SitcomsOnline Digest: Punky Brewster Reboot Officially a Go; Freeform Renews Pair of Series

Saturday, January 18, 2020

SitcomsOnline Digest: Punky Brewster Reboot Officially a Go; Freeform Renews Pair of Series

Welcome to SitcomsOnline Digest! It's been yet another busy news week, and we've got news about some renewals, more on the Punky Brewster reboot, and more. Let's get going!

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB

It's official: Punky Brewster is being rebooted. (Rolling Stone)
Grown-ish and Good Trouble have been renewed for another season. (Deadline)
For those who were watching scripted series on Facebook Watch (and we're not sure that many were), it looks like they're moving away from those. (Variety)
The Brady Bunch cast seems to be primed to be the next big stars of HGTV, as Maureen McCormick has now been named as the host of a new series there. (Deadline)
It looks like we may not be hearing Hank Azaria as Apu telling us "thank you come again" anymore. (BBC)
WGN America is bringing back the news (they previously aired a simulcast of the Chicago newscast) with a three hour nightly national newscast that will air from 7-10 every night. (WGN)
American Dad! is getting two more seasons on TBS. (SitcomsOnline)
NBC is getting ready to launch their Peacock streaming service, and now we know what the plans will look like. (SitcomsOnline)

WEEKLY PLANNER (JANUARY 18 - JANUARY 24)

This weekend on Decades is a binge marathon of The Rookies.
Antenna TV celebrates the anniversary of Barney Miller on Thursday.
Carter returns to WGN for a second season on Monday.

Sitcoms Airing Tonight

Friday, May 27

none scheduled

Complete TV Listings

Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of May 23)

Friday, May 27

Josh Charles (Sports Night) - Watch Josh on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
Miley Cyrus (Hannah Montana) - Miley appears on a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
Jenna Fischer (The Office/Splitting Up Together) and Angela Kinsey (The Office/The Hotwives of Orlando) - Jenna and Angela talk about their new book, The Office BFFs: Tales of The Office from Two Best Friends Who Were There, on a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
David Arquette (In Case of Emergency/Double Rush/Parenthood) - David appears on a repeat of The Late Late Show with James Corden at 12:37am on CBS.
Queen Latifah (Living Single) - Queen Latifah chats with the ladies of The View on a repeat on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
Courteney Cox (Shining Vale/Cougar Town/Friends/Family Ties) - Courteney is a guest on a repeat of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, so check your local listings.
Sherri Shepherd (Mr. Iglesias/Trial & Error/Sherri/Less Than Perfect/Suddenly Susan) - Sherri guest hosts The Wendy Williams Show, so check your local listings.
Mayim Bialik (Call Me Kat/The Big Bang Theory/Blossom/Molloy) - Mayim appears on The Kelly Clarkson Show, so check your local listings.
Cedric the Entertainer (The Neighborhood/The Last O.G./The Soul Man/The Steve Harvey Show) - Cedric is a guest on a repeat of The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
Jennifer Grey (Red Oaks/It's Like, You Know...) - Jennifer talks about her new memoir, Out of the Corner: A Memoir, on a repeat of Access Daily, so check your local listings.
Glen Powell (Scream Queens) - Glen talks about Top Gun: Maverick on NBC's Today in the 10am hour.