Thursday, October 05, 2023

SNL Season 49 Premieres October 14; New Family Sitcom Podcast Flula Makes Five

Saturday Night Live

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

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, October 4

none scheduled

Complete TV Listings


Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of September 30)

Friday, October 4

  • Halle Berry (Living Dolls) - Watch Halle on a repeat of Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
  • Will Ferrell (The Office) - Will and Harper Steele (Will & Harper) are guests on a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
  • Kristen Bell (Nobody Wants This/Central Park/The Good Place) - Kristen appears on a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
  • Tien Tran (How I Met Your Father) - Tien is a guest on a repeat of After Midnight at 12:37am on CBS.
  • Sarah Paulson (Leap of Faith) - Sarah can be heard on The Morning Mash Up on SiriusXM.
  • George Lopez (Lopez vs Lopez/Lopez/Saint George/George Lopez) and Mayan Lopez (Lopez vs Lopez) - NBC's Today catches up with George and Mayan in the 10am hour.
  • Paul Scheer (Black Monday/Fresh Off the Boat/The League) - Paul is telling Drew all about his new memoir and answering questions from his wife June Diane Raphael on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
  • Niecy Nash-Betts (Reno 911!/Getting On/The Soul Man/Do Not Disturb) - Niecy talks about the highly-anticipated premiere of Grotesquerie on FX on Sherri, so check your local listings.
  • Deon Cole (grown-ish/Angie Tribeca/black-ish) - Deon sits down to chat about his new comedy special and touring with Martin Lawrence on Tamron Hall, so check your local listings.
  • Nathan Lane (Only Murders in the Building/Modern Family/Charlie Lawrence/Encore! Encore!/One of the Boys) - Nathan chats with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
  • Yvette Nicole Brown (Act Your Age/The Odd Couple/Community/The Big House) - Yvette guest co-hosts The Talk on CBS at 2pm ET/1pm CT-PT.
  • John Stamos (UnPrisoned/Fuller House/Grandfathered/Jake in Progress/Full House/You, Again?) - John talks about his memoir If You Would Have Told Me on Access Daily with Mario & Kit, so check your local listings.
  • Victoria Justice (Victorious/Zoey 101/) - Victoria discusses her film Depravity on The Talk on CBS at 2pm ET/1pm CT-PT and on Access Daily with Mario & Kit, so check your local listings.
  • Paul Reiser (Mad About You/Red Oaks/Married/My Two Dads) - Paul is a guest on New York Living on WPIX in New York at 10:15am.


New on DVD and Blu-ray

The Ropers - The Complete Series Friends - The Complete Series (4K Ultra HD) Young Sheldon - The Complete Series Veep - The Complete Series (Blu-ray) I Love Lucy - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)

09/10 - Rick and Morty - The Complete Seasons 1-7
09/10 - The Ropers - The Complete Series (VEI)
09/10 - Ted - Season One (Blu-ray) (DVD)
09/17 - The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet - Video Scrapbook
09/17 - Top Cat - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
09/24 - Friends - The Complete Series (4K Ultra HD)
09/24 - Young Sheldon - The Complete Seventh Season (DVD) / The Complete Series (DVD) (Blu-ray)
10/08 - Curb Your Enthusiasm - The Complete Twelfth Season / The Complete Series
10/22 - Veep - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
11/05 - I Love Lucy - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
11/19 - SpongeBob SquarePants - The Complete Fourteenth Season
02/04 - Bewitched - The Complete Series - 60th Anniversary Special Edition (Blu-ray)

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