn't air on Arkansas Public Television. (The Hill)
The seventh (and final) season of Orange is the New Black will arrive on Netflix in July. (SitcomsOnline)

WEEKLY PLANNER (MAY 25 - MAY 31)

In case you missed the Live in Front of a Studio Audience tribute to Norman Lear this week, ABC is airing it again tonight at 8 PM, along with the Nightline special that followed it.
Decades is paying tribute to Doris Day all this weekend with a marathon of The Doris Day Show as the weekend binge.
A new season of America's Got Talent debuts Tuesday on ABC.
Archer: 1999, the tenth season of the FXX series, debuts Wednesday night.

Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows

Friday, December 5

Happy's Place - "Testing Testing" (NBC, 9:15PM ET/PT)
After Bobbie notices how much Isabella misses school, she signs them both up for an online course unaware of how serious Isabella would take it; Gabby wears Isabella's old Stanford sweatshirt, tricking customers into believing she went there.

Stumble - "Button Day" (NBC, 9:45PM ET/PT)
Courteney makes a deal with the Button Factory owner that if her team performs a dazzling routine, he'll write her department a big check; with Krystal still injured, Courteney's only option is to promote Peaches, who may or may not be ready to fly.

Complete TV Listings

Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of December 1)

Friday, December 5

Kristen Bell (Nobody Wants This/Central Park/The Good Place) and Dax Shepard (Bless This Mess) - Watch Kristen and Dax on a repeat of Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
The Jonas Brothers (Jonas/Jonas LA) - The Jonas Brothers are guests on a repeat of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
George Clooney (Roseanne/The Facts of Life/ E/R (1984-1985) - George talks about Jay Kelly on Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your local listings.
James Van Der Beek (Friends with Better Lives/Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23) - James appears on NBC's Today sometime between 7-9am.
Connie Britton (SMILF/Lost at Home/The Fighting Fitzgeralds/Spin City) - Connie and Ed Burns talk about The Family McMullen on NBC's Today sometime between 7-9am.
Mario Lopez (Saved by the Bell/Saved by the Bell: The College Years) - Mario is a guest on NBC's Today in the 9am hour.
Chelsea Handler (Are You There, Chelsea?) - Chelsea guest co-hosts NBC's Today in the 10am hour.