SitcomsOnline Digest: New King of the Hill Reboot Details; CBS Makes Late Night Changes

Saturday, May 31, 2025

SitcomsOnline Digest: New King of the Hill Reboot Details; CBS Makes Late Night Changes

Welcome to SitcomsOnline Digest! It's a somewhat busy week, but we've got highlights, including a lot to take in about the King of the Hill reboot. Let's get going!

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB

Not only do we have a premiere date for the King of the Hill reboot, we've even got opening credits... and we suggest watching them and frequently pausing to catch every little detail of what has happened in the past decade and a half. (Deadline)
Jenna Fischer is talking about her favorite episodes of The Office, and they're mostly ones after Steve Carell left the show. (Deadline)
CBS is putting Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen in their post-Colbert timeslot next season... again. (Hollywood Reporter)
The back and forth between CBS and Sony on who owns the distribution rights to Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! is now back to CBS having the rights. (AV Club)
Former Simpsons music composer Alf Clausen, whom we actually interviewed nearly 20 years ago, has died. (Variety)
Loretta Swit, known for her role on M*A*S*H (and who played Cagney in the pilot for Cagney & Lacey, but wasn't able to play the role because she couldn't get out of her M*A*S*H contract) has died. (Hollywood Reporter)
We have our first look at Leanne, a Chuck Lorre sitcom coming to Netflix. (SitcomsOnline)

WEEKLY PLANNER (MAY 31 - JUNE 6)

Tomorrow's binge on Catchy Comedy is Brooklyn Bridge.
Antenna TV has an Alice marathon tomorrow.
Fox has a new season of The Quiz with Balls on Monday.

Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows

Tuesday, March 10

none scheduled

Complete TV Listings

Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of March 9)

Tuesday, March 10

Harrison Ford (Shrinking) - Catch Harrison on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Sarah Chalke (Scrubs/Roseanne/Mad Love/How to Live with Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life)) - Sarah is a guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias (The Santa Clauses/Mr. Iglesias/Cristela) - Gabriel appears on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
Michelle Pfeiffer (Delta House) - Michelle drops by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:35pm on CBS. She also talks about The Madison on CBS Mornings sometime between 7-9am.
Travis Nelson (The Lake) - Travis is a guest on Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen at 12:37am on CBS.
Valerie Bertinelli (Hot in Cleveland/Cafe Americain/Sydney/One Day at a Time) - Valerie talks about her new book Getting Naked on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am. Drew is celebrating her pal Valerie and the launch of her book Getting Naked on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings. They're chatting all about the book and Drew has surprises for Valerie all show long.
Phil Rosenthal (Creator of Everybody Loves Raymond) - Phil and Lily Rosenthal talk about Just Try It! Someplace New! on NBC's Today in the 9am hour.
Michael Urie (Shrinking/Krapopolis/Partners) - Michael talks about Shrinking on NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg (Two and a Half Men/Jenny) - Jenny is a guest on Access Daily with Mario & Kit, so check your local listings.