SitcomsOnline Digest: Who's the Boss? Reboot Coming to Freevee; Paramount+ Preparing for Another South Park Special

Saturday, July 02, 2022

SitcomsOnline Digest: Who's the Boss? Reboot Coming to Freevee; Paramount+ Preparing for Another South Park Special

Welcome to SitcomsOnline Digest! This week is an unexpectedly busy week of news, with news of reboots, cancellations, a new South Park special, and more. Let's get going!

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB

It's official, Who's the Boss? is being rebooted with Tony Danza and Alyssa Milano for Amazon Freevee, with nearly 100 year old Norman Lear serving as executive producer. (Deadline)
The co-creator of Friends says that she regrets the lack of diversity that the show had. (CNN)
Magnum PI has been rescued by NBC after being canceled by CBS, for a two season renewal. (Deadline)
It's about time for another new South Park special on Paramount+. (IGN)
HBO Max has renewed Ten Year Old Tom for a second season. (Deadline)
The news isn't so good for Fox's Duncanville, which has been canceled after three seasons. (TV Insider)
NBCUniversal is shutting down The Olympic Channel, which you're probably just learning exists as you read this sentence. (Hollywood Reporter)
Antenna TV has plenty of marathons in the works, including a tribute to Norman Lear for his 100th birthday. (SitcomsOnline)

WEEKLY PLANNER (JULY 2 - JULY 8)

Maggie, a new comedy on Hulu, debuts on Wednesday.
Crank Yankers returns to Comedy Central for a seventh season on Thursday.
Decades is having a binge of The Twilight Zone this weekend (including on Monday), doing what Syfy gave up on a few years ago.

Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows

Thursday, January 22

Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage - "A Will and a Dead Man’s Wife" (CBS, 8:00PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
Georgie’s not ready for his mother to start dating again. Meanwhile, Jim and Audrey struggle to make their wills.

Ghosts - "Kyle" (CBS, 8:30PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
Sam and Jay’s relationship is tested when Kyle (Ben Feldman), a handsome living who shares Sam’s ability to see ghosts, arrives at Woodstone B&B.

Animal Control - "Dragons and Dognappers" (Fox, 9:00PM ET/PT)
Rob Gronkowski returns and asks the team for help rehoming a zebra; Emily and Shred's first date goes awry when they unexpectedly run into Daisy and Patel on their night out; Frank must defend Templeton when Templeton is accused of dognapping.

Going Dutch - "Farmer's Mark-tet Offensive" (Fox, 9:30PM ET/PT)
After a messy breakup, the Colonel and Katja find themselves going to war between the town and the base; Capt. Maggie tries to de-escalate the tension between the two ex-lovers and negotiate a truce.

Complete TV Listings

Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of January 19)

Thursday, January 22

Mike Epps (The Upshaws/Uncle Buck/Survivor's Remorse) - Catch Mike on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Anthony Anderson (black-ish/Guys with Kids/All About the Andersons) - Anthony appears on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC. NBC's Today catches up with Anthony in the 10am hour.
Sean Hayes (Will & Grace/The Millers/Sean Saves the World) - Sean is a guest on Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
Jessica Williams (Shrinking/Love Life/Just for Kicks) - Jessica talks about Shrinking on CBS Mornings sometime between 7-9am.
Michael Urie (Shrinking/Krapopolis/Partners) - Michael talks about Shrinking on ABC News Live Prime with Linsey Davis at 7pm.
Craig Robinson (Killing It/Ghosted/Mr. Robinson/The Office/Lucky) - Craig talks about Broadway' All Out on NBC's Today in the 9am hour.
Deon Cole (grown-ish/Angie Tribeca/black-ish) - Deon joins Sherri to discuss hosting this year's NAACP Image Awards on BET on Sherri, so check your local listings.
Heidi Gardner (Shrinking) - Heidi tells Sherri about her star turn in the new Broadway comedy All Out: Comedy About Ambition on Sherri, so check your local listings.
Kyle MacLachlan (Carol's Second Act/Sex and the City) - Kyle tells Drew about the latest season of his thrilling hit show Fallout and plays a round of memory bank dishing on his biggest moments and roles revealing which Sex and the City character he identifies most with on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
Jackson White (Mrs. Fletcher) - Jackson tells Drew about the newest season of the hit show Tell Me Lies, how he started dating co-star Grace Van Patten, growing up on set with his actress mom and more on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
Howie Mandel (Good Grief) - Howie talks about Netflix's Best Guess Live on Access Daily with Mario & Kit, so check your local listings.