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• CBS will be releasing Petticoat Junction - Family Favorites on March 10, and while we don't know the exact content of this eight episode disc, it will likely consist of episodes from the seasons of the series that have been released so far.
• Enlisted didn't last long on Fox, but it can last a lot longer on your DVD shelf, as Fox has released Enlisted - The Complete Series as a MOD release.
• Another short-lived series is also available as a MOD release from Fox: 2013's Back in the Game, with Back in the Game - The Complete Series.

• Batman - The Complete Series (Blu-ray, $239.99): If this release sounds familiar, that is because technically it is already out on Blu-ray, but now Warner Home Video is bringing fans a lower priced version without the extras.
• The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis - The Final Season (DVD, $29.93): While the complete series was released long ago, Shout! now finishes up the individual season releases.

• A release date has finally been confirmed for Batman on DVD... and Blu-ray! Batman - The Complete Television Series (DVD) and Batman - Limited Edition Blu-ray Complete Television Series (Blu-ray) will be available in stores on November 11. Both are now available for pre-order.
• An actual date for the DVD release of The Wonder Years - The Complete Series hasn't been given yet, but it is now available to pre-order and will be coming some time in early October. It will be available in two configurations, a standard $249.95 release and a Wonder Years Experience configuration that includes a few extras, for $299.95. For the biggest fans, there is also a $499.95 Signature Edition, in which your set is autographed by the cast members.
• If you missed the previous releases of The Office on DVD, Universal will be offering them all in one package on October 7 with their release of The Office - The Complete Series. There does not appear to be a Blu-ray version in the works (most likely since there were never any Blu-ray releases for the earlier seasons).

Fox will air the final four episodes of its freshman series Enlisted, which was canceled. The comedy will air Sundays at 7pm beginning June 1 for four weeks to finish out if remaining original episodes. It will replace Bob's Burgers in the time period for a month. A military-set family comedy, Enlisted stars Geoff Stults (October Road), Chris Lowell (Veronica Mars) and Parker Young (Suburgatory) as three brothers who, when the best of the best are sent overseas, stay behind to try to keep the post in order. The series also stars Emmy Award winner Keith David (Cloud Atlas) and Angelique Cabral (Friends with Benefits). Enlisted was pulled after 9 episodes due to low ratings, so now its remaining four episodes will be burned off. The series aired on Fridays nights on Fox.

It's almost time for a holiday and that means a classic TV marathon on New York's WLNY! One of the most beloved comedies in television history will have you laughing on Monday, May 26, when WLNY-TV (Channels 10/55) presents the Who's the Boss? marathon from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm. This classic sitcom stars Tony Danza as Tony Micelli, a housekeeper for Angela Bower, an advertising executive played by Judith Light. The marathon will culminate in primetime with the 1989 "Party Double" episode, when Tony and Mona compete with each other to be Angela's guest at an exclusive party where Frank Sinatra sings, airing at 5:30 pm and the 1989 "In Search of Tony" episode, when Angela and Tony try to prove they can have fun without each other during a family vacation in Jamaica, airing at 6:30 pm.

WLNY's Who's the Boss? marathon will also feature the 1987 "Two on a Billboard" episode, where Tony spends 48 hours on a billboard for a national reading campaign (3:00 pm) and the 1988 "The Matriculator" episode when Tony encourages his daughter Sam (played by Alyssa Milano) to consider higher-education after high school, but he eventually decides to attend college himself (3:30 pm), and the entertaining 1988 "Sleep Talk, Sweet Talk" episode, when the entire household hears Angela loudly call Tony's name in her sleep as she declares her love for him (4:00 pm). It's a brand new life, indeed!

TBS has given the greenlight to Your Family or Mine, a new domestic comedy with a twist starring Kyle Howard (Royal Pains, My Boys), Kat Foster ('Til Death, Royal Pains), Richard Dreyfuss (The Goodbye Girl, The American President) and JoBeth Williams (Poltergeist, Dexter). Based on an enormously popular Israeli comedy from Keshet International, the series is being executive produced by Greg Malins (Friends, How I Met Your Mother, Will & Grace); Jamie Tarses (Happy Endings, Franklin & Bash); Keshet's Rubi Duanias, Yaniv Polishuk, Avi Nir and Ran Telem; and Teddy Productions' Tamira Yardeni. Your Family or Mine comes to TBS by Sony Pictures Television, Jamie Tarses' Fanfare Productions, Keshet International and Teddy Productions. TBS has ordered 10 episodes of Your Family or Mine, which is slated to premiere in 2015. Originally created by Rubi Duanias and Yaniv Polishuk, the comedy centers on Oliver (Howard) and Kelli (Foster), a young couple with two daughters. Oliver and Kelli are living proof of the adage, "When you marry someone, you don't just marry them, you marry their whole family." Putting a unique spin on domestic comedies, each episode of Your Family or Mine will focus on a different side of the family, one week with Kelli's family, the next with Oliver's.

