Saturday, March 28, 2020
SitcomsOnline Digest: One Day at a Time a Hit in Ratings; Late Night Talk Set to Return Next Week
- One Day at a Time had solid ratings when it returned to air as a broadcast series this week. (Variety)
- Late night talk shows are slowly returning with at-home segments, which will eventually evolve into full at-home episodes next week. (Deadline)
- American Idol has shutdown production, obviously, but what do you do when you have a competition series that is still in the middle of the competition? (TVLine)
- Trish Regan has been given the boot at Fox Business after spending weeks calling coronavirus an "impeachment scam." (Deadline)
- Modern Family, which many would consider to be the last "big hit" sitcom to debut on a broadcast network in the era where broadcast sitcoms reigned supreme, is coming to an end next week. (SitcomsOnline)
WEEKLY PLANNER (MARCH 28 - APRIL 3)

- Decades is featuring a weekend of The Big Valley this weekend.
- Fox is airing a coronavirus relief concert on Sunday night.
- Antenna TV has a new lineup that starts Monday.
- Broke debuts on CBS on Thursday night.
Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows
Friday, September 5
none scheduled
Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of September 1)
Friday, September 5
- Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Modern Family/The Class) - Watch Jesse on a repeat of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
- Pete Davidson (Bupkis) - Pete appears on a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
- Caitlin Reilly (Hacks) and Rickey Thompson (Foursome) - Caitlin and Rickey are guests on a repeat of After Midnight at 12:37am on CBS.
- Charlie Sheen (Anger Management/Two and a Half Men) - Charlie discusses his new book The Book of Sheen on ABC's >Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am.
- Mariska Hargitay (Can't Hurry Love) - Mariska talks about My Mom Jayne on a repeat of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
- Ruby Cruz (The Sex Lives of College Girls) - Ruby talks about The Threesome on CBS Mornings sometime between 7-9am.
- Issa Rae (Insecure) - Issa talks about Seen & Heard on NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
- Lamorne Morris (Woke/New Girl) - Drew is chatting with Emmy-winning Lamorne on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
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02/04 - The Wayans Bros. - The Complete Series
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04/01 - Abbott Elementary - The Complete Third Season
05/13 - The Drew Carey Show - The Complete Series* (missing 4 episodes and some music has been replaced or altered)
06/06 - Shoresy - Season 2
06/17 - Looney Tunes - Collector's Vault - Volume 1 (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)
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