Saturday, June 01, 2019
SitcomsOnline Digest: ABC Gives Greenlight to Nate Bargatze Comedy Pilot; NBC Cancels Pair of Sitcoms
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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 / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows
Wednesday, May 21
Tyler Perry's House of Payne - "The Talk" (BET, 9:00PM ET/PT)
House of Payne is the hilarious comedy about Retired fire chief Curtis Payne and his lovely wife Ella.
Tyler Perry's Assisted Living - "Dyna Woman" (BET, 9:30PM ET/PT)
Anastasia relives her childhood and springs into action to combat criminal activity; the family must prepare for the increase in crime.
The Ms. Pat Show - "The Guilt Trip" (BET, 10:30PM ET/PT)
When the family gets derailed on their way to Atlanta for Pat's big show, they wind up at an unusual resort where they all learn a powerful lesson about listening and learning from the past.
Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of May 19)
Wednesday, May 21
- Henry Winkler (Barry/Arrested Development/Out of Practice/Monty/Happy Days) - Watch Henry on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
- Tina Fey (The Four Seasons/Only Murders in the Building/30 Rock) - Tina appears on a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
- Ronny Chieng (Young Rock/Ronny Chieng: International Student) - Ronny hosts Comedy Central's The Daily Show at 11pm.
- John Krasinski (The Office) - E! News has an interview with John at 11pm on E!.
- Kristin Davis (And Just Like That.../Bad Teacher/Sex and the City) - Kristin talks about And Just Like That... on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am and on Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your local listings.
- Howie Mandel (Good Grief) - NBC's Today catches up with Howie in the 10am hour. He also talks about NBC's America's Got Talent on Access Hollywood with Mario & Kit, so check your local listings.
- Valerie Bertinelli (Hot in Cleveland/One Day at a Time) - It's Drew's big 50th birthday show an entire show filled with surprises as Drew celebrates this big milestone on a repeat of The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
New on DVD and Blu-ray
01/28 - Wait Till Your Father Gets Home - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
02/04 - The Wayans Bros. - The Complete Series
03/11 - Frasier (2023) - Season Two
04/01 - Abbott Elementary - The Complete Third Season
05/13 - The Drew Carey Show - The Complete Series* (missing 4 episodes and some music has been replaced or altered)
06/06 - Shoresy - Season 2
06/17 - Looney Tunes - Collector's Vault - Volume 1 (Blu-ray)
07/08 - Bewitched - The Complete Series - 60th Anniversary Special Edition (Blu-ray)
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