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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.
  

Posted by Skees -- SitcomsOnline.com at 1:00 PM

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