Saturday, February 26, 2022
SitcomsOnline Digest: Multi-Camera Sitcom Pilot Hungry in Development at NBC; Shout! Factory Acquires Distribution Rights to ALF
Welcome to SitcomsOnline Digest! After last week's busy week of news, it's significantly slower this week, but we've got news about a comedy pilot in development at NBC, some new life for ALF, and more. Let's get going!
HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB
- The broadcast multi camera sitcom may not be completely dead at NBC, as a pilot called Hungry is in the works (with James Burrows directing the pilot). (Deadline)
- Shout! Factory, which is more of an online streaming distributor than anything else now, has acquired distribution rights to ALF, but one key highlight from the news is their plan to let people see "restored footage not seen in 30 years," which we imagine implies the unedited episodes that we never got on DVD in the United States. (Deadline)
- Wendy Williams won't be returning to her show anytime soon, and now it has been announced that the show will be renamed Sherri in the fall, with Sherri Shepherd as host. (CNN)
- REELZ has announced some new Unknown Stories episodes for a trio of classic TV favorites. (SitcomsOnline)
- Abbott Elementary is continuing to be a solid performer for ABC, a rarity for a broadcast network comedy in this era. (SitcomsOnline)
WEEKLY PLANNER (FEBRUARY 26 - MARCH 4)
- Fuller House comes to GAC Family on Monday night.
- Decades has a Sally Field binge this weekend, with all three of her Screen Gems shows, The Flying Nun, Gidget, and The Girl with Something Extra.
- You can now watch almost every episode of the forgotten 1980 sitcom One in a Million on Crackle.
- Our Flag Means Death debuts on HBO Max on Thursday.
- A new season of Central Park debuts on Apple TV+ on Friday.
Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows
Thursday, September 25
English Teacher - "Covid in America" (FX, 9:00PM ET/PT)
Evan pushes back against the students as they try to modernize the school play.
English Teacher - "Trash" (FX, 9:30PM ET/PT)
Evan attempts to update the school's waste management system.
English Teacher - "Grant's Dinner Party" (FX, 10:00PM ET/PT)
Grant invites the teachers to a dinner party at his home.
Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of September 22)
Thursday, September 25
- Peyton Manning (Executive Producer of Chad Powers) - Catch Peyton on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
- Oscar Nuñez (The Paper/The Office) - Oscar appears on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
- Keegan-Michael Key (Schmigadoon!/Friends from College/Playing House/Gary Unmarried) - Keegan-Michael is a guest on a repeat of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
- Carrie Preston (Crowded/Happyish/Emeril) - Carrie stops by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:35pm on CBS.
- Timothy Olyphant (Stick/Santa Clarita Diet) - Timothy appears on Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
- Bill Engvall (The Bill Engvall Show) - Bill is a guest Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen at 12:37am on CBS.
- Regina Hall (Black Monday/Grandfathered/Married/Second Generation Wayans) - Regina appears on Comedy Central's The Daily Show at 11pm. She chats with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT. She will also be on NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
- Glen Powell (Chad Powers/Scream Queens) - Glen talks about Chad Powers on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am.
- Teri Hatcher (The Odd Couple/Sunday Dinner/Karen's Song/The Love Boat) - Teri appears on NBC's Today in the 10am hour. Teri and her daughter Emerson Tenney talk about the Desperately Devoted podcast on Access Daily with Mario & Kit, so check your local listings.
- Emayatzy Corinealdi (Ballers) Emayatzy talks about Reasonable Doubt on ABC News Live Prime with Linsey Davis at 7pm.
- Katt Williams (The Tracy Morgan Show/My Wife and Kids) - Katt joins Sherri to talk about his latest tour on Sherri, so check your local listings.
- Martha Plimpton (Sprung/The Real O'Neals/Raising Hope) - Martha tells Drew about her show Task on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
New on DVD and Blu-ray
01/28 - Wait Till Your Father Gets Home - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
02/04 - The Wayans Bros. - The Complete Series
03/11 - Frasier (2023) - Season Two
04/01 - Abbott Elementary - The Complete Third Season
05/13 - The Drew Carey Show - The Complete Series* (missing 4 episodes and some music has been replaced or altered)
06/06 - Shoresy - Season 2
06/17 - Looney Tunes - Collector's Vault - Volume 1 (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)
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