Showing posts with label Father Knows Best. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Father Knows Best. Show all posts

Saturday, June 15, 2024

SitcomsOnline Digest: NBC Orders Additional St. Denis Medical Episodes; The Tonight Show Renewed Through 2028

  Welcome to SitcomsOnline Digest! Now it's official, we've reached the summer slowdown of news, but it's been busy for late night television this week, and we're hearing of additional episodes being ordered for an upcoming NBC comedy. Let's get going!

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB

  • It hasn't even started yet, but NBC is already giving a slight vote of confidence to the upcoming new comedy series St. Denis Medical by ordering additional episodes. (Variety)
  • Jimmy Fallon will be hosting The Tonight Show through at least 2028. (Variety)
  • Although it too was renewed until 2028, due to budget cuts, the house band is being cut from Late Night with Seth Meyers. (Hollywood Reporter)
  • With the looming threat of TNT potentially losing rights to NBA games, Charles Barkley has announced his retirement after the upcoming season. (Deadline)
  • CBS has decided to go with Nate Burleson to host Hollywood Squares. (SitcomsOnline)

WEEKLY PLANNER (JUNE 15 - JUNE 21)

  • Catchy Comedy is presenting a Laugh In binge this weekend.
  • For Father's Day and the 70th anniversary of the series, Antenna TV is presenting a 70 episode marathon of Father Knows Best that actually starts tonight.

Saturday, May 18, 2024

SitcomsOnline Digest: Another South Park "Event" Coming Next Week; Latest Development in Paramount Sale Could Split Up Company

Welcome to SitcomsOnline Digest! This week, we're hearing of another South Park "event," hearing that Disney is making some major cutbacks on cable, and more. Let's get going!

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB

  • It's been a while since we've had one, but another South Park "event," South Park: The End of Obesity, is coming next week to Paramount+. (Variety)
  • In another sign that cable TV is dying, Disney has announced a "dramatic" cutback on what they'll be spending for their cable networks. (Cord Cutters News)
  • Paramount is still for sale, and the latest development suggests that CBS may possibly be split up from the studio itself, which would be history repeating itself yet again. (Deadline)
  • Dabney Coleman, who was more of a film actor but also starred in several short-lived sitcoms, has died at age 92. (NPR)
  • Antenna TV is celebrating the Father Knows Best 70th anniversary with a marathon of 70 episodes, on (appropriately) Father's Day Weekend. (SitcomsOnline)

WEEKLY PLANNER (MAY 18 - MAY 25)

  • Catchy Comedy wraps up their rural comedy binges with a binge of Petticoat Junction this weekend.
  • Fox is having season finales for their Sunday night animated lineup on Sunday.
  • ABC has season finales of Abbott Elementary and The Conners on Wednesday.
  • South Park: The End of Obesity debuts Friday on Paramount+.

Wednesday, May 15, 2024

Antenna TV's Father Knows Best 70th Anniversary Marathon; Wizards Beyond Waverly Place Coming Soon to Disney

The Best of Father Knows Best 70th Anniversary Marathon

Antenna TV announced it will air the "Father Knows Best 70th Anniversary Marathon" featuring two days of Father Knows Best on Father's Day Weekend, starting Saturday, June 15 at 6 pm. The marathon celebrates the 70th anniversary of Father Knows Best with 70 episodes of fatherly advice and idyllic family life. The sitcom aired on television from 1954 until 1960 after first beginning as a radio series in 1949. The series airs regularly Mon-Fri 9am ET and Sundays 5am ET. Visit www.antennatv.tv for the channel finder.




Wizards Beyond Waverly Place

The official title of the new series Wizards Beyond Waverly Place — a continuation of the Emmy® Award-winning Wizards of Waverly Place — was announced on stage at the Disney Upfront yesterday by Selena Gomez. Gomez, who serves as the new series' executive producer and guest star, also revealed first-look images and the series logo. The photos provide a glimpse of Gomez and David Henrie reprising their roles as Alex and Justin Russo. It also serves as an introduction to series lead Billie, portrayed by Janice LeAnn Brown, and the Russo family, played by Mimi Gianopulos (Giada Russo), Alkaio Thiele (Roman Russo) and Max Matenko (Milo Russo). Additionally, newcomer Taylor Cora has joined the regular series cast in the role of Winter, Billie's bubbly, quirky and oversharing best friend.

The series follows an adult Justin Russo, who has chosen to lead a normal, mortal life with his family, Giada, Roman and Milo. When Justin's sister Alex brings Billie to his home seeking help, Justin realizes he must dust off his magical skills to mentor the wizard-in-training while also juggling his everyday responsibilities — and safeguarding the future of the Wizard World. From Disney Branded Television, the series is slated to premiere on Disney Channel and Disney+ later this year.

Wizards Beyond Waverly Place

Monday, November 13, 2023

Antenna TV 2023 Holiday Marathons Schedule; Rewind TV 2023 Holiday Marathons Schedule

Black-and-White Friday Marathon

Cozy up with Antenna TV this holiday season for comfort and nostalgia from the shows you know and love. Antenna TV will air specialty programming on Black Friday, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and New Year's Eve. In 2024, Antenna TV welcomes four classic sitcoms to its lineup (all from sister network Rewind). Avoid the shopping hustle and bustle on Black Friday and watch TV how it was meant to be – in glorious black and white – with Antenna TV's "Black-and-White Friday Marathon." It's a full day of your favorite classic shows in magnificent monochrome, from The Burns and Allen Show to Bewitched starting at 5am Eastern on Friday, November 24. On Christmas Eve, Antenna TV presents its "Classic Christmas Collection," holiday-themed episodes curated from Antenna TV's catalog of classic sitcoms starting Sunday, December 24 at 5am Eastern. Rise early Christmas morning, Monday, December 25, to Antenna TV and the annual tradition of The Original Yule Log, from 5am to 10am Eastern. After you’ve warmed up with the glow of the fire, celebrate "Christmas Through The Years," a showcase of Christmas episodes from nearly 30 years of television, from Father Knows Best to Silver Spoons beginning at 10am Eastern.

