SitcomsOnline Digest: ABC Gives Greenlight to Nate Bargatze Comedy Pilot; NBC Cancels Pair of Sitcoms

Saturday, June 01, 2019

SitcomsOnline Digest: ABC Gives Greenlight to Nate Bargatze Comedy Pilot; NBC Cancels Pair of Sitcoms

Welcome to SitcomsOnline Digest! We're in the summer, so it's a slow season, but we've got news about a pilot under consideration at ABC, cancellations of two NBC comedies, and more. Let's get going!

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB

ABC has given the greenlight to a comedy pilot starring Nate Bargatze. (Vulture)
AP Bio is cancelled at NBC. (Variety)
Abby's isn't coming back to NBC next season either. (Entertainment Weekly)
For those keeping track of Jeopardy! contestant James Holzhauer, he is very close to breaking the record for most money won on the show, and that could happen as soon as Monday. (Deadline)
The cast for Nickelodeon's revival of All That has been announced. (SitcomsOnline)

TUESDAY (JUNE 4) HOME MEDIA RELEASE

The Brady Bunch - The Brady-est TV & Movie Collection! (DVD, $84.98): Just ahead of the 50th anniversary of the classic TV series, this DVD set brings almost every spinoff and movie related to the classic series to DVD (with the exception of The Brady Bunch Variety Hour) to DVD in a single 31 disc set.

WEEKLY PLANNER (JUNE 1 - JUNE 7)

Decades has a weekend full of Charlie's Angels this weekend.
The second half of season two of Grown-ish begins Wednesday on Freeform
The third season of Designated Survivor hits Netflix on Friday.

Sitcoms Airing Tonight

Saturday, September 24

none scheduled

Complete TV Listings

Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of September 19)

Friday, September 23

Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary) - Watch Quinta on a repeat of Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Jon Hamm (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt/30 Rock) - Jon appears on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC. He talks about Confess, Fletch on NBC's Today sometime between 7-9am.
Jurnee Smollett (Wanda at Large/On Our Own) - Jurnee is a guest on on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
Rosie O'Donnell (SMILF/Stand By Your Man/Gimme a Break!) - Rosie appears on a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
Jeff Goldblum (Search Party) - Jeff is a guest on a repeat of The Late Late Show with James Corden at 12:37am on CBS.
Niecy Nash (Scream Queens/Getting On/The Soul Man/Do Not Disturb/Reno 911!) - Niecy talks about her role in the ABC series The Rookie: Feds on LIVE! with Kelly and Ryan, so check your listings.
Ms. Pat (The Ms. Pat Show) - Ms. Pat talks about her journey to comedy superstardom on Tamron Hall, so check your local listings.
Billy Eichner (Friends from College/Difficult People/Parks and Recreation) - Billy talks about Bros on NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
Lauren Graham (M.Y.O.B./Conrad Bloom/Townies/Good Company) - Lauren talks about The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am.