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SitcomsOnline Digest: Netflix's Disjointed to End After One Season; Will & Grace Revival Coming to DVD

• Netflix almost never cancels anything, but for anybody who has tried to sit through even one episode, it probably isn't a huge surprise that the sitcom Disjointed got canceled after one season. (Hollywood Reporter)
• Meanwhile, another Netflix series that is much beloved, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, is set to return for a fourth season on May 30, but only with a half season release instead of a full season. (Variety)
• TBS has released a trailer for their new sitcom starring Tracy Morgan and Tiffany Haddish, The Last O.G., which debuts on April 3. (Deadline)
• It's been pretty clear for some time that he wouldn't be back, but now it is official, Jeffrey Tambor is no longer part of the Transparent cast. (NPR)
• Although Ellen Degeneres and Steve Harvey have been successful in finding an audience, there haven't been any other truly successful daytime TV talk shows that have debuted in quite a while, and now Harry Connick Jr.'s talk show is getting the boot. (Hollywood Reporter)
• Scott Baio is in the news again for even more allegations of sexual misconduct on the Charles in Charge set, this time involving Alexander Polinsky. (Deadline)
• The CW, much like The WB and UPN before it, struggled for years to find an audience, but they seem to have found that in recent years with numerous series that have developed a cult following, and will be expanding to Sunday nights in the fall. (Adweek) 
• Netflix's Grace and Frankie has been renewed for a fifth season.  (SitcomsOnline)

• No release date has been given yet, but DVDs for Will & Grace (The Revival) - Season One are available for preorder on Amazon.

• Last weekend, it was a Diff'rent Strokes marathon all weekend on Decades, and this weekend, it will be the spinoff, The Facts of Life.
• Amazon Prime will be releasing the second half of the first season of The Tick on Friday.
• It isn't quite like the other marathons they do for the series, but Syfy will be airing an 8 hour marathon of Twilight Zone for President's Day (Monday) morning.
• Meanwhile, TV Land has a M*A*S*H marathon in store for Monday.

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Labels: Disjointed, SitcomsOnline Digest, The Last O.G., Transparent, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Will & Grace

SitcomsOnline Digest: ABC Pulls The Mayor; Hulu Adds 90s Animated Favorites

• It isn't totally official yet, but it looks like ABC may have impeached (or as they normally say in television, canceled) The Mayor after nine episodes, as it has been pulled from the lineup. (Entertainment Weekly)
• Alex Trebek is taking a bit of a break from Jeopardy! tapings due to a health scare, but he'll be back to taping new episodes soon enough that you won't even notice that he was gone. (NPR)
• Hoda Kotb is officially the new co-host of NBC's Today. (New York Times)
• Jon Paul Steuer, who is known from his role on Star Trek: The Next Generation and to sitcom fans for playing the first Quentin Kelly on Grace Under Fire, died this week at age 33. (Variety)
• The 300th episode of Family Guy will air on FOX next weekend, and an extended episode with limited commercials is planned for March.  (SitcomsOnline)

• Girlfriends - The Complete Series (DVD, $55.98): Every episode of this sitcom arrives on DVD in this value priced selection.

• You can binge watch some of the biggest animated series of the 90s on Hulu now, as they have added Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, Tiny Toon Adventures, and (we guess just for completion since it was a "jump the shark" merger of two shows) Pinky Elmyra and the Brain.
• David Letterman's new talk show, My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman, debuts Friday on Netflix with Barack Obama as his first guest, but instead of being able to binge watch episodes of this one as you can with most Netflix series, we'll instead get one new episode per month.
• Even if it was sort of panned by critics and viewers alike, new episodes of the Netflix sitcom Disjointed arrive on Friday.
• Alone Together, a new comedy produced by The Lonely Island, debuts Wednesday on Freeform.
• Something that we overlooked in the Weekly Planner last week with all of the news about marathons and new schedules was the debut of Grown-ish on Freeform, but luckily in the era of non-linear television, it isn't too late to catch up on those episodes either on demand or on Hulu.
• You can catch Get Smart all this weekend on the Weekend Binge on Decades.
• Speaking of Decades, their theme for January is Lost TV, and you can catch Love That Bob and Life With Elizabeth every weekday, and in addition, you can find some very rare lost sitcoms on their lineup next week such as Pistols 'n' Petticoats, The Beulah Show, and Accidental Family.
• Even though it isn't a "Lost TV" series, the series Lost has a new home on streaming media, on Hulu.

