Saturday, June 15, 2019
SitcomsOnline Digest: Fall Premiere Dates for CBS; CBS and Viacom in Merger Talks Yet Again
- CBS has set their fall premiere dates. (Hollywood Reporter)
- The longest running on-again/off-again relationship between CBS and Viacom, which is old as TV itself (Viacom originally began as CBS Films in 1952 and was spunoff as a separate entity in 1971), seems to be on the verge of being on again with the two entities at least trying to become one big family again. (CNBC)
- Just as we suspected, Alec Baldwin is now backing down from his comments that he is "done" playing Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live. (TVLine)
- Local TV news stations have started issuing their own station-based "alert days" for days with potential severe weather that go against the guidance of the National Weather Service, and one meteorologist for Sinclair Broadcasting spoke up against that. Now, he has been fired. (Deadline)
- Antenna TV has some lineup changes coming, and they will bring Webster, What's Happening!!, and What's Happening Now!! back to the lineup. (SitcomsOnline)
WEEKLY PLANNER (JUNE 15 - JUNE 21)

- The reboot of All That debuts tonight on Nickelodeon.
- Decades has Vega$ all weekend long.
- Antenna TV celebrates Father's Day with a Father Knows Best marathon on Sunday.
- The fourth season of The Detour debuts Tuesday on TBS.
- Also on Tuesday, Comedy Central has the sixth season of Drunk History.
- The new Netflix comedy, Mr. Iglesias, debuts on Friday.
- The fourth season of Baskets debuts Thursday on FX.
Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows
Saturday, August 30
none scheduled
Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of August 25)
Friday, August 29
- Nicole Byer (Grand Crew/Loosely Exactly Nicole) - Nicole guest hosts a repeat of Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
- Timothy Olyphant (Stick/Santa Clarita Diet) - Watch Timothy on a repeat of Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
- Austin Butler (Ruby & the Rockits/Zoey 101/Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide) - Austin is a guest on a repeat of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
- Jenna Ortega (Stuck in the Middle/Richie Rich) - Jenna appears on a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
- Clifton Davis (Amen/That's My Mama) - Clifton makes a special appearance on a repeat of After Midnight at 12:37am on CBS.
- Sabrina Carpenter (Girl Meets World) - Co-host Gayle King sits down with Sabrina on CBS Mornings sometime between 7-9am.
- Danielle Pinnock (Ghosts/Young Sheldon) - Danielle talks about Ghosts on a repeat on Tamron Hall, so check your local listings.
- David Zayas (The Bear) - David talks about The Bear and Paramount+'s Dexter: Resurrection on CBS Mornings Plus in the 9am hour.
- Regina King (The Boondocks/Leap of Faith/227) - Regina talks about Caught Stealing on ABC News Live Prime with Linsey Davis at 7pm.
- Kel Mitchell (Game Shakers/Kenan & Kel) - NBC's Today catches up with Kel in the 9am hour. He will also be on New York Living on WPIX in New York at 10:15am.
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)
07/22 - Bewitched - The Complete Series - 60th Anniversary Special Edition (Blu-ray)
08/26 - The Huckleberry Hound Show - The Complete Original Series (Blu-ray)
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