Apple TV+ Bad Monkey Renewed for Season 2; Norman Lear's Clean Slate Comedy to Premiere on Prime Video in February

Thursday, December 19, 2024

Apple TV+ Bad Monkey Renewed for Season 2; Norman Lear's Clean Slate Comedy to Premiere on Prime Video in February

Apple's acclaimed hit comedy Bad Monkey lands season two renewal. Vince Vaughn to return in his broadly celebrated performance as Andrew Yancy in fan-favorite comedy from award-winning executive producer Bill Lawrence Based on Carl Hiaasen's New York Times bestselling novel and enduring cult favorite, the first season of Bad Monkey is now streaming globally on Apple TV+ Following its critically acclaimed and Rotten Tomatoes Certified Fresh first season, Apple's hit comedy series Bad Monkey, from award-winning executive producer Bill Lawrence, and starring and executive produced by actor, producer and screenwriter Vince Vaughn, has been renewed for a second season. The series tells the story of Andrew Yancy (Vaughn), who has been bounced from the Miami Police Department and is now a health inspector in the Keys. But after stumbling upon a case that begins with a human arm fished up by tourists, he realizes that if he can prove murder, he'll be back in. He just needs to get past a trove of Floridian oddballs and one bad monkey.

The season one ensemble cast also includes L. Scott Caldwell ("The Fugitive"), Rob Delaney ("Catastrophe"), Meredith Hagner ("Search Party"), Natalie Martinez ("Ordinary Joe," "Reminiscence"), Alex Moffat ("Saturday Night Live," "Holidate"), Michelle Monaghan ("Gone Baby Gone"), Ronald Peet ("First Reformed") and Jodie Turner-Smith ("Queen & Slim"), with special guest stars John Ortiz ("American Fiction"), Zach Braff ("Scrubs"), Ashley Nicole Black ("Ted Lasso"), Scott Glenn ("The Leftovers") and Charlotte Lawrence in her television debut.

Clean Slate - Laverne Cox and George Wallace

Prime Video announced that the upcoming comedy series Clean Slate will debut all eight episodes on Thursday, February 6, 2025. Starring four-time Emmy(R)-nominated actress Laverne Cox and legendary comedian George Wallace, the series will stream exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. This heartfelt comedy follows Harry (Wallace), an old-school car wash owner in Alabama who has a lot of soul searching to do when the child he once called "son" returns after 17 years as a proud trans woman named Desiree (Cox). Her homecoming brings together a hilarious cast of friends, coworkers, and love interests as Desiree and Harry try to get it right the second time around. The series explores universal themes of unconditional love, all through Norman Lear's signature boundary-pushing brand of comedy.

Cox of Laverne Cox Productions, Wallace, and Dan Ewen (Dear Santa, Playing with Fire) are creators and executive producers of the series. Emmy(R) winners Norman Lear (Act III Productions) and Brent Miller executive produce the series. Ewen co-showruns the series with Executive Producer Simran Baidwan. Paul Hilepo is a producer. Also joining the cast are Telma Hopkins, D.K. Uzoukwu, Jay Wilkison, and Norah Murphy. Clean Slate is produced by Sony Pictures Television and Amazon MGM Studios.

Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows

Thursday, December 19

Ghosts - "A Very Arondekar Christmas Part 1" / "A Very Arondekar Christmas Part 2" (CBS, 8:00PM ET/PT)
A leaky water heater mishap threatens to ruin holiday plans as Sam and Jay prepare to host Jay’s hard-to-please dad, Mahesh (Bernard White), difficult-to-impress mom, Champa (Sakina Jaffrey), and sister Bela (Punam Patel), on a one-hour GHOSTSMAS special.

Complete TV Listings

Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of December 16)

Thursday, December 19

Ralph Macchio (Eight Is Enough) - Catch Ralph on a repeat of Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Martin Short (Only Murders in the Building/Mulaney/I'm a Big Girl Now/The Associates) - Martin appears on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
John Mulaney (Mulaney) - John stops by Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
Jade Catta-Preta (American Housewife/Manhattan Love Story) - Jade is a guest on a repeat of After Midnight at 12:37am on CBS.
Whitney Cummings (Whitney) - Whitney talks about her new show Fast Friends on Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your listings. She can also be heard on The Morning Mash Up on SiriusXM.
Rosie Perez (Human Resources/Search Party) - Rosie tells Sherri about starring in the new Apple TV+ thriller Before on Sherri, so check your local listings.
Chloe Bailey (grown-ish) - Chloe joins the Tam Fam for an epic hour on a repeat of Tamron Hall, so check your local listings.
Ana Gasteyer (American Auto/People of Earth/Lady Dynamite/Suburgatory) - Ana is sharing her hilarious take on the hottest news topics on a repeat of The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
Billy Eichner (Friends from College/Difficult People/Parks and Recreation) - Billy chats with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
Christina Milian (Grandfathered) - Christina talks about Netflix's Meet Me NExt Christmas on Access Daily with Mario & Kit, so check your local listings.
Danica McKellar (The Wonder Years) - Danica McKellar and Gleb Savchenko discuss their A Cinderella Christmas Ball movie on Access Daily with Mario & Kit, so check your local listings.
Nicole Ari Parker (And Just Like That.../Second Time Around) and Boris Kodjoe (The Last Man on Earth/Second Time Around) - Nicole share shoppable must-haves for the holidays on Access Daily with Mario & Kit, so check your local listings.
Morris Chestnut (Out All Night) - Morris discusses his television series Watson on The Talk on CBS at 2pm ET/1pm CT-PT.