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SitcomsOnline Digest: Elle Renewed for Second Season; NBCUniversal to Separate from Comcast

Happy Independence Day, and welcome to SitcomsOnline Digest! This week, we're hearing about the renewal of a series that just premiered, a media divorce, and more. Let's get going!

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB

• That was quick, Elle has already been renewed for a second season. (TV Insider)
• With all of the media mergers that have been happening lately, a "divorce" was bound to happen, and it looks like our first one is coming with Comcast looking to separate from NBCUniversal. (Deadline)
• Rob Reiner had a final (we think) TV appearance playing George Washington in last night's episode of Life, Larry, and the Pursuit of Happiness. (Variety)
• Joby Baker, who starred alongside Ronnie Schell (who died just a few weeks ago) on Good Morning, World, has died. (Deadline)
• STARZ has picked up a spinoff of S.W.A.T. (SitcomsOnline)
• June 30 is now Marla Gibbs Day in Chicago. (SitcomsOnline)

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

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Labels: Comcast, Elle, Good Morning World, Life Larry and the Pursuit of Happiness, Little House on the Prairie, NBC, SitcomsOnline Digest, SWAT, The Simpsons, Twilight Zone

SitcomsOnline Digest: First Look at New Seasons of King of the Hill and The Paper; Ben Feldman Upped to Regular for Season Six of Ghosts

 Welcome to SitcomsOnline Digest! This week, we've got a pair of previews for upcoming seasons of returning streaming favorites and more. Let's get going!

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB

• The new season of King of the Hill is arriving next month, and we have our first look at it. (Deadline)
• We have our first look at the second season of The Paper. (TVLine)
• Ben Feldman is being upped to a regular for season six of Ghosts. (Deadline)
• The series finale of The Bear had an oh-so-subtle tribute to Rob Reiner. (Deadline)
• Mindy Kaling has more stories to tell, including her own reimagining of The Golden Girls. (Deadline)
• NBC has announced fall premiere dates. (SitcomsOnline)

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

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Labels: Elle, Ghosts, King of the Hill, SitcomsOnline Digest, The Bear, The Ms. Pat Show, The Paper, Twilight Zone

Prime Video's Elle Premieres July 1; FX's The Shards Launches August 5

Prime Video released the official trailer and key art for Season One of Elle, the highly anticipated Legally Blonde prequel. The series, produced by Amazon MGM Studios in association with Hello Sunshine, premieres all 8-episodes on July 1, exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. Ahead of the series' debut, Prime Video has also ordered a second season of Elle.

Season One of Elle follows Elle Woods before she was a fish-out-of-water at Harvard. We meet her in 1995 as a fish in the tumultuous waters of high school where she encounters tricky friendships, forbidden romance, and questionable fashion choices. Through it all, Elle uses her family as a touchstone, and forms an even tighter bond to her mother, proving that they can get through anything life throws their way as long as they have each other. With each challenge she faces, Elle grows closer to the Elle Woods we know and love today.

The Season One cast includes Lexi Minetree as Elle Woods, June Diane Raphael as Elle's mother Eva, and Tom Everett Scott as her father Wyatt, alongside Jacob Moskovitz, Gabrielle Policano, Chandler Kinney, Zac Looker, and Amy Pietz. Recurring cast members include Brad Harder, Chloe Wepper, Danielle Chand, David Burtka, James Van Der Beek, Jessica Belkin, Kayla Maisonet, Lisa Yamada, Logan Shroyer, Matt Oberg, and Sharon Taylor.

A summer of suspense, seduction and obsession begins with the premiere of FX's The Shards, the new drama series from executive producer Ryan Murphy based on the acclaimed bestselling novel by Bret Easton Ellis. The series will premiere Wednesday, August 5 on FX and Hulu beginning at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT, as well as on Disney+ internationally.

Set against the vivid backdrop of 1980s Los Angeles, the series follows a group of privileged high school seniors at an elite prep school as they navigate identity, sex, jealousy, obsession and the dangers lurking beneath the surface of American adolescence.

At its center is Bret (Igby Rigney), an aspiring writer and keenly observant teenager whose reality begins to unravel with the arrival of a mysterious and magnetic new student, Robert Mallory (Homer Gere). Transferring in just before his senior year, Robert's appearance coincides with the growing terror of The Trawler, a serial killer targeting teenagers across the city.

Alongside Bret is his elite social circle, which consists of Susan Reynolds (Kaia Gerber), Debbie Schaffer (Hayes Warner) and Thom Wright (Graham Campbell), a glamorous and deeply entangled group drawn into a life of wealth, beauty, parties and excess. The promise of their youth is contrasted with the dark and cynical world of the adults surrounding them: Terry Schaffer (Wes Bentley), Liz Schaffer (Evan Rachel Wood) and Steven Reinhardt (Jordan Roth).

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