SitcomsOnline Digest: Tina Fey to Star in New Netflix Series; The Good Doctor Coming to an End

Saturday, January 13, 2024

SitcomsOnline Digest: Tina Fey to Star in New Netflix Series; The Good Doctor Coming to an End

Welcome to SitcomsOnline Digest! This week, we are learning of a new Tina Fey series, the cancelation of an ABC drama, and more. Let's get going!

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB

Tina Fey has been rather active behind the scenes since 30 Rock ended, but now she is ready to do the acting again as well, in a new Netflix comedy series, The Four Seasons. (Deadline)
The Good Doctor is coming to an end at ABC. (Hollywood Reporter)
Our Flag Means Death has been canceled by Max. (Variety)
It started with HBO having a movie based upon her, but now a drama series called Miss Cleo is coming, with Sanaa Lathan in the starring role. (Deadline)
Soap star Bill Hayes, who played on Days of Our Lives for 50 years, has died at age 98. (TV Insider)
BUZZR is celebrating the 60th anniversary of Let's Make a Deal, starting today. (SitcomsOnline)

WEEKLY PLANNER (JANUARY 13 - JANUARY 20)

It's the 50th anniversary of Happy Days, and Catchy Comedy is celebrating that with a binge this weekend, in addition to adding it to the daily lineup starting Monday.
It's only the 49th anniversary for The Jeffersons, but Antenna TV is having an anniversary marathon for it on Monday anyway.
It seems enthusiasm over awards shows has died down a bit, but this weekend, we have the Emmys on Fox on Monday, as well as the Critics Choice Awards on The CW (or just CW as they seem to be rebranding themselves to) on Sunday.
New seasons of NBC's Chicago and Law & Order franchises arrive this week.
Season two of Chad arrives on The Roku Channel on Friday.

Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows

Tuesday, June 9

none scheduled

Complete TV Listings

Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of June 8)

Tuesday, June 9

Colman Domingo (The Four Seasons) - Catch Colman on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Patton Oswalt (A.P. Bio/The Goldbergs/The King of Queens) - Patton appears on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Laverne Cox (Clean Slate) - Laverne talks about Transcendent: A Memoir on Comedy Central's The Daily Show at 11pm, on NBC's Today in the 10am hour, and on ABC News Live Prime with Linsey Davis at 7pm.
Hugh Jackman (Human Resources) - Hugh talks about The Death of Robin Hood on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am.
Asif Ali (Deli Boys/Wrecked/Mr. Robinson), Saagar Shaikh (Deli Boys) and Poorna Jagannathan (Deli Boys) - Asif, Saagar and Poorna chat with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
Jim Gaffigan (The Jim Gaffigan Show/My Boys/The Ellen Show/Welcome to New York) - Tamron Hall (Repeat) has A DAYTIME EXCLUSIVE with Jim, a superstar who has taken everyday life and turned it into something unforgettable, so check your local listings. He joins the Tam Fam to talk about his brand-new special Live from the Old Forester: The Bourbon Set, which was filmed live on Louisvilles Whiskey Row, as well as parenting his five kids and more.
Kevin Nealon (Man with a Plan/Weeds/Hiller and Diller/Champs) - Kevin chats about his movie Mermaid on a repeat of Access Daily with Mario & Kit, so check your local listings.
Jessica Williams (Shrinking/Love Life/Just for Kicks) - Jessica tells Drew all about the new season of the hit show Shrinking on a repeat of The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.