SitcomsOnline Digest: Executive Producers of The Office Considering New Work-at-Home Comedy; Lights Out with David Spade Gets Lights Turned Out Permanently

Saturday, April 04, 2020

SitcomsOnline Digest: Executive Producers of The Office Considering New Work-at-Home Comedy; Lights Out with David Spade Gets Lights Turned Out Permanently

Welcome to SitcomsOnline Digest! It's a bit of a busier news week this week and not everything is coronavirus related even, at least not directly. This week, we're hearing about a new version of The Office that would be relevant to working at home, a new season of The Conners, and we've got plenty of things for you to watch this upcoming week while you're stuck at home. Let's get going!

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB

With everybody working at home, the executive producers of The Office are now reportedly working on a new sitcom idea that would be like The Office, except with everybody working from home. (NPR)
Lights Out with David Spade went on a coronavirus quarantine hiatus, but now it won't be coming back, as Comedy Central yet again can't seem to find a successful show to air after The Daily Show. (AV Club)
It should be a surprise to nobody, but a third season of The Conners is probably going to happen. (Deadline)
Daytime talk is alive and well again after being shutdown for coronavirus. (Deadline)
New episodes of Rick and Morty will debut on May 3. (Ars Technica)
American Dad! is celebrating 15 years of being on the air, who knew it would last that long? (SitcomsOnline)

WEEKLY PLANNER (APRIL 4 - APRIL 10)

On Wednesday night, the very last live action sitcom on the broadcast networks that is leftover from the 00's comes to an end, as the series finale of Modern Family airs.
Who Wants to be a Millionaire? also returns right after that finale of Modern Family, and will feature Eric Stonestreet as the first contestant.
Decades is featuring The Love Boat this weekend as their binge.
You can watch the original One Day at a Time 24/7 on a special channel on Pluto TV right now.
On Antenna TV, you can watch Alice all day today and Archie Bunker's Place all day tomorrow.
The third season of The Last OG debuts Tuesday on TBS.
An entirely new streaming service, Quibi, debuts on Monday, though it will be a lot different from Hulu or Netflix.

Sitcoms Airing Tonight

Sunday, December 3

Krapopolis - "Ty's Tail Tale" (Fox, 8:00PM ET/PT)
When Tyrannis is possessed by his deceased grandfather who rules with fear and a large scorpion tail, Shlub must fight to bring back the old Tyrannis; Hippocampus and Stupendous bring a pregnant pegasus home.

The Simpsons - "AE Bonny Romance" (Fox, 8:30PM ET/PT)
When Groundskeeper Willie is kidnapped to Scotland, Bart and the Simpsons follow, only to be faced with Homer's worst nightmare.

Bob's Burgers - "Fraud of the Dead: Zombie-docu-pocalypse" (Fox, 9:00PM ET/PT)
A documentary film profiling world-class archer Louise Belcher is interrupted by unexpected visitors.

Family Guy - "Baking Sad" (Fox, 9:30PM ET/PT)
Meg discovers her tears produce delicious cookies; Peter and the guys launch a male talk show.

Complete TV Listings

Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of November 27)

Friday, December 1

Henry Winkler (Barry/Arrested Development/Out of Practice/Monty/Happy Days) - Watch Henry on a repeat of Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Brie Larson (United States of Tara/Raising Dad) - Brie is a guest on a repeat of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
Eric Idle (Suddenly Susan/Nearly Departed) - Eric appears on a repeat of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
Maria Bamford (Lady Dynamite/Benched) - Maria is a guest on a repeat of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:35pm on CBS.
Ms. Pat (The Ms. Pat Show) - Ms. Pat appears on a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
Angela Means (Cousin Skeeter) - Angela is a guest on repeats of Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen on CBS between 12:37-1:37am.
Kelsey Grammer (Frasier/Partners/Hank/Back to You/Cheers) - NBC's Today catches up with Kelsey in the 9am hour.
Brandy Norwood (Zoe Ever After/The Game/Moesha/Thea) - Brandy chats and performs on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am.
Patrick Stewart (Blunt Talk) - Patrick sits down with to chat about his book Making It So on Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your listings.
Marcus Scribner (grown-ish/black-ish) - Marcus tells Sherri about his coming-of-age film, How I Learned to Fly, on Sherri, so check your local listings.
Chris Redd (Bust Down/Kenan/Disjointed) - Chris discusses his upcoming film Candy Cane Lane on The Talk on CBS at 2pm ET/1pm CT-PT.
Tiffani Thiessen (Saved by the Bell/Alexa & Katie/Good Morning, Miami/Saved by the Bell: The College Years) - Tiffani discusses her latest cookbook, Here We Go Again: Recipes and Inspiration to Level Up Your Leftovers, and cooks on The Talk on CBS at 2pm ET/1pm CT-PT.