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, August 27

Ghosts - "Polar Opposites" (CBS, 9:30PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
When a Hollywood producer comes to scout Woodstone as a filming location, Sam is prompted to take a creative leap that draws unexpected support from the ghosts. Meanwhile, changing roles among the ghosts spark a heartfelt effort to honor someone special.

Adults - "The Scrub" (FX and FXX, 9:00PM ET/PT)
The housemates uncover Paul Baker's long-kept secret.

Adults - "Fake ID" (FX and FXX, 9:34PM ET/PT)
Billie befriends the 20-year-old who inherited her fake ID. Written by Ananya Hegde; Directed by Jonathan Krisel.

Complete TV Listings

Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of August 24)

Thursday, August 27

Bert Kreischer (Free Bert) - Catch Bert on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Josh Gad (Wolf Like Me/Avenue 5/The Comedians/1600 Penn/Back to You) and Andrew Rannells (Girls/The New Normal) - Josh and Andrew are guests on a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
The cast of Adults - Jack Innanen, Malik Elassal, Lucy Freyer and Owen Thiele are guests on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am and on ABC's GMA 3: What You Need to Know at 1pm.
Leanne Morgan (Leanne) - NBC's Today catches up with Leanne in the 9am hour.
Hugh Jackman (Human Resources) - Hugh talks about Sheep Detectives on NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
D'Arcy Carden (Barry/The Good Place) - D'Arcy can be heard on the Morning Mash Up on SiriusXM.