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

Saturday, September 18

Side Hustle - "Room for Munchy" (Nickelodeon, 8:00PM ET/PT)
When Lex and Presley discover that Munchy doesn't have his own room but Jaget has two, they go to drastic lengths to make Jaget give up one of his rooms; their plan backfires, so the kids make a plan b.

Complete TV Listings

Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of September 13)

Friday, September 17

Jennifer Aniston (Friends/Muddling Through/Ferris Bueller/Molloy) - Watch Jennifer on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
John Mulaney (Mulaney) - John appears on a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
Regina Hall (Black Monday/Granfathered) - Regina appears on a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
Cedric the Entertainer (The Neighborhood/The Last O.G./The Soul Man/The Steve Harvey Show) - Cedric appears on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
Justin Long (F Is for Family/Ed) - Justin talks about his new scary funny film Lady of the Manor on Rachael Ray, so check your local listings.
B.J. Novak (The Office) - B.J. talks about The Premise on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am.