Fri-Yay: Community Moving to Netflix Next Week; NBC Announces Final Episodes of Season List

Friday, April 03, 2020

Fri-Yay: Community Moving to Netflix Next Week; NBC Announces Final Episodes of Season List

It's time for another edition of Fri-Yay! That means we will take a look back on some sitcom happenings in recent days or weeks or other fun sitcomy stuff. It's a sitcom lover's paradise! Happy Fri-Yay!

by Vincent

Starting on Wednesday, Community is the latest sitcom addition to join Netflix. This is pretty exciting as it's an opportunity for the series to become more popular, and I've always felt that it's been the NBC sitcom of its era that has been the least discovered by the steaming masses. The Office and Parks and Rec have become streaming favorites, 30 Rock is a constant internet meme generator, but Community - while still beloved by its small but dedicated fanbase - doesn't get quite the same amount of hype. Hopefully, the show's transition to Netflix can expose it to a wider audience. While Community has been available on Hulu for many years, and Hulu is steadily increasing in popularity, it still doesn't seem to get quite the same cultural pull that Netflix does.

If you're someone with a Netflix account looking for a new sitcom to watch while staying home, Community is a great choice. It's funny, creative and has a great cast, and goes places you'd never expect a sitcom to do. It has the same clever humor of a show like The Office, but with the mind-blowing experimenting of a fringe show like Rick and Morty. I highly recommend the series, and I hope it gets enough new fans that maybe the "and a movie" part of its six seasons and a movie prophecy comes true.

NBC

Due to production halts, most series were cut a few episodes. NBC has announced final episode dates for its series. Some series were unaffected by the halt (i.e. Manifest, Will & Grace, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Indebted) and are ending as scheduled. Here is a full list of final episodes of the season list for NBC:

Show: Manifest
Final episode of the season: April 6

Show: New Amsterdam
Final episode of the season: April 14

Show: Chicago Med
Final episode of the season: April 15

Show: Chicago Fire
Final episode of the season: April 15

Show: Chicago P.D.
Final episode of the season: April 15

Show: Indebted
Final episode of the season: April 16

Show: Superstore
Final episode of the season: April 23

Show: Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Final episode of the season: April 23

Show: Will & Grace
Series finale: April 23

Show: Law & Order: SVU
Final episode of the season: April 23

Show: Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist
Final episode of the season: May 3

Show: Good Girls
Final episode of the season: May 3

Show: The Blacklist
Final episode of the season: May 15

Show: Little Big Shots
Final episode of the season: May 24

Sitcoms Airing Tonight

Thursday, September 29

Young Sheldon - "Four Hundred Cartons of Undeclared Cigarettes and a Niblingo" (CBS, 8:00PM ET/PT)
George Sr. bails Meemaw and Georgie out of jail. Also, Sheldon and Missy meet Mandy (Emily Osment), and Mary feels unwelcome at church.

Ghosts - "Spies" (CBS, 8:30PM ET/PT)
Sam enlists the Ghosts to help secure a good review from an overly critical couple staying at the B&B. Also, Isaac tries to integrate Nigel into his friend group.

Welcome to Flatch - "Welcome to (Barb) Flatch" (Fox, 9:00PM ET/PT)
Kelley is changing diapers; Cheryl and Joe are raising baby chickens; Shrub is courting Beth; Barb Flatch makes a triumphant return to her hometown to shake things up.

Call Me Kat - "Call Me Ken Jennings" (Fox, 9:30PM ET/PT)
Kat is seated next to "Jeopardy!" contestant Ken Jennings on her flight home; Kat discovers some significant changes have been made to the cafe by Randi and Phil; Max has returned home from his time in Nashville.

Atlanta - "Light Skinned-ed" (FX, 10:00PM ET/PT)
My family is so crazy we need our own reality TV show. How you still got beef from the 70's? Whew. And y'all need to stop flirting with people's daddy.

Complete TV Listings

Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of September 26)

Thursday, September 29

George Clooney (Roseanne/The Facts of Life/ E/R (1984-1985) - Catch George on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:35pm on CBS.
Billy Eichner (Friends from College/Difficult People/Parks and Recreation) - Billy appears on The Late Late Show with James Corden at 12:37am on CBS. Billy appears on The Kelly Clarkson Show, so check your local listings.
Kelly Ripa (Hope & Faith) - Kelly is a guest on Watch What Happens: Live at 10pm on Bravo.
Alfonso Ribeiro (In the House/The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air/Silver Spoons) - Alfonso will be on LIVE! with Kelly and Ryan, so check your listings.
Jim Rash (Community/Help Me Help You/Thanks/Katie Joplin) - Jim appears on The Kelly Clarkson Show, so check your local listings.
MC Lyte (Partners in Rhyme/Half & Half) - MC shares her journey from rapper and entrepreneur to actress in the new sitcom Partners in Rhyme on Tamron Hall, so check your local listings.
Nick Kroll (Big Mouth/The League/Cavemen) - Nick stops by to chat about his new stand-up comedy special, Little Big Boy, on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
Jurnee Smollett (Wanda at Large/On Our Own) - Jurnee talks about her new film Lou on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
Drew Carey (The Drew Carey Show/The Good Life) - Drew talks about The Price Is Right Anniversary on NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
Sarah Jessica Parker (And Just Like That.../Divorce/Sex and the City/Square Pegs), Bette Midler (Bette) and Kathy Najimy (King of the Hill/Veronica's Closet) - Sarah, Bette and Kathy talk about Hocus Pocus 2 on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am and on ABC's GMA 3: What You Need to Know at 1pm.