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Labels: Disjointed, Girlfriends, Grace Under Fire, Hulu, Netflix, SitcomsOnline Digest, The Mayor

Three's Company Stars Reunite for Antenna TV's '70s Rock & Romance Cruise; Kathy Bates Sitcom Premieres Aug. 25

Jenilee Harrison (Cindy Snow) and Richard Kline (Larry Dallas) of the groundbreaking sitcom Three's Company will reunite on the '70s Rock & Romance Cruise this March. The duo will delight fans aboard the cruise as they host a spate of special events including a Classic '70s TV costume ball, powered by Antenna TV, and panel discussions in front of live audiences where they will reveal behind-the-scenes moments from one of the most popular and iconic television shows of the '70s. The '70s Rock & Romance Cruisealso features concerts by Styx (in a special appearance on 3/5/18), Michael McDonald, America, Air Supply, War, The Guess Who, B.J. Thomas, Atlanta Rhythm Section, Badfinger featuring Joey Molland, Poco, Abbey Road on the River presents Hal Bruce and more aboard the award-winning Celebrity Summit as it winds its way through the Caribbean from March 3-March 8, 2018. A special package for the '70s Rock & Romance Cruise has been created just for Antenna TV and Three's Company fans, including an insider rate using the promo code ANTENNA. Call 800 914-6718 or visit http://rockandromancecruise.com/antenna. Antenna TV, Tribune Broadcasting's multicast network, currently airs Three's Company weekdays at 5:00pm ET/2:00pm PT.


Netflix has released the trailer for the upcoming Kathy Bates multi-camera sitcom Disjointed, premiering August 25. Disjointed is a 30 minute sitcom from Emmy winning creators Chuck Lorre and David Javerbaum. Academy Award winner Kathy Bates plays Ruth, a lifelong advocate for legalization who is finally living her dream as the owner of an Los Angeles cannabis dispensary, Ruth's Alternative Caring. Joining her are three charismatic "budtenders", her entrepreneurial twenty-something year old son and a very troubled security guard. In addition to Bates, the series stars Tone Bell, Aaron Moten, Elizabeth Alderfer, Dougie Baldwin and Elizabeth Ho. Please watch the trailer below:

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Labels: Antenna TV, Disjointed, Netflix, Three's Company

SitcomsOnline Digest: Emmy Nominations Announced; Chuck Lorre to Bring Pot Comedy to Netflix

• Emmy nominations were announced this week, and of course, there is a full list of everything that was nominated for anything. (Deadline)
• Chuck Lorre has made a name for himself as sort of the king of CBS sitcoms that people either really love or really hate over the past decade or more, but his next project brings him to Netflix, with a marijuana sitcom starring Kathy Bates. (Variety)
• ABC has relaunched their online streaming service, and it now includes vintage series from the ABC Studios library such as Felicity and Ellen. (LA Times) 
• Tatyana Ali, of Fresh Prince of Bel-Air fame, is suing Warner Bros after claiming that the concept of talk show The Real was stolen from her. (Deadline)
• getTV has been working on carving a niche as a destination for rare and forgotten TV series, and this week, more of those rare and forgotten TV series were added to the lineup. (SitcomsOnline) 

HOME MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS

• As we mentioned last week, Sony released Grady on DVD earlier this week, but as it turns out, it isn't quite the complete series. The release, called The Best of Grady, is actually one episode short of the full series, as the third episode of the series is missing.

TUESDAY (JULY 19) HOME MEDIA RELEASES

• Bob's Burgers - The Complete 5th Season (DVD, $29.95): The animated Fox comedy returns to DVD as a MOD release in this set.
• Sisters - Season Five (DVD, $39.93): Shout! Factory continues with this series on DVD.

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Labels: Bob's Burgers, Disjointed, Ellen, Emmys, Netflix, SitcomsOnline Digest