Monday, March 16, 2020
Hallmark Slots More Golden Girls, Frasier; Primetime Schedule Changes Due to Coronavirus

The Hallmark Channel will make some late fringe schedule changes effective immediately. First up, on Sundays as of yesterday (Sunday, March 15), The Golden Girls will replace Sunday 10pm-12am movie. The Golden Girls will air from 10pm–1am and Frasier will air from 1am–5am . Beginning tonight (Monday, March 16) on weeknights, The Golden Girls will air Monday – Friday from 10pm – 1am and Frasier will air weekdays from 1am – 5am, as both series get expanded. I Love Lucy will continue to air mornings from 5am-7am and more The Golden Girls in the mornings from 7-10am, to round out up the sitcom line-up.
A mix of original and encore programming is set to air on the CBS Television Network in primetime in lieu of the recently cancelled NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Sitcom repeats will air the next two Thursdays from 8-10pm, with drama encores at 10pm. On Fridays, the regular lineup is in repeat mode this Friday but all-new on March 27 except Blue Bloods. CBS Daytime programming on previously scheduled game days will air in pattern. The Price Is Right and Let's Make a Deal will air encore presentations, while The Young and the Restless, The Bold and the Beautiful and The Talk will all air original episodes. The 55th Academy of Country Music Awards scheduled to air live on the CBS Television Network on Sunday, April 5 from Las Vegas is postponed and will be rescheduled to air on CBS in September, at a date, time and venue to be determined. Moving on to Fox, network was previously scheduled to air XFL coverage on Thursday, April 2 and Thursday, April 9 in primetime, but now they will air Last Man Standing and Beat Shazam repeats instead. ABC had Saturday Night Primetime NBA games and will replace them with Shark Tank and American Idol repeats effective immediately. And finally NBC will air an encore of Game of Games and a new Dateline NBC in place of canceled World Figure Skating Championships on Saturday, March 21. The
Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows
Monday, May 19
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Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of May 19)
Monday, May 19
- Seth Rogen (The Studio/Platonic/Undeclared) - Watch Seth on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
- Milly Alcock (Sirens) - Milly appears on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
- Bradley Whitford (Perfect Harmony/Trophy Wife) - Bradley is a guest on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:35pm on CBS.
- Tim Robinson (Detroiters) - Tim appears on a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
- Owen Thiele (Overcompensating) and Amita Rao (Deli Boys) - Owen and Amita are guests on After Midnight at 12:37am on CBS.
- Meghann Fahy (Sirens) - Meghann talks about Sirens on Live with Kelly and Mark (check your local listings), NBC's Today sometime between 7-9am, and on ABC News Live Prime with Linsey Davis at 7pm.
- Sarah Jessica Parker (And Just Like That.../Divorce/Sex and the City/Square Pegs) - Sarah talks about And Just Like That... on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9a.
- Hugh Jackman (Human Resources) - Hugh discusses his Radio City Music Hall residency on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am.
- Jason Priestley (Call Me Fitz/Sister Kate), Vanessa Morgan (The Latest Buzz) and Giacomo Gianniotti (Backpackers/Selfie) - Jason, Vanessa and Giacomo talk about the dramedy Wild Cards on Tamron Hall, so check your local listings.
- Blair Underwood (Fatherhood/The New Adventures of Old Christine) - NBC's Today catches up with Blair in the 9am hour.
- Valerie Bertinelli (Hot in Cleveland/One Day at a Time) - It's the time management show on a repeat of The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
- Luke Kirby (Étoile) - Luke talks about Prime's Étoile on Access Daily with Mario & Kit, so check your local listings.
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