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
Wednesday, November 12
none scheduled
Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of November 10)
Wednesday, November 12
- Ben Stiller (Arrested Development) - Watch Ben on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
- Matthew Broderick (Better Things) - Matthew is a guest on Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC. He will also be on Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your local listings.
- Dave Franco (The Afterparty/Scrubs/Do Not Disturb) - Dave appears on Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
- Steve Byrne (Sullivan & Son) - Steve is a guest on Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen at 12:37am on CBS.
- Tiffany Haddish (The Last O.G./The Carmichael Show) - Andy Cohen interviews Tiffany on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen at 10pm on Bravo.
- Rob Riggle (Rob Riggle's Ski Master Academy/Golan the Insatiable/Gary Unmarried) - Rob talks about Grit, Spit, and Never Quit: A Marine's Guide to Comedy and Life with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
- Ariana Grande (Sam & Cat/Victorious) - Ariana and Cynthia Erivo talk about Wicked: For Good on NBC's Today in the 9am hour.
- Jake Lacy (High Fidelity/The Office/Better with You) - NBC's Today catches up with Jake in the 9am hour.
- Leslie Bibb (Palm Royale/God's Favorite Idiot/American Housewife/The Odd Couple/About a Boy) - Leslie co-hosts NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
- Abby Elliott (The Bear/Indebted/Odd Mom Out) - Abby talks about the thrilling new series All Her Fault on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
- Melissa Joan Hart (Baby Daddy/Sabrina the Teenage Witch/Clarissa Explains It All) - Melissa is a guest on Access Daily with Mario & Kit, so check your local listings.
- Sharon Lawrence (Me, Myself & I/Ladies Man/Fired Up) and Maureen McCormick (The Brady Bunch/The Brady Brides/Teen Angel) - Sharon and Maureen talk about their play Pen Pals on New York Living on WPIX in New York at 10am.
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