Thursday, May 04, 2023
Dancing with the Stars Returning to ABC in Fall; Conan O'Brien Producing New Podcast Miniseries
Dancing with the Stars will make history once again becoming the first series to simulcast across both ABC and Disney+ for its upcoming 32nd season, and will be available the next day on Hulu. Beginning this fall, the beloved show will reach audiences across multiple Disney platforms in their respective time zones. Dancing with the Stars is the hit series hosted by Alfonso Ribeiro and Julianne Hough in which celebrities are paired with trained ballroom dancers to compete in themed choreographed dance routines that are judged by a panel of renowned ballroom experts, including Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli and Derek Hough. The show is produced in front of a live audience by BBC Studios Los Angeles Productions.
Conan O'Brien's award-winning podcast Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend announced a brand new podcast miniseries, The Lost Hans & Franz Movie. The four-part podcast series -- featuring comedy legends Conan O'Brien, Dana Carvey, Robert Smigel, and Kevin Nealon -- will drop new episodes weekly beginning Wednesday, May 17. The Lost Hans & Franz Movie is a Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend audio miniseries about Hans & Franz, a movie musical that was never made. Hans & Franz was originally a screenplay written by O'Brien, Carvey, Smigel, and Nealon, based on the 1980's Saturday Night Live sketch starring Carvey and Nealon. Although it was in development at Sony, then Columbia Pictures, in the early 1990's, the musical was never made into a motion picture, but would have starred Carvey and Nealon, as well as Arnold Schwarzenegger (playing himself and other characters in the script).
The podcast miniseries' cast is comprised of the original four writers: O'Brien, Carvey, Smigel, and Nealon. In each episode, they will read selected scenes from the screenplay, and then use those scenes as a jumping off point to reminisce and riff about this formative time in their lives. Carvey recently referenced the film script on O’Brien’s podcast, which was the catalyst for the new miniseries, as the team thought it would be fun to revisit this project. After several meetings, Team Coco secured the rights to read the script for the podcast, and will be airing this podcast miniseries on the Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend feed. Universal Pictures’ R-rated comedy Strays is the presenting sponsor of The Lost Hans and Franz Movie, a special Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend miniseries.
Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows
Tuesday, May 7
none scheduled
Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of May 6)
Tuesday, May 7
- Josh Charles (Sports Night) - Catch Josh on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
- Tiffany Haddish (The Last O.G./The Carmichael Show) - Tiffany is a guest on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:35pm on CBS. She talks about I Curse You with Joy on NBC's Today some time between 7-9am. She chats with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
- Whoopi Goldberg (Whoopi/Bagdad Cafe) - Whoopi talks about her memoir Bits and Pieces on ABC's Good Morning America some time between 7-9am.
- Sarah Jessica Parker (And Just Like That.../Divorce/Sex and the City/Square Pegs - Sarah and Alina Grabowski talk about Women and Children First on NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
- Jean Smart (Hacks/Samantha Who?/Center of the Universe/In-Laws/Style & Substance/Designing Women) - Jean is telling Drew all about acting over the course of four decades and is playing a round of "Behind the Scenes Roulette", sharing memories from some of her biggest roles. She's also telling Drew all about the new season of Hacks and the celebrity who's a big fan of the show and invited her to his concerts on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
- Thomas Lennon (The Odd Couple/Sean Saves the World/Reno 911!) - Thomas is a guest on The Talk on CBS at 2pm ET/1pm CT-PT.
- Trevor Jackson (grown-ish) - Trevor appears on PIX11 Morning News on WPIX in New York at 9:40am.
- Sasha Pieterse (Family Affair (2002-2003)) - Sasha is a guest on New York Living on WPIX in New York at 10:15am.
New on DVD/Blu-ray
12/05 - Father Knows Best - The Complete Series
12/05 - The Odd Couple - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
12/12 - The Dick Van Dyke Show - The Complete Series
12/12 - Looney Tunes Collector's Choice - Volume 2 (Blu-ray)
12/12 - That Girl - The Complete Series
12/15 - Letterkenny - Season 11
12/19 - The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet - The Official Restored Complete Series
12/22 - Three's Company - The Official 40th Anniversary Collection (includes The Ropers and Three's a Crowd)
01/09 - South Park - Seasons 11-15 (Blu-ray)
01/16 - Ghosts (UK) - Season Five
02/13 - Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
02/27 - The Really Loud House - Season One
03/12 - Ghosts (UK) - The Complete Series
03/12 - Looney Tunes Collector's Choice - Volume 3 (Blu-ray)
03/12 - Rick and Morty - Season 7 (Blu-ray Steelbook) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
04/03 - Too Close for Comfort - The Complete Series (VEI)
04/08 - Check It Out! - The Complete Series (VEI)
05/21 - Frasier (2023) - Season One
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