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

Friday, March 5

none scheduled

Complete TV Listings

Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of March 1)

Friday, March 5

Soleil Moon Frye (Punky Brewster/Sabrina, the Teenage Witch) - Watch Soleil on a repeat of Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Harvey Guillén (What We Do in the Shadows) - Harvey is a guest on a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
Arsenio Hall (Arsenio) - Arsenio appears on a repeat of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:35pm on CBS.
Adam DeVine (Workaholics/Modern Family) - Adam is a guest on a repeat of The Late Late Show with James Corden at 12:37am on CBS.
Kathryn Hahn (Happyish/Transparent/Free Agents) - Kathryn chats with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
Kate Walsh (Bad Judge/The Drew Carey Show) - Kate is a guest on The Talk on CBS at 2pm ET/1pm CT-PT.
Eddie Murphy (The PJs) - Eddie talks about Coming 2 America on LIVE! with Kelly and Ryan, so check your listings.
Randall Park (Fresh Off the Boat) - Randall appears on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, so check your local listings.
Kyle Massey (Cory in the House/That's So Raven) - Kyle is a guest on The Real, so check your local listings.
Amy Poehler (Duncanville/Parks and Recreation) - Amy will be on The Kelly Clarkson Show, so check your local listings.
Ben Feldman (Superstore/A to Z/Living with Fran) - Ben appears on The Kelly Clarkson Show, so check your local listings.
Zach Braff (Alex, Inc./Scrubs) and Donald Faison (The Exes/Scrubs/Clueless) - Zach and Donald talk about the Fake Doctors, Real Friends podcast on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
Keshia Knight Pulliam (Tyler Perry's House of Payne/The Cosby Show) - Keshia is a guest on Access Daily, so check your local listings.