SitcomsOnline Digest: Comedy Central Delays South Park and Digman! Season Premieres; Jackée to Appear in Guest Role in Netflix Series

Saturday, July 05, 2025

Welcome to SitcomsOnline Digest! This week, we have more South Park streaming news, a new role for Jackée, and more. Let's get going!

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB

The upcoming season of South Park has been delayed, and now series creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker are openly feuding with Paramount on social media. (Vulture)
Meanwhile, the second season of Digman! (which isn't having any on-going disputes with Paramount as far as we know) has also been delayed on Comedy Central. (Deadline)
Jackée has been cast in a guest role for the upcoming season of A Man on the Inside. (Deadline)
Dr. Phil gave up his talk show in hopes of being the next Oprah and turning himself into a media dynasty with a whole network dedicated to him, but now only a year later, Merit Street Media has filed for bankruptcy. (Variety)
Mark Snow, composer of The X-Files theme song (and more), has died at 78. (Hollywood Reporter)
FETV has acquired The Rookies. (SitcomsOnline)

WEEKLY PLANNER (JULY 5 - JULY 11)

The seventeenth season of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia debuts Wednesday on FXX.
The Netflix comedy Too Much debuts on Thursday.
Catchy Comedy has a binge of Happy Days tomorrow.
The Twilight Zone that started Thursday on Heroes & Icons continues through Sunday.