SitcomsOnline Digest: New Sitcom from Chuck Lorre Under Development at CBS; Remembering Legendary TV Producer Leonard Goldberg

Saturday, December 07, 2019

SitcomsOnline Digest: New Sitcom from Chuck Lorre Under Development at CBS; Remembering Legendary TV Producer Leonard Goldberg

Welcome to SitcomsOnline Digest! This week, we're hearing about a new sitcom from Chuck Lorre for CBS, the death of a TV producing icon, and more. Let's get going!

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB

CBS is running low on Chuck Lorre sitcoms, but no need to worry, a new one is already in the pipeline. (Deadline)
Leonard Goldberg, who famously produced numerous series with Aaron Spelling in the 1970s and continued to work up until his death as executive producer for the current CBS series Blue Bloods, has died at age 85. (USA Today)
While ABC and NBC are keeping with the tradition of broadcasting their nightly evening news from New York, CBS is trying something new as they are now broadcasting from Washington DC. (CBS News)
It's official, Viacom and CBS are one company again for the third time in their history, and they are going by the name ViacomCBS. (Variety)
Following up on a Halloween preview event, Roseanne is set to permanently join the Cozi TV lineup in January. (SitcomsOnline)

WEEKLY PLANNER (DECEMBER 7 - DECEMBER 13)

Decades is airing The Facts of Life all this weekend.
It's J.Lo's turn to host Saturday Night Live this weekend.
Vanna White makes her debut as temporary host of Wheel of Fortune this week, while Pat Sajak recuperates from surgery.

Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows

Tuesday, April 28

none scheduled

Complete TV Listings

Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of April 27)

Tuesday, April 28

Keke Palmer (Scream Queens/True Jackson, VP) - Catch Keke on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Chet Hanks (Running Point) - Chet appears on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC. He also talks about Running Point on NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
Patton Oswalt (A.P. Bio/The Goldbergs/The King of Queens) - Patton is a guest on a repeat of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:35pm on CBS.
Ayo Edebiri (Big Mouth/The Bear) - Ayo drops by Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
Stanley Tucci (Central Park) - Stanley talks about The Devil Wears Prada 2 on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am.
Brenda Song (Running Point/Dollface/Dads/The Suite Life on Deck/The Suite Life of Zack & Cody) - Brenda chats about Running Point with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
Ana Gasteyer (American Auto/People of Earth/Lady Dynamite/Suburgatory) - Ana talks about her Broadway show Schmigadoon! on Access Daily with Mario & Kit, so check your local listings.
Tony Danza (Taxi/Who's the Boss?/Hudson Street/The Tony Danza Show) - Tony appears on New York Living on WPIX in New York at 10:05am.