SitcomsOnline Digest: NBC Sets Premiere Date for Mr. Mayor; New Version of Name That Tune in the Works at Fox

Saturday, November 21, 2020

SitcomsOnline Digest: NBC Sets Premiere Date for Mr. Mayor; New Version of Name That Tune in the Works at Fox

Welcome to SitcomsOnline Digest! It's Thanksgiving week, and we're hearing more about the debut of Mr. Mayor, a new game show hosted by Jane Krakowski, and more. Let's get going!

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB

Mr. Mayor, the sitcom starring Ted Danson from Tina Fey and Robert Carlock, has a debut date set for NBC. (Variety)
Conan O'Brien is set to leave TBS and move to HBO Max, where he'll be down to a weekly show, leaving us to wonder what the future of daily late night cable talk is (or isn't). (Deadline)
Name That Tune is making a return to primetime on Fox, with Jane Krakowski hosting. (Variety)
Sitcom writer-producer Chuck Hauck has died at age 79. (Deadline)
We aren't sure how this will work, but an UNO game show is in the works. (Variety)
There is now a Carol Burnett channel available on Roku. (SitcomsOnline)

WEEKLY PLANNER (NOVEMBER 21 - NOVEMBER 27)

It looks like A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving will air on traditional TV after all, as PBS will be airing it tomorrow night.
Decades has a Barnaby Jones marathon this weekend.
Thanksgiving isn't complete without the WKRP in Cincinnati episode "Turkey's Away," MeTV has that for you on Sunday at 7:30, along with other Thanksgiving episodes of other series.
The long-awaited Saved by the Bell reboot debuts Thursday on Peacock.
Antenna TV has a Partridge Family marathon featuring every episode that begins on Wednesday at 8.

Sitcoms Airing Tonight

Friday, March 5

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Complete TV Listings

Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of March 1)

Friday, March 5

Soleil Moon Frye (Punky Brewster/Sabrina, the Teenage Witch) - Watch Soleil on a repeat of Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Harvey Guillén (What We Do in the Shadows) - Harvey is a guest on a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
Arsenio Hall (Arsenio) - Arsenio appears on a repeat of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:35pm on CBS.
Adam DeVine (Workaholics/Modern Family) - Adam is a guest on a repeat of The Late Late Show with James Corden at 12:37am on CBS.
Kathryn Hahn (Happyish/Transparent/Free Agents) - Kathryn chats with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
Kate Walsh (Bad Judge/The Drew Carey Show) - Kate is a guest on The Talk on CBS at 2pm ET/1pm CT-PT.
Eddie Murphy (The PJs) - Eddie talks about Coming 2 America on LIVE! with Kelly and Ryan, so check your listings.
Randall Park (Fresh Off the Boat) - Randall appears on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, so check your local listings.
Kyle Massey (Cory in the House/That's So Raven) - Kyle is a guest on The Real, so check your local listings.
Amy Poehler (Duncanville/Parks and Recreation) - Amy will be on The Kelly Clarkson Show, so check your local listings.
Ben Feldman (Superstore/A to Z/Living with Fran) - Ben appears on The Kelly Clarkson Show, so check your local listings.
Zach Braff (Alex, Inc./Scrubs) and Donald Faison (The Exes/Scrubs/Clueless) - Zach and Donald talk about the Fake Doctors, Real Friends podcast on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
Keshia Knight Pulliam (Tyler Perry's House of Payne/The Cosby Show) - Keshia is a guest on Access Daily, so check your local listings.