SitcomsOnline Digest: ABC Gives Series Order to Tim Allen Sitcom; Two Saturday Night Live Cast Members Leave Ahead of 50th Season

Saturday, August 03, 2024

SitcomsOnline Digest: ABC Gives Series Order to Tim Allen Sitcom; Two Saturday Night Live Cast Members Leave Ahead of 50th Season

Welcome to SitcomsOnline Digest! This week, we're learning more about Tim Allen's new upcoming sitcom on ABC, some Saturday Night Live casting news, and more. Let's get going!

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB

Here we go again: ABC is "gearing up" for their third attempt at a sitcom starring Tim Allen, with Shifting Gears. (Hollywood Reporter)
As always, Saturday Night Live is getting casting together for the upcoming season (the 50th, by the way), and while two will be leaving the cast, it looks like we'll (not surprisingly) be seeing a lot of Maya Rudolph. (The Daily Beast)
The next batch of new episodes of That '90s Show will be arriving earlier than expected. (Deadline)
Up until about 20 years ago, being an anchor on the nightly news on one of the broadcast networks was one of the most stable jobs you could get, but since Dan Rather left in 2005, no anchor on CBS has lasted longer than five years, and now Norah O'Donnell is being moved to a new role to make room for another reformatting of the program. (Variety)
While it is still being shopped around and thus is not dead yet, the Battlestar Galactica reboot at Peacock will not be happening. (Variety)
FX has picked up a new comedy, Snowflakes. (SitcomsOnline)

WEEKLY PLANNER (AUGUST 3 - AUGUST 9)

Catchy Comedy has a binge of Full House this weekend.
Cozi TV is airing Married... with Children starting with a marathon today, then weekdays starting Monday.
Mr. Throwback debuts Thursday on Peacock.

Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows

Tuesday, May 12

none scheduled

Complete TV Listings

Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of May 11)

Tuesday, May 12

Nicole Byer (Grand Crew/Loosely Exactly Nicole) - Catch Nicole on a repeat of Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Andrew Rannells (Girls/The New Normal) - Andrew appears on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Veep/The New Adventures of Old Christine/Watching Ellie/Seinfeld/Day by Day) - Julia is a guest on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:35pm on CBS.
Tiffany Haddish (The Last O.G./The Carmichael Show) - Tiffany stops by Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
Alfonso Ribeiro (In the House/The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air/Silver Spoons) - Alfonso appears on Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your local listings.
John Leguizamo (The Brothers Garcia) - John talks about Hulu's Dear Killer Nannies on Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your local listings.
Lamorne Morris (Woke/New Girl) - Lamorne chats with the hosts about Spider-Noir on Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your local listings.
Chris Perfetti (Abbott Elementary) - Chris talks about Abbott Elementary on ABC's GMA 3: What You Need to Know at 1pm.
Donna Mills (The Good Life) - Tamron Hall has a DAYTIME EXCLUSIVE with Donna clapping back at comments about wearing “too much makeup for your age,” sparking a powerful conversation, so check your local listings.
Bryan Cranston (Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair/Malcolm in the Middle/The Louie Show) - Bryan discusses his Dos Hombres line on Access Daily with Mario & Kit, so check your local listings.
Scott Foley (The Goodwin Games/A.U.S.A./Scrubs) - NBC's Today catches up with Scott in the 9am hour.