Saturday, October 24, 2020
SitcomsOnline Digest: Another Addams Family Reboot in the Works?; Quibi Says Goodbye After Six Months
Welcome to SitcomsOnline Digest! This week, we're hearing about a potential Addams Family reboot (why not?), a political fundraiser featuring the Happy Days cast, and more. Let's get going!
- A reboot of The Addams Family doesn't exactly sound unreasonable to us, although hopefully it'll be better than what Fox Family had in the late 90s. (Deadline)
- COVID-19 has brought a lot of uncertainty to the TV season, but at least black-ish will have a full season. (Variety)
- Let's Make a Deal is prepping to return to the air, with a mix of virtual and in-person contestants. (Deadline)
- A theme in political fundraisers this year (particularly the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, for some reason) seems to be cast reunions of classic TV shows, and now a virtual one is coming up for Happy Days, although Scott Baio has expressed his dissatisfaction with this and will obviously not be participating. (The Hill)
- It was hyped forever and had billions of dollars in financing, but nothing could save the short form series streaming service Quibi, which is now dead after six whole months. (Techcrunch)
- MeTV is getting deeper into classic cartoons, as they have now acquired Looney Tunes. (SitcomsOnline)
WEEKLY PLANNER (OCTOBER 24 - OCTOBER 30)
- Decades has a somewhat unusual binge this weekend, with Hammer House of Horror and One Step Beyond.
- Antenna TV has a full weekend of The Jack Benny Program this weekend to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the series.
- Antenna TV begins to celebrate Halloween on Friday with a binge of Sabrina, the Teenage Witch.
- A new season of This is Us debuts Tuesday on NBC.
- ABC brings back American Housewife for a new season on Wednesday.
- Superstore returns to NBC on Thursday.
Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows
Wednesday, November 20
none scheduled
Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of November 18)
Wednesday, November 20
- Ralph Macchio (Eight Is Enough) - Watch Ralph on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
- Bowen Yang (Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens) - Bowen is a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC. He talks about Wicked on NBC's Today some time between 7-9am and in the 10am hour.
- Bridget Everett (Somebody Somewhere) - Bridget appears on Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
- Johnny Pemberton (Son of Zorn), Nichole Sakura (Maggie/Superstore) and Matt Braunger (Up All Night) - Johnny, Nicole and Matt are guests on After Midnight at 12:37am on CBS.
- Joey McIntyre (Return of the Mac/The McCarthys) - Joey appears on Comedy Central's The Daily Show at 11pm.
- Lacey Chabert (Still the King/Baby Daddy/Family Guy) - Lacey stops by Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen at 11:15pm on Bravo.
- John Lithgow (Trial & Error/Twenty Good Years/3rd Rock from the Sun) - NBC's Today catches up with John in the 9am hour.
- Keke Palmer (Scream Queens/True Jackson, VP) - Keke talks about Master of Me: The Secret to Controlling Your Narrative on NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
- Jim Gaffigan (The Jim Gaffigan Show/My Boys/The Ellen Show/Welcome to New York) - Jim stops by Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your listings.
- Ron Funches (Loot/Powerless/Undateable) - Ron is joining Drew to hit the headlines and telling her about working with Travis Kelce on Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity? on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
- Rosemarie Dewitt (United States of Tara) - Rosemarie is joining Drew chatting about her new movie Out of my Mind, being married to actor Ron Livingston and more on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
- Paul Reiser (Mad About You/Red Oaks/Married/My Two Dads) - Paul discusses his new comedy special on The Talk on CBS at 2pm ET/1pm CT-PT.
New on DVD and Blu-ray
09/10 - Rick and Morty - The Complete Seasons 1-7
09/10 - The Ropers - The Complete Series (VEI)
09/10 - Ted - Season One (Blu-ray) (DVD)
09/17 - The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet - Video Scrapbook
09/17 - Top Cat - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
09/24 - Friends - The Complete Series (4K UHD)
09/24 - Young Sheldon - The Complete Seventh Season (DVD) / The Complete Series (DVD) (Blu-ray)
10/08 - Curb Your Enthusiasm - The Complete Twelfth Season / The Complete Series
10/22 - Veep - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
11/05 - I Love Lucy - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
11/12 - The King of Queens - The Complete Series (Blu-ray) (2024 Release)
11/19 - SpongeBob SquarePants - The Complete Fourteenth Season
11/26 - Looney Tunes Collector's Choice - Volume 4 (Blu-ray)
12/03 - Angel (1960-1961) - The Complete Series, Volume 1
12/17 - Seinfeld - The Complete Series (Blu-ray) (4K UHD)
02/04 - Bewitched - The Complete Series - 60th Anniversary Special Edition (Blu-ray)
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