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

Monday, October 26

none scheduled

Complete TV Listings

Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of October 26)

Monday, October 26

Connie Britton (Phony/SMILF/Lost at Home/The Fighting Fitzgeralds/Spin City) - Watch Connie on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Billy Crystal (The Comedians/Soap) - Billy appears on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
Harland Williams (The Geena Davis Show/Simon) - Harland is a guest on Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen at 11:35pm on CBS.
Sophia Bush (Partners) - Sophia talks about And I Will Tell You Mine: Notes from a Life in Progress on CBS Mornings sometime between 7-9am.
Parker Posey (Search Party/The Return of Jezebel James) - NBC's Today catches up with Parker sometime between 7-9am and in the 10am hour.
Mckenna Grace (Young Sheldon/Crash & Bernstein) - Mckenna talks about The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping on NBC's Today sometime between 7-9am.
Timothy Simons (Nobody Wants This/HouseBroken/Veep) - NBC's Today catches up with Timothy in the 9am hour.
Justine Lupe (Nobody Wants This/Cristela) - Justine talks about Nobody Wants This on NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
Kristen Bell (Nobody Wants This/Central Park/The Good Place) and Adam Brody (Nobody Wants This) - Kristen and Adam tell Drew all about the new season of Nobody Wants This on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.