Thursday, October 03, 2019
The Iliza Shlesinger Sketch Show Coming Soon to Netflix; Family Time Returns for Season Seven

Netflix has ordered The Iliza Shlesinger Sketch Show, sketch comedy series from Iliza Shlesinger, The six-episode half-hour series will shoot in New York this fall and launch in 2020. From the mind of Iliza Shlesinger comes a secret world filled with absurd characters, insight into the female experience, and irreverent yet poignant social commentary. Shlesinger serves as an executive producer alongside Kim Gamble, Kara Baker, David Martin, Richard Allen-Turner, and Jon Thoday. The series is produced by Avalon Television and directed by Laura Murphy (Girl Code; Adam Ruins Everything).
Iliza is one of today's leading comedians selling out theatres around the world to a fan base who show their loyalty by creating their own Iliza inspired swag to wear to her shows. In 2019, she will launch her fifth stand up special for Netflix - her past specials on Netflix are Elder Millennial, Confirmed Kills, Freezing Hot, and War Paint. This past summer she released Over & Over, a documentary which give fans a behind the scenes look into the making of Elder Millennial. In addition to her stand up, Iliza was recently seen co-starring in the Paramount Pictures movie Instant Family, starring Mark Wahlberg and Rose Byrne. She'll next be seen opposite Wahlberg in the Netflix film Wonderland directed by Peter Berg.
She released her first book Girl Logic: The Genius and the Absurdity (Hachette Book Group) a subversively funny collection of essays and observations on a confident woman's approach to friendship, singlehood, and relationships. On her new podcast AIA: Ask Iliza Anything she offers up her unique perspective to listeners, answering their questions on virtually any topic.
Family Time, Bounce TV's popular original comedy series, returns for an all-new season of laughs on an all-new night - Wednesday - this fall starting with two new episodes back-to-back on Wed. Oct. 9 at 9:00 p.m. (ET). New episodes will also be available on Thursdays on Brown Sugar, Bounce's subscription video-on-demand service, along with complete seasons one through six. Family Time follows the lives of the Stallworth family who relocated to the suburbs after hitting the lottery. High school sweethearts Anthony and Lisa and their children are a tight-knit family living the middle-class American dream who make up their own rules for love, marriage and family along the way. Season seven finds Anthony (Omar Gooding) and Lisa Stallworth (Angell Conwell) grappling with becoming empty nesters while their children, Devin (Bentley Kyle Evans, Jr) and Ebony (Jayla Calhoun), spread their wings as young adults. Their lives may be going in different directions, but it's the family time that keeps them bonded. Watch the new season trailer here.
Cast members include Paula Jai Parker (Lori), Tanjareen Thomas (Rachel), Erica Shaffer (Vivian), Clayton Thomas (Donnie), and Shanti Lowry (Cheryl). Among the special guests this season are Stokley Williams (Mint Condition), Denise Boutte (Meet the Browns), KiKi Haynes (For Better or Worse) and Rodney Perry (Madea's Big Happy Family). Family Time was created by producer, director and writer Bentley Kyle Evans (Martin, The Jamie Foxx Show).
Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows
Tuesday, September 23
none scheduled
Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of September 22)
Tuesday, September 23
- Regina Hall (Black Monday/Grandfathered/Married/Second Generation Wayans) - Catch Regina on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
- Bobby Cannavale (Angie Tribeca/Will & Grace) - Bobby appears on Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
- Matt Rogers (No Good Deed/I Love That for You) and Bowen Yang (Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens) - Matt and Bowen are Day Drinking on Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
- Helen Hong (The Thundermans/The Unicorn) and Jay Mohr (Gary Unmarried/Action/Camp Wilder) - Helen and Jay are guests on Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen at 12:37am on CBS.
- Jane Krakowski (Schmigadoon!/Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt/30 Rock) - Jane appears on Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your listings.
- Zachary Quinto (Big Mouth/So Notorious) - Zachary is a guest on NBC's Today in the 9am hour.
- Jane Lynch (Angel from Hell) - Jane appears on NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
- Brett Goldstein (Shrinking/Ted Lasso) - Brett is telling Drew about his new movie All of You on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
- Erika Alexander (Run the World/Living Single/The Cosby Show) - Erika talks about her new podcast ReLiving Single and shares an EXCLUSIVE first look at the new season of Invasion on Tamron Hall, so check your local listings.
- Kym Whitley (Act Your Age/Young & Hungry/Animal Practice/Sparks) - Kym pitches all the reasons why eligible bachelors should date her bestie, Sherri, on Sherri, so check your local listings.
- Tembi Locke (Like Family/Raising Dad/Claude's Crib) - Tembi talks about Someday, Now: A Memoir of Family, Reclaiming Possibility, and One Sicilian Summer on CBS Mornings sometime between 7-9am.
- Henry Winkler (Barry/Arrested Development/Out of Practice/Monty/Happy Days) - Henry chats about his children's book Detective Duck: The Mystery at Emerald Pond on Access Daily with Mario & Kit, so check your local listings.
New on DVD and Blu-ray
01/28 - Wait Till Your Father Gets Home - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
02/04 - The Wayans Bros. - The Complete Series
03/11 - Frasier (2023) - Season Two
04/01 - Abbott Elementary - The Complete Third Season
05/13 - The Drew Carey Show - The Complete Series* (missing 4 episodes and some music has been replaced or altered)
06/06 - Shoresy - Season 2
06/17 - Looney Tunes - Collector's Vault - Volume 1 (Blu-ray)
07/22 - Bewitched - The Complete Series - 60th Anniversary Special Edition (Blu-ray)
08/26 - The Huckleberry Hound Show - The Complete Original Series (Blu-ray)
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