Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows; This Week in Sitcoms (Week of October 26, 2026)

Sunday, October 25, 2026

Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows; This Week in Sitcoms (Week of October 26, 2026)

It's Sunday, so it is time for "Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows" for the coming week. This is where we list what sitcom stars are appearing on talk shows for the coming week, the stars are both current and past sitcom stars, so this is for all sitcom fans of all eras!
For the week of October 26-30, 2026, we have many current sitcom stars and past sitcom stars on TV talk shows! All times listed are Eastern. So get your DVRs (or whatever you use) ready! Ready? Here is all what you need to know for the coming week!

Monday, October 26

Connie Britton (Phony/SMILF/Lost at Home/The Fighting Fitzgeralds/Spin City) - Watch Connie on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Billy Crystal (The Comedians/Soap) - Billy appears on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
Harland Williams (The Geena Davis Show/Simon) - Harland is a guest on Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen at 11:35pm on CBS.
Sophia Bush (Partners) - Sophia talks about And I Will Tell You Mine: Notes from a Life in Progress on CBS Mornings sometime between 7-9am.
Parker Posey (Search Party/The Return of Jezebel James) - NBC's Today catches up with Parker sometime between 7-9am and in the 10am hour.
Mckenna Grace (Young Sheldon/Crash & Bernstein) - Mckenna talks about The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping on NBC's Today sometime between 7-9am.
Timothy Simons (Nobody Wants This/HouseBroken/Veep) - NBC's Today catches up with Timothy in the 9am hour.
Justine Lupe (Nobody Wants This/Cristela) - Justine talks about Nobody Wants This on NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
Kristen Bell (Nobody Wants This/Central Park/The Good Place) and Adam Brody (Nobody Wants This) - Kristen and Adam tell Drew all about the new season of Nobody Wants This on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.

Tuesday, October 27

Owen Wilson (Stick) - Catch Owen on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Gabourey Sidibe (Difficult People/The Big C) - Gabourey appears on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Parker Posey (Search Party/The Return of Jezebel James) - Parker is a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
Bowen Yang (Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens) - Bowen stops by Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
Bradley Whitford (Perfect Harmony/Trophy Wife) - Bradley appears on Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
Cynthia Nixon (And Just Like That.../Sex and the City) - Cynthia and the cast of The Gilded Age are guests on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am.
Tim Daly (Newlyweds/Wings) - Tim discusses Newlyweds on Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your local listings.
Tony Shalhoub (We Are Men/Stark Raving Mad/Wings) - Tony talks about We Thought They’d Never Leave on NBC's Today in the 9am hour.
Andrew Rannells (Nobody Wants This/Girls/The New Normal) - Andrew talks about Nobody Wants This on NBC's Today in the 10am hour.

Wednesday, October 28

Emma Roberts (Scream Queens/Unfabulous) - Watch Emma on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Jamie Lee Curtis (Newlyweds/The Sticky/Anything But Love/Operation Petticoat) - Jamie Lee appears on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC. She also appears on NBC's Today sometime between 7-9am and chats with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
Sharon Horgan (Youth/Bad Sisters/HouseBroken/Catastrophe) - Sharon is a guest on Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
Sophia Bush (Partners) - Sophia talks about And I Will Tell You Mine: Notes from a Life in Progress on NBC's Today in the 9am hour.
Valerie Bertinelli (Hot in Cleveland/Cafe Americain/Sydney/One Day at a Time) - It's Drew's fast and frugal hour and Sunny Anderson, Valerie and Danielle Kance are joining her for some frugal news headlines on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
Busy Philipps (Girls5eva/Vice Principals/Cougar Town/Love, Inc.) - Busy talks about Cupertino on ABC News Live Prime with Linsey Davis at 7pm.
Jason Priestley (Call Me Fitz/Sister Kate) - Jason talks about Private Eyes West Coast on ABC News Live Prime with Linsey Davis at 7pm.