TBS has also greenlit the workplace comedy Buzzy's, the latest series from David Kohan and Max Mutchnick, the Emmy(R)-winning creators of Will & Grace. Ashley Tisdale (High School Musical), Mike Castle (Family Trap), Lauren Lapkus (Orange Is the New Black), Ryan Pinkston (Tower Prep), Matt Cook (True Blood) and six-time Emmy(R) nominee George Wendt (Cheers) star in the ensemble comedy, which comes to TBS from KoMut Entertainment in association with Warner Horizon Television. Kohan and Mutchnick serve as executive producers on the series and penned the pilot, which was directed by James Widdoes (Two and a Half Men). TBS has also ordered 10 episodes of Buzzy's, with plans to launch the show in 2015. Set in Charlestown, Mass., the multi-camera comedy centers on a group of coworkers who all went to high school together but ran in very different crowds.

Moving on, Fox is getting closer to its upfront presentation and 2014-15 plans. They have given three pinkslips to freshman comedies and one freshman drama. The multi-camera sitcom Dads and the single-camera comedies Enlisted and Surviving Jack have all been canceled. Another freshman series, the drama Rake has also been canceled. None of these are surprising since they all struggled in the Nielsen ratings. The only one that had a shot of returning was Dads, which launched in the fall. The other series all were mid-season series. In other Fox upfront news, American Idol will return next season for its 14th cycle, which is no surprise. Even with its declining Nielsen ratings, it was a shoo-in to return. Keep it right here for continued upfront updates.

Antenna TV, Tribune Broadcasting's digital multicast channel has expanded to clearances on 80+ stations across the country, bringing the digital network's reach to 70% of TV households. Antenna TV is now available in Phoenix, AZ on KNXV, and will be available in Tampa, FL on WTSP, the 84th affiliate of the network, beginning Friday, February 28. Since its launch in 2011 on Tribune and Local TV LLC stations, Antenna TV has partnered with broadcast groups including Cox, Gannett, LIN, Media General, Scripps Media, Hubbard, Gray, Raycom, Sarkes Tarzian, Journal Broadcast Group, Intermountain West, Morris Multimedia, Block Communications, Woods Communications Corp and Paxton Media Group. This past fall, Antenna TV added I Dream of Jeannie and Bewitched to its lineup. We will have more news on Antenna TV pretty soon, including some stunt events in February.

Beginning this Friday (Jan. 24), Fox's new comedy Enlisted moves to its new time period from 9:00-9:30 PM ET/PT, following Bones at 8:00PM ET/PT on Fox to try and get more exposure. As a result, current 9:00PM occupant Raising Hope moves to the 9:30 PM ET/PT half-hour. A military-set family comedy, Enlisted stars Geoff Stults (October Road), Chris Lowell (Private Practice) and Parker Young (Suburgatory) as three brothers who, when the best of the best are sent overseas, stay behind to try to keep the post in order. The series also stars Emmy Award winner Keith David (The Cape) and Angelique Cabral (Friends with Benefits). In "Pete's Airstream," the all-new time period premiere episode of Enlisted, airing Friday, Jan. 24 at 9:00PM ET/PT, Pete tries to distance himself from his brothers and the platoon, which, of course, backfires. In "Thrilla in Natesvilla," the all-new time period premiere episode of Raising Hope at 9:30 PM ET/PT, Burt (Garret Dillahunt) and Virginia (Martha Plimpton) try to help Barney (Gregg Binkley) and Maxine's (guest star Molly Shannon) budding relationship, and in the process, end up in a fight. Stay with us for continued updates.

• Bill Cosby (The Cosby Show/Cosby/The Bill Cosby Show) - Watch the legendary Mr. Cosby on The Late Show with David Letterman at 11:35pm on CBS.
• Queen Latifah (Living Single) - Queen Latifah appears on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon at 12:37am on NBC. She will also be on The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT. Finally, she stops by to catch up with the livest audience on 106 & Park on BET at 6pm.
• Courteney Cox (Cougar Town/Friends) - Courteney is a guest on Conan at 11pm on TBS.
• Cheryl Hines (Suburgatory/Curb Your Enthusiasm) - Cheryl chats with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
• Wendell Pierce (The Michael J. Fox Show/The Weber Show/The Gregory Hines Show) - Wendell stops by The Aresenio Hall Show, so check your local listings.
• Brooke D'Orsay (Two and a Half Men/Gary Unmarried) - Brooke discusses her role in the Hallmark Channel original movie, June in January, on Home & Family at 10am on Hallmark Channel.
• Sherri Shepherd (Less Than Perfect/Sherri) - Sherri is a guest on ABC's Good Morning America between 7-9am.
• NeNe Leakes (The New normal) - NeNe appears on New York Live on WNBC at 12:30pm ET.
• Dove Cameron (Liv and Maddie) - Dove will be on PIX11 Morning News in New York at 8:45am.