Come New Year's Eve, you're invited to Antenna TV's "Party with The Partridge Family Marathon." You can't help but get happy as we say goodbye to one year and hello to the next. The party starts at 7pm Eastern on Sunday, December 31, and continues into the wee hours of New Year's Day. In 2024, Antenna TV starts the new year with four new classic shows added to its programming schedule, including Dear John, Mork and Mindy, The Facts of Life, and The Drew Carey Show -- all from sister network Rewind TV. More on the January schedule soon! View the full Antenna TV Holiday Programming Guide.




Food, Fun and Family Ties Marathon

Rewind TV plays back your favorite shows from the 80s and 90s this holiday season. Highlights include Thanksgiving's "Food, Fun and Family Ties Marathon," "Christmas Through The Years" on Christmas Day, and "Drew Carey's Rockin' New Year's Eve" to close out the year. This Thanksgiving, invite the Keaton family into your home with Rewind TV's "Food, Fun and Family Ties Marathon" on Thursday, November 23, starting at 6am Eastern. It's an all-day marathon of Family Ties including a Thanksgiving episode from the series, "No Nukes is Good Nukes," airing at 8pm.

On Christmas Eve, Rewind TV will present its regular programming lineup but will showcase holiday-themed episodes starting at 6am Eastern on Sunday, December 24. It continues into Christmas Day with Rewind TV's "Christmas Through The Years," a full day of holiday television memories on Monday, December 25, starting at 6am Eastern. The best New Year's Eve party is inside the comfort of your home and comes to you straight from Cleveland! Join in with Drew Carey and Rewind TV for "Drew Carey's New Year’s Rockin' Eve" on Monday, December 31, beginning at 8pm Eastern. View the full Rewind TV Holiday Programming Guide.

Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Antenna TV's Father Knows Best Father's Day Fest Marathon; Netflix Gets Glamorous This June

Father Knows Best Father's Day Fest Marathon

This Father's Day, Antenna TV is treating its best dad with a big surprise: his own Father's Day marathon. Spend the day with Jim Anderson for all the fatherly advice he has to give with Antenna TV's "Father Knows Best Father's Day Fest Marathon" on Sunday, June 18 starting at 5am Eastern. Father Knows Best began as a radio series in 1949 before moving to television and airing for six seasons, from 1954 through 1960. The sitcom starred Robert Young as insurance agent Jim Anderson living in the Midwest with his wife and three children who was there to offer his family sage advice. Father Knows Best regularly airs Mon-Fri 9am ET | 6am PT, Sundays 5m ET | 2am PT and Sundays 1pm ET | 10am PT only on Antenna TV.



And stay tuned for these upcoming Antenna TV marathons:
* "Three's Company Three Day Weekend" | Labor Day weekend, September 2 – 4
* "Witch-O-Ween Bewitched Marathon" | October 31


Glamorous - Marco Mejia and Kim Cattrall

Netflix's new series Glamorous season 1 drops coming June 22 only on Netflix. 10 episodes will be available of this soap. The series stars Miss Benny as Marco Mejia, a gender non-conforming queer man whose life seems to be stuck until he lands a job working for legendary makeup mogul Madolyn Addison, played by Kim Cattrall. Also starring are Ayesha Harris, Damian Terriquez, Diana Maria Riva, Graham Parkhurst, Jade Payton, Kaleb Horn, Lisa Gilroy, Mark Deklin, Michael Hsu Rosen, Nicole Power, Ricardo Chavira and Zane Phillips.

Thursday, March 23, 2023

Antenna TV's Earth Day My Favorite Martian Marathon; Neil Patrick Harris Returns on How I Met Your Father

My Favorite Planet: An Earth Day Marathon

People of Earth, join Antenna TV in celebrating the planet with an alien invasion and "My Favorite Planet: An Earth Day Marathon," a whole day of My Favorite Martian airing on Saturday, April 22 starting at 10am ET. "My Favorite Planet: An Earth Day Marathon" will include the pilot episode My Favorite Martian" as well as "Rock to Mars," "Girl in a Flying Machine," "The Disastro-nauts" and more. My Favorite Martian originally aired from 1963 to 1966 for 107 episodes and the first 75 were all filmed in black and white. The out of this world sitcom starred Ray Walston as "Uncle Martin"/The Martian who became stranded on Earth and Bill Bixby as "Tim O'Hara," the human reporter who brings the Martian into his home.

And stay tuned for these upcoming Antenna TV marathons: "Mother's Day: One Day at a Time Marathon" on Sunday, May 14 and "Father's Day: Father Knows Best Marathon" on Sunday, June 18. More details to come on these two special events!




Hilary Duff and Neil Patrick Harris - How I Met Your Father

The 2-episode mid-season finale of How I Met Your Father will stream on Hulu on Tuesday, March 28. Season two will continue with additional episodes on Tuesday, May 23 with 1 new episode each Tuesday through the 2-episode season finale on Tuesday, July 11. Hulu revealed that on Tuesday's mid-season finale, Neil Patrick Harris will reprise his role as Barney from How I Met Your Mother. In the near future, Sophie (Duff) is telling her son the story of how she met his father: a story that catapults us back to the present where Sophie and her close-knit group of friends are in the midst of figuring out who they are, what they want out of life, and how to fall in love in the age of dating apps and limitless options.

The series stars Hilary Duff, Christopher Lowell, Francia Raisa, Tom Ainsley, Tien Tran, Suraj Sharma as well as recurring stars, Kim Cattrall, Daniel Augustin, Ashley Reyes and Josh Peck

Friday, October 28, 2022

Antenna TV's 2022 Holiday Marathons Schedule; Miracle Workers Returns January 16 on TBS

Soap Every Episode Marathon

This holiday, settle in to Antenna TV for specialty programming that serves up family, nostalgia and comfort all season long. It all starts Thanksgiving week with themed episodes from Alice, Archie Bunker's Place, Hazel, and That Girl, leading up to "The Every Episode Thanksgiving Marathon Soaptacular." All 93 episodes of the late 1970s sitcom Soap featuring the dysfunctional Tate and Campbell families will run in order starting Wednesday, November 23 at 8pm ET and concluding the evening of Friday, November 25.

