SitcomsOnline Digest: Bupkis Renewed for Second Season; NBC Cancels Magnum P.I.

Saturday, June 24, 2023

SitcomsOnline Digest: Bupkis Renewed for Second Season; NBC Cancels Magnum P.I.

Welcome to SitcomsOnline Digest! This week, we are learning about the renewal of a Peacock series, the cancellation of a show that was saved just a year ago, and more. Let's get going!

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB

Bupkis has been renewed for a second season on Peacock. (Variety)
All of those efforts to save Magnum P.I. after CBS cancelled it seem to have just been for one season, as now NBC has decided to not go ahead with another season. (Deadline)
Will & Grace almost had a fifth cast member, but it wasn't meant to be. (Deadline)
We'll say it again, especially as people who supported the ideas of DVD and Blu-ray home media for permanency: streaming media is never permanent. Now, Paramount+ is joining in on the "fun" by removing some original series that were only recently added to the service. (Hollywood Reporter)
The Wheel, which is not the Pat Sajak game show (that had to be said because probably nobody remembers this game show) has been cancelled at NBC. (TVLine)
Peacock has announced not one, but two projects with Kevin Hart. (SitcomsOnline)

WEEKLY PLANNER (JUNE 24 - JUNE 30)

The Catchy Binge on Catchy Comedy this weekend is The Beverly Hillbillies.
Grown-ish returns for a final season on Freeform on Wednesday.
Shout! TV has ALF on ALF tonight at 8 PM ET, where you can catch commentaries on four selected episodes on Pluto TV.
If having one channel for The Price is Right on Pluto TV wasn't enough, they now have one featuring the Drew Carey era of the series, and there is also a classic Family Feud channel.

Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows

Friday, April 17

Happy's Place - "AI-AI-No" (NBC, 8:00PM ET/PT)
After Bobbie and Isabella request that Steve find how the tavern can save money, he discovers a way by replacing himself with an AI accountant; Gabby gives Emmett a crash course on proper texting etiquette.

Happy's Place - "Dart to the Heart" (NBC, 8:30PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
Bobbie tries to help Emmett and Isabella reconnect by forcing them into a darts tournament; Steve celebrates killing a spider until Takoda informs him about Iktomi, the Lakota trickster spirit.

Complete TV Listings

Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of April 13)

Friday, April 17

Minnie Driver (Emily in Paris/Speechless/About a Boy) - Watch Minnie on a repeat of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
Dustin Ybarra (Ghosts/Us & Them) - Dustin is a guest on a repeat of Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen at 12:37am on CBS.
Jim Parsons (Young Sheldon/The Big Bang Theory) - Jim talks about Broadway's Titaníque with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
John Lithgow (Trial & Error/Twenty Good Years/3rd Rock from the Sun) - NBC's Today catches up with John in the 9am hour.
Lena Dunahm (Girls) - Lena joins Drew to talk about her new memoir Famesick on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.