Kerry Washington's UnPrisoned Gets Season 2; Classic Comedy Shorts Celebrate 40th Anniversary

Wednesday, November 22, 2023

Kerry Washington's UnPrisoned Gets Season 2; Classic Comedy Shorts Celebrate 40th Anniversary

Onyx Collective and ABC Signature announced the season two renewal of the original dramedy series UnPrisoned, starring and executive produced by Kerry Washington and Delroy Lindo, on Hulu in the U.S., Star+ in Latin America, and Disney+ in all other territories. UnPrisoned debuted as Onyx Collective's most-viewed premiere on Hulu and as the inaugural dramedy series for the brand. Inspired by creator Tracy McMillan’s life, the series follows a messy but perfectionist relationship therapist, social media influencer and single mom, Paige Alexander (Washington), whose life is turned right-side-up when her dad, Edwin Alexander (Lindo), gets out of prison and moves in with her and her teenage son.

The series is executive produced by McMillan, Yvette Lee Bowser and Washington alongside Pilar Savone, through their Simpson Street production company, and Lindo. Joy Gorman Wettels and Jen Braeden also executive produce. The series hails from Onyx Collective on Hulu and is produced by ABC Signature. The story of UnPrisoned is the reality of millions of families who are affected by the criminal justice system in the United States. According to the ACLU, mass incarceration has grown 500% over the last 50 years, with over 2 million people in this country incarcerated today. With this series, McMillan creates flawed but lovable characters from a place of empathy, humor and soul to honor the families that mass incarceration affects most. All eight episodes of the first season of UnPrisoned are available to stream exclusively on Hulu in the U.S., Star+ in Latin America and Disney+ in all other territories.

Likely Stories

Likely Stories is a collection of long lost comedy shorts featuring the work of luminaries such as Danny DeVito, Rob Reiner, Billy Crystal, Christopher Guest, Larry Gelbart, Steve Carell, Denis Leary, Harry Shearer, and many others; this year celebrating the 40th anniversary of its premiere. These critically acclaimed, award-winning, classic short comedies have been digitally remastered and are now available to stream online for FREE with NO COMMERCIALS! A must-see for comedy-connoisseurs just in time for Thanksgiving at www.likely-stories.com .

In the early '80s, David Jablin created and produced a ground-breaking comedy-anthology series for HBO's Cinemax called Likely Stories. Each one-hour show featured eclectic comic offerings mixing short stories, political satire, mockumentaries, precise parodies and musical sendups. It had an innovative mixed-media format utilizing film, video and animation. The series featured the directing debuts of Rob Reiner, Christopher Guest, Billy Crystal and Harry Shearer. As this year marks the 40th anniversary of the original series, Jablin decided to remaster his favorites, as well as some of his later Showtime work in HD and collect them all under the Likely Stories banner. Today he is launching a dedicated Likely Stories website and is putting it out there so comedy fans can enjoy watching these long "lost" comedy treasures with no commercials, subscriptions or sign-ups. Just click. Play. Laugh.

Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows

Monday, April 7

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Complete TV Listings

Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of March 31)

Monday, April 7

Eric André (Man Seeking Woman/2 Broke Girls/Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23) - Watch Eric on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Marsai Martin (black-ish) - Marsai is a guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Keegan-Michael Key (Schmigadoon!/Friends from College/Playing House/Gary Unmarried) - Keegan-Michael makes a special appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:35pm on CBS.
Tracee Ellis Ross (black-ish/Girlfriends) - Tracee appears on Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC. She also talks about Black Mirror on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am.
Karan Soni (Miracle Workers/Blunt Talk) and Kate Micucci (Raising Hope/Scrubs) - Karan and Kate are guests on After Midnight at 12:37am on CBS.
Michael B. Jordan (The Assistants) - E! News has an interview with Michael at 11pm on E!. He also chats with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
Chase Sui Wonders (The Studio/Bupkis) - NBC's Today catches up with Chase in the 9am hour.
Bowen Yang (Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens) - Bowen co-hosts NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
Kenan Thompson (Kenan/Kenan & Kel) - NBC's Today catches up with Kean in the 10am hour.
Rashida Jones (Sunny/BlackAF/Duncanville/Angie Tribeca/Unhitched/The Office) - Rashida talks about Black Mirror on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am.
Susan Kelechi Watson (Louie) - Susan talks about Netflix's The Residence on Sherri, so check your local listings.
Kevin Bacon (I Love Dick) - Kevin is playing a round of Behind-the-Scenes and dishing on some of his biggest projects on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
Tichina Arnold (The Neighborhood/Survivor's Remorse/Happily Divorced/Everybody Hates Chris/Martin) - Tichina is telling Drew about being single and using dating apps, her daughter turning 21, and filming the last season of The Neighborhood on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
Max Greenfield (The Neighborhood/New Girl) - Max and Tess Sanchez are telling Drew all about how they make their marriage work in an all new Drew Love on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
Michael Urie (Shrinking/Krapopolis/Partners) - Michael discusses his Still Ugly podcast on Access Daily with Mario & Kit, so check your local listings.
Randall Park (Young Rock/Blockbuster/Fresh Off the Boat/Veep/Supah Ninjas) - Randall talks about Netflix's The Residence on Access Daily with Mario & Kit, so check your local listings.