SitcomsOnline Digest: Abbott Elementary Cast Gets Major Pay Raise; Saturday Night Live Season 50 Hosts Announced

Saturday, September 21, 2024

SitcomsOnline Digest: Abbott Elementary Cast Gets Major Pay Raise; Saturday Night Live Season 50 Hosts Announced

Welcome to SitcomsOnline Digest! This week, we're hearing about pay raises for the cast of a popular ABC sitcom, Saturday Night Live hosts for the first few episodes of season 50, and more. Let's get going!

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB

Abbott Elementary stands out as a successful broadcast TV sitcom in an era where few (if any) broadcast TV sitcoms stand out, so it should be no surprise that the cast got a major pay raise. (Deadline)
Saturday Night Live has announced hosts and musical guests for the first few episodes of season 50, and it'll be kicking off next Saturday with an episode hosted by a Designing Women star who has found new fame in the modern era, Jean Smart. (Entertainment Weekly)
There won't be a third season for Pretty Little Liars: Summer School. (Deadline)
MeTV Toons has some Halloween fun planned for October. (Cord Cutters News)
An Australian reboot of The Office is coming to Prime Video, but seemingly to every country except the United States. (SitcomsOnline)

WEEKLY PLANNER (SEPTEMBER 21 - SEPTEMBER 27)

There is a Catchy Comedy binge of Cheers this weekend.
Although it shares almost no similarities with the series that it shares a name with (down to the network even, as the original aired on NBC and ABC), the new CBS version of Matlock debuts on Sunday.
Everybody Still Hates Chris debuts Wednesday on Comedy Central.

Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows

Thursday, November 21

Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage - "The 6:10 to Lubbock" (CBS, 10:00PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
Georgie and Mandy get fed up staying with her parents and reconsider their living situation after a fight with Mandy’s mom, Audrey.

Ghosts - "Man of Your Dreams" (CBS, 10:30PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
Sam learns that one of the ghosts’ powers is to enter the dreams of the livings and influence their decisions. Also, two of the ghosts think they’ve learned the secret to moving on.

Complete TV Listings

Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of November 18)

Thursday, November 21

Jim Gaffigan (The Jim Gaffigan Show/My Boys/The Ellen Show/Welcome to New York) - Catch Jim on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Rita Moreno (One Day at a Time/Happily Divorced/9 to 5) - Rita appears on Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
Justine Lupe (Nobody Wants This/Cristela), Jackie Tohn (Nobody Wants This/GLOW) and Timothy Simons (HouseBroken/Veep) - Justine, Jackie and Timothy are guests on After Midnight at 12:37am on CBS.
Kristin Chenoweth (Trial & Error/Kristin) - Kristin appears on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen at 10pm on Bravo.
Maura Tierney (NewsRadio/The Van Dyke Show) - Maura is in the studio to discuss the neww season of Law and Order on Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your listings.
Paul Reiser (Mad About You/Red Oaks/Married/My Two Dads) - Paul is telling Drew about his huge return to comedy after thirty years with his standup special, Life, Death and Rice Pudding, and his new movie The Gutter on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
John O'Hurley (Seinfeld/Over the Top/The Mullets) - John will be on PIX11 Morning News on WPIX in New York at 9:40am.