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

Thursday, August 13

Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage - "Dirty Hands and a Barbed-Wire Fence" (CBS, 9:00PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
Georgie and Ruben are forced to get their hands dirty when Fred Fagenbacher (Matthew Letscher) tries to run them out of business. Meanwhile, Mandy grows suspicious of Georgie’s lies.

Ghosts - "St. Hetty’s Day 2: The Help" (CBS, 9:30PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
A St. Patrick’s Day staffing emergency gives Hetty the chance to step into an unlikely role at the restaurant as she regains her once-a-year ability to be seen and heard by the living. Meanwhile, Kyle returns to watch over the ghosts and finds himself caught in an amusing supernatural dynamic.

Complete TV Listings

Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of August 10)

Thursday, August 13

Anthony Anderson (black-ish/Guys with Kids/All About the Andersons) - Anthony guest hosts Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Dave Franco (The Afterparty/Scrubs/Do Not Disturb) - Catch Dave on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Adam Scott (Ghosted/Veep/Parks and Recreation/Party Down) - Adam appears on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
Sebastian Maniscalco (Bookie) - Sebastian is a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
Adam Scott (Ghosted/Veep/Parks and Recreation/Party Down) - Adam appears on a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
Juliette Lewis (Camping/I Married Dora) - Juliette is a guest on a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
D'Arcy Carden (Barry/The Good Place) - Andy Cohen interviews D'Arcy on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen at 3:30am on Bravo.
Nathan Lane (Mid-Century Modern/Only Murders in the Building/Modern Family/Charlie Lawrence/Encore! Encore!/One of the Boys) - Nathan talks about Broadway's Death of a Salesman on a repeat of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
Mariska Hargitay (Can't Hurry Love) - NBC's Today catches up with Mariska sometime between 7-9am.
Daveed Diggs (Central Park/black-ish) - Daveed talks about The Boys on NBC's Today in the 10am hour.