On Christmas Eve, Antenna TV presents the "Classic Christmas Collection," holiday-themed episodes of Antenna TV shows, starting Saturday, December 24 at 10am ET and ending Sunday, December 25 with the Wings "All About Christmas Eve" episode airing 4:30am – 5am ET. Wake up Christmas morning to annual Antenna TV traditions including the crackling sounds of The Original Yule Log from 5am to 10am Eastern, followed by "Christmas Through the Years," featuring Christmas episodes of Antenna TV shows from the 1950s through the 1980s, from Father Knows Best to Designing Women. Say farewell to another year and get ready to ring in the new with Antenna TV and "A Benny Hill Show Marathon," including the one-hour special Benny Hill World Tour on Saturday, December 31 starting at 11pm ET. A new year brings new beginnings, so cheers to yours with Antenna TV and a "Fresh Start." This day-long Sunday, January 1 marathon starting at 5am ET features the first episodes of all of Antenna TV's catalog of shows from The Burns and Allen Show to Family Ties. View the full schedule of episodes from every Antenna TV holiday stunt!


Miracle Workers: End Times

TBS has announced that Miracle Workers: End Times will premiere on Monday, January 16 at 10pm ET/PT. Daniel Radcliffe (Weird: The Al Yankovic Story), Steve Buscemi (Boardwalk Empire), Geraldine Viswanathan (Blockers), Karan Soni (Deadpool) and Jon Bass (She-Hulk: Attorney at Law) return in the fourth installment of the series as all-new characters in a dystopian future full of radioactive mutants, killer robots and a tyrannical homeowner’s association with outrageous annual fees. In a post-apocalyptic future, a wasteland warrior (Daniel Radcliffe) and a ruthless warlord (Geraldine Viswanathan) face the most dystopian nightmare of all: settling down in the suburbs. Together they navigate the existential horrors of married life and small-town living, all under the dubious guidance of a wealthy junk trader (Steve Buscemi). Also starring Jon Bass as the couple's faithful war dog, and Karan Soni as a kill-bot who loves to party. Guest stars this season include, Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary), Garcelle Beauvais (Real Housewives of Beverly Hills), Kyle Mooney (Saturday Night Live), Ego Nwodim (Saturday Night Live), Lolly Adefope (Shrill), Paul F. Tompkins (HouseBroken) and Lisa Loeb (Robot Chicken).

Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Antenna TV's Summer Marathons Include Norman Lear's 100th Birthday Party; New Netflix Comedy From Cobra Kai Creators Sets Cast

100 Years with Norman Lear

Mark the calendar and settle in to watch these upcoming Antenna TV marathons airing in July and August. The Sunday Special will air two more specials this July and August. The Sunday Special: I Dream of Jeannie | Sunday, July 10, 8am – 8pm ET. 12-hour marathon of the best of Jeannie, Major Nelson, and Dr. Bellows. Featured episodes include "Secretary is Not a Toy," "The Greatest Invention in the World," "My Turned-on Master," and "Birds and Bees Do It. The Sunday Special: Barney Miller | Sunday, August 7, 8am – 8pm ET. It's a "best of" Barney and the 12th Precinct. The 12-hour marathon includes episodes titled "The Escape Artist", "Fear of Flying," "Hash," "Power Failure," and "Strip Joint."

Then Antenna TV will celebrate a living legend's 100th birthday! "Norman Lear's 100th Birthday Party" | Wednesday, July 27, 10am – 10pm ET. Celebrate the 100th birthday of television producer and writer Norman Lear with a 12-hour marathon featuring episodes from Lear-developed and created shows including Maude, Archie Bunker's Place, One Day at a Time and The Jeffersons. And finally it's a "Crossover Marathon" | all-day on Friday, August 19. Many of your favorite Antenna TV stars made cameo or guest star appearances on other Antenna TV shows including Linda Lavin of Alice on Barney Miller, Dick York of Bewitched on Father Knows Best, Carroll O'Connor of Archie Bunker's Place on That Girl and so many more. Tune in for these great summer marathons!


Nick Zano & Shelley Hennig

Shelley Hennig & Nick Zano will star in Netflix's Obliterated, an action-comedy from the creators of Cobra Kai that revolves around an elite special forces team. Hennig plays by the book CIA agent Ava Winters & Zano plays Chad McKnight, the head of a SEAL team with a wild reputation. 8 episodes have been ordered. Obliterated is a high octane action-comedy that tells the story of an elite special forces team who thwarts a deadly threat to Las Vegas. After their celebratory party, filled with booze, drugs and sex, the team discovers that the bomb they deactivated was a fake. The now intoxicated team has to fight through their impairments, overcome their personal issues, find the real bomb, and save the world.

Thursday, June 02, 2022

Antenna TV's Father's Day Feast Marathon; HBO Max Renews Our Flag Means Death

Antenna TV's Father's Day Feast

Antenna TV invites you to a Father's Day Feast, featuring a marathon of your favorite dads. Watch a smorgasbord of top classic sitcoms featuring your favorite fathers, including Darrin from Bewitched, George from The Jeffersons, Jim from Father Knows Best, Steven from Family Ties, and more. And you'll also see fathers of your favorite sitcom characters dropping by such as Chrissy's father on Three's Company, Mr. Kotter's dad on Welcome Back, Kotter, Henry's father from Too Close for Comfort and Jack Tripper's father on Three's Company. The all-day Father's Day Feast begins at 8 am ET on Sunday, June 19 on Antenna TV and will air through 8pm. Episode info is below:

