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

Thursday, November 21

Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage - "The 6:10 to Lubbock" (CBS, 10:00PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
Georgie and Mandy get fed up staying with her parents and reconsider their living situation after a fight with Mandy’s mom, Audrey.

Ghosts - "Man of Your Dreams" (CBS, 10:30PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
Sam learns that one of the ghosts’ powers is to enter the dreams of the livings and influence their decisions. Also, two of the ghosts think they’ve learned the secret to moving on.

Complete TV Listings

Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of November 18)

Thursday, November 21

Jim Gaffigan (The Jim Gaffigan Show/My Boys/The Ellen Show/Welcome to New York) - Catch Jim on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Rita Moreno (One Day at a Time/Happily Divorced/9 to 5) - Rita appears on Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
Justine Lupe (Nobody Wants This/Cristela), Jackie Tohn (Nobody Wants This/GLOW) and Timothy Simons (HouseBroken/Veep) - Justine, Jackie and Timothy are guests on After Midnight at 12:37am on CBS.
Kristin Chenoweth (Trial & Error/Kristin) - Kristin appears on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen at 10pm on Bravo.
Maura Tierney (NewsRadio/The Van Dyke Show) - Maura is in the studio to discuss the neww season of Law and Order on Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your listings.
Paul Reiser (Mad About You/Red Oaks/Married/My Two Dads) - Paul is telling Drew about his huge return to comedy after thirty years with his standup special, Life, Death and Rice Pudding, and his new movie The Gutter on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
John O'Hurley (Seinfeld/Over the Top/The Mullets) - John will be on PIX11 Morning News on WPIX in New York at 9:40am.