• Matt LeBlanc (Friends/Episodes) - Catch Matt on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
• Michael Strahan (Brothers) - Michael appears on The Late Show with David Letterman at 11:35pm on CBS.
• Rhea Perlman (Kirstie/Cheers) - Rhea is a guest on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson at 12:37am on CBS.
• Joel McHale (Community) - Joel visits Conan at 11pm on TBS.
• Debra Messing (Will & Grace) - Debra chats about the play Outside Mullingar on LIVE! with Kelly and Michael, so check your local listings.
• Kevin Jonas (JONAS/Jonas L.A.) - Kevin is a guest on The Better Show, so check your local listings.
• Cheryl Hines (Suburgatory/Curb Your Enthusiasm) - Cheryl joins the Chew Crew on ABC's The Chew at 1pm ET/12pm PT/CT.
• Will Arnett (The Millers/Arrested Development) - Will drops by The Talk on CBS at 2pm ET/1pm CT-PT.
• Betty White (Hot in Cleveland/The Golden Girls/The Mary Tyler Moore Show) - The legendary Ms. White chats on The Queen Latifah Show, so check your local listings.
• Leah Remini (The King of Queens, Mary McCormack (Welcome to the Family and Whitney Cummings (Whitney - They will be part of the guest panel on Chelsea Lately on E! at 11pm.
• Candace Cameron Bure (Full House) - Candace discusses her new book, Balancing It All: My Story of Juggling Priorities and Purpose, on Home & Family at 10am on Hallmark Channel.
• Dove Cameron (Liv and Maddie) - Dove will be on The Couch on WLNY 10/55 in New York between 7-9am.

• Joseph Gordon-Levitt (3rd Rock from the Sun) - Watch Joseph on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
• Kevin Hart (The Big House/Undeclared) - Kevin drops by The Late Show with David Letterman at 11:35pm on CBS. He will also be on LIVE! with Kelly and Michael to talk about his new film Ride Along, so check your listings. Finally, he is a guest on NBC's Today.
• Cheryl Hines (Suburgatory/Curb Your Enthusiasm) and Ana Gasteyer (Suburgatory) - Cheryl and Ana dish about the new season of Suburgatory on ABC on The Wendy Williams Show at 12am on BET or on your local stations. Ana will also be on LIVE! with Kelly and Michael, so check your listings.
• Sherri Shepherd (Less Than Perfect/Sherri) - Sherri talks about about New Year’s resolutions and guilty pleasures on Rachael Ray, so check your local listings.
• Diane Farr (Like Family/The Job) - Diane guest co-hosts The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
• Kym Whitley (Let's Stay Together/Animal Practice/Sparks) - Kym is a guest on The Steve Harvey Show, so check your local listings.
• Rhea Perlman (Kirstie/Cheers) - Rhea stops by The Queen Latifah Show, so check your local listings.
• Jeremy Sisto (Suburgatory) - Jeremy appears on The Queen Latifah Show, so check your local listings.
• Dove Cameron (Liv and Maddie) - Dove will be on ABC's Good Morning America between 7-9am.
• Gillian Jacobs (Community) - Gillian is a guest on Pop Sugar on TV Guide Network at 6pm and on the next day on their website at noon.
• Michael Urie (Partners) - Michael talks about his new play Buyer & Cellar on The Couch on WLNY 10/55 in New York between 7-9am.
• Melissa Joan Hart (Baby Daddy/Sabrina, the Teenage Witch) and Joey Lawrence (Baby Daddy/Brotherly Love/Gimme a Break!) - Melissa and Joey will talk about Baby Daddy on Entertainment Tonight, so check your local listings.

• Joseph Gordon-Levitt (3rd Rock from the Sun) - Catch Joseph on Conan at 11pm on TBS.
• Kristin Chenoweth (Kristin/Sit Down, Shut Up) - Kristin appears on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno at 11:35pm on NBC.
• Ana Gasteyer (Suburgatory) - Ana visits Late Night with Jimmy Fallon at 12:37am on NBC. She will also be on Fox and Friends at 8am on Fox News Channel.
• Don Cheadle (The Golden Palace) - Don is a guest on Tavis Smiley on PBS, but check listings for time.
• Diane Farr (Like Family/The Job) - Diane guest co-hosts The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
• Diahann Carroll (Julia) - Diahann drops by The Arsenio Hall Show, so check your local listings.
• Queen Latifah (Living Single) - Queen Latifah chats on Watch What Happens: Live at 11pm on Bravo.
• John C. McGinley (Ground Floor/Scrubs) - John discusses his family's journey with Down syndrome on Home & Family at 10am on Hallmark Channel.
• Marilu Henner (Taxi/Evening Shade) - Marilu will be on Good Day New York on WNYW-Fox5 in New York between 7-9am. She will also be on The Couch on WLNY 10/55 in New York between 7-9am. Finally, she is a guest on New York Live on WNBC at 12:30pm ET.
• Cheryl Hines (Suburgatory/Curb Your Enthusiasm) - Cheryl is a guest on Pop Sugar on TV Guide Network at 6pm and on the next day on their website at noon.
• Kevin Hart (The Big House/Undeclared) - Kevin appears on 106 & Park on BET at 6pm.

