SitcomsOnline Digest: Donald Faison and Jon Cryer Join NBC Comedy Pilot; Wendy Williams Show Comes to an End

Saturday, June 18, 2022

SitcomsOnline Digest: Donald Faison and Jon Cryer Join NBC Comedy Pilot; Wendy Williams Show Comes to an End

Welcome to SitcomsOnline Digest! It's a slow summer news week, but we're hear with news of a new NBC comedy pilot, the end of Wendy Williams' talk show, and more. Let's get going!

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB

Donald Faison and Jon Cryer are set to appear in an upcoming NBC comedy pilot. (Deadline)
The last episode of The Wendy Williams Show aired on Friday, but if you were looking for the host, you'll need to go back about over a year to find her last episode. (Deadline)
The End is Nye, Bill Nye's new series about disasters, is set to arrive on Peacock in August. (CNET)
Have we reached peak streaming? The CEO of NBCUniversal doesn't seem to think so. (Deadline)
Everett Peck, the creator of Duckman, has died. (Yahoo!)
ABC has set their fall premiere dates. (SitcomsOnline)

WEEKLY PLANNER (JUNE 18 - JUNE 25)

Hill Street Blues is the Decades binge this weekend.
There is a Martin reunion available to watch, if you have BET+ anyway.
Antenna TV celebrates Father's Day with a special marathon on Sunday.
We missed this last week, but the second season of Rutherford Falls has arrived on Peacock.

Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows

Monday, July 7

The Neighborhood - "Welcome to the Yippedy-Dip" (CBS, 8:00PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
The Butlers visit a nostalgic, rundown restaurant from Calvin’s childhood and encounter its owner, Jasper (Garrett Morris). Meanwhile, Dave, Gemma, and Dave’s mother, Paula (Marilu Henner), pay a visit to Lamar (Kevin Pollack) in prison.

The Neighborhood - "Welcome to the Neighborhood, Daphne" (CBS, 8:30PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
Marty and Courtney bring baby Daphne home from the hospital and Calvin is surprised to learn that Marty plans to take the paternity leave Dave offered in the employee handbook for the Fuse Box. Also, Tina will do anything to earn Daphne’s love.

Complete TV Listings

Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of July 7)

Monday, July 7

Anthony Anderson (black-ish/Guys with Kids/All About the Andersons) - Anthony guest hosts Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Jenny Slate (The Great North/Big Mouth/Married/Bob's Burgers) - Watch Jenny on a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
Maggie Q (Pivoting) - Maggie talks about Ballard on Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your local listings.
Tasha Smith (Survival of the Thickest/Tyler Perry's For Better or Worse/The Tom Show/Boston Common) - Tasha, who stars in Netflix's Surival of the Thickest, joins Tamron Hall (repeat) to discuss how she found her freedom by sharing her story on her own terms and learning to embrace self-love, so check your local listings.