Friday, December 06, 2019
Fri-Yay: The Good Place Nearing the End; TBS Orders More Misery Index
It's time for another edition of Fri-Yay! That means we will take a look back on some sitcom happenings in recent days or weeks or other fun sitcomy stuff. It's a sitcom lover's paradise! Happy Fri-Yay!
by Vincent
This week, I'd like to give a special shout out to the 4th and final season of The Good Place. I was able to catch up with the excellent series this past weekend, and I was reminded of just how inventive, funny and lovable it is. I'm really going to miss it when it's gone after Jan. 30, but I'm also glad it gets to go out on its own terms on a high note. And so far, this season has been a really high note.
To be fair, the season got off to somewhat of a rough start, at least in terms of Good Place standards. It wasn't a bad stretch of episodes by any means, but it was a little repetitive and "just okay." It felt like the show was repeating some of the same beats from Season 1, and although the characters were still funny, the new characters left something to be desired. And yet, I should've known there was a plan all along. Around the 5th episode, things really started to pick up, and now, the entire world of the show has yet again been busted open. It's incredible just how often the show successfully pulls the rug out from under us at this point. I won't spoil the plot details here, but the show is going to some really exciting and intense places. As we enter the last few episodes of the series, I'm comfortable calling The Good Place one of the shows of the decade. If it sticks the landing, it'll cement its place as that. So far, it really looks like it's going to.
TBS is ordering another dose of misery with a second season of the outrageously entertaining comedy game show The Misery Index hosted by Jameela Jamil (The Good Place). Currently in its first season, the original series is a top-five new cable comedy and has reached nearly 28 million viewers across linear, VOD, and digital platforms. Inspired by the card game Sh*t Happens, The Misery Index is the only game show where contestants can make a fortune out of other people's mis-fortune. Teams compete against each other by attempting to rate hilarious and miserable real-life events based on the "misery index," a ranking system created by a team of therapists. Jameela Jamil will return as host along with stars of truTV's Impractical Jokers, comedy troupe The Tenderloins – Brian "Q" Quinn, James "Murr Murray, Joe Gatto and Sal Vulcano – as panelists.
Sitcoms Airing Tonight
Friday, October 7
none scheduled
Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of October 3)
Friday, October 7
- Tyler James Williams (Abbott Elementary/Go On/Everybody Hates Chris) - Watch Tyler on a repeat of Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
- Mike Myers (The Pentaverate) - Mike is a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
- Sutton Foster (Younger) - Sutton appears on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
- Timothy Olyphant (Santa Clarita Diet) - Timothy is a guest on Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
- Constance Wu (Fresh Off the Boat) - Constance appears on The Kelly Clarkson Show, so check your local listings.
- Utkarsh Ambudkar (Ghosts/White Famous) - Utkarsh is helping serve the news sunny-side up by joining Drew at the news desk on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
- Kunal Nayyar (The Big Bang Theory) - Kunal appears on The Jennifer Hudson Show, so check your local listings.
- Jerry O'Connell (We Are Men/Do Not Disturb/Carpoolers/My Secret Identity) - Jerry and his wife Rebecca Romijn talk all about their new show The Real Love Boat on Rachael Ray, so check your local listings.
- Kathy Najimy (King of the Hill/Veronica's Closet) - Kathy chats with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
- Chelsea Handler (Are You There, Chelsea?) - Chelsea is a guest on The Talk on CBS at 2pm ET/1pm CT-PT.
- Sylar Astin (Ground Floor) - Skylar talks about So Help Me Todd on Access Daily with Mario & Kit, so check your local listings.
- Teri Hatcher (The Odd Couple/Karen's Song/The Love Boat) - Teri talks about Mid-Love Crisis on Access Daily with Mario & Kit, so check your local listings.
- Tori Spelling (Mystery Girls/So Notorious) - Tori stops by to talk to Sherri about hosting MTV's new dating series Love at First Lie: Who’s a Couple and Who’s a Con? on Sherri, so check your local listings.
- Zazie Beetz (Atlanta) - Zazie is a guest on ABC's GMA 3: What You Need to Know at 1pm.
- Whoopi Golberg (Whoopi/Bagdad Cafe) - Whoopi will be on Cuomo on NewsNation at 8pm.
New on DVD/Blu-ray (June-October)
06/14 - Curb Your Enthusiasm - The Complete Eleventh Season
06/14 - Hacks - Season One (Blu-ray) (DVD)
06/14 - Rutherford Falls - Season One (Blu-ray) (DVD)
06/21 - The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet - The Complete Season One / The Complete Season Two
07/19 - The Neighborhood - Season Four
07/19 - Reno 911! - The Hunt for QAnon (Blu-ray) (DVD)
07/26 - The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet - The Complete Season Three / The Complete Season Four
08/16 - And Just Like That... - The Complete First Season (Warner Bros. - Canada)
08/16 - South Park - The Complete Twenty-Fourth Season (Blu-ray) (DVD)
09/06 - Young Sheldon - The Complete Fifth Season (Blu-ray) (DVD)
09/20 - Kim's Convenience - The Complete Series
09/27 - The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet - The Complete Season Five / The Complete Season Six
10/04 - Mr. Mayor - The Complete Series (Blu-ray) (DVD)
10/04 - The Munsters - Marineland Carnival with The Munsters TV Cast
10/18 - Abbott Elementary - The Complete First Season
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