• Sofia Vergara (Modern Family/Hot Properties/The Knights of Prosperity) - Watch Sofia on a repeat of Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
• Don Cheadle (the Golden Palace) - Don visits The Late Show with David Letterman at 11:35pm on CBS.
• Kevin Hart (The Big House/Undeclared) - Kevin stops by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon at 12:37am on NBC.
• Chelsea Peretti (Brooklyn Nine-Nine) - Chelsea appears on a repeat of Last Call with Carson Daly at 1:35am on NBC.
• Chelsea Handler (Are You There, Chelsea?) - Chelsea is a guest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno at 11:35pm on NBC.
• Ed Begley Jr. (Gary Unmarried/Wednesday 9:30 (8:30 Central)) - Ed and his family discuss their web series on Home & Family at 10am on Hallmark Channel.
• Dove Cameron (Liv and Maddie) - Dove stops by The Better Show, so check your local listings.
• Marilu Henner (Taxi/Evening Shade) - Marilu appears on NBC's Today.
• Lisa Whelchel and Mindy Cohn (The Facts of Life) - Lisa and Mindy will be featured on Oprah: Where Are They Now? at 9pm ET/PT on OWN.

Fox is making additional changes to its mid-season 2014 schedule. Last season's No. 1 new series, The Following, returns for its thrilling 14-week second season with a special two-night season premiere event, beginning Sunday, Jan. 19 at 10:00 PM ET/7:00 PM PT, following the NFC Championship Game, live from 6:00-10:00 PM ET (previously new drama Rake was announced for this slot). The two-night The Following event continues with its time period premiere on Monday, Jan. 20 at 9:00 PM ET/PT, following the season finale of Sleepy Hollow, airing at a special time of 8:00 PM ET/PT (Almost Human is preempted on Jan. 20, but will return Jan. 27). Bold new legal drama Rake will now debut on its regular night and time of Thursday, Jan. 23 at 9:00 PM ET/PT, following an all-new American Idol at 8:00 PM ET/PT. Making his broadcast television series debut, Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award winner Greg Kinnear (Little Miss Sunshine, The Kennedys) plays a brilliant and frustratingly charming criminal defense attorney, whose chaotic and self-destructive personal life often gets in the way of his professional one.

Changes to the Fox Tuesday night comedy block begin after The Mindy Project airs its Winter Finale on Jan. 28 at 9:30PM ET/PT. Beginning Tuesday, Feb. 4, Brooklyn Nine-Nine moves to its new time period premiere at 9:30 PM ET/PT, following all-new installments of New Girl. The new duo will also air after the Super Bowl on Sunday, Feb. 2. Dads continues to kick off Tuesdays at 8:00 PM ET/PT until Tuesday, Feb. 11, while a special two-hour Tuesday Idol will air on Feb. 18. Starting Tuesday, Feb. 25 at 8:00 PM ET/PT, Glee makes Tuesdays sing when it moves to a new night and time and returns with all-new episodes for the remainder of the season. All-new installments of New Girl and Brooklyn Nine-Nine follow, until The Mindy Project returns Tuesday, April 1 with a special one-hour event featuring all-new back-to-back episodes. The series returns to its regular time period beginning Tuesday, April 8 at 9:30PM ET/PT following New Girl. As for Brooklyn Nine-Nine, its season finale will be on March 25. As previously announced, new comedy Enlisted will debut Friday, Jan. 10 at 9:30 PM ET/PT following Raising Hope. Additional premiere dates and schedule information to be announced, such as new comedies Surviving Jack and Us & Them.

Nickelodeon has ordered a second season of its hit family comedy for Nick at Nite and NickMom, Instant Mom. In addition, the series, starring Tia Mowry-Hardrict (Sister Sister, Tia & Tamera), has also been greenlit for six additional episodes to add to its first season, bringing the season total to 26 episodes. The second season order will be for 20 episodes. The multi-camera, scripted half-hour series features Mowry-Hardrict as Stephanie, a party girl who trades in Cosmos for carpools when she marries Charlie (Michael Boatman, Spin City), who already has three kids. Airing regularly on Nick at Nite Sundays at 8:30 pm (ET/PT), the series also airs on the adult-targeted NickMom comedy block on the Nick Jr. channel. Instant Mom continues to be a hit on Nick at Nite posting year over year gains with Adults 18-49 (0.31 rtg/336K viewers, +15%) and Women 18-49 (0.43 rtg/237K viewers, +23%) and drawing 1.2 million total viewers per episode, since its Sept. 29 premiere. Additionally, the series launch on NickMom that same night was the block's highest-rated premiere ever with W18-49 and total viewers.

The series follows Stephanie as she struggles to maintain some sense of her fun-loving, slightly irresponsible life while managing being a full-time stepmom. Sheryl Lee Ralph (Moesha) stars as Stephanie's mother Maggie, and rounding out the cast are Charlie's three kids played by Sydney Park (CSI: NY), Tylen Jacob Williams and Damarr Calhoun. Instant Mom is executive-produced by Howard Michael Gould and Aaron Kaplan.