8:00 AM Father Knows Best Father of the Year 02/06/55
8:30 AM Father Knows Best Proud Father 03/06/55
9:00 AM Bachelor Father The Social Worker 03/02/58
9:30 AM Bachelor Father Bentley, the Proud Father 03/15/59
10:00 AM Dennis the Menace Father's Day for Mr. Wilson 06/18/61
10:30 AM Hazel Natural Athlete 11/29/62
11:00 AM Hazel Vanishing Hero 11/28/63
11:30 AM McHale's Navy A Da Da for Christy 05/19/64
12:00 PM Bewitched A Very Special Delivery 09/23/65
12:30 PM Partridge Family Whatever Happened to the Old Songs? 10/09/70
1:00 PM That Girl That Girl's Daddy 11/20/70
1:30 PM Jeffersons Like Father, Like Son 04/05/75
2:00 PM One Day at a Time A Visit from Dad 12/07/76
2:30 PM Welcome Back Kotter Kotter and Son 01/20/77
3:00 PM Three's Company Chrissy Come Home 02/28/78
3:30 PM Benson Conflict of Interest 10/18/79
4:00 PM Too Close for Comfort Huey 02/24/81
4:30 PM Jeffersons Louise's Father 10/18/81
5:00 PM Family Ties I Never Killed for My Father 11/03/82
5:30 PM Silver Spoons Happy Birthday 10/10/83
6:00 PM Three's Company Like Father, Like Son 11/29/83
6:30 PM Silver Spoons World's Greatest Father 01/21/84
7:00 PM Family Ties Keaton and Son 10/18/84
7:30 PM Dear John Father Knows Best 11/30/89


Our Flag Means Death

HBO Max has renewed the comedy series Our Flag Means Death, from creator-showrunner David Jenkins, Emmy®-nominated executive producer and star Taika Waititi and Emmy®-nominated executive producer Garrett Basch, for a second season. Season one was (very) loosely based on the true adventures of 18th century would-be pirate Stede Bonnet, played by Rhys Darby (Wrecked). After trading in the seemingly charmed life of a gentleman for one of a swashbuckling buccaneer, Stede became captain of the pirate ship Revenge. Struggling to earn the respect of his potentially mutinous crew, Stede's fortunes changed after a fateful run-in with the infamous Captain Blackbeard, played by Waititi. To their surprise, the wildly different Stede and Blackbeard found more than friendship on the high seas... they found love. Now they have to survive it. In addition to Darby and Waititi, season one starred an ensemble cast that included Nathan Foad, Samson Kayo, Vico Ortiz, Ewen Bremner, Joel Fry, Matt Maher, Kristian Nairn, Con O'Neill, Guz Khan, David Fane, Rory Kinnear, Samba Schutte, Nat Faxon, Fred Armisen and Leslie Jones.

Monday, November 29, 2021

Who's the Boss? Now on GAC Family; black-ish Farewell Season Starts Jan. 4

Who's the Boss?

In October cable network GAC Family added some Sony Pictures Television classics to its line-up, as we mentioned, now they are adding one more series to the schedule! '80s family sitcom Who's the Boss? now joins the line-up as of today airing weekdays from 11am-2pm, replacing Silver Spoons, which is now off the line-up. The rest of the schedule still consists of Hazel from 6am-8am, Father Knows Best from 8am-11am, I Dream of Jeannie from 2pm-5pm, Bewitched from 5pm-8pm, then movies from 8pm-12am, more I Dream of Jeannie from 12am-3am and more Bewitched from 3am-6am. Stay tuned for any further updates on GAC Family and if Silver Spoons will return anytime soon.


black-ish

Ahead of its eighth and final season, the cast of the Emmy(R)-winning black-ish revealed the vibrant new key art to celebrate its farewell run. Paying homage to the very first season, the new art shows just how much the Johnsons have grown up in front of their fans for over eight years of beloved television. From its titular origins to the dialogue created from the "Juneteenth" episode and the many hard topics about race, politics and family, black-ish continues its legacy in its momentous final season, premiering Tuesday, Jan. 4 at 9:30PM on ABC, as we mentioned. For over eight years black-ish has taken a fun yet bold look at one man's determination to establish a sense of cultural identity for his family. The series has told stories that shine a light on current events through the lens of the Johnson family and, during the seventh season, they addressed the global pandemic, voting, systemic racism, and the movement for social justice and equality.

The series stars Anthony Anderson as Andre "Dre" Johnson, Tracee Ellis Ross as Rainbow Johnson, Yara Shahidi as Zoey Johnson, Marcus Scribner as Andre Johnson Jr., Miles Brown as Jack Johnson, Marsai Martin as Diane Johnson, Laurence Fishburne as Pops, Jenifer Lewis as Ruby, Peter Mackenzie as Mr. Stevens, Deon Cole as Charlie Telphy, Jeff Meacham as Josh and Katlyn Nichol as Olivia.

Monday, October 18, 2021

GAC Family Acquires Classic Sony Sitcoms; Remembering Betty Lynn from The Andy Griffith Show

Bewitched

As of Sept. 27, cable network Great American Country has rebranded into two networks: GAC Family and GAC Living. Classic Sony Pictures Television sitcoms have joined the lineup on GAC Family! The weekday schedule has blocks of Hazel from 6am-8am, Father Knows Best from 8am-11am, Silver Spoons from 11am-2pm, Bewitched from 2pm-5pm, I Dream of Jeannie from 5-8pm, then a movie double feature from 8pm-12am, with sitcoms returning in late night with more Bewitched from 12am-3am and more I Dream of Jeannie from 3am-6am. Weekends has less sitcoms, but still some airings! Silver Spoons airs 6-10am, Bewitched from 10am-1pm, I Dream of Jeannie from 1-2pm, then movies from 2pm-2am, before closing the night off with Bewitched from 2am-3am and I Dream of Jeannie from 3am-6am.

GAC Family announced the network's first original movies debuting this fall. The star-studded films kick off with An Autumn Romance, starring Chad Michael Murray, Jessica Lowndes, Dennis Andres, Moni Ogunsuyi and Michael Brown, premiering October 23; followed by all-new Christmas movies Much Ado About Christmas, starring Susie Abromeit and Torrance Coombs on October 30; and Christmas Time is Here, starring Dewshane Williams, Rukiya Bernard and Tom Pickett on November 13. A Kindhearted Christmas, starring Cameron Mathison and Jennie Garth premieres Saturday, November 20 at 8pm ET/PT.


