Saturday, November 23, 2019
SitcomsOnline Digest: Price is Right and Jeopardy Primetime Specials in the Horizon; Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Coming to DVD and Blu-ray
- A pair of Price is Right primetime specials are coming next month. (TV Guide)
- Also coming in primetime, but in January, is a primetime Jeopardy! run on ABC featuring the three highest earners of all time. (TVLine)
- As we've been seeing every week, streaming media is where the big "boom" is in the classic TV market right now, and now Carsey-Werner (which at the moment has their series on multiple streaming services, including some free ones) is trying to get their library in the right place for the right price. (Deadline)
- The hourglass may have been refilled with sand, as the executive producer of Days of Our Lives is saying that the show has been renewed for another season, but it still isn't confirmed by NBC or Sony. (Deadline)
- We are just barely over halfway into fall, but ABC is already looking at next summer, with renewals of their game show lineup. (SitcomsOnline)
HOME MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS
- As the TV on DVD market has evolved, Mill Creek has gone from public domain to lesser known copyrighted series to recent hit sitcoms, and now, they've announced they'll be releasing Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt - The Complete Series on DVD and Blu-ray on February 4.
WEEKLY PLANNER (NOVEMBER 23 - NOVEMBER 29)

- Antenna TV has a weekend long marathon of every episode of Dennis the Menace starting Wednesday night.
- Decades has a marathon of Greatest American Hero this weekend.
- If the WKRP in Cincinnati episode "Turkey's Away" is part of your Thanksgiving tradition, make sure to catch it tomorrow night at 7:30 ET/PT on MeTV.
- For those who get cable from Spectrum (the child of the merger between Charter and Time Warner Cable), the reboot/revival of Mad About You debuts on Wednesday.
Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows
Tuesday, July 1
none scheduled
Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of June 30)
Tuesday, July 1
- Sam Rockwell (F Is for Family) - Catch Sam on a repeat of Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
- Isabela Merced (100 Things to Do Before High School/Growing Up Fisher) - Isabela is a guest on a repeat of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
- Mariska Hargitay (Can't Hurry Love) - Mariska appears on a repeat of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:35pm on CBS.
- Billy Eichner (Friends from College/Difficult People/Parks and Recreation), Nico Santos (Superstore) and Pete Holmes (How We Roll/Crashing) - Billy, Nico and Pete are guests on a repeat of After Midnight at 12:37am on CBS.
- Annie Murphy (Kevin Can F**k Himself/Schitt's Creek) and Christine Baranski (The Big Bang Theory/Happy Family/Welcome to New York/Cybill) - Annie and Christine talk about Nine Perfect Strangers on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am and on ABC's GMA 3: What You Need to Know at 1pm.
- Olivia Munn (Perfect Couples) and Amanda Peet (Brockmire/Togetherness/Bent) - Olivia and Amanda talk about Your Friends & Neighbors on a repeat of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
- Susan Kelechi Watson (Louie) - Susan talks about The Residence on a repeat of Tamron Hall, so check your local listings.
- Liza Colón-Zayas (The Bear) - Liza talks about The Bear on Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your local listings.
- Zoë Kravitz (High Fidelity) - Zoë is joining Drew to talk about her directorial debut Blink Twice. She's spilling on what it was like working with fiancé Channing Tatum and her take on their viral NYC bike photo on a repeat of The Drew Barrymore Show, 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)
07/08 - Bewitched - The Complete Series - 60th Anniversary Special Edition (Blu-ray)
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