Tuesday, December 22, 2020

COZI TV's New Year's Eve and New Year's Day Marathons; CBS Orders More B Positive Episodes

COZI TV Good Riddance to 2020 - A Day of Farewells & Goodbyes

Countdown to midnight and say goodbye to 2020 with COZI TV's night of favorite farewells. Starting at 4 p.m. on Thursday, December 31 tune in to watch memorable goodbyes and farewells of Little House and the Prairie, The Munsters, Frasier, Roseanne and The Nanny. Then get a fresh start at 6 a.m. on Friday, January 1, for the all-day New Year’s marathon "The Firsts for the First," to watch where it all began for the hilarious casts of The Nanny and Roseanne. As we start the new year on COZI, follow Fran Drescher's character as she transforms from door-to-door cosmetic saleswoman to landing the perfect nanny job for the Sheffield's in their first season together. Then after The Nanny, starting at 5 p.m. on Friday, January 1, viewers will meet Dan and Roseanne Connor as they juggle life in Lanford, Illinois with a special guest appearance by George Clooney as Roseanne's boss at Wellman Plastics in the first season of Roseanne.

Thursday, December 31 New Year's Eve Finale Schedule (check local listings):
4:00 p.m.: Little House and the Prairie, “The Voice of Tinker Jones”
5:00 p.m.: Little House and the Prairie, “Family Quarrel”
6:00 p.m.: Little House and the Prairie, “The Return of Nellie”
7:00 p.m.: The Munsters, “The Fregosi Emerald”
7:30 p.m.: The Munsters, “Eddie's Brother”
8:00 p.m.: Frasier, “Are you being served?”
8:30 p.m.: Frasier, “Bla-Z-Boy”
9:00 p.m.: Roseanne, “Canoga Time”
9:30 p.m.: Roseanne, “Let's Call it Quits”
10:00 p.m.: Roseanne, “Aliens”
10:30 p.m.: Roseanne, “Daughters and Other Strangers”
11:00 p.m.: The Nanny, “Love is a Many Blundered Thing”
11:30 p.m.: The Nanny, “Lamp Chop's on the Menu”

B Positive

CBS has given a full-season order to freshman comedy B Positive for the 2020-2021 broadcast season. It will get 5 more episodes, bringing its total to 13 episodes. B Positive, from award-winning executive producer Chuck Lorre and creator Marco Pennette, stars Emmy Award nominee Thomas Middleditch and Tony Award winner Annaleigh Ashford in a humorous and life-affirming series about Drew (Middleditch), a therapist and newly divorced dad who, when he discovers he needs a new kidney, runs into Gina (Ashford), a rough-around-the-edges woman from his past who volunteers hers. Kether Donohue, Sara Rue, Izzy G. and Terrence Terrell also star. The series is inspired by Pennette's personal experience as a transplant recipient. The sitcom airs Thursdays (8:30-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. The series is produced by Chuck Lorre Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television.


Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows

Thursday, January 1

Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage - "A Tie Breaker and a Huge Mistake" (CBS, 8:00PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
Tensions rise in the tire store when new co-owners Georgie and Ruben realize they can’t agree on anything, and Jim struggles to find his purpose now that he’s retired.

Ghosts - "Ghostfellas" (CBS, 8:30PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
Jay angers a local restaurateur when he uses a recipe at his restaurant that was given to him by Pete. Series star Rose McIver directed the episode.

Complete TV Listings


Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of December 29)

Thursday, January 1

  • Will Arnett (Murderville/Arrested Development/Flaked/The Millers/Up All Night/Running Wilde) - Catch Will on a repeat of Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
  • Leslie Bibb (Palm Royale/God's Favorite Idiot/American Housewife/The Odd Couple/About a Boy) - Leslie appears on a repeat of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
  • Kristin Chenoweth (Stumble/Trial & Error/Kristin) - Kristin is a guest on a repeat of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:35pm on CBS.
  • George Clooney (Roseanne/The Facts of Life/ E/R (1984-1985) - George talks Jay Kelly with Michael Strahan on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am.


New on DVD and Blu-ray

Bewitched - The Complete Series - 60th Anniversary Special Edition (Blu-ray) Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage - The Complete First Season (DVD) St. Denis Medical - Season One (Blu-ray) Happy's Place - Season One (Blu-ray) Two and a Half Men - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)

01/28 - Wait Till Your Father Gets Home - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
02/04 - The Wayans Bros. - The Complete Series (DVD)
03/11 - Frasier (2023) - Season Two (DVD)
04/01 - Abbott Elementary - The Complete Third Season (DVD)
05/13 - The Drew Carey Show - The Complete Series* (missing 4 episodes and some music has been replaced or altered)
06/06 - Shoresy - Season 2 (DVD)
06/17 - Looney Tunes - Collector's Vault - Volume 1 (Blu-ray)
07/22 - Bewitched - The Complete Series - 60th Anniversary Special Edition (Blu-ray)
08/26 - The Huckleberry Hound Show - The Complete Original Series (Blu-ray)
10/07 - Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage - The Complete First Season (DVD)
10/14 - Curb Your Enthusiasm - The Complete Series (Blu-ray) (DVD)
10/28 - St. Denis Medical - Season One (Blu-ray) (DVD)
11/04 - Happy's Place - Season One (Blu-ray) (DVD)
11/11 - Rick and Morty - Season 8 (Blu-ray) (DVD)
11/11 - SpongeBob SquarePants - The Complete Fifteenth Season (DVD)
11/11 - Two and a Half Men - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
12/02 - Tom and Jerry - The Golden Era Anthology (1940-1958) (Blu-ray) (DVD)

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