Saturday, August 17, 2019
SitcomsOnline Digest: Paley Center to Honor TV Legends; NBC Developing St. Elmo's Fire TV Series
- The Paley Center is set to honor Carol Burnett, Norman Lear, Bob Newhart, Carl Reiner, and Lily Tomlin. (Deadline)
- A series based upon the movie St. Elmo's Fire is in development at NBC. (Page Six)
- Even if the ratings aren't great, The Bold and the Beautiful is topping the ratings for women ages 25-54 for the first time in history. (Deadline)
- For the third time in history, CBS and Viacom are going to be one company again. (Variety)
- The Flintstones is coming to MeTV next month. (SitcomsOnline)
WEEKLY PLANNER (AUGUST 17 - AUGUST 23)

- Decades has 77 Sunset Strip all this weekend.
- The Righteous Gemstones, HBO's new televangelist comedy starring John Goodman, Danny McBride, and Adam Levine, debuts on Sunday night.
- A new season of 13 Reasons Why comes to Netflix on Friday.
- If you're a Spectrum subscriber, every episode of Mad About You is available to watch at any time on demand (and has been for a few weeks).
Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows
Tuesday, July 22
none scheduled
Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of July 21)
Tuesday, July 22
- Fortune Feimster (FUBAR/Kenan/Bless the Harts/Champions) - Fortune guest hosts on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
- Sterling K. Brown (Starved) - Sterling is a guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
- Paul Walter Hauser (The Afterparty) - Paul appears on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
- Pete Davidson (Bupkis) - Pete stops by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
- Leanne Morgan (Leanne) - Leanne is a guest on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:35pm on CBS.
- Mary Beth Barone (Overcompensating) - Mary appears on Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
- Paul F. Tompkins (The Great North/BoJack Horseman/DAG) - Paul is a guest on a repeat of After Midnight at 12:37am on CBS.
- Martin Short (Only Murders in the Building/Mulaney/I'm a Big Girl Now/The Associates) - Martin talks about Match Game on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am.
- Molly Gordon (The Bear/Ramy) - Molly talks about Oh, Hi! on NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
- Paul Reiser (Mad About You/Red Oaks/Married/My Two Dads) - Paul is telling Drew about his huge return to comedy after thirty years with his standup special, Life, Death and Rice Pudding, and his new movie The Gutter 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)
07/22 - Bewitched - The Complete Series - 60th Anniversary Special Edition (Blu-ray)
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