SitcomsOnline Digest: NBC Developing Serendipity Series; Designing Women Making Streaming Media Debut

Saturday, August 24, 2019

SitcomsOnline Digest: NBC Developing Serendipity Series; Designing Women Making Streaming Media Debut

Welcome to SitcomsOnline Digest! We've made it to the last week of August and it already feels like fall in some places, which means that an exciting new fall TV season is coming (or it could be a bust, who knows?). It's a slow news week, but we've got news of a new series under development at NBC, a Dancing with the Stars contestant that even the host publicly disapproves of, and more. Let's get going!

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB

NBC has been interested in creating series based upon movies from decades ago lately, and this now under consideration is a series based upon the 2001 movie Serendipity. (Deadline)
Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer is going to be on Dancing with the Stars, but it probably isn't going to be a good experience for him since even the host of the show, Tom Bergeron, has chosen to publicly speak out against including him. (BuzzFeed News)
Netflix has ordered a new series called The Brews Brothers, a comedy about two estranged brothers who come together again to start their own brewery. (Variety)
Antenna TV has acquired several new series that will begin airing in January, including Diff'rent Strokes and Who's the Boss? (coming fall 2020). (SitcomsOnline)

WEEKLY PLANNER (AUGUST 24 - AUGUST 30)

Every episode of Designing Women arrives on Hulu on Monday.
Decades has 77 Sunset Strip all this weekend, for a second weekend in a row.
On Becoming a God in Central Florida, a new comedy starring Kirsten Dunst, debuts Sunday on Showtime.

Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows

Thursday, October 1

none scheduled

Complete TV Listings

Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of September 28)

Thursday, October 1

Robby Hoffman (Hacks) - Catch Robby on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Queen Latifah (Living Single) - Queen Latifah appears on a repeat of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
Dave Franco (The Afterparty/Scrubs/Do Not Disturb) - Dave is a guest on a repeat of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
Dakota Johnson (Ben and Kate) - Dakota appears on Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
Caroline Rhea (Sydney to the Max/Sabrina, the Teenage Witch/Pride & Joy) and Tommy Davidson (The Varnell Hill Show/The Proud Family/Malcolm & Eddie/Between Brothers) - Caroline and Tommy will be on Funny You Should Ask at 12:37am on CBS.
Leslie Grossman (10 Things I Hate About You/What I Like About You) - Andy Cohen interviews Leslie on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen at 10pm on Bravo.
Amanda Peet (Brockmire/Togetherness/Bent) - Amanda shares a breast cancer update on NBC's Today sometime between 7-9am and in the 10am hour.
Sherri Shepherd (Mr. Iglesias/Trial & Error/Sherri/Less Than Perfect/Suddenly Susan) - Sherri guest co-hosts The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
Chelsea Handler (Are You There, Chelsea?) and Valerie Bertinelli (Hot in Cleveland/Cafe Americain/Sydney/One Day at a Time) - It's a dating roundtable and Chelsea, Valerie and Yamaneika Saunders are talking all about the latest viral headlines in dating on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
Jason Priestley (Call Me Fitz/Sister Kate) - Jason is a guest on New York Living on WPIX in New York.