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SitcomsOnline Digest: Emmy Awards Postponed to January; Norman Lear Celebrates 101st Birthday

Welcome to SitcomsOnline Digest! This week, we're seeing even more effects of the strikes going on, hearing of the death of a sitcom star, and more. Let's get going!

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB

• We could see this coming a month ago, but now, the Emmy Awards has officially been delayed until January (at least). (NPR)
• Norman Lear celebrated his 101st birthday this week. (Hollywood Reporter)
• Production of Days of Our Lives has been shutdown temporarily, but it has nothing to do with any strikes. (Deadline)
• The writers strike has, however, affected the Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions. (Yahoo!)
• Inga Swenson, known for her role of Gretchen on Benson, has died at age 90. (Variety)
• This is a little bit of a shocker here, the USA Network series Suits has broken a Nielsen streaming record for acquired programming, even outdoing series like The Office and Manifest when they were at their heights on streaming. (Deadline)
• NBCUniversal has announced some new FAST channels, though we're not quite sure how Major Dad fits into TNBC. (SitcomsOnline)

WEEKLY PLANNER (JULY 29 - AUGUST 4)

• Decades has a binge of The Flip Wilson Show weekend.
• The CW has some more international programming set to debut on Monday, including Run the Burbs and Bump.
• Big Brother returns for a new season on Wednesday, slightly later than usual (to fill some holes in the fall lineup presumably).

Posted by Skees -- SitcomsOnline.com at 1:00 PM

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