SitcomsOnline Digest: Paley Center to Honor TV Legends; NBC Developing St. Elmo's Fire TV Series

Saturday, August 17, 2019

SitcomsOnline Digest: Paley Center to Honor TV Legends; NBC Developing St. Elmo's Fire TV Series

Welcome to SitcomsOnline Digest! We are in yet another very slow summer news week, but we have a little bit of news including a new series based upon St. Elmo's Fire, the return of The Flintstones to broadcast TV, and more. Let's get going!

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB

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

Sunday, July 19

none scheduled

Complete TV Listings

Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of July 13)

Friday, July 17

Kerry Washington (UnPrisoned) - Watch Kerry on a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
Jon Bernthal (The Class) - Jon talks about Spider-Man: Brand New Day on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am.
Luke Wilson (The Hawk/No Good Deed/Enlightened) - Luke talks about The Hawk on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am and on ABC's GMA 3: What You Need to Know at 1pm.
Hannah Waddingham (Ted Lasso) - Hannah chats with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
Ken Jeong (Dr. Ken/Community) - NBC's Today catches up with Ken in the 9am hour.
Shay Mitchell (Dollface) - NBC's Today catches up with Shay in the 10am hour.
Paula Pell (The 'Burbs/Girls5eva/Mapleworth Murders/A.P. Bio) - Paula hits the news with Drew and Ross then chats with Drew about her new show The 'Burbs on a repeat of The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.