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SitcomsOnline Digest: Paramount Looking to Merge with Warner Bros. Discovery; Samsung TV+ Adds Late Night with David Letterman

 Welcome to SitcomsOnline Digest! It's a very busy news week, with another possible media merger in the works, more Saturday Night Live casting news, and more. Let's get going!

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB

• Media merger talks are in full swing again, and now it seems that Paramount is looking to buy Warner Bros. Discovery. (Deadline)
• For those who have access to Samsung TV+ (either via a Samsung phone or television), there is a David Letterman channel which already had episodes of The Late Show with David Letterman, but now they've added his first talk show, Late Night with David Letterman. (Variety)
• This is a cast exit that we didn't quite see coming from Saturday Night Live: Ego Nwodim is leaving the show. (Deadline)
• It seems that it was a little less than Two and a Half Men when it came to salaries, because Jon Cryer revealed that his pay was about 1/3 of Charlie Sheen's. (Variety)
• Rainn Wilson is talking about the spinoff of The Office focused on Dwight that never happened. (Variety)
• The Emmy Awards tomorrow night will feature a tribute to The Golden Girls. (Deadline)
• ABC is developing a food truck workplace comedy, from David E. Kelley. (Deadline)
• Going Dutch has a new show runner for the upcoming season. (Deadline)
• A current season South Park episode has been pulled in light of current events, though it is still on Paramount+ (for now). (Deadline)
• Polly Holliday, known for her role of Flo on Alice, has died (which also means that every member of the original cast is no longer with us). (SitcomsOnline)

• A new season of Futurama arrives Monday on FXX and Hulu.
• The Emmy Awards air tomorrow on CBS.
• Antenna TV has a Hazel Sunday Special tomorrow.
• The Catchy Comedy binge tomorrow is The Doris Day Show.
• You can stream Law & Order for free now as a FAST channel, available on Pluto TV, Amazon Freevee, and more.

Posted by Skees -- SitcomsOnline.com at 1:00 PM

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