Thursday, October 29

Christopher Lloyd (Taxi/Stacked) - Catch Christopher on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Veronika Slowikowska (Tires/Davey & Jonesie's Locker/What We Do in the Shadows) - Veronika appears on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
Jason Bateman (Arrested Development/The Hogan Family/It's Your Move/Silver Spoons), Sean Hayes (Will & Grace/The Millers/Sean Saves the World) and Will Arnett (Murderville/Arrested Development/Flaked/The Millers/Up All Night/Running Wilde) - Jason, Sean and Will talk about the "Smartless" podcast on NBC's today sometime between 7-9am.
David Alan Grier (St. Denis Medical/Dad Stop Embarrassing Me!/The Cool Kids/The Carmichael Show/Bad Teacher/Life with Bonnie/DAG) - NBC's Today catches up with David in the 9am hour.
Meagan Good (Cousin Skeeter/Raising Dad) - Meagan talks about Reasonable Doubt on NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
Sophia Bush (Partners) - Sophia talks about And I Will Tell You Mine: Notes from a Life in Progress with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
Zazie Beetz (Atlanta) - Zazie talks about Nocture on CBS Mornings sometime between 7-9am.
Joe Manganiello (Mythic Quest/How I Met Your Mother) - Joe opens up about his seven-year health battle, his new memoir, Bloodlines, and the family secrets he uncovered while searching for answers on Tamron Hall, so check your local listings.
Valerie Bertinelli (Hot in Cleveland/Cafe Americain/Sydney/One Day at a Time) - It's a special food news with Valerie Bertinelli on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings. Plus, Val is joining Drew in the kitchen to make zucchini chips.

Friday, October 30

Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary) - Watch Quinta on a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
Natasha Leggero (Broke/Dice/Another Period/Free Agents) and Tommy Davidson (The Varnell Hill Show/The Proud Family/Malcolm & Eddie/Between Brothers) - Natasha and Tommy will be on a repeat of Funny You Should Ask at 12:37am on CBS.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Veep/The New Adventures of Old Christine/Watching Ellie/Seinfeld/Day by Day) and Allison Janney (Mom/Mr. Sunshine) - Julia and Allison talk about Broadway's Other Desert Cities on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am.
Jerry O'Connell (We Are Men/Do Not Disturb/Carpoolers/My Secret Identity) - Jerry appears on Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your local listings.
Sophia Bush (Partners) - Sophia talks about And I Will Tell You Mine: Notes from a Life in Progress on ABC News Live Prime with Linsey Davis at 7pm.
Sherri Shepherd (Mr. Iglesias/Trial & Error/Sherri/Less Than Perfect/Suddenly Susan) - Sherri talks about Broadway's Aladdin on CBS Mornings sometime between 7-9am.
Karyn Parsons (The Job/Lush Life/The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air) - Karyn discusses her new novel, Blue Beach, and her iconic role as Hilary Banks on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air on Tamron Hall, so check your local listings.
Marilu Henner (Taxi/Evening Shade) - Marilu is a guest on New York Living on WPIX in New York.

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Sitcoms Airing This Week

Sunday, October 25

The Simpsons - "Treehouse of Horror XXXVII" (Fox, 8:00PM ET/PT)
Marge gets a horrifying new perspective on marriage; Bart and Santa's Little Helper embark on a bone-chilling adventure; Homer takes a driving lesson.

Animal Control - "Tortoises and Billy Goats" (Fox, 8:30PM ET/PT)
When Emily's HR review threatens her reinstatement, Frank appoints himself her investigator.

Universal Basic Guys - "Oedipus Flex" (Fox, 9:00PM ET/PT)
Mark and Rhoda team up to beat the DelVecchios in a dance competition; Tammy and Kardgen help with an organ delivery.

Grimsburg - "How the Other Half Lives" (Fox, 9:30PM ET/PT)
Flute is suspicious of Summers' new cyborg friend; Martinez joins the Satanic church for the childcare perks.

Monday, October 26

none scheduled

Tuesday, October 27

Tyler Perry's Assisted Living - "A Long Day's Journey" (BET, 8:30PM ET/PT)
After losing his job, Jeremy decides to move to the backwoods of Georgia to help his grandfather, who has purchased a rundown home for the elderly.

The Ms. Pat Show - "A Family Thing" (BET, 9:00PM ET/PT)
enise gets carried away when Kareem plans a special date night; Janelle shares big news with Junebug and Terry's aunt shocks everyone with the truth about his father.

Wednesday, October 28

Scrubs - "My Halloween" (ABC, 8:00PM ET/PT)
J.D. helps a former colleague with a difficult patient; Elliot seeks support for her new clinic; Turk faces his family's growing pains.

Abbott Elementary - "Halloween Party" (ABC, 8:30PM ET/PT)
Ava hosts an exclusive Halloween party; Janine and Jacob get suspicious of Gregory.

Thursday, October 29

Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage - "The Devil’s Interval and a British Stripper" (CBS, 8:00PM ET/PT)
Georgie and Mandy are caught in the crossfire between their moms over CeeCee’s Halloween costume, and Missy (Raegan Revord) and Mary (Zoe Perry) clash over her Halloween plans.

Eternally Yours - "Halloween" (CBS, 8:30PM ET/PT)
Up for a promotion at her teaching job, Liz invites her boss and his wife over for drinks on Halloween, when they arrive dressed in stereotypical vampire costumes, much to Charles’ annoyance. Also, the coven fears Max has placed them in danger of a werewolf attack when he inadvertently uses an ancient protective relic as a candy bowl for trick-or-treaters and it goes missing.

Ghosts - "Halloween 6: The Mirror – Part One" / "Halloween 6: The Mirror - Part Two" (CBS, 9:00PM ET/PT)
A couple of months after Pete’s disappearance, while Sam is in Australia on the set of her new film, Polar Opposites, Kyle (new series regular Ben Feldman) steps up to help baby-sit the ghosts. Also, Hetty is unexpectedly reunited with her estranged sister, Margaret (guest star Maria Thayer), and Bela throws an unconventional Halloween bash at Woodstone.

Friday, October 30

Happy's Place - "Skeletons in the Closet" (NBC, 8:00PM ET/PT)
Unresolved feelings about their late father arise when Bobbie and Isabella put a photo of Happy on their ofrenda for Día de los Muertos; Emmett tries to avoid Gabby's Halloween pranks at all costs.

Newlyweds - "My Place or Yours" (NBC, 8:30PM ET/PT)
A free-spirited woman and a buttoned-up professor shake up their lives when they unexpectedly get married after a whirlwind courtship.

Saturday, October 31

none scheduled

Sunday, November 1

Animal Control - "Bugs and Rabid Dogs" (Fox, 7:00PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
Frank goes undercover at Roman's new privatized animal control company, Pax Romana.

Universal Basic Guys - "La Gloire Du Bouffon" (Fox, 7:30PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
Mark learns to play a new instrument; Tammy confronts her fear of clowns.

The Simpsons - "Testing 1-2-3" (Fox, 8:00PM ET/PT)
In what she argues is not an attempt to get extra time on tests, Lisa has herself evaluated for three types of neurodiversity -- which remind her of behaviors she's witnessed in Principal Skinner, Comic Boy and Homer.

Animal Control - "Sled Dogs and Kitty Litter" (Fox, 8:30PM ET/PT)
Victoria balances pig parenting with a hot date.

Universal Basic Guys - "Termination: Salvation" (Fox, 9:00PM ET/PT)
Mark teaches Andrea how to live the post-work lifestyle; Hank helps a robot find joy.

Grimsburg - "CrimeShare" (Fox, 9:30PM ET/PT)
The precinct goes on an office retreat.

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