Betty Lynn

Actress Betty Lynn, who was best known for her role as Thelma Lou on The Andy Griffith Show, has died. She died on October 16 in Mount Airy, North Carolina, after a brief illness. Ms. Lynn was 95.

Lynn's first sitcom starring role was as June on the first season of the ABC sitcom Where's Raymond? from 1953 to 1954. June was the wife of Jonathan (Allyn Joslyn) and mother of Ginny (Frances Karath). The series was renamed The Ray Bolger Show for the second season. The Where's Raymond? cast included Ray Bolger, Richard Erdman and Sylvia Lewis.

She played Pearl on the short-lived 1958 ABC sitcom Love That Jill. Pearl was the secretary of Jack Gibson (Robert Sterling). The cast included Anne Jeffreys, James Lydon, Polly Rose, Barbara Nichols, Nancy Hadley and Kay Elhardt.

Don Knotts and Betty Lynn

Lynn appeared in the recurring role as Thelma Lou, Deputy Barney Fife's (Don Knotts) girlfriend, on the CBS sitcom The Andy Griffith Show. She appeared as Barney's sweetheart in 26 episodes from 1961 to 1966. She reprised the role in the 1986 NBC TV reunion movie Return to Mayberry. The Andy Griffith Show cast included Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Francis Bavier, Elinor Donahue (1960-1961), Jim Nabors (1963-1964), George Lindsey (1965-1968), Aneta Corsaut (1964-1968), Howard McNear, Jack Dodson (1966-1968), Hal Smith (1960-1967) and Jack Burns (1965-1966).

Some of her sitcom guest appearances included The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, The Gale Storm Show (aka Oh, Susanna), The Farmer's Daughter, The Smothers Brothers Show (aka My Brother the Angel), Family Affair (4 episodes as Miss Lee) and My Three Sons (1 episode as Lois Bradley, 6 episodes as Janet/Janice Dawson).

She appeared as Viola Slaughter on eight episodes of the ABC western Texas John Slaughter from 1959 to 1960. Some of her drama guest appearances included M Squad, Lawman, Wagon Train, Bronco, Sugarfoot, Tales of Wells Fargo, National Velvet, Mod Squad, Little House on the Prairie, Police Story, Barnaby Jones and Matlock (4 episodes as Sarah).

Lynn appeared in many films during the 1940s and 1950s. Some of her credits included Sitting Pretty (1948), June Bride (1948), Mother is a Freshman (1949), Cheaper by the Dozen (1950), Payment on Demand (1951) and Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956).

Betty Lynn

Ms. Lynn was wonderful as Thelma Lou. Thelma Lou was a sweet and kind character. It's surprising that she didn't appear in more than 26 episodes of the series. Lynn had lived in Mount Airy, the home town of Andy Griffith, since 2006. She continued to make monthly personal appearances in town at The Andy Griffith Museum, signing autographs and meeting with her fans. She will be deeply missed.

Share your memories on our The Andy Griffith Show message board. View photos in our galleries.

Saturday, October 16, 2021

SitcomsOnline Digest: Could a Looming Strike Shut Down TV Production?; GAC Family Acquires Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, Silver Spoons, and More

Welcome to SitcomsOnline Digest! This week, we're getting ready for a strike that could have consequences on production of our favorite TV series, we're hearing about a new direction (including some newly acquired classic sitcoms) for a network that used to be a country music channel, and more. Let's get going!

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB

  • Be prepared: we may be on the verge of another strike, this time by writer's assistants, that could slow down or even shutdown production of your favorite TV series. (Variety)
  • ESPN will no longer air the Scripps National Spelling Bee after 27 years, as it transitions to ION and Bounce, two networks that are actually owned by Scripps. (Hollywood Reporter)
  • The Wendy Williams Show has had difficulty launching the current season due to the health of Williams herself, and now, it seems they'll be starting the new season with a guest host. (Yahoo! News)
  • Katey Sagal was hit by a car this week, but don't worry, it seems the injuries aren't too bad and she is already out of the hospital. (People)
  • The creator and show runner for B Positive has decided to leave the series. (Deadline)
  • Antenna TV and Rewind TV are celebrating Halloween with two different witches. (SitcomsOnline)

WEEKLY PLANNER (OCTOBER 16 - OCTOBER 22)

  • In case you missed it, GAC Family (formerly Great American Country) is no longer a country music channel at all, and is now going head to head with Hallmark and is filling most of their lineup with classic sitcoms, including Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, Father Knows Best, Hazel, and Silver Spoons.
  • Decades has a binge of Wonder Woman this weekend.

Monday, May 13, 2019

Fox Upfront 2019-20: Fall 2019 Schedule; Antenna TV's Father Knows Best Father's Day Marathon

Fox 2019-20

Fall 2019

Mondays
8:00PM 9-1-1
9:00PM Prodigal Son (NEW!)

Tuesdays
8:00PM The Resident
9:00PM Empire

Wednesdays
8:00PM The Masked Singer
9:00PM Not Just Me (NEW!)

Thursdays
7:30PM Thursday Night Football Pregame Show
8:00PM NFL Football

Fridays
8:00PM WWE's Smackdown Live (NEW!)

