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!
HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB
- 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
Thursday, October 22
Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage - "A Germ Factory and a Good Mother" (CBS, 8:00PM ET/PT)
Georgie and Mandy have a hard time coping with CeeCee starting preschool. Meanwhile, Jim struggles to boost Audrey’s spirits.
Eternally Yours - "The Mistake" (CBS, 8:30PM ET/PT)
The coven throws an initiation party for a new vampire and invites prominent members of their community, including Aldrict (Jeff Hiller), a troublemaker who has history with Liz. Also, Jesse’s vampire origin story is revealed.
Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of October 19)
Thursday, October 22
- Robby Hoffman (Hacks) - Catch Robby on a repeat of Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
- Kristen Bell (Nobody Wants This/Central Park/The Good Place) - Kristen appears on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
- Joe Manganiello (Mythic Quest/How I Met Your Mother) - Joe is a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
- Natasha Leggero (Broke/Dice/Another Period/Free Agents) and Jimmie Walker (Good Times/At Ease/Bustin' Loose) - Natasha and Jimmie will be on a repeat of Funny You Should Ask at 12:37am on CBS.
- Ronny Chieng (Young Rock/Ronny Chieng: International Student) - Ronny hosts Comedy Central's The Daily Show at 11pm.
- Jimmy O. Yang (Interior Chinatown/Space Force/Silicon Valley) - Jimmy is a guest on Comedy Central's The Daily Show at 11pm.
- Anna Camp (Perfect Harmony/Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt/The Mindy Project) - Anna drops by the studio to chat about 2:22 A Ghost Story on Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your local listings.
- Jane Leeves (Hot in Cleveland/Frasier/Throb) - Jane talks about Daphne & Me: My Life on Frasier (And a Bit More) on Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your local listings.
- B.J. Novak (The Office) - B.J. tells Drew about writing his new children's book The Little Book With No Pictures on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
- Tim Daly (Newlyweds/Wings) and Téa Leoni (Newlyweds/The Naked Truth/Flying Blind) - Tim and Téa talk about Newlyweds on NBC's Today in the 9am hour.
- Sherri Shepherd (Mr. Iglesias/Trial & Error/Sherri/Less Than Perfect/Suddenly Susan) - Sherri talks about Broadway's Aladdin on NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
New on DVD and Blu-ray
01/20/26 - The Woody Woodpecker and Friends Golden Age Collection (Blu-ray)
01/27/26 - The New Fred and Barney Show - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
02/11/26 - Tom and Jerry - The Complete CinemaScope Collection (Blu-ray)
03/24/26 - Looney Tunes Collector's Vault - Volume 2 (Blu-ray)
04/11/26 - Abbott Elementary - The Complete Fourth Season (DVD)
04/21/26 - Famous Studios Champion Collection (Blu-ray) (DVD)
05/19/26 - I Love Lucy - The Complete Series - 75th Anniversary Edition (DVD)
05/19/26 - Looney Tunes Cartoons - The Complete Series (Blu-ray) (DVD)
06/16/26 - Difficult People - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
06/30/26 - Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
07/14/26 - The Office - The Complete Series - Superfan Extended Episodes (Blu-ray)
07/28/26 - The Bill Dana Show - The Complete Series (DVD)
07/28/26 - I Love Lucy - The Complete Series - 75th Anniversary Edition (Blu-ray)
07/28/26 - The Paper - Season One (Blu-ray) (DVD)
08/25/26 - Perfect Strangers - The Complete Series (Blu-ray) (DVD)
09/08/26 - Looney Tunes Collector's Vault - Volume 3 (Blu-ray)
09/22/26 - Bridget Loves Bernie - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
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