Meanwhile, Lifetime is set to scare up a second season of its new freshman drama Witches of East End (#WitchesofEastEnd), starring Emmy(R) Award-winner Julia Ormond, Mädchen Amick, Jenna Dewan Tatum and Rachel Boston as a family of witches living in the secluded seaside town of East Haven, with a 13 episode order for a 2014 return. Based on Melissa de la Cruz's New York Times best-selling novel, Witches of East End centers on the mysterious Beauchamp family: free-spirited artist Joanna (Ormond) and her two grown daughters, wild-child bartender Freya (Dewan Tatum) and shy librarian Ingrid (Boston), both of whom are unaware that they are gifted (and cursed) with a magical birthright. Freya is recently engaged to the man of her dreams, wealthy playboy Dash Gardiner (Eric Winter), but when she finds herself inexplicably drawn to Dash's troubled, enigmatic brother Killian (Daniel DiTomasso), bizarre occurrences begin to manifest. Meanwhile, Joanna's long-estranged sister Wendy (Amick) shows up with a warning that could change the Beauchamps' fate forever, forcing Joanna to reveal to her daughters they are, indeed, immortal witches who possess great untapped powers. Witches of East End also stars Jason George and Oscar(R) and Golden Globe(R) Award nominee Virginia Madsen as recurring players.

One of Lifetime's youngest skewing scripted series ever, with a median age of 46, Witches of East End is averaging 3.0 million Total Viewers, 1.7 million Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 viewers, and 1.3 million Women 18-49 and Women 25-54 viewers on a Live+7 basis through five weeks. The series' first season will conclude on Sunday, December 15 at 10:00pm ET/PT with its tenth episode.

Fox has picked up nine additional episodes of Dads, bringing the series to a 22-episode order. In the next all-new episode, "Foul Play," airing Tuesday, Nov. 5 (8:00PM ET/PT), Eli (Seth Green) and David (Peter Riegert) are forced to sleep at the Ghost Child Games offices when bedbugs overtake the loft. Meanwhile, Camila (Vanessa Lachey) gets the lead in a local theater production, and Crawford (Martin Mull) ends up being uncharacteristically helpful, much to the chagrin of Warner (Giovanni Ribisi). Meanwhile, Fox is announcing premieres dates for new and returning series for winter 2014, including the returns of American Idol and The Following, and the debut of new legal drama Rake. Featuring host Ryan Seacrest, a new judging panel, including Harry Connick, Jr., Jennifer Lopez and Keith Urban, and Randy Jackson returning as the new in-house mentor, American Idol XIII begins with an exciting two-night, four-hour premiere Wednesday, Jan. 15 from 8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT and Thursday, Jan. 16 from 8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT.

Following the season finale of Sleepy Hollow at a special time on Monday, Jan. 20 at 8:00 PM ET/PT, The Following returns to 9:00 PM ET/PT to begin its 15-week uninterrupted second season. Bold new legal drama Rake debuts with a special two-night event beginning Sunday, Jan. 19 at 10:00PM ET/7:00PM PT, following the NFC Championship Game, and continuing with its time period premiere on Thursday, Jan. 23 at 9:00PM ET/PT. Making his broadcast television series debut, Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award winner Greg Kinnear plays a brilliant and frustratingly charming criminal defense attorney, whose chaotic and self-destructive personal life often gets in the way of his professional one. Glee will return in spring 2014. As previously announced, new Army-set comedy Enlisted debuts Friday, Jan. 10 at 9:30PM ET/PT. Written and created by Kevin Biegel (Cougar Town, Scrubs) and starring Geoff Stults (October Road, The Finder), Chris Lowell (Private Practice, Veronica Mars) and Parker Young (Suburgatory), the series is a single-camera comedy about an older sibling who returns home to reconnect with his two brothers and lead a group of misfits on a small Florida Army post.

This spring, new comedies Surviving Jack and Us & Them will debut on Fox; series premiere dates to be announced. From Emmy Award nominee Bill Lawrence (Scrubs, Cougar Town) and set in 1990s Southern California, Surviving Jack stars Emmy Award nominee Christopher Meloni (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) as a man becoming a dad, as his son (Connor Buckley, Deception) becomes a man, in a time before "coming of age" was something you could Google. Surviving Jack is set to air on Thursdays at 8:30PM ET/PT for eight weeks, following American Idol's live results shows now airing for half-hour at 8:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed. New ensemble comedy Us & Them will also join the schedule in the spring, but no night and time has been announce yet. Starring Emmy Award nominee Jason Ritter (Joan of Arcadia, Parenthood) and Alexis Bledel (Mad Men, Gilmore Girls), and based on an award-winning BBC series, the series follows a young couple, whose path to happily-ever-after is complicated by the screwed-up circus of people closest to them.

Actress Marcia Wallace, best known for her roles as receptionist Carol Kester in The Bob Newhart Show and as the voice of elementary school teacher Edna Krabappel in The Simpsons, has died. She died on October 25 in Los Angeles due to complications from pneumonia. Ms. Wallace was 70.

