SitcomsOnline Digest: Saturday Night Live Adds New Cast Members for New Season; Streaming Media Mergers in the Works?

Saturday, September 17, 2022

SitcomsOnline Digest: Saturday Night Live Adds New Cast Members for New Season; Streaming Media Mergers in the Works?

Welcome to SitcomsOnline Digest! It's officially that time: the fall TV season gets into full swing on Monday! But for today we have news about casting for Saturday Night Live, some streaming mergers, and more. Let's get going!

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB

A new season of Saturday Night Live is coming up, and there will be some new cast members. (CNN)
A Disney+ and Hulu merger could be in the works, if Disney can get Comcast out of the way. (Hollywood Reporter)
Not to be outdone, Paramount+ and Showtime+ could be folded into one as well. (Variety)
Call Me Kat will have sort of a Big Bang Theory reunion in an episode that will air in October. (Deadline)
Scott Bakula will not be part of the new Quantum Leap, and he's explaining why. (Deadline)
CNN has a new morning show coming, and it'll move Don Lemon out of primetime. (CNN)
Even if it is the most improbable broadcast network for it, another Waltons movie is headed to The CW. (TVLine)
In case you missed the Emmys, here are the winners. (SitcomsOnline)

WEEKLY PLANNER (SEPTEMBER 17 - SEPTEMBER 23)

The new fall season gets into full swing next week, with season premieres of CBS comedies on Monday and ABC comedies on Wednesday.
ABC has Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter airing on Thursday night.
The Hulu series Reboot debuts on Tuesday.
Decades is having a binge of The Beverly Hillbillies this weekend.

Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows

Tuesday, April 14

none scheduled

Complete TV Listings

Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of April 13)

Tuesday, April 14

Zach Galifianakis (Baskets) - Catch Zach on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Billy Crystal (The Comedians/Soap) - Billy appears on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:35pm on CBS.
Dan Levy (Big Mistakes/Schitt's Creek) - Dan is a guest on Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen at 12:37am on CBS.
Ronny Chieng (Young Rock/Ronny Chieng: International Student) - Ronny hosts Comedy Central's The Daily Show at 11pm.
Joel Kim Booster (Scrubs/Loot/Shrill) - Andy Cohen interviews Joel on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen at 3:30am on Bravo. He also talks about Scrubs on ABC's GMA 3: What You Need to Know at 1pm.
Jean Smart (Hacks/Samantha Who?/Center of the Universe/In-Laws/Style & Substance/Designing Women) and Hannah Einbinder (Hacks) - Jean and Hannah talk about Hacks on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am and chat with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
Elizabeth Banks (30 Rock/Scrubs) - Elizabeth and Matthew Macfadyen talk about The Miniature Wife on ABC News Live Prime with Linsey Davis at 7pm.
Selma Blair (Anger Management/Kath & Kim/Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane) - NBC's Today catches up with Selma in the 9am hour.
Anthony Norman (Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat) - Anthony talks about Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat on the Morning Mash Up on SiriusXM.
David Cross (Arrested Development/Running Wilde/Oliver Beene) - David Cross tells Sherri about his latest stand-up special, The End of the Beginning of the End, on Sherri, so check your local listings.
Jalyn Hall (The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins) - Jalyn talks about starring in The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins on NBC and Peacock on Sherri, so check your local listings.