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

Thursday, January 1

Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage - "A Tie Breaker and a Huge Mistake" (CBS, 8:00PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
Tensions rise in the tire store when new co-owners Georgie and Ruben realize they can’t agree on anything, and Jim struggles to find his purpose now that he’s retired.

Ghosts - "Ghostfellas" (CBS, 8:30PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
Jay angers a local restaurateur when he uses a recipe at his restaurant that was given to him by Pete. Series star Rose McIver directed the episode.

Complete TV Listings

Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of December 29)

Thursday, January 1

Will Arnett (Murderville/Arrested Development/Flaked/The Millers/Up All Night/Running Wilde) - Catch Will on a repeat of Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Leslie Bibb (Palm Royale/God's Favorite Idiot/American Housewife/The Odd Couple/About a Boy) - Leslie appears on a repeat of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
Kristin Chenoweth (Stumble/Trial & Error/Kristin) - Kristin is a guest on a repeat of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:35pm on CBS.
George Clooney (Roseanne/The Facts of Life/ E/R (1984-1985) - George talks Jay Kelly with Michael Strahan on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am.