Wallace played the joke-loving receptionist Carol Kester (later Carol Kester Bondurant) in The Bob Newhart Show. The popular sitcom ran for 142 episodes on CBS from 1972-1978. Her character married travel agent Larry Bondurant (Will Mackenzie) in the fourth season. The series received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Comedy Series in 1977. In 1991, the cast reunited for the one-hour clip show The Bob Newhart Show 19th Anniversary Special. Wallace reprised her role as Carol Bondurant in a 1994 episode of Murphy Brown. In the episode Anything But Cured, Bob Hartley (Bob Newhart) begs her to leave her job as Murphy's secretary and come back with him to Chicago. Wallace received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series in 1994 for her role as Secretary #66.

Wallace's early sitcom credits included Bewitched, The Brady Bunch (2 episodes: Will the Real Jan Brady Please Stand Up? and Getting Davy Jones) and Love, American Style. She was a semi-regular on The Merv Griffin Show, with over 75 appearances, before she landed her role on The Bob Newhart Show. Her many other sitcom guest appearances included The Love Boat, Flying High, Taxi, Gimme a Break!, ALF, Night Court, Small Wonder, Charles in Charge, A Different World and Full House. She was a series regular as Maggie Hawley on the Comedy Central sitcom That's My Bush in 2001. In 2009, she played Annie Wilkes in the daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless. She was also a regular game show panelist for more than thirty years. Her many appearances included The Hollywood Squares, Password Plus, Super Password, Card Sharks, Hot Potato, Body Language, The $25,000 Pyrmaid, Double Talk, Win, Lose or Draw, and Match Game.

Her other main role was the voice of Bart's elementary school teacher in The Simpsons. Edna Krabappel was married to Ned Flanders. Wallace voiced the character in over 100 episodes. In 1992, she won an Emmy for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance for the episode Bart the Lover. The show has announced that her character will be retired. Wallace's other voice credits included Darkwing Duck, Batman, The Addams Family, The Angry Beavers and Monsters University.

Survivors include her son Michael Hawley, sister Sherry and brother Jimmy. She was a very talented and funny woman. She was also an inspiration to many as a long-time breast cancer survivor. We thank her for bringing us many laughs over the years. Ms. Wallace will be deeply missed.

We will keep you posted on any tributes planned for her. Share your memories on our Bob Newhart Show message board. View photos in our photo galleries.

In order to take advantage of our winter sports promotional platform, new comedy Enlisted, starring Geoff Stults (The Finder, October Road), Chris Lowell (Private Practice, Veronica Mars) and Parker Young (Suburgatory), will premiere on Friday, Jan. 10 at 9:30 PM ET/PT, following all-new episodes of Bones at 8:00 PM ET/PT and Raising Hope at 9:00 PM ET/PT on Fox. As previously announced, Bones will make its time period premiere when the drama series moves from Mondays at 8:00 PM ET/PT to Fridays at 8:00 PM ET/PT on Nov. 8. This fall, all-new episodes of Bones on Fridays will be followed by one hour of all-new, back-to-back installments of Raising Hope at 9:00 PM and 9:30 PM ET/PT, which makes its Season Four premiere on Nov. 8.

Enlisted is a new military-set family comedy that centers on three brothers who, when the best of the best are sent overseas, stay behind to try to keep the post in order. Staff Sergeant Pete Hill (Stults) was on a path for a huge military career until one mistake overseas got him booted stateside to Fort McGee, the post in Florida where his two younger brothers are stationed. Now, as their platoon sergeant, Pete must serve both as big brother and military boss. Corporal Derrick Hill (Lowell) is the middle brother - smart and sarcastic, he likes to stir up trouble and doesn't really care about being a soldier. Private Randy Hill (Young), on the other hand, loves it. Between clean-up duty at a parade, human-grease-bowling and assorted soldierly pranks, they will inadvertently discover the key to strengthening their long-lost childhood bonds.


It's Friday, 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 Sept. 16-20, 2013, 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, September 16, 2013

• Louis C.K. (Louie) - Watch Louie on a repeat of The Late Show with David Letterman at 11:35pm on CBS.
• Kristen Schaal (Bob's Burgers/30 Rock/Flight of the Conchords) - Kristen appears on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno at 11:35pm on NBC.
• Andy Samberg (Brooklyn Nine-Nine) - Andy visits Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
• Malin Akerman (Trophy Wife) - Malin stops by Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
• Mindy Kaling (The Mindy Project/The Office) - Mindy is a guest on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon at 12:37am on NBC.
• Zooey Deschanel (New Girl) - Tune in to see Zoey on Conan at 11pm on TBS.
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Veep/The New Adventures of Old Christine/Seinfeld) - Julia appears on ABC's Good Morning America between 7-9am. She will also be on LIVE! with Kelly and Michael, so check your listings.
• NeNe Leakes (The New Normal) - NeNe drops by The Ellen DeGeneres Show, so check your local listings. She will also be on NBC's Today in the 9am hour.
• Vanessa Lachey (Dads) - Vanessa appears on Good Day New York on WNYW at 9:00am.
• Mary Louise Parker (Weeds) - Mary Louise is a guest on Good Day New York on WNYW at 9:30am.
• Arsenio Hall (Arsenio Hall) - Arsenio Hall hosts a surprise birthday party for Rachael Ray on Rachael Ray, so check your local listings.
• Bradley Whitford (Trophy Wife) - Bradley chats on The Talk on CBS at 2pm ET/1pm CT-PT.
• Seth Green and Giovanni Ribisi (Dads) - Seth and Giovanni are guests on The Arsenio Hall Show, so check your local listings.
• John Travolta (Welcome Back, Kotter) - John joins Queen Latifah for a candid conversation about his career, his family and what'ss next for this superstar The Queen Latifah Show, so check your local listings.

• Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother/Doogie Howser, M.D.) - Catch Neil on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno at 11:35pm on NBC.
• Demi Lovato (Sonny with a Chance) - Demi stops by The Tonight Show with Jay Leno at 11:35pm on NBC.
• Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation) - Amy is a guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
• Queen Latifah (Living Single) - Queen Latifah visits The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson at 12:37am on CBS.
• Mindy Kaling (The Mindy Project/The Office) - Mindy continues to make the rounds on NBC's Today between 7-9am and in the 10am hour. She will also be on LIVE! with Kelly and Michael, so check your listings.
• Steve Harvey (The Steve Harvey Show) - Steve chats at the kitchen table and dishes out super-funny stories from his own family on Rachael Ray, so check your local listings.
• Wendie Malick (Hot in Cleveland/Just Shoot Me!) - Wendie appears on a repeat of Home & Family on Hallmark Channel at 10am ET/PT.
• Allison Janney (Mom/Mr. Sunshine) - Allison is a guest on The Arsenio Hall Show, so check your local listings.
• Alyson Hannnigan (How I Met Your Mother) - Alyson chats with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
• Will Smith (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air) - Will opens up about family, fame, and his 20-year friendship with Queen Latifah on The Queen Latifah Show, so check your local listings.
• Anthony Anderson (Guys with Kids/All About the Andersons) - Anthony stops by The Wendy Williams Show at 12am on BET or on your local stations.

• Bryan Cranston (Malcolm in the Middle) - Watch Bryan on a repeat of The Late Show with David Letterman at 11:35pm on CBS.
• Megan Mullally (Will & Grace/Breaking In) - Megan drops by The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson at 12:37am on CBS.
• Tony Danza (Who's the Boss?/Taxi) - Tony appears on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon at 12:37am on NBC.
• Anna Faris (Mom) - Anna is part of the guest panel on Chelsea Lately on E! at 11pm.
• Seth Green (Dads/Four Kings/Greg the Bunny) - Seth visits Conan at 11pm on TBS.
• Lizzy Caplan (The Class/Party Down) - Lizzy is a guest on Conan at 11pm on TBS.
• Jenna Elfman (1600 Penn/Accidentally on Purpose/Dharma & Greg) - Jenna talks about her longtime friendship with Mark Steines on a repeat of Home & Family on Hallmark Channel at 10am ET/PT.
• Tamera Mowry (Sister, Sister) - Tamera is a guest on Good Day New York on WNYW at 9:30am.
• Cedric the Entertainer (The Soul Man/The Steve Harvey Show) - Kick cholesterol to the curb with Cedric the Entertainer on The Dr. Oz Show, so check your local listings.
• Jenny McCarthy (Jenny/Two and a Half Men) - Tune in to see Jenny on The Wendy Williams Show at 12am on BET or on your local stations.
• Jason Biggs (Mad Love/Drexell's Class) - Jason and his wife Jenny Mollen shake things up with a no-holds-barred sit-down on Bethenny, so check your local listings.

• Tina Fey (30 Rock) - Catch Tina on a repeat of The Late Show with David Letterman at 11:35pm on CBS.
• Tim Allen (Last Man Standing/Home Improvement) - Tim visits The Tonight Show with Jay Leno at 11:35pm on NBC.
• Aimee Garcia (George Lopez/All About the Andersons/Greetings from Tucson) - Aimee stops by The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson at 12:37am on CBS.
• Charlie Day, Rob McElhenney and Glenn Howerton (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia) - Charlie, Rob and Glenn are guests on Conan at 11pm on TBS.
• Terry Crews (Brooklyn Nine-Nine/Are We There Yet?/Everybody Hates Chris) - Terry drops by Good Day New York on WNYW at 9:00am.
• Toni Collette (United States of Tara) - Toni appears on LIVE! with Kelly and Michael, so check your listings.
• Danny DeVito (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia/Taxi) - Danny is a guest on The Talk on CBS at 2pm ET/1pm CT-PT.
• Jamie Foxx (The Jamie Foxx Show) - Jamie guests on The Queen Latifah Show, so check your local listings.
• Tamera Mowry (Sister, Sister) - School is back in session at The Chew, with Mario Batali providing cooking instruction to Tamera on The Chew on ABC at 1pm ET/12pm PT/CT.
• Lenny Venito (The Neighbors/The Knights of Prosperity) - Lenny will be on ABC News Now What's the Buzz.
• Kirk Cameron (Growing Pains) - Kirk chats on The Better Show, so check your local listings.
• NeNe Leakes (The New Normal) - Nene is a guest on Bethenny, so check your local listings.

• Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother/Doogie Howser, M.D. - Watch Neil on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson at 12:37am on CBS. He also previews hosting the 65th Primetime Emmy® Awards on The Talk on CBS at 2pm ET/1pm CT-PT.
• Andre Braugher (Brooklyn Nine-Nine) - Andre is a guest on LIVE! with Kelly and Michael, so check your listings.
• Lenny Venito (The Neighbors/The Knights of Prosperity) - Lenny appears on ABC's Good Morning America between 7-9am. He also cooks breakfast on The Chew on ABC at 1pm ET/12pm PT/CT.
• Tia and Tamera Mowry (Sister, Sister) - Tia and Tamera are guests on The Arsenio Hall Show, so check your local listings.
• Terry Crews (Brooklyn Nine-Nine/Are We There Yet?/Everybody Hates Chris) - Terry talks about Brooklyn Nine-Nine on The Wendy Williams Show at 12am on BET or on your local stations.
• Wendi McLendon-Covey (The Goldbergs) - Wendi will be on ABC News Now What's the Buzz.

Nickelodeon is "Making Our Dreams Come True!" Beloved classic sitcom duo Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams (Laverne & Shirley) will reunite on screen in a scripted series for the first time in over 30 years with their upcoming guest appearance on Nickelodeon's fellow buddy sitcom Sam & Cat. Marshall and Williams will appear alongside Sam & Cat's funny gals Jennette McCurdy and Ariana Grande in "#SalmonCat," taping this week in Los Angeles. In the episode, Sam and Cat are ordered to rename their babysitting business because it's too similar to Salmon Cat, a TV show from the '70s. Sam and Cat must track down the show's two original creators (played by Marshall and Williams) and resolve their three decade-long feud. Sam & Cat, currently Nickelodeon's number-one live-action series, drew over 4.2 million viewers with its series premiere making it the network's biggest live-action debut in three years. The series airs regularly Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. (ET/PT).

In Sam & Cat, McCurdy (iCarly's Sam Puckett) and Grande (Victorious' Cat Valentine) are back as their respective iconic characters from iCarly and Victorious in this new spin-off comedy. Sam & Cat follows feisty Sam and flighty Cat as they become best friends and unlikely roommates who start a babysitting service. The series is created by award-winning executive producer Dan Schneider (iCarly, Victorious, Drake & Josh, Zoey 101). Meanwhile, Laverne & Shirley aired from 1976-83 on ABC so this is the first time both Marshall and Williams will be acting together since 1983. Schlemiel! Schlimazel! Hasenpfeffer Incorporated!

Fox has now set its fall 2013 premiere dates for its new and returning series, joining CBS, The CW and NBC who all announced their dates already. Only ABC now remains to be announced. The 2013-2014 Fox season begins with the return of The X Factor and once again Fox will launch a majority of their series before the start of the official start of the new TV season. Hosted by Mario Lopez, and featuring judges Simon Cowell, Demi Lovato, Kelly Rowland and Paulina Rubio, the hit music competition series will launch with a two-night season premiere event on Wednesday, Sept. 11 from 8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT and Thursday, Sept. 12 from 8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT. The X Factor will expand to two-hours every Wednesday starting Sept. 18 and will be one-hour on Thursdays starting Sept. 19. Darkly amusing procedural Bones enters its ninth season on Monday, Sept. 16 at 8:00PM ET/PT, followed by the series premiere of the thrilling adventure fantasy Sleep Hollow at 9:00PM ET/PT. The very next night, Sept. 17, the Tuesday night comedy block is back with two new additions - multi-camera sitcom Dads at 8:00PM ET/PT and single-camera comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine at 8:30PM ET/PT - and new seasons of New Girl at 9:00PM ET/PT and The Mindy Project at 9:30PM ET/PT, both remaining in their timeslots from last season. Moving on to Thursdays, fans will find out the answers to many Glee-related questions when a new season of the musical comedy launches Thursday, Sept. 19 at 9:00PM ET/PT, following The X Factor.

On Fridays, new unscripted series Masterchef Junior is set to debut Friday, Sept. 27 at 8:00PM ET/PT. The regular Masterchef will have its season finale on Wednesday, Sept. 11 at 9:00PM following The X Factor season premiere. Sundays get re-animated beginning Sept. 29, with the season premieres of The Simpsons, Bob's Burgers, Family Guy and American Dad! all returning in their time periods from 8:00-10:00PM ET/PT. And finally, later this fall, futuristic action drama Almost Human from J.J. Abrams premieres Monday, Nov. 4 at 8:00PM ET/PT in place of Bones. Where will that series go you say? To Friday nights beginning Nov. 8 is when Bones moves to a new night at 8:00PM ET/PT. Following Bones will be comedies: the season premiere of Raising Hope on a new night and time of 9:00PM ET/PT kicks off an all-new hour of comedy, followed by the series premiere of the new sibling single-camera comedy Enlisted at 9:30PM ET/PT from Kevin Biegel (Cougar Town, Scrubs). Stay with us for any further updates on Fox Fall 2013.