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
- 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 / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows
Saturday, July 12
Mind Your Business - "Love Child" (Bounce TV, 8:00PM ET/PT)
Alfonso and Aaliyah's world is flipped upside down when their mother's secret love child comes into town, while Mia tries to figure out who is sending her gifts every hour on the hour.
Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of July 7)
Friday, July 11
- Aparna Nancherla (The Great North/Fairview/Corporate) and Whitney Cummings (Whitney) - Aparna and Whitney are guests on a repeat of After Midnight at 12:37am on CBS.
- Malachi Barton (Stuck in the Middle) and Meg Donnelly (American Housewife) - Malachi and Meg discuss Zombies 4: Dawn of the Vampires and perform on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am. They will also be on ABC's GMA 3: What You Need to Know at 1pm.
- Jean Smart (Hacks/Samantha Who?/Center of the Universe/In-Laws/Style & Substance/Designing Women) - Jean chats with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
- Patton Oswalt (A.P. Bio/The Goldbergs/The King of Queens) - Patton talks about Black Coffee and Ice Water on CBS Mornings sometime between 7-9am.
- Margaret Cho (All-American Girl) and Joel Kim Booster (Loot/Shrill) - CBS News contributor Lisa Ling talks with Margaret and Joel on CBS Mornings sometime between 7-9am.
- Krysten Ritter (Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23) - Tamron Hall (repeat) has a DAYTIME EXCLUSIVE sitdown with actress/director/author Krysten Ritter who recently released her new thriller/mystery novel Retreat, so check your local listings.
- Maggie Q (Pivoting) - Maggie Q talks about Prime's Ballard on Access Daily with Mario & Kit, so check your local listings.
- Tisha Campbell (Act Your Age/Uncoupled/Outmatched/Dr. Ken/Rita Rocks/My Wife and Kids/Martin) and Wendy Raquel Robinson (Poppa's House/The Game/Here We Go Again/The Steve Harvey Show/Minor Adjustments) - Tisha and Wendy chat about their film Operation: Aunties on Access Daily with Mario & Kit, so check your local listings. They will also be on PIX11 Morning News on WPIX in New York at 9:30am.
- David Zayas (The Bear/Saint George) - David appears on PIX11 Morning News on WPIX in New York at 9:40am.
New on DVD and Blu-ray
01/28 - Wait Till Your Father Gets Home - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
02/04 - The Wayans Bros. - The Complete Series
03/11 - Frasier (2023) - Season Two
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)
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