SitcomsOnline Digest: The Detour and Grace and Frankie Coming to an End; Decades Celebrates Bob Newhart's 90th Birthday

Saturday, September 07, 2019

SitcomsOnline Digest: The Detour and Grace and Frankie Coming to an End; Decades Celebrates Bob Newhart's 90th Birthday

Welcome to SitcomsOnline Digest! We are in those awkward few weeks between the unofficial end of summer and official end of summer, and we're here with news of two cancelled series (one on TBS and the other on Netflix), a new drama for NBC that sounds similar to a recent news story, and more. Let's get going!

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB

The TBS series, The Detour, is coming to a dead end as it has been cancelled after four seasons. (Variety)
Netflix has announced Grace and Frankie will come to an end after the seventh season. (CNN)
Although it's not exactly based upon the college admissions scandal (it's in fact based upon a Korean series that predates the scandal), NBC has nabbed a drama series that has a similar story. (Deadline)
A premiere date has been set for the Mad About You reboot. (Deadline)
There are a lot of TV anniversaries coming up, including the 25th for Friends and the 50th for The Brady Bunch, and of course, marathons will happen. (SitcomsOnline)

WEEKLY PLANNER (SEPTEMBER 7 - SEPTEMBER 13)

Decades has a binge of The Bob Newhart Show, Newhart, and even the short-lived series Bob this weekend, in honor of the 90th birthday of the star of those series.
MeTV is airing a tribute to Valerie Harper with episodes of The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Rhoda on Sunday, beginning at 5 PM ET/PT.
The limited series A Very Brady Renovation debuts Monday on HGTV.
The new comedy series, Mr. Mom, debuts Thursday on Vudu.

Sitcoms Airing Tonight

Tuesday, December 1

none scheduled

Complete TV Listings

Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of November 30)

Tuesday, December 1

John Mulaney (Mulaney) - Catch John on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Bryan Cranston (Malcolm in the Middle) - Bryan appears on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:35pm on CBS.
John Lithgow (3rd Rock from the Sun/Twenty Good Years/Trial & Error) - John is a guest on The Late Late Show with James Corden at 12:37am on CBS.
Leslie Odom Jr. (Central Park/Big Day) - Leslie appears on a repeat of A Little Late with Lilly Singh at 1:35am on NBC.
Melissa McCarthy (Mike & Molly/Samantha Who?) and Ben Falcone (Nobodies/Joey) - Melissa and Ben are guests on Watch What Happens: Live at 11pm on Bravo. They also talk about their new movie Superintelligence on E!'s Daily Pop at 11am.
Alfonso Ribeiro (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air/In the House/Silver Spoons) - Alfonso appears on The Talk on CBS at 2pm ET/1pm CT-PT.
Billy Gardell (Bob Hearts Abishola/Mike & Molly/Yes, Dear) - Billy will be on The Wendy Williams Show, so check your local listings.
Sheryl Lee Ralph (Fam/Instant Mom/Moesha/It's a Living) - Sheryl appears on The Real, so check your local listings.
Patricia Heaton (Carol's Second Act/The Middle/Back to You/Everybody Loves Raymond) - Patricia talks about Your Second Act on Rachael Ray, so check your local listings.
Ron Howard (The Andy Griffith Show/Happy Days/Arrested Development) - Ron talks about Hillbilly Elegy on CBS This Morning sometime between 7-9am.
Missy Piggy and Kermit the Frog (The Muppets) - Miss Piggy and Kermit the Frog teach the hosts how to do vocal warmups from their appearance this week on The Disney Holiday Singalong on E!'s Daily Pop at 11am.