SitcomsOnline Digest: Will Sasso Joins HBO Max Sitcom Pilot; Home Economics Off to Solid Start

Saturday, April 17, 2021

SitcomsOnline Digest: Will Sasso Joins HBO Max Sitcom Pilot; Home Economics Off to Solid Start

Welcome to SitcomsOnline Digest! It hasn't been a busy week, but we're hearing about casting for an HBO Max comedy, the death of an classic TV actor, and more. Let's get going!

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB

Will Sasso and Tim Chiou have joined the cast of the HBO Max multi camera comedy, OK Boomer. (Hollywood Reporter)
ABC's Home Economics appears to be a ratings success so far. (Deadline)
Felix Silla, who played Cousin Itt on The Addams Family, has died at age 84. (Hollywood Reporter)
More primetime Price is Right is coming, complete with some celebrity guests. (Deadline)
NBC is preparing to rollout their newest game show this summer, Capital One College Bowl. (SitcomsOnline)

WEEKLY PLANNER (APRIL 17 - APRIL 23)

Younger

The Beverly Hillbillies is this weekend's binge on Decades.
Season 18 of American Dad debuts Monday on TBS.

Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows

Thursday, August 14

Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage - "Snitch v. Deadbeat" (CBS, 9:00PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
Mandy has to help Meemaw (Annie Potts) collect money from her dad when he loses some bets, while Georgie tries to intervene between his grandmother and his father-in-law. Young Sheldon stars Annie Potts and Criag T. Nelson guest star.

Ghosts - "The Primary Source" (CBS, 9:30PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
When Sam’s book publisher requires source material for her biography on Isaac, she and Jay take a field trip to find a diary he claims he hid when he was alive.

Bob's Burgers - "Insomnibob" (Fox, 8:00PM ET/PT)
Insomnia sends Bob on a creative spree in the kitchen, but at what cost?

The Great North - "Anchor Ham Adventure" (Fox, 8:30PM ET/PT)
Ham gets embroiled in the cutthroat world of local weather; Judy and Moon pursue an assassin.

Complete TV Listings

Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of August 11)

Thursday, August 14

Nicole Byer (Grand Crew/Loosely Exactly Nicole) - Nicole guest hosts Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Tracee Ellis Ross (black-ish/Girlfriends) - Catch Tracee on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Bob Odenkirk (The Larry Sanders Show) - Bob appears on on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC. Bob talks about Nobody 2 on NBC's Today sometime between 7-9am and in the 9am hour.
Bento Skinner (Overcompensating) and Mary Beth Barone (Overcompensating) - Benito and Mary Beth are guests on a repeat of After Midnight at 12:37am on CBS.
Heather Dubrow (Stark Raving Mad/Jenny/Life with Roger) - Heather appears on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen at 10pm on Bravo.
Steve Agee (The Sarah Silverman Program) - Steve is a guest on PIX11 Morning News on WPIX in New York at 9:40am.