SitcomsOnline Digest: Cherie Johnson to Reprise Role in Punky Brewster Sequel; Pop TV Renews Florida Girls

Saturday, October 05, 2019

SitcomsOnline Digest: Cherie Johnson to Reprise Role in Punky Brewster Sequel; Pop TV Renews Florida Girls

Welcome to SitcomsOnline Digest! We are officially into that fall news slump already, where everything has premiered and nothing much is happening, but we have casting news about the Punky Brewster sequel series, we are hearing about the renewal of a Pop TV series, and more. Let's get going!

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB

Cherie Johnson has been cast to reprise her role in the Punky Brewster sequel. (Deadline)
Florida Girls has been renewed for a second season by Pop TV. (Deadline)
Diahann Carroll, who made history twice with her roles on Julia and later Dynasty, has died at age 84. (Hollywood Reporter)
The competition is on with Netflix and Disney, as Disney has now banned Netflix ads for their networks. (The Verge)
LMN has 25 new movies on the way this fall. (SitcomsOnline)

WEEKLY PLANNER (OCTOBER 5 - OCTOBER 11)

Another full week of season premieres is coming, as series on The CW (which tends to start their fall season a bit later) kick off many of their new seasons throughout this week.
The newest version of Kids Say the Darnedest Things comes to ABC tomorrow night.
Nickelodeon reboots Are You Afraid of the Dark? on Friday night.
Decades has a weekend full of Movin' On.

Sitcoms Airing Tonight

Thursday, October 22

none scheduled

Complete TV Listings

Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of October 19)

Thursday, October 22

Jay Pharoah (White Famous) - Catch Jay on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Patton Oswalt (A.P. Bio/The Goldbergs/The King of Queens) - Patton appears on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
Michael Keaton (Report to Murphy/Working Stiffs/All's Fair) - Michael is a guest on Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
Josh Gad (1600 Penn/Back to You) - Josh appears on The Late Late Show with James Corden at 12:37am on CBS.
D'Arcy Carden (Barry/The Good Place) - D'Arcy is a guest on a repeat of A Little Late with Lilly Singh at 1:35am on NBC.
Jane Lynch (Angel from Hell) - Jane will be on a repeat of Conan at 11pm on TBS.
Marlon Wayans (Marlon/The Wayans Bros.) - Marlon appears on Watch What Happens: Live at 10:30pm on Bravo.
Kristin Chenoweth (Trial & Error/Kristin) - Kristin is a guest on The Talk on CBS at 2pm ET/1pm CT-PT.
Chelsea Handler (Are You There, Chelsea?) - Chelsea will be on NBC's Today sometime between 7-9am and on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, so check your local listings.
Kim Coles (Living Single) - Kim appears on The Real, so check your local listings.
Parvesh Cheena (Connecting.../A to Z/Outsourced) - Parvesh is a guest on The Kelly Clarkson Show, so check your local listings.
Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Modern Family/The Class) - Jesse will be on Access Daily, so check your local listings.
William Shatner ($h*! My Dad Says) - William appears on NBC's Today in the 9am hour.
Kevin Hart (The Big House/Undeclared) - Kevin talks about hosting The MDA Kevin Hart Kids Telethon on E!'s Daily Pop at 11am.