Saturdays
7:00PM Fox Sports Saturday: Fox College Football

Sundays
7:00PM NFL on Fox
7:30PM The OT (NFL post-game)/Fox Encores
8:00PM The Simpsons
8:30PM Bless the Harts (NEW!)
9:00PM Bob's Burgers
9:30PM Family Guy

Unscheduled Mid-season 2020 (new and returning):
New Comedy: Outmatched, Duncanville (animated), The Great North (animated)
New Drama: 9-1-1: Lone Star, Deputy, Filthy Rich, neXt
New Reality/Unscripted: Ultimate Tag
Returning Comedy: Last Man Standing
Returning Drama: The Orville
Returning Reality/Unscripted: Beat Shazam, First Responders Live, Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back, Hell's Kitchen, Masterchef, Masterchef Junior, Paradise Hotel, So You Think You Can Dance, Spin the Wheel

NOTES: Four new comedies and six new dramas join the lineup. First-ever 9-1-1 new installment, 9-1-1: Lone Star, starring Rob Lowe, begins its two-night premiere event, following the NFC Championship on Sunday, January 19, and continues Monday, January 20. Season Three of The Masked Singer will launch following Super Bowl LIV, Sunday, February 2. Gritty police drama Deputy, starring Stephen Dorff, will premiere midseason. Southern gothic family drama Filthy Rich, starring Kim Cattrall, and written, directed and executive-produced by Tate Taylor, will launch midseason. Pulsing thriller neXt, starring John Slattery, will premiere midseason. Family comedy Outmatched, starring Jason Biggs and Maggie Lawson, will debut midseason. Unscripted series Ultimate Tag, hosted by football superstars JJ, TJ and Derek Watt, will launch midseason. Animated comedy Duncanville, from Golden Globe winner Amy Poehler and Emmy Award winners Mike and Julie Scully, and featuring the voice of Poehler in two major roles, will debut at midseason. The Great North, a new animated comedy from Emmy Winner Loren Bouchard and featuring voices of Nick Offerman, Megan Mullally, Jenny Slate and Will Forte, will premiere in 2020. Last Man Standing and The Orville will return in 2020.

Discuss Fox's 2019-20 lineup. You'll find the official press release there, too...with details on all the new series.


Father Knows Best

Mother's Day just finished but we like to look ahead and we have news for Father's Day! Father Knows Best on Antenna TV, especially when it's Father's Day and also the 65th anniversary of its television premiere. Watch this family classic all-day long in a special marathon of Father Knows Best episodes, full of Jim Anderson's wise advice to his kids and loving help to his wife, Margaret. With 34 episodes, Antenna TV's "Father Knows Best 65th Anniversary Father's Day Marathon" runs from 5a-10p ET on June 16. Father Knows Best regularly airs on Antenna TV Weekdays 9am ET/6am PT, Weekends 7am ET/4am PT and Saturdays 2:30am ET/11:30pm PT.

Thursday, June 15, 2017

The Top Pop of Antenna TV Is...; New DuckTales Series Premieres in August on Disney XD

The Top Pop Antenna TV Father's Day Marathon

Father's Day is approaching very fast and this Father's Day, viewers have chosen which show Antenna TV will show a marathon of on Father's Day 2017 - Sunday, June 18! You all voted for your choice of the "Top Pop of Antenna TV" and now we have a winner! Voting ended on Monday, June 5 and the choices were: George Owens - Mr. Belvedere; Michael & Joey - My Two Dads; Jim Anderson - Father Knows Best; Martin Lane - The Patty Duke Show; Fred Sanford - Sanford and Son and Wood Newton - Evening Shade. But who won? OK, we will tell you...because father always knows best and Antenna TV fans have chosen Father Knows Best as the "Top Pop of Antenna TV!" In the series starring Robert Young, Jim Anderson copes with the everyday problems of his growing family. The marathon will run Sunday (June 18) from 5am-10pm on Antenna TV!


DuckTales

The new animated comedy adventure DuckTales will premiere in a one-hour television movie to be presented for 24 consecutive hours, Saturday, August 12 (beginning at midnight EDT/PDT), on Disney XD. Then, the series will debut with two new episodes Saturday, September 23 (7:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., 2:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m., 8:00 p.m., 10:30 p.m. EDT/PDT). Each will also be available on the Disney XD app and Disney XD VOD on these same dates. For the raft of DuckTales fans around the world, the August 12 movie is commonsensically titled "Woo-oo!." The September series premiere coincides with the 30th anniversary of the original Emmy Award-winning series. Beginning this year, DuckTales and its "Woo-oo!" movie will reach far and wide in 34 languages in 162 countries on Disney XD channels and Disney Channels worldwide.

A paddling of ducks helped announce the television movie premiere date on the official DuckTales Facebook page, which also debuted the series opening title and new rendition of the iconic theme song. Written by Mark C. Mueller, the song is performed by singer/songwriter Felicia Barton (Dancing with the Stars) and produced by Emmy Award-winning Michael 'Smidi' Smith (Coldplay, Sia, Britney Spears) and composer Dominic Lewis. It will be released by Walt Disney Records on Friday, June 23. Featuring a distinct animation style inspired by the classic Carl Barks' comic designs, "DuckTales" chronicles the high-flying adventures of Duckburg's most famous trillionaire Scrooge McDuck, his mischief-making triplet grandnephews - Huey, Dewey and Louie, temperamental nephew Donald Duck and the trusted McDuck Manor team: big-hearted, fearless chauffer/pilot Launchpad McQuack; no-nonsense housekeeper Mrs. Beakley; and Mrs. Beakley's granddaughter, Webby Vanderquack, resident adventurer and the triplet's newfound fierce friend. The story unfolds as Donald Duck reluctantly takes Huey, Dewey and Louie to the home of their reclusive great-uncle Scrooge McDuck. Enthralled by their once-legendary great-uncle and the wonder of McDuck Manor, the triplets and Webby learn of long-kept family secrets and unleash totems from Scrooge's epic past, sending the family on an adventure of a lifetime to the Lost City of Atlantis.

