Saturday, October 02, 2021
SitcomsOnline Digest: Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 11 Premiere Date Set; Lori Loughlin Returns to TV Role
Welcome to SitcomsOnline Digest! We're back to the slower news weeks of fall, where everything already has or is about to premiere, so we're just sitting and waiting to see how they do in the ratings, but we have some news for you, plus plenty to watch in the next week. Let's get going!
HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB
- Curb Your Enthusiasm, which seems to come and go as it pleases on HBO, is coming back soon with an eleventh season. (TVLine)
- It's not quite Hallmark, but Lori Loughlin is returning to a familiar TV role on a show that has moved from Hallmark to GAC. (Deadline)
- Don't worry, The Bachelor has a new host. (Deadline)
- The 700 Club, which somehow continues to run every weeknight at 11 PM on Freeform despite being nothing like the rest of the channel at all, is losing Pat Robertson as a regular host after over five decades (though he'll still appear on the show). (CNN)
- Mike & Molly is headed to Nick at Nite, starting next week. (SitcomsOnline)
WEEKLY PLANNER (OCTOBER 2 - OCTOBER 8)
- It actually happened yesterday, but Seinfeld has found a new home on Netflix.
- Decades has a binge of The Time Tunnel this weekend.
- The last major piece of 2021 fall season lineups, the CBS Thursday night comedy lineup, debuts on Thursday, complete with the new series Ghosts.
- As previously mentioned, Mike & Molly begins airing on Nick at Nite next week.
- Lifetime has picked up the exclusive cable rights to Castle, and will start airing it on Tuesday.
- A new season of Saturday Night Live arrives tonight on NBC.
Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows
Saturday, February 22
none scheduled
Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of February 17)
Friday, February 21
- Anthony Mackie (Twisted Metal) - Watch Anthony on a repeat of Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
- Lizzy Caplan (Party Down/The Class/The Pitts) - Lizzy appears on a repeat of Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
- Tina Fey (Only Murders in the Building/30 Rock) and Amy Poehler (Duncanville/Parks and Recreation) - Tina and Amy are guests on a repeat of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
- Keke Palmer (Scream Queens/True Jackson, VP) - Keke appears on a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
- Jane Fonda (Grace and Frankie) - NBC's Today catches up with Jane sometime between 7-9am.
- Alan Ritchson (Blue Mountain State) - Alan talks about Reacher on NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
- Valerie Bertinelli (Hot in Cleveland/Café Americain/Sydney/One Day at a Time) - Valerie appears on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
New on DVD and Blu-ray
10/08 - Curb Your Enthusiasm - The Complete Twelfth Season / The Complete Series
10/22 - Veep - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
11/05 - I Love Lucy - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
11/12 - The King of Queens - The Complete Series (Blu-ray) (2024 Release)
11/19 - SpongeBob SquarePants - The Complete Fourteenth Season
11/26 - Looney Tunes Collector's Choice - Volume 4 (Blu-ray)
12/03 - Angel (1960-1961) - The Complete Series, Volume 1
12/17 - Seinfeld - The Complete Series (Blu-ray) (4K UHD)
01/28 - Wait Till Your Father Gets Home - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
02/04 - Bewitched - The Complete Series - 60th Anniversary Special Edition (Blu-ray)
02/04 - The Wayans Bros. - The Complete Series
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