SitcomsOnline Digest: Roku to Acquire Much of Quibi Library; ABC Sees Success in Thursday Night Game Shows

Saturday, January 09, 2021

SitcomsOnline Digest: Roku to Acquire Much of Quibi Library; ABC Sees Success in Thursday Night Game Shows

Welcome to SitcomsOnline Digest! It's another slow news week (well, slow in the television industry anyway... it's been very loud elsewhere), but we've got a little bit for you including some ratings news, a new home for Quibi programming, and more. Let's get going!

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB

Quibi may be dead, but the library of programming will live on thanks to Roku. (NY Post)
ABC's first night of Thursday night game shows was a success. (Deadline)
Also in ratings, cable news networks had huge ratings during the events in DC on Wednesday, including CNN which had their largest number of viewers in network history. (IndieWire)
Not a sitcom, but Calliou (often considered the most annoying children's program out there) has been "retired" by PBS. (TVLine)
A premiere date for the new Punky Brewster has been set. (SitcomsOnline)

WEEKLY PLANNER (JANUARY 9 - JANUARY 15)

ABC's Wednesday night comedy lineup returns this week, with the new series Call Your Mother included in the lineup.
CBS brings back their Thursday night comedies this week as well.
Decades has a binge of The Odd Couple this weekend.
Search Party is back for a fourth season, now on HBO Max, on Thursday.

Sitcoms Airing Tonight

Tuesday, September 27

none scheduled

Complete TV Listings

Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of September 26)

Tuesday, September 27

Tracy Morgan (The Last O.G./30 Rock/The Tracy Morgan Show) - Catch Tracy on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Kelly Ripa (Hope & Faith) - Kelly appears on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC. She will also be on CBS Mornings sometime between 7-9am.
Nick Kroll (Big Mouth/The League/Cavemen) - Nick is a guest on Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
Billy Eichner (Friends from College/Difficult People/Parks and Recreation) - Billy will be on Watch What Happens: Live at 10:15pm on Bravo.
Dylan McDermott (LA to Vegas) - Dylan chats with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
Sanaa Lathan (Family Guy/The Cleveland Show/LateLine) - Sanaa appears on The Talk on CBS at 2pm ET/1pm CT-PT.
Lauren Graham (M.Y.O.B./Conrad Bloom/Townies/Good Company) - Lauren is a guest on LIVE! with Kelly and Ryan, so check your listings.
Mark Consuelos (Alpha House/Hope & Faith) - Mark guest co-hosts LIVE! with Kelly and Ryan, so check your listings.
Jessica Williams (Love Life) - Jessica talks about her role in the highly anticipated animated Netflix series Entergalactic, created by GRAMMY® Award-winning artist Kid Cudi, on Tamron Hall, so check your local listings.
Niecy Nash-Betts (Scream Queens/Getting On/The Soul Man/Do Not Disturb/Reno 911!) - Niecy gives a sneak peek at her highly anticpated new ABC drama The Rookie: Feds on Sherri, so check your local listings.
Raymond Lee (Kevin Can F**k Himself) - NBC's Today catches up with Raymond in the 9am hour.
Kim Coles (Living Single/The Geena Davis Show) - Kim will be on PIX 11 Morning News on WPIX in New York at 8:50am.
Alfonso Ribeiro (In the House/The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air/Silver Spoons) - Alfonso is a guest on PIX 11 Morning News on WPIX in New York at 10:20am.