Thursday, October 05, 2023
SNL Season 49 Premieres October 14; New Family Sitcom Podcast Flula Makes Five
The 49th season of Saturday Night Live will premiere Oct. 14 with Pete Davidson returning to Studio 8H for his hosting debut. Davidson is currently on a stand-up tour throughout the U.S. and Canada. Ice Spice will perform as SNL musical guest for the first time. Her music has reached more than 4 billion global streams in the past year and she was named Best New Artist at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards. Bad Bunny will do double duty on Oct. 21 for his SNL hosting debut and second musical guest appearance. The Grammy Award-winning artist's fourth studio album, "Un Verano Sin Ti," broke the record earlier this year as the most streamed album ever on Spotify. Chloe Troast joins the cast as a featured player. The entire cast from last season returns. In addition to the broadcast on NBC, SNL streams live on Peacock (11:30 p.m. ET/8:30 p.m. PT).
Flula Makes Five is a new scripted sitcom podcast starring Flula Borg. New 30-minute episodes will be released each Tuesday for an eight episode first season. The first three episodes are out now on all streaming platforms. The show's cast also includes musicians Julie Edwards (Deap Vally) and Henri Cash (Starcrawler). John Lehr (the original Geico Caveman) and Russell Horning (inventor of "flossing" dance) round out the principal cast. Edwards and Lehr play the parents, Kelly and Mitch Roberts and Cash plays their teenage son, Cameron. Horning portrays Lance, the neighbor and best friend to Cash’s character.
Lauren Lapkus, David DeLuise and Alaska Thunderfuck are among season one's notable guest stars. Flula Makes Five was originally intended and filmed as a television show. In order to save money producer Borg employed his cousin Heinz from his hometown in Erlangen, Germany to operate the cameras– except Heinz forgot to remove the lens cap. With all the audio available, Borg, along with his fellow producers and co-creators Alex Hinton and Andy Wombwell, decided to release it as a podcast. Flula Makes Five, is intended as a loving homage to the classic family sitcoms of the 80s and 90s (ALF, Fresh Prince, the TGIF lineup and others).
Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows
Friday, May 9
none scheduled
Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of May 5)
Friday, May 9
- Paul Rudd (The Shrink Next Door/Living with Yourself/Wild Oats) - Watch Paul on a repeat of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
- Matt Bomer (Mid-Century Modern) - Matt appears on a repeat of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
- Asif Ali (Deli Boys) and Saagar Shaikh (Deli Boys) - Asif and Saagar are guests on a repeat of After Midnight at 12:37am on CBS.
- Busy Philipps (Girls5eva/Vice Principals/Cougar Town/Love, Inc.) - Busy chats with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
- Christine Baranski (The Big Bang Theory/Happy Family/Welcome to New York/Cybill) - Christine talks about Nine Perfect Strangers on CBS Mornings sometime between 7-9am.
- Holly Robinson Peete (Hangin' with Mr. Cooper/For Your Love/Like Family/Love, Inc.) - Holly swings by for a chat about her new film Hats Off to Love on Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your local listings.
- Sarah Michelle Gellar (The Crazy Ones) and Alyson Hannigan (How I Met Your Mother/Free Spirit) - NBC's Today catches up with Sarah and Alyson in the 9am hour.
- Brooke Shields (Suddenly Susan) - In this a little bit extra episode Drew shares more of her conversation with Brooke at the news desk on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
- Rebel Wilson (Super Fun Night) - Rebel joins Sherri to talk about starring in the new film Juliet & Romeo, so check your local listings.
- Terri J. Vaughn (She the People/Mann & Wife/Meet the Browns/All of Us/The Steve Harvey Show) - Terri talks about starring in the new Netflix series She the People on Sherri, so check your local listings.
- Julia Sweeney (Shrill/Work in Progress/Maybe It's Me/George and Leo) and Marsha Mason (Grace and Frankie/The Middle/Sibs) - Julia and Marsha talk about My First Ex-Husband on PIX11 Morinng News on WPIX in New York at 9:40am.
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