SitcomsOnline Digest: Home Improvement Cast Members to Reunite on Shifting Gears; The Paper to Have Binge Drop

Saturday, August 23, 2025

SitcomsOnline Digest: Home Improvement Cast Members to Reunite on Shifting Gears; The Paper to Have Binge Drop

Welcome to SitcomsOnline Digest! This week, we have news about a Home Improvement reunion (sort of), an update on The Paper, and more. Let's get going!

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB

A Home Improvement reunion (including Patricia Richardson, who called Tim Allen a liar in an interview when he claimed an actual reboot series is coming) is happening this season on Shifting Gears. (Deadline)
The Paper, the followup series to The Office, will have a binge drop rather than a weekly drop. (Deadline)
We're getting our first look at season 2 of A Man on the Inside. (Variety)
Lorne Michaels is making it clear that season 51 of Saturday Night Live will include some cast departures, but we don't know exactly who just yet. (Entertainment Weekly)
South Park, which has had very few new episodes in recent years, will only be having a new episode every other week for the foreseeable future. (Consequence)
We're not expecting a Family Matters animated reboot, but the idea is out there nonetheless. (Deadline)
Local broadcast television has been getting a lot less "local" lately, and it's about to go even further, as Nexstar is buying Tegna. (AP News)
Dave Ketchum, known for his role as Agent 13 on Get Smart, has died at age 97. (Hollywood Reporter)
George Lopez is heading to COZI. (SitcomsOnline)

WEEKLY PLANNER (AUGUST 23 - AUGUST 29)

Catchy Comedy has a binge of Square Pegs and Ferris Bueller tomorrow.

Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows

Thursday, August 13

Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage - "Dirty Hands and a Barbed-Wire Fence" (CBS, 9:00PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
Georgie and Ruben are forced to get their hands dirty when Fred Fagenbacher (Matthew Letscher) tries to run them out of business. Meanwhile, Mandy grows suspicious of Georgie’s lies.

Ghosts - "St. Hetty’s Day 2: The Help" (CBS, 9:30PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
A St. Patrick’s Day staffing emergency gives Hetty the chance to step into an unlikely role at the restaurant as she regains her once-a-year ability to be seen and heard by the living. Meanwhile, Kyle returns to watch over the ghosts and finds himself caught in an amusing supernatural dynamic.

Complete TV Listings

Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of August 10)

Thursday, August 13

Anthony Anderson (black-ish/Guys with Kids/All About the Andersons) - Anthony guest hosts Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Dave Franco (The Afterparty/Scrubs/Do Not Disturb) - Catch Dave on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Adam Scott (Ghosted/Veep/Parks and Recreation/Party Down) - Adam appears on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
Sebastian Maniscalco (Bookie) - Sebastian is a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
Adam Scott (Ghosted/Veep/Parks and Recreation/Party Down) - Adam appears on a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
Juliette Lewis (Camping/I Married Dora) - Juliette is a guest on a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
D'Arcy Carden (Barry/The Good Place) - Andy Cohen interviews D'Arcy on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen at 3:30am on Bravo.
Nathan Lane (Mid-Century Modern/Only Murders in the Building/Modern Family/Charlie Lawrence/Encore! Encore!/One of the Boys) - Nathan talks about Broadway's Death of a Salesman on a repeat of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
Mariska Hargitay (Can't Hurry Love) - NBC's Today catches up with Mariska sometime between 7-9am.
Daveed Diggs (Central Park/black-ish) - Daveed talks about The Boys on NBC's Today in the 10am hour.