The voice cast is David Tennant (Doctor Who) as Scrooge McDuck, Danny Pudi (Community) as Huey, Ben Schwartz (Parks and Recreation) as Dewey, Bobby Moynihan (Saturday Night Live) as Louie, Kate Micucci (Garfunkel and Oates) as Webby Vanderquack, Beck Bennett (Saturday Night Live) as Launchpad McQuack, Toks Olagundoye (Castle) as Mrs. Beakley and Tony Anselmo (Mickey Mouse) as Donald Duck. Recurring guest voices include Lin-Manuel Miranda as Duckburg's favorite hero Gizmoduck (his alias is Fenton Crackshell-Cabrera), Allison Janney as Scrooge's old flame Goldie O'Gilt, Margo Martindale as the ruthless villain Ma Beagle, Paul F. Tompkins as lucky duck Gladstone Gander, Kimiko Glenn as well-traveled teen Lena, Jim Rash as mad scientist Gyro Gearloose, Josh Brener as tech billionaire Mark Beaks, Keith Ferguson as Scrooge's archenemy Flintheart Glomgold, Eric Bauza as Beagle Boys and Corey Burton as scientist Ludwig Von Drake.

Monday, May 15, 2017

Fox Upfront 2017-18: Fall 2017 Schedule; Viewer's Choice for "Top Pop of Antenna TV"

Fox 2017-18

Fall 2017

Mondays
8:00PM Lucifer
9:00PM The Gifted (NEW!)

Tuesdays
8:00PM Lethal Weapon
9:00PM The Mick
9:30PM Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Wednesdays
8:00PM Empire
9:00PM Star

Thursdays
8:00PM Gotham
9:00PM The Orville (NEW!)

Fridays
8:00PM Hell's Kitchen
9:00PM The Exorcist

Saturdays
7:00PM Fox Sports Saturday: Fox College Football

Sundays
7:00PM NFL on Fox
7:30PM The OT (NFL post-game)/Bob's Burgers
8:00PM The Simpsons
8:30PM Ghosted (NEW!)
9:00PM Family Guy
9:30PM The Last Man on Earth

Unscheduled Mid-season 2017 (new and returning):
COMEDY: LA to Vegas
DRAMA: The Resident, 9-1-1
REALITY: American Grit, Beat Shazam, T F Word with Gordon Ramsay, Hell's Kitchen, Love Connection, Masterchef, Masterchef Junior, Showtime at the Apollo, So You Think You Can Dance, Superhuman

Returning:
COMEDY: New Girl
DRAMA: The X-Files
REALITY:

NOTES: Four new dramas, two new comedies, and two live music events join the lineup. New Girl will air its seventh and final season. Medical drama The Resident, starring Matt Czurchy, Emily VanCamp and Bruce Greenwood, will premiere midseason. Emergency response drama 9-1-1, from creators Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk, starring Angela Bassett, will premiere midseason. Workplace comedy LA to Vegas, starring Dylan McDermott, will debut midseason. Brand-new chapter of event series The X-Files to return midseason. An all-new musical produciton of perennial holiday classic A Christmas Story will air live in December. An all-new live musical production of Rent, the Tony Award, Grammy Award and Pulitzer Prize winner, will air.

Discuss Fox's 2017-18 lineup. You'll find the official press release there, too...with details on all the new series.


The Top Pop of Father's Day Marathon



Antenna TV just had its viewer's choice Bewitched Mother's Day marathon yesterday, now voting has began on another viewer's choice! This Father's Day, viewers choose which show Antenna TV will show a marathon of on Father's Day 2017 - Sunday, June 18! Vote now for your choice of the "Top Pop of Antenna TV." Voting ends on Monday, June 5 and they will announce the winning choice on Father's Day. Your choices are:

George Owens - Mr. Belvedere
Michael & Joey - My Two Dads
Jim Anderson - Father Knows Best
Martin Lane - The Patty Duke Show
Fred Sanford - Sanford and Son
Wood Newton - Evening Shade

Tuesday, June 16, 2015

All Episodes of Father Knows Best on Shout! Factory TV; A&E Orders Two More Seasons of Bates Motel

Father Knows Best

Just in time for Father's Day, Shout! Factory TV presents an event the whole family can enjoy! Every episode of Father Knows Best lands on the streaming service this month. Whether reliving the rosy memory of a perfect family life from the 1950s or discovering this classic sitcom for the first time, viewers from all generations will fall in love with Father Knows Best all over again. Discover, experience and binge-watch over 2,000 hours of culture-defining entertainment for free on Shout! Factory TV by visiting ShoutFactoryTV.com on your desktop or through a mobile browser. Download the Shout! Factory TV app on Roku and Samsung Smart TV to watch through your television set.

Enter the perfect family life of a General Insurance agent Jim Anderson. Beginning in 1954, Jim would come home from his office, take off his sports jacket, put on his comfortable sweater, and deal with the everyday problems of a growing family without breaking a sweat. His picture perfect wife Margaret is a vibrant mother of three – Betty, Bud and Kathy. To the millions who watched the six-time Primetime Emmy®-winning Father Knows Best, starring Robert Young and Jane Wyatt; Elinor Donahue, Bill Gray and Lauren Chapin, this long running TV sitcom not only captured the hearts of American viewers, but also stood as the representation of mid-century traditional family values. In 1949, Father Knows Best? first premiered as a NBC radio sitcom. The series star Robert Young and producer Eugene B. Rodney transplanted the popular radio series into television (minus the question mark in the show’s title). The TV sitcom Father Knows Best premiered on CBS in October 1954 and has been part of the American cultural fabric ever since.


Bates Motel

A&E Network has ordered twenty episodes of the acclaimed drama series, Bates Motel from Universal Television. New episodes of Bates Motel will begin production later this year and will air over two seasons, starting in 2016. Bates Motel has garnered a truly loyal fan base over the past three seasons. Vera Farmiga (Up In The Air, The Conjuring) in her Emmy-nominated role as Norma Bates, and Freddie Highmore (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) as Norman star alongside Max Thieriot (Disconnect, Texas Rising), Olivia Cooke (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl) and Nestor Carbonell (Lost, The Dark Knight Rises). Bates Motel serves as a contemporary prequel to the genre-defining film Psycho and provides viewers with an intimate portrayal of how Norman Bates unravels through his teenage years.

