Monday, February 27, 2023
Modern Family Star Heads to Season 2 of The Santa Clauses; 29th Annual SAG Awards Winners
Disney+ announced that Eric Stonestreet (Modern Family) will join the cast of the Disney+ Original series The Santa Clauses as Mad Santa. The Disney Branded Television series is produced by 20th Television, a part of Disney Television Studios, and is now in production on its second season. Season one of The Santa Clauses, which debuted Nov. 16, 2022, was a Top 5 most-watched original series on Disney+ by hour streamed during its Season's Streaming campaign (Nov. 3-Dec. 31). In the second season, the Calvin family is back in the North Pole as Scott Calvin continues his role as Santa Claus after retirement plans were thwarted when failing to find a worthy successor in season one. Now that Scott and his family have successfully saved Christmas, Scott turns his focus towards training his son Calvin to eventually take over the “family business” as Santa Claus. Eric Stonestreet stars as Magnus Antas (aka the Mad Santa), who reigned during the 14th century and is now returning to try and take down Scott Calvin and reclaim the North Pole.
Disney Legend Tim Allen will executive produce and continue to reprise the beloved role of Santa/Scott Calvin. Also returning as series regulars in season two are Elizabeth Mitchell as Mrs. Claus/Carol, Elizabeth Allen-Dick as Sandra Calvin Claus, Austin Kane as Cal Calvin Claus, and Devin Bright as Santa’s elf bestie Noel. Matilda Lawler will reprise her role of Santa's chief of staff, Betty, as a recurring guest star. Additional guest stars include newcomer Marta Kessler as Olga, a surly, take-no-prisoners gnome who doesn’t understand “feelings” and “empathy” and sidekick to Magnus Antas, aka The Mad Santa, along with returning guest stars Liam Kyle as Gary, Isabella Bennett as Edie, Sasha Knight as Crouton, Ruby Jay as Riley, Mia Lynn Bangunan as Pontoon, and Laura San Giacomo as La Befana, the Christmas Witch.
The Screen Actors Guild Awards® presented its coveted Actor® statuettes for the outstanding motion picture and television performances of 2022* at the 29th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, held Sunday, Feb. 26 at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles. The ceremony was broadcast live on YouTube, Twitter and Facebook with several media partners including Netflix. As previously announced, the multi-year deal between Netflix and the SAG Awards officially begins with the 2024 ceremony, which will stream live on the Netflix service globally. Honored with individual awards were Brendan Fraser, Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis for performances in motion pictures, and Sam Elliott, Jessica Chastain, Jason Bateman, Jennifer Coolidge, Jeremy Allen White, and Jean Smart for performances in television. The Actor® for television drama and comedy ensemble performances went to The White Lotus and Abbott Elementary. The Screen Actors Guild Awards originated awards for motion picture cast and by television drama and comedy ensembles. View the complete list of winners.
Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows
Thursday, November 5
Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage - "A Snotty Attitude and a Party on a School Night" (CBS, 8:00PM ET/PT)
Georgie and Mandy reach their breaking points when Missy moves in with the McAllisters. Meanwhile, Mary struggles to make things right with Missy.
Eternally Yours - "Steve's Dream" (CBS, 8:30PM ET/PT)
Max invites Steve the Blood Guy over for game night, a kind gesture that inadvertently leads Steve to decide to leave Seattle – and sends the coven on a desperate hunt for a new blood supply. Also, Liz and Phyllis wrestle for control of the house’s interior design.
Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of November 2)
Thursday, November 5
- Adam Driver (Girls) - Catch Adam on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
- Awkwafina (Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens) - Awkwafina appears on Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC. She also joins Drew to chat about her new series The Unlikely Cook on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
- Caroline Rhea (Sydney to the Max/Sabrina the Teenage Witch/Pride & Joy) - Caroline will be on Funny You Should Ask at 12:37am on CBS.
- Cynthia Nixon (And Just Like That.../Sex and the City) - Andy Cohen interviews Cynthia on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen at 9:45pm on Bravo.
- Lacey Chabert (Still the King/Baby Daddy/Family Guy) - Lacey talks about Holiday Ever After: A Disney World Wish Come True on ABC's Good Morning America sometiem between 7-9am and on ABC's GMA3 at 1pm.
- Niecy Nash-Betts (Reno 911!/Getting On/The Soul Man/Do Not Disturb) - Niecy, Kim Kardashian and Naomi Watts talk about All's Fair with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
- Carlos PenaVega (Big Time Rush) and Alexa PenaVega (Ruby & the Rockits) - Carlos and Alexa talk about Joy Isn’t Cancelled on NBC's Today in the 9am hour.
- Valerie Bertinelli (Hot in Cleveland/Cafe Americain/Sydney/One Day at a Time) - Valerie joins the news desk for some animal headlines in an all-new Drew's news on The Drew Barrymore ShoW, so check your local listings.
- Andy Richter (Andy Barker, P.I./Quintuplets/Andy Richter Controls the Universe) - Andy is a guest on New York Living at 10am on WPIX in New York.
New on DVD and Blu-ray
01/20/26 - The Woody Woodpecker and Friends Golden Age Collection (Blu-ray)
01/27/26 - The New Fred and Barney Show - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
02/11/26 - Tom and Jerry - The Complete CinemaScope Collection (Blu-ray)
03/24/26 - Looney Tunes Collector's Vault - Volume 2 (Blu-ray)
04/11/26 - Abbott Elementary - The Complete Fourth Season (DVD)
04/21/26 - Famous Studios Champion Collection (Blu-ray) (DVD)
05/19/26 - I Love Lucy - The Complete Series - 75th Anniversary Edition (DVD)
05/19/26 - Looney Tunes Cartoons - The Complete Series (Blu-ray) (DVD)
06/16/26 - Difficult People - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
06/30/26 - Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
07/14/26 - The Office - The Complete Series - Superfan Extended Episodes (Blu-ray)
07/28/26 - The Bill Dana Show - The Complete Series (DVD)
07/28/26 - I Love Lucy - The Complete Series - 75th Anniversary Edition (Blu-ray)
07/28/26 - The Paper - Season One (Blu-ray) (DVD)
08/25/26 - Perfect Strangers - The Complete Series (Blu-ray) (DVD)
09/08/26 - Looney Tunes Collector's Vault - Volume 3 (Blu-ray)
09/22/26 - Bridget Loves Bernie - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
10/20/26 - The Quick Draw McGraw Show - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
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