SitcomsOnline Digest: Amazon Gets Streaming Rights to Mad Men; Too Close for Comfort on Pluto TV

Saturday, July 04, 2020

SitcomsOnline Digest: Amazon Gets Streaming Rights to Mad Men; Too Close for Comfort on Pluto TV

Welcome to SitcomsOnline Digest! It's a bit of a slow news week due to the holiday, but we have a few things for you, including Amazon picking up Mad Men streaming rights, Too Close for Comfort on Pluto TV, and more. Let's get going!

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB

Amazon has picked up the steaming rights to Mad Men. (Deadline)
Once again, current events are affecting classic TV series, with Hulu removing a Golden Girls episode with a blackface joke that wasn't exactly blackface. (Vulture)
Don't worry about Days of Our Lives, the series is set to return to production on September 1. (Deadline)
The first guest hosts for Jimmy Kimmel's vacation have been announced. (TVLine)
Hugh Downs, who is known for sitting next to Barbara Walters throughout the 90s on 20/20 (right after TGIF), has died at age 99. (CNN)
Carl Reiner died this past week, and there are plenty of tributes to him planned (including one that aired on CBS last night). (SitcomsOnline)

WEEKLY PLANNER (JULY 4- JULY 10)

Syfy may have abandoned their tradition of showing Twilight Zone during Independence Day weekend, but Decades has you covered if you want that.
Too Close for Comfort is available to watch now on TV Land Sitcoms, but not the cable channel, but the free streaming version on Pluto TV.

Sitcoms Airing Tonight

Tuesday, September 28

none scheduled

Complete TV Listings

Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of September 27)

Tuesday, September 28

Mark Duplass (Togetherness/The Mindy Project/The League) - Catch Mark on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Demi Lovato (Sonny with a Chance) - G-Eazy featuring Demi will be on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
Drew Carey (The Drew Carey Show/The Good Life) - Drew appears on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:35pm on CBS.
Natasia Demetriou (What We Do in the Shadows) - Natasia is a guest on Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
Mayim Bialik (Call Me Kat/The Big Bang Theory/Blossom) - Mayim will be on The Late Late Show with James Corden at 12:37am on CBS.
Gillian Jacobs (Love/Community) - Gillian appears on The Late Late Show with James Corden at 12:37am on CBS.
Mila Kunis (Family Guy/That '70s Show) - Mila is a guest on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, so check your local listings.
Leslie Jordan (Call Me Kat/The Cool Kids/Will & Grace/Hearts Afire) - Leslie will be on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, so check your local listings.
Logan Browning (Dear White People) - Logan appears on The Real, so check your local listings.
Melissa McCarthy (Mike & Molly/Samantha Who?) - Melissa is a guest on The Kelly Clarkson Show, so check your local listings.
Vanessa Hudgens (Powerless) - Vanessa talks about Netflix's My Little Pony: A New Generation on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
Jason Biggs (Outmatched/Mad Love/Drexell's Class) - Jason appears on Rachael Ray, so check your local listings.
Leah Remini (Kevin Can Wait/The Exes/Family Tools/The King of Queens) - Leah talks about Game Show Network's People Puzzler on NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
Sara Bareilles (Girls5eva) - Sara talks about Broadway's Waitress on ABC's GMA 3: What You Need to Know at 1pm.