SitcomsOnline Digest: Frasier Reboot Gets Second Season; Jimmy Kimmel Hints at End of Talk Show

Saturday, February 24, 2024

SitcomsOnline Digest: Frasier Reboot Gets Second Season; Jimmy Kimmel Hints at End of Talk Show

Welcome to SitcomsOnline Digest! This week, we're hearing about the renewal of the Frasier reboot, learning a little more about Wendy Williams and why her show disappeared, and more. Let's get going!

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB

The reboot of Frasier is getting a second season. (Deadline)
Jimmy Kimmel has two more years left on his contract for his talk show, and is now hinting that those may be his final two years as well. (ABC News)
Eva Longoria is joining the cast of Only Murders in the Building for season 4. (Variety)
Jay Pharoah has been chosen to host Fox's newest game show, The Quiz with Balls. (Deadline)
There were reports this week that Amazon is shutting down Freevee, but Amazon claims those rumors are not true. (Cord Cutters News)
There has been a lot of mystery surrounding Wendy Williams following her disappearance from (and later cancellation of) her talk show, and ahead of an upcoming Lifetime miniseries about her, we are learning more. (Deadline)
Rewind TV has 22 (why not 22.7?) hours of 227 coming up for 2/27. (SitcomsOnline)

WEEKLY PLANNER (FEBRUARY 24 - MARCH 2)

Catchy Comedy has a binge of The Lucy Show this weekend.
Saturday Night Live returns for new episodes tonight, and will be in new episodes for the next three weeks.
On Tuesday, 2/27, Rewind TV has a 227 marathon.

Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows

Thursday, January 8

none scheduled

Complete TV Listings

Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of January 5)

Thursday, January 8

Denis Leary (Going Dutch/No Good Deed/Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll/The Job) - Catch Denis on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Rose Byrne (Platonic/Physical) - Rose appears on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
Idris Elba (Turn Up Charlie) - Idris is a guest on Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC. He also talks about Hijack on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am.
Ronny Chieng (Young Rock/Ronny Chieng: International Student) - Ronny hosts Comedy Central's The Daily Show at 11pm.
Lucy Liu (Joey/Pearl) - Lucy appears on Comedy Central's The Daily Show at 11pm. She chats with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
Holly Hunter (Mr. Mayor) - Holly talks about Paramount+'s Star Trek: Starfleet Academy on CBS Mornings sometime between 7-9am.
Alan Cumming (Schmigadoon!) - Alan talks about The Traitors on CBS Mornings sometime between 7-9am.
Kenan Thompson (Kenan/Kenan & Kel) - Kenan talks about Unfunny Bunny on NBC's Today sometime between 7-9am and in the 10am hour.
Matt Rogers (No Good Deed/I Love That for You) - Matt co-hosts NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
Valerie Bertinelli (Hot in Cleveland/One Day at a Time) - Valerie appears on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
Cedric the Entertainer (The Neighborhood/The Last O.G./The Soul Man/The Steve Harvey Show) - Cedric and Malik S talk about YouTube's Laughing Voodoo on Access Daily with Mario & Kit, so check your local listings.