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

Monday, October 26

none scheduled

Complete TV Listings

Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of October 26)

Monday, October 26

Connie Britton (Phony/SMILF/Lost at Home/The Fighting Fitzgeralds/Spin City) - Watch Connie on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Billy Crystal (The Comedians/Soap) - Billy appears on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
Harland Williams (The Geena Davis Show/Simon) - Harland is a guest on Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen at 11:35pm on CBS.
Sophia Bush (Partners) - Sophia talks about And I Will Tell You Mine: Notes from a Life in Progress on CBS Mornings sometime between 7-9am.
Parker Posey (Search Party/The Return of Jezebel James) - NBC's Today catches up with Parker sometime between 7-9am and in the 10am hour.
Mckenna Grace (Young Sheldon/Crash & Bernstein) - Mckenna talks about The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping on NBC's Today sometime between 7-9am.
Timothy Simons (Nobody Wants This/HouseBroken/Veep) - NBC's Today catches up with Timothy in the 9am hour.
Justine Lupe (Nobody Wants This/Cristela) - Justine talks about Nobody Wants This on NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
Kristen Bell (Nobody Wants This/Central Park/The Good Place) and Adam Brody (Nobody Wants This) - Kristen and Adam tell Drew all about the new season of Nobody Wants This on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.