Kevin Rahm (Mad Men, Desperate Housewives), Tracy Spiradakos (Revolution) and Ryan Hurst (Sons of Anarchy) joined the series this season and have arrived in White Pine Bay. After a summer of living at the Bates Motel, Sheriff Romero (Nestor Carbonell) and Norma have grown closer but there will always have that troubling question mark surrounding Norman. Something doesn't feel right, but spite of his instincts, Romero finds himself continually drawn back to the Bates family -- and to Norma. Emma (Olivia Cooke) also determined to find out what is happening to Norman becomes more emboldened, fearless, goes after the things she wants. Familiar face, Bradley (Nicola Peltz) returns to surprise the family and digs up old memories.

Tuesday, June 02, 2015

Antenna TV Spends Father's Day 2015 with Father Knows Best; Disney Channel Gets Bunk'd in New Jessie Spin-Off

Father's Day Fest with Father Knows Best Marathon

This Father's Day, Antenna TV will honor dad with "Father's Day Fest with Father Knows Best" on Sunday, June 21 from 7am to 3am ET. Antenna TV, which airs in in 101 TV markets across the U.S. reaching 77% of TV households is the only multicast network available in all of the Top 20 TV U.S. markets. Antenna TV will celebrate Father's Day with a 20-hour marathon of Father Knows Best starring Robert Young and Jane Wyatt, beginning at 7am ET. Father Knows Best regularly airs on Antenna TV every weekday morning at 8am & 8:30am ET. The 40-episode Father's Day marathon consists of the following classic episodes:

7:00 AM Bud Takes Up the Dance
7:30 AM Football Tickets
8:00 AM Second Honeymoon
8:30 AM Sparrow in the Window
9:00 AM Jim, the Farmer
9:30 AM The Mink Coat
10:00 AM Close Decision
10:30 AM First Disillusionment
11:00 AM Woman in the House
11:30 AM The Big Test
12:00 PM Bud, the Lady Killer
12:30 PM The Historical Andersons
1:00 PM Hero Father
1:30 PM Father, the Naturalist
2:00 PM Betty's Graduation
2:30 PM The Homing Pigeon
3:00 PM Bud, the Millionaire
3:30 PM The Old Days
4:00 PM The Family Goes to New York
4:30 PM The Good Prospect
5:00 PM The Lawn Party
5:30 PM Short Wave
6:00 PM Class Prophecy
6:30 PM Margaret Learns to Drive
7:00 PM The Way of a Dictator
7:30 PM Man with a Plan
8:00 PM Jim, the Answer Man
8:30 PM Vine Covered Cottage
9:00 PM Always Plan Ahead
9:30 PM Bud, the Caretaker
10:00 PM The Great Experiment
10:30 PM Ideal Father
11:00 PM Man of Merit
11:30 PM Bud Has a Problem
12:00 AM Bicycle Trip for Two
12:30 AM Jim's Big Surprise
1:00 AM Time to Retire
1:30 AM Family Contest
2:00 AM Bud Lives it Up
2:30 AM Not His Type


Bunk'd

Emma, Ravi, and Zuri Ross have left their New York penthouse for summer camp at Maine's rustic Camp Kikiwaka, in Disney Channel's new live-action comedy series Bunk'd, a spin-off of the hit comedy series Jessie, debuting Friday, July 31 on Disney Channel. The series premieres immediately following the highly anticipated Disney Channel Original Movie Descendants at 8:00pm, ET/PT. The spin-off follows siblings Emma, Ravi and Zuri Ross as they embark on their summer at Camp Kikiwaka, a rustic summer camp in Maine where their parents met as teenagers. Emma and Ravi step into new roles as CITs (Counselor In Training), learning how to be resourceful, responsible role models to their campers. Lou, the cheerful head counselor, and Xander, the camp heartthrob, befriend the Ross kids, who are complete fish out of water in the great outdoors, and step in to show them the ropes. Zuri makes new friends with her fellow campers, the anxious and overly studious Tiffany and compulsive fibber Jorge. Along with their new friends, Emma, Ravi and Zuri adapt to their new "home away from home" and settle into their exciting new lives at Camp Kikiwaka.

Reprising their starring roles from Jessie are Peyton List as Emma, Karan Brar as Ravi and Skai Jackson as Zuri. Joining the cast are Miranda May (The Heartbreak Kid, Samantha Who?) as Lou, Kevin Quinn (Shameless, Chicago P.D.) as Xander, and newcomers Nina Lu as Tiffany and Nathan Arenas as Jorge. In the premiere episode, the Ross kids arrive at camp. The camp's owner, Gladys (played by Mary Scheer), is even scarier than the legendary creature that's rumored to stalk the grounds. With the help of her sneaky niece Hazel, she's out to get the Ross kids because of her decades-old rivalry with their mom. The Bunk'd premiere episode simulcast will be available to verified users on WATCHDisneyChannel.com and the WATCH Disney Channel app for smartphones and tablets.

Monday, June 09, 2014

Father's Day Father Knows Best Marathon on Antenna TV; 40 Years of Heroines on TV with 40th Anniversary of Police Woman

Father's Day Father Knows Best Marathon

This Father's Day, Antenna TV will honor dad with "Father's Day Fest with Father Knows Best" on Sunday, June 15, 2014 from 7am to 3am ET. This is the second consecutive year of the "Father's Day Fest with Father Knows Best" marathon. Antenna TV, which airs on 86 affiliates across the U.S. reaching 70% of TV households, will celebrate Father's Day with a 20-hour marathon of Father Knows Best starring Robert Young and Jane Wyatt, beginning at 7am ET. Last year it was a 17-hour fest, so this year we get three more hours of fatherly fun! Father Knows Best airs regularly on weekdays at 3:00pm & 3:30pm ET on Antenna TV. Here is the full "Father's Day Fest with Father Knows Best" marathon episodes:

7:00 AM Bud Takes Up the Dance
7:30 AM Football Tickets
8:00 AM Sparrow in the Window
8:30 AM Jim, the Farmer
9:00 AM The Mink Coat
9:30 AM Close Decision
10:00 AM First Disillusionment
10:30 AM Woman in the House
11:00 AM