Saturday, May 06, 2023
SitcomsOnline Digest: First Week of Writers' Strike Already Sees Early Casualties; Fox Cancels Call Me Kat
Welcome to SitcomsOnline Digest! It's the first week of a writers' strike, so get ready for some disruptions to your TV viewing experiences while the negotiations go down (actually, many have already begun). We also have some renewal and cancellation news, including a rather surprising move of a Fox show heading to ABC (no, it's not an animated comedy). Let's get going!
HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB
- Rumors of an impending strike had been floating for several months, so perhaps we shouldn't be totally surprised (though if you weren't following the story closely it may have been), but we now have another writers' strike that is going to shutdown production of new episodes of TV series. (CBS News)
- One of the first casualties of the writers strike is the remainder of the season for Saturday Night Live, for which all three episodes have been scrapped. (Screen Rant)
- Call Me Kat? No, you can call it cancelled, as the Fox sitcom has been cancelled after three seasons. (Variety)
- Deadline has a look at all the shows that have been cancelled in 2023, and it's not a short list either. (Deadline)
- This one is a little out of the blue: Fox has cancelled 9-1-1, but ABC has decided to pick it up. (Vibe)
- The Conners may be coming to an end after the upcoming sixth season, although even if it does, it has had a rather long and successful life for a reboot series. (Deadline)
- Dancing with the Stars is moving back to ABC. (SitcomsOnline)
WEEKLY PLANNER (MAY 6 - MAY 12)
- Last weekend, Catchy Comedy had a binge of Happy Days; this weekend, it is Laverne & Shirley.
- ABC, through their ABC News division, begins a four documentary part series celebrating game shows, with The Game Show Show, starting on Wednesday.
- The MTV Movie and TV Awards airs tomorrow night, but it'll be a little different due to the writers' strike.
- The final season of Children Ruin Everything debuts Friday on Roku.
Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows
Thursday, September 25
English Teacher - "Covid in America" (FX, 9:00PM ET/PT)
Evan pushes back against the students as they try to modernize the school play.
English Teacher - "Trash" (FX, 9:30PM ET/PT)
Evan attempts to update the school's waste management system.
English Teacher - "Grant's Dinner Party" (FX, 10:00PM ET/PT)
Grant invites the teachers to a dinner party at his home.
Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of September 22)
Thursday, September 25
- Peyton Manning (Executive Producer of Chad Powers) - Catch Peyton on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
- Oscar Nuñez (The Paper/The Office) - Oscar appears on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
- Keegan-Michael Key (Schmigadoon!/Friends from College/Playing House/Gary Unmarried) - Keegan-Michael is a guest on a repeat of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
- Carrie Preston (Crowded/Happyish/Emeril) - Carrie stops by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:35pm on CBS.
- Timothy Olyphant (Stick/Santa Clarita Diet) - Timothy appears on Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
- Bill Engvall (The Bill Engvall Show) - Bill is a guest Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen at 12:37am on CBS.
- Regina Hall (Black Monday/Grandfathered/Married/Second Generation Wayans) - Regina appears on Comedy Central's The Daily Show at 11pm. She chats with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT. She will also be on NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
- Glen Powell (Chad Powers/Scream Queens) - Glen talks about Chad Powers on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am.
- Teri Hatcher (The Odd Couple/Sunday Dinner/Karen's Song/The Love Boat) - Teri appears on NBC's Today in the 10am hour. Teri and her daughter Emerson Tenney talk about the Desperately Devoted podcast on Access Daily with Mario & Kit, so check your local listings.
- Emayatzy Corinealdi (Ballers) Emayatzy talks about Reasonable Doubt on ABC News Live Prime with Linsey Davis at 7pm.
- Katt Williams (The Tracy Morgan Show/My Wife and Kids) - Katt joins Sherri to talk about his latest tour on Sherri, so check your local listings.
- Martha Plimpton (Sprung/The Real O'Neals/Raising Hope) - Martha tells Drew about her show Task on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
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04/01 - Abbott Elementary - The Complete Third Season
05/13 - The Drew Carey Show - The Complete Series* (missing 4 episodes and some music has been replaced or altered)
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