Fri-Yay: Schitt's Creek Emmy Sweep; HBO Max Orders New Pretty Little Liars

Friday, September 25, 2020

Fri-Yay: Schitt's Creek Emmy Sweep; HBO Max Orders New Pretty Little Liars

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

This past Sunday was the Emmys, and I can sum it up for you using one sentence: Schitt's Creek basically won everything. Yes, the little show that could, ignored for the Academy by most of its run, nearly swept the comedy awards for its final season and picked up the much sought after Outstanding Comedy Series award. So how did the show explode in love with the Emmy voters? One word: Netflix.

It's pretty incredible for a show to win for the first time in its final season. It's only happened a handful of times before, but Schitt's Creek was a special case. The show grew in popularity steadily before rising to extreme love in its last season. It's almost a shame that the series is only now getting the love it deserves, but fear not, the show is a really well made comedy and deserves every bit of attention it gets. Here's to a great Emmys sweep and great season for Schitt's Creek.

Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin

New town. New secrets. New Little Liars. A new generation of Pretty Little Liars is coming to HBO Max, which has given a direct-to-series order for the new Max Original drama Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin, from executive producer/writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (Riverdale, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) and co-executive producer/writer Lindsay Calhoon Bring (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina). The series is produced by Aguirre-Sacasa's Muckle Man Productions and Alloy Entertainment (Gossip Girl, Pretty Little Liars, The Vampire Diaries, You) in association with Warner Bros. Television. Alloy's Leslie Morgenstein and Gina Girolamo are also executive producers of the series, which is based upon the bestselling series of books by Sara Shepard.

Twenty years ago, a series of tragic events almost ripped the blue-collar town of Millwood apart. Now, in the present day, a group of disparate teen girls — a brand-new set of Little Liars — find themselves tormented by an unknown Assailant and made to pay for the secret sin their parents committed two decades ago...as well as their own. In the dark, coming-of-RAGE, horror-tinged drama Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin, we find ourselves miles away from Rosewood, but within the existing Pretty Little Liars universe — in a brand new town, with a new generation of Little Liars.

A pop culture phenomenon, the first Pretty Little Liars series was produced by Warner Horizon Television for Freeform/ABC Family, debuted in June 2010 and ran for seven seasons, concluding in June 2017. During its seven-year run, Pretty Little Liars ranked as the #1 scripted series on all of cable television in the teen girl demographic, and it ranks as the #1 series ever to air on Freeform/ABC Family.

Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows

Tuesday, September 30

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Complete TV Listings

Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of September 29)

Tuesday, September 30

Kumail Nanjiani (Bless the Harts/Silicon Valley) - Catch Kumail on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Reneé Rapp (The Sex Lives of College Girls) - Reneé is the musical guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Dwayne Johnson (Young Rock) - Dwayne appears on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
Henry Winkler (Barry/Arrested Development/Out of Practice/Monty/Happy Days) - Henry is a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC. He also talks about his children's book Detective Duck: The Mystery at Emerald Pond on ABC News Live Prime with Linsey Davis at 7pm.
Charlie Hunnam (Undeclared) - Charlie stops by Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC. He also talks about Monster: The Ed Gein Story on NBC's Today sometime between 7-9am and on Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your local listings.
Ronny Chieng (Young Rock/Ronny Chieng: International Student) - Ronny hosts Comedy Central's The Daily Show at 11pm.
Cristela Alonzo (Cristela) - Cristela is a guest on Comedy Central's The Daily Show at 11pm.
Chelsea Frei (The Paper/The Moodys) - Chelsea appears on Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC. She will also be on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen at 3:30am on Bravo.
Glen Powell (Chad Powers/Scream Queens) - Glen talks about Chad Powers on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am.
Mindy Kaling (Running Point/The Mindy Project/The Office) - ABC's Good Morning America has Deals & Steals with Mindy sometime between 7-9am.
Asher Grodman (Ghosts) - Asher talks about Ghosts on CBS Mornings Plus in the 9am hour.
Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother/Star Raving Mad/Doogie Howser, M.D.) - NBC's Today has TODAY Food with Neil and David Burtka sometime between 7-9am.
Jane Lynch (Angel from Hell) - Jane dishes on the new season of Celebrity Weakest Link on Fox on Sherri, so check your local listings.
Regina Hall (Black Monday/Grandfathered/Married/Second Generation Wayans) - Regina tells Drew all about her action-packed new film One Battle After Another on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
Teri Hatcher (The Odd Couple/Sunday Dinner/Karen's Song/The Love Boat) - Teri is whipping up a delicious meal in the kitchen with her Desperately Devoted Podcast Co-Hosts onscreen daughter Andrea Bowen and real-life daughter Emerson Tenney on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
John Corbett (And Just Like That.../Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll/United States of Tara/Lucky/Sex and the City) - John talks about Soul on Fire on Access Daily with Mario & Kit, so check your local listings.