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 / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows

Tuesday, March 24

none scheduled

Complete TV Listings

Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of March 23)

Tuesday, March 24

Elizabeth Banks (30 Rock/Scrubs) - Catch Elizabeth on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Jimmy O. Yang (Interior Chinatown/Space Force/Silicon Valley) - Jimmy appears on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Ray Romano (No Good Deed/Everybody Loves Raymond) - Ray is a guest on a repeat of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:35pm on CBS.
Jim Parsons (Young Sheldon/The Big Bang Theory) - Jim stops by Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
Sterling K. Brown (Starved) - Sterling appears on Comedy Central's The Daily Show at 11pm.
Zazie Beetz (Atlanta) - Zazie talks about They Will Kill You on ABC News Live Prime with Linsey Davis at 7pm. NBC's Today catches up with her in the 9am hour.
Tommy Davidson (The Proud Family/Malcolm & Eddie/Between Brothers) - Tommy talks to Sherri about going from comedy to music and his new single Heart, Mind & Soul on Sherri, so check your local listings.
Ryan Michelle Bathe (First Wives Club/Retired at 35) - Ryan Michelle talks about Hulu's Paradise on Access Daily with Mario & Kit, so check your local listings.
Rocky Carroll (Roc/Welcome to New York) - Rocky is a guest on New York Living on WPIX in New York at 10:15am.