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
Tuesday, August 5
none scheduled
Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of August 4)
Tuesday, August 5
- Anthony Anderson (black-ish/Guys with Kids/All About the Andersons) - Anthony guest hosts a repeat of Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
- Fred Armisen (Los Espookys/Forever/Final Space) - Fred appears on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:35pm on CBS.
- Bill Hader (Barry) - Bill stops by Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
- Brittany Snow (Ben and Kate) - Brittany appears on Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
- Kat Sadler (Such Brave Girls) and Lizzie Davidson (Such Brave Girls) - Kat and Lizzie are guests on Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
- Pete Holmes (How We Roll/Crashing), Gillian Jacobs (Love/Community) and Kurt Braunohler (Bob's Burgers) - Pete, Gillian and Kurt are guests on a repeat of After Midnight at 12:37am on CBS.
- Alison Brie (Community/GLOW) and Dave Franco (The Afterparty/Scrubs/Do Not Disturb) - Alison and Dave are guests on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen at 11pm on Bravo.
- Tony Hale (Veep/Arrested Development) - Tony talks about Sketch on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am.
- Anna Chlumsky (Veep) - Anna stops by Live with Kelly and Mark to chat about Smoke, so check your local listings.
- Bowen Yang (Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens) - Bowen talks about the Las Culturistas Culture Awards sometime between 7-9am and will also be on in the 9am hour on NBC's Today.
- Matt Rogers (No Good Deed/I Love That for You) - Matt co-hosts NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
- Chris Pratt (Parks and Recreation) - Chris talks about The Terminal List: Dark Wolf on NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
- Valerie Bertinelli (Hot in Cleveland/Café Americain/Sydney/One Day at a Time) - Valerie appears on a repeat of The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
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