Tuesday, August 24, 2021
New Adult Swim Comedy Premieres Sept. 19; NBC Taps British Top Comedian for New Comedic Game Show
Teenage Euthanasia, Adult Swim's newest coming-of-all-ages comedy series about death, family, and accidental resurrection, premieres Sunday, September 19 at Midnight ET/PT. Set in near-future inland Florida, Teenage Euthanasia centers around the owners of Tender Endings funeral home, the Fantasy Family: Grandma Baba, her adult children Uncle Pete and Trophy, and Trophy's teenage daughter, Euthanasia ("Annie"), a name accidentally given to her during the time of Trophy's own unbearable suffering. Back when Trophy was a teen herself; she ran away from home after giving birth to Annie, leaving her newborn to be raised by Baba and Uncle Pete. Now, fifteen years later, Trophy returns to Tender Endings...as a corpse, for burial. When a bolt of lightning strikes Baba's homemade embalming fluid and one of Annie's tears, Trophy comes back from the dead. As a resurrected woman, Trophy has a variety of quasi-useful death powers. But more importantly, she has a second chance at unplanned parenthood.
The cast of characters include recently undead Trophy Fantasy (voiced by Maria Bamford); her teenage daughter, Euthanasia "Annie" Fantasy (voiced by Jo Firestone); Annie's Oedipus-complex-stricken Uncle Pete (voiced by Tim Robinson); and Annie's "old country" immigrant grandmother Baba (voiced by Bebe Neuwirth).
NBC has tapped renowned British comedian Michael McIntyre as host of its new upcoming game show series The Wheel, set to premiere in 2022. The BAFTA award-winning McIntyre also hosts the UK version of The Wheel. A hilarious new take on the game show format, The Wheel will give viewers plenty to root for as celebrity guests attempt to help contestants win life changing money. Each episode will feature suspenseful high-stakes trivia, plenty of laughs, and huge stars seated on a spectacular 42-foot-wide spinning wheel. The series debuted in November 2020 as the top-rated game show for BBC Primetime since 2011. McIntyre is one of England's most popular comedians. He has hosted several specials, variety shows and talk shows for BBC One and holds the record for selling more than 400,000 tickets in London's O2 Arena over a span of 28 shows.
Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows
Thursday, January 15
Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage - "Fan Mail and Old-Timey Organ Music" (CBS, 8:00PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
Georgie’s upset when Mandy’s new role as weekend weather girl gets her more attention from the men in town, and Connor turns to Jim for help when he’s asked to play the organ at the high school baseball game.
Ghosts - "St. Hetty's Day" (CBS, 8:30PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
Hetty’s ghost power is revealed when Jay’s cousin Sunil visits Woodstone Mansion on St. Patrick’s Day.
Animal Control - "Bagged Birds and Alley Dogs" (Fox, 9:00PM ET/PT)
Frank spends the day with influencer and park benefactor Roman Park ahead of the grand opening of their annex kennel; friction arises within the newly combined precincts when Emily assigns Templeton, Shred and Patel to work together.
Going Dutch - "The Laser's Edge" (Fox, 9:30PM ET/PT)
An intense battle of laser tag combat; Captain Maggie avoids third-wheeling Major Shah and Celeste.
Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of January 12)
Thursday, January 15
- Chris Pratt (Parks and Recreation) - Catch Chris on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
- Kenan Thompson (Kenan/Kenan & Kel) - Kenan appears on Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC. He also chats about Unfunny Bunny and Saturday Night Live with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
- Kirk Fox (Jury Duty/How to Rock) - Kirk is a guest on Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen at 12:37am on CBS.
- Sean Hayes (Will & Grace/The Millers/Sean Saves the World) - Sean talks about The Unknown on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am.
- Kyle MacLachlan (Carol's Second Act/Sex and the City) - NBC's Today catches up with Kyle in the 9am hour.
- Walton Goggins (The Righteous Gemstones/The Unicorn/Vice Principals) - Walton talks about Fallout on NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
- Gina Yashere (Bob Hearts Abishola) and Tig Notaro (One Mississippi) - Gina and Tig talk about their new show Star Trek: Starfleet Academy on Sherri, so check your local listings.
New on DVD and 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)
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