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SitcomsOnline Digest: Roku Adds New Channels for Bernie Mac, Blossom, and Cougar Town; Catchy Comedy Introduces Catchy Loves Lucy

 Welcome to SitcomsOnline Digest! It's a very busy week this week (one of our busiest in a while!) with some new things coming to streaming, a new programming block for Catchy Comedy, and more. Let's get going!

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB

• Roku has added some new channels, including 24/7 channels for The Bernie Mac Show, Blossom, and Cougar Town. (Cord Cutters News)
• Catchy Comedy is making a few changes starting next weekend, as they will be ending their weekly Catchy Binge and replacing it with a new Sunday lineup that will include (among other things) Catchy Loves Lucy, a weekly block that features curated collections of episodes of every sitcom (even Life with Lucy) that Lucille Ball starred in, as well as other features about and related to Lucille Ball. (Cord Cutters News)
• Saturday Night Live is going international, with the launch of a new Saturday Night Live UK, and they've now announced the cast. (Deadline)
• CBS is planning to introduce their fall lineup a bit earlier than broadcast networks traditionally do. (Deadline)
• The Voice will occupy a two hour timeslot when it returns for a new season. (Deadline)
• As daytime talk shows continue to dwindle, Sherri has been canceled. (Variety)
• That's not the only daytime talk show that has been canceled, as The Kelly Clarkson Show has been as well. (Deadline)
• Many people probably didn't know that there is a Children's and Family Emmy Awards or that they have a Lifetime Achievement Award, but it probably would come as no surprise that Bill Nye is set to receive that award this year. (Hollywood Reporter)
• NBC has renewed St. Denis Medical and Happy's Place. (SitcomsOnline)

• Every week for the past few years, we've reminded you of the weekly Catchy Comedy (and before that, Decades) Binge, but this will be the last time as Here's Lucy is featured tomorrow as the last planned binge before they switch to a different Sunday lineup.
• Although NBC is once again using the Winter Olympics as their post-Super Bowl programming rather than debuting a new series, sibling streaming platform Peacock will be debuting their series The 'Burbs on Sunday.
• Antenna TV has a marathon of Designing Women tomorrow.
• Buzzr is now airing the Drew Carey episodes of The Price is Right in addition to the Bob Barker ones
• As we mentioned, there are new Roku channels dedicated to The Bernie Mac Show, Blossom, and Cougar Town.

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

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Labels: Bernie Mac, Bill Nye, Blossom, Catchy Comedy, Catchy Loves Lucy, Cougar Town, Designing Women, Here's Lucy, I Love Lucy, Life with Lucy, Lucy Show, Sherri, SitcomsOnline Digest, The Burbs

Fox Animation Domination Adds New Night This Summer; Bill Nye Returns with New Series on Peacock

This summer, Fox expands animation to Mondays, with the series premiere of all-new pet paws-itive comedy Housebroken on May 31 (9:00-9:30 PM ET/PT), followed by Season Two of Duncanville (9:30-10:00 PM ET/PT). A special two-episode second season debut of Duncanville will air Sunday, May 23 (8:30-9:00 PM ET/PT and 9:30-10:00 PM ET/PT), after which the series moves into its Monday time period. Featuring the voices of Lisa Kudrow, Tony Hale and Will Forte, animated comedy Housebroken follows a group of neighborhood pets and stray animals as they work through their issues inside and outside their therapy group. Housebroken is an irreverent look at human behavior, but told through the filter of an offbeat group of neighborhood pets. Throughout the series, the show centers on the pets' dysfunctional relationships and their skewed world view, while exploring relevant societal issues in fun and unique ways.

From Emmy Award and Golden Globe winner Amy Poehler and Emmy Award winners Mike and Julie Scully, Duncanville follows a spectacularly average 15-year-old boy, his family and friends. The adventures continue in the Season Two premiere of Duncanville airing Sunday, May 23 (8:30-9:00 PM ET/PT), when the Harris family takes their first vacation. The episode features Parks and Recreation stars Adam Scott, Aubrey Plaza, Retta and Nick Offerman making guest voice appearances. Other storylines in the new season include Duncan saying the one thing no kid should ever say to their dad, which shifts their power dynamic; Duncan and Kimberly being sent to therapy camp; Jing and Jack starting a child birthday band together, with Annie managing them; and Duncan racing stock cars. Catch up on Season One on FOXNOW and Hulu. Fox has not yet announced what will air at 8pm leading into the new Monday animated comedy hour.

Peacock has ordered science series The End is Nye, hosted and executive produced by Emmy Award winner and renowned science educator, engineer, author and inventor Bill Nye. The series is produced by Universal Television Alternative Studio and UCP, divisions of Universal Studio Group, and Seth MacFarlane's (The Orville, Family Guy and Ted) Fuzzy Door. The End is Nye sends Bill Nye into the most epic global disasters imaginable - both natural and unnatural - and then demystifies them using science to show how we can survive, mitigate, and even prevent them. Brannon Braga (Cosmos: Possible Worlds, Star Trek) will serve as showrunner and executive producer and direct all episodes. Each episode takes a hell-bent dive into the mystery and reality of its threats, from viruses to volcanoes, asteroids to authoritarianism, and climate change to chemical warfare. Every worldwide catastrophe is abundant with thrills, but also hope and a way forward. The End is Nye offers a scientific blueprint for surviving anything that comes our way.

Posted by Pavan -- SitcomsOnline.com at 12:00 PM

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Labels: Animation Domination, Bill Nye, Duncanville, Fox, Housebroken, Peacock