Saturday, January 11, 2020

SitcomsOnline Digest: Saved by the Bell Reboot Gets More of Original Cast; ABC Expanding Game Show Empire

Welcome to SitcomsOnline Digest! It's been a really busy week of news this week as the TCA Winter Tour is in full force, and we are here with news of some new reboots, game show successes for ABC, and more. Let's get going!

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB
  • Things are coming together to reunite the entire Saved by the Bell cast for the upcoming reboot, at least for an episode or two. (Hollywood Reporter)
  • Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time has been a major success for ABC, so naturally, the network is trying to find a way to keep that momentum going beyond the end of the run next week. (Deadline) 
  • Meanwhile, in other game show news for ABC, Jimmy Kimmel will be hosting a limited revival of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and Leslie Jones will be hosting a revival of Supermarket Sweep. (Good Morning America/ABC)
  • Seth MacFarlane, who has spent over two decades with Fox developing series including Family Guy, American Dad, and The Orville, is now leaving that studio to bring his new developments to NBCUniversal. (Hollywood Reporter)
  • The 2018 movie Night School is being adapted as a sitcom pilot for NBC. (Hollywood Reporter)  
  • The show thirtysomething is on the verge of being rebooted, with the original cast intact as well. (Hollywood Reporter)
  • If you ever think that there is nothing to watch on TV, you should know this: there were 532 new scripted series airing on television in 2019. (NY Times)
  • A live episode of The Conners will air on ABC next month. (SitcomsOnline)

WEEKLY PLANNER (JANUARY 11 - JANUARY 17)

  • Decades has a binge of The Fall Guy this weekend.
  • Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time continues this week on ABC.
  • A new season of Grace and Frankie debuts Wednesday on Netflix.
  • grown-ish is back Thursday on Freeform.
  • Netflix has a pair of new comedies on Friday: AJ and the Queen, starring RuPaul, and Medical Police.
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Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows

Wednesday, March 11

Scrubs - "My Poker Face" (ABC, 8:00PM ET/PT)
To relive their glory days, J.D. plans a poker night with Turk. Elsewhere, competition brews between the medical and surgical interns, while Elliot decides how to handle a social media-obsessed patient.

Abbott Elementary - "Safety Day" (ABC, 8:30PM ET/PT)
An antidrug campaign visits the school, and Jacob is outraged by an unfair district election.

Tyler Perry's House of Payne - "The Package" (BET, 8:00PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
Kaleb is putting extreme pressure on Jazmine to have sex with him for her first time but Calvin comes in and rains on their parade.

Tyler Perry's Assisted Living - "The Secret Ingredients" (BET, 8:30PM ET/PT)
Leah becomes increasingly jealous of Sandra and Anastasia's relationship; the residents compete for the crown in a special baking competition.

Complete TV Listings

Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of March 9)

Wednesday, March 11

  • Pete Holmes (How We Roll/Crashing) - Watch Pete on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:35pm on CBS.
  • Max Amini (Real Rob) - Max is a guest on Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen at 12:37am on CBS.
  • Jamie Lee Curtis (The Sticky/Anything But Love/Operation Petticoat) - Jamie Lee talks about Scarpetta on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am.
  • Jennifer Lopez (South Central) - Jennifer discusses her Las Vegas residency with Juju Chang on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am and on ABC's GMA 3: What You Need to Know at 1pm.
  • Valerie Bertinelli (Hot in Cleveland/Cafe Americain/Sydney/One Day at a Time) - Valerie talks about her new book Getting Naked with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
  • Lauren Graham (The Z-Suite/M.Y.O.B./Conrad Bloom/Townies/Good Company) - Lauren talks about Reminders of Him on NBC's Today sometime between 7-9am.
  • Adam DeVine (The Righteous Gemstones/Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin/Workaholics/Modern Family) - NBC's Today catches up with Adam in the 10am hour.
  • Marcus Scribner (grown-ish/black-ish) - Marcus tells Sherri about his new film In Starland on Sherri, so check your local listings.
  • Will Forte (The Four Seasons/HouseBroken/MacGruber/The Last Man on Earth/The Cleveland Show) and D'Arcy Carden (Barry/The Good Place) - Will and D'Arcy talks about Stan's Sunny Nights on Access Daily with Mario & Kit, so check your local listings.

New on DVD and Blu-ray

Bewitched - The Complete Series - 60th Anniversary Special Edition (Blu-ray) Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage - The Complete First Season (DVD) St. Denis Medical - Season One (Blu-ray) Happy's Place - Season One (Blu-ray) Two and a Half Men - The Complete Series (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)
09/30 - Touché Turtle and Dum Dum - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
10/07 - Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage - The Complete First Season (DVD)
10/14 - Curb Your Enthusiasm - The Complete Series (Blu-ray) (DVD)
10/28 - St. Denis Medical - Season One (Blu-ray) (DVD)
11/04 - Happy's Place - Season One (Blu-ray) (DVD)
11/11 - Rick and Morty - Season 8 (Blu-ray) (DVD)
11/11 - SpongeBob SquarePants - The Complete Fifteenth Season (DVD)
11/11 - Two and a Half Men - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
12/02 - Tom and Jerry - The Golden Era Anthology (1940-1958) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
12/16 - Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
12/16 - Wally Gator - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
01/20 - The Woody Woodpecker and Friends Golden Age Collection (Blu-ray)
01/27 - The New Fred and Barney Show - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
02/11 - Tom and Jerry - The Complete CinemaScope Collection (Blu-ray)
03/24 - Looney Tunes Collector's Vault - Volume 2 (Blu-ray)

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