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 / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows

Friday, August 14

none scheduled

Complete TV Listings

Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of August 10)

Friday, August 14

Anthony Anderson (black-ish/Guys with Kids/All About the Andersons) - Anthony guest hosts a repeat of Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Will Ferrell (The Hawk/The Office) - Watch Will on a repeat of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
Nathan Lane (Mid-Century Modern/Only Murders in the Building/Modern Family/Charlie Lawrence/Encore! Encore!/One of the Boys) - Nathan appears on a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
Whitney Cummings (Whitney) - Whitney guest co-hosts a repeat of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
Brandy Norwood (Zoe Ever After/The Game/Moesha/Thea) - Brandy talks about Phases: A Memoir on a repeat of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
Terry Crews (Brooklyn Nine-Nine/Are We There Yet?/Everybody Hates Chris) and Mckenna Grace (Young Sheldon/Crash & Bernstein) - Terry, McKenna and Hayden Chemberlen talk about Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie on CBS Mornings sometime between 7-9am.
Valerie Bertinelli (Hot in Cleveland/Cafe Americain/Sydney/One Day at a Time) - It's Drew's Soup Showdown with Drew and Pilar Valdes facing off against Amanda Freitag and Valerie Bertinelli with The Kitchen Co-Hosts Geoffrey Zakarian, Jeff Mauro and Katie Lee serving as judges on a repeat of The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.