Saturday, May 15, 2021

SitcomsOnline Digest: ABC Cancels Several Series; Quibi Returns Via Roku

Welcome to SitcomsOnline Digest! As usual for mid-May, this has been about the busiest week of news of the year, so we can't cover everything... but we are jam packed with some of the highlights! Let's get going!

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB

  • ABC decided to shake things up this week by announcing the cancellation of mixed-ish and American Housewife, along with the announcement that the next season of black-ish will be the last. (TVLine)
  • How long can Grey's Anatomy go on? At least 18 seasons, although not too many members of the original cast remain. (CNN)
  • NBC has decided to call it quits on the idea of a talk show in the 1:30 AM slot, but hasn't quite decided what will replace it just yet. (Deadline)
  • The final episode of Mom has aired, and Deadline has a Q&A with executive producer and co-creator Gemma Baker. (Deadline)
  • Ellen is done with her talk show, but there will be one more season first. (Hollywood Reporter)
  • Quibi is coming back, sort of, courtesy of The Roku Channel. (Vulture) 
  • Actor Norman Lloyd, known to TV viewers for his starring role in St. Elsewhere, has died at 106. (Variety)
  • The CW is "growing up" to be a seven night a week network in the fall, adding in Saturday nights... the night that nobody watches TV. (Variety)
  • The fall schedule for NBC is out. (SitcomsOnline)

WEEKLY PLANNER (MAY 15 - MAY 21)

  • It's a really busy week of season finales, with just about every broadcast network sitcom having one this week (except the ones that had finales last week).
  • Decades has a binge of T.J. Hooker this weekend.
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Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows

Tuesday, March 24

none scheduled

Complete TV Listings

Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of March 23)

Tuesday, March 24

  • Elizabeth Banks (30 Rock/Scrubs) - Catch Elizabeth on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
  • Jimmy O. Yang (Interior Chinatown/Space Force/Silicon Valley) - Jimmy appears on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
  • Ray Romano (No Good Deed/Everybody Loves Raymond) - Ray is a guest on a repeat of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:35pm on CBS.
  • Jim Parsons (Young Sheldon/The Big Bang Theory) - Jim stops by Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
  • Sterling K. Brown (Starved) - Sterling appears on Comedy Central's The Daily Show at 11pm.
  • Zazie Beetz (Atlanta) - Zazie talks about They Will Kill You on ABC News Live Prime with Linsey Davis at 7pm. NBC's Today catches up with her in the 9am hour.
  • Tommy Davidson (The Proud Family/Malcolm & Eddie/Between Brothers) - Tommy talks to Sherri about going from comedy to music and his new single Heart, Mind & Soul on Sherri, so check your local listings.
  • Ryan Michelle Bathe (First Wives Club/Retired at 35) - Ryan Michelle talks about Hulu's Paradise on Access Daily with Mario & Kit, so check your local listings.
  • Rocky Carroll (Roc/Welcome to New York) - Rocky is a guest on New York Living on WPIX in New York at 10:15am.

New on DVD and Blu-ray

Bewitched - The Complete Series - 60th Anniversary Special Edition (Blu-ray) Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage - The Complete First Season (DVD) St. Denis Medical - Season One (Blu-ray) Happy's Place - Season One (Blu-ray) Two and a Half Men - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)

07/22 - Bewitched - The Complete Series - 60th Anniversary Special Edition (Blu-ray)
08/26 - The Huckleberry Hound Show - The Complete Original Series (Blu-ray)
09/30 - Touché Turtle and Dum Dum - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
10/07 - Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage - The Complete First Season (DVD)
10/14 - Curb Your Enthusiasm - The Complete Series (Blu-ray) (DVD)
10/28 - St. Denis Medical - Season One (Blu-ray) (DVD)
11/04 - Happy's Place - Season One (Blu-ray) (DVD)
11/11 - Rick and Morty - Season 8 (Blu-ray) (DVD)
11/11 - SpongeBob SquarePants - The Complete Fifteenth Season (DVD)
11/11 - Two and a Half Men - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
12/02 - Tom and Jerry - The Golden Era Anthology (1940-1958) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
12/16 - Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
12/16 - Wally Gator - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
01/20 - The Woody Woodpecker and Friends Golden Age Collection (Blu-ray)
01/27 - The New Fred and Barney Show - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
02/11 - Tom and Jerry - The Complete CinemaScope Collection (Blu-ray)
03/24 - Looney Tunes Collector's Vault - Volume 2 (Blu-ray)

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03/23 - The Roast of Kevin Hart LIVE on Netflix; HBO Renews Late-Night Series
03/22 - Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows; This Week in Sitcoms (Week of March 23, 2026)
03/21 - SitcomsOnline Digest: CBS Sets Plans for Final Episode of The Neighborhood; ABC Pulls The Bachelorette
03/20 - TBS Orders Season 13 of Impractical Jokers; HBO's Josh Johnson Comedy Special
03/19 - Netflix Casts Scooby-Doo Live-Action Series; Darren Star's Next Comedy Series Uncorked
03/18 - Saturday Night Live UK to Launch This Weekend; Hulu Renews Paradise for Season 3
03/17 - Netflix Renews Free Bert for Season 2; The Neighborhood: A Farewell Special in April
03/16 - Color Theories by Julio Torres on HBO; Lifetime's Ripped from the Headlines Spring Slate with Two New Movies
03/15 - Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows; This Week in Sitcoms (Week of March 16, 2026)
03/14 - SitcomsOnline Digest: Family Guy's Stewie Griffin Getting Spinoff; NBCUniversal Cancels Several Daytime Shows, Including Last of the Daytime "Trash Talk"
03/13 - NBC Summer 2026 Schedule; Malcolm in the Middle Revival Series Trailer
03/12 - Season 9 of Rick and Morty This May; Fox Entertainment Studios Lines Up Frankie Quiñones for Comedy Series
03/11 - Antenna TV's Hazel 65th Anniversary Marathon; Kountry Wayne Prime Video Comedy Special
03/10 - XO, Kitty Season 3 Trailer Released for April 2 Launch; The Drew Barrymore Show Talker Gets 2 Season Renewal
03/09 - Beef Returns April 16 on Netflix; Remembering Jennifer Runyon of Charles in Charge
03/08 - Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows; This Week in Sitcoms (Week of March 9, 2026)
03/07 - SitcomsOnline Digest: Scrubs Returns to Big Ratings; New Garfield Series Coming to Paramount+
03/06 - The Four Seasons Returns on May 28; More Details on I Suck at Girls
03/05 - COZI TV Pairs Up Al Bundy and Hondo at Last; ABC Renews Abbott Elementary for Season 6
03/04 - ABC's Scrubs Returns Big; Netflix's Little House on the Prairie Renewed for Season 2
03/03 - Prime Video's Kevin Premieres April 20; Fox Renews Best Medicine
03/02 - Running Point Returns April 23 on Netflix; A Different World Sequel Starts Production
03/01 - Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows; This Week in Sitcoms (Week of March 2, 2026)
02/28 - SitcomsOnline Digest: Warner Now Set to Merge with Paramount, Not Netflix; X-Files Reboot Given Greenlight
02/27 - The Comeback Returns for Final Season on March 22; Animal Control Renewed for Season 5; Remembering Lauren Chapin of Father Knows Best and Robert Carradine of Lizzie McGuire
02/26 - AspireTV Gets First Ever Original Sitcom; Sullivan's Crossing Returns for Season 4 in April on The CW
02/25 - Scrubs Returns Tonight, Sneak Peek at Title Sequence; Stranger Things: Tales From '85 Reveals Odessa A'zion as Nikki Baxter
02/24 - Netflix's Wednesday Season 3 Adds to Cast; Wonder Pets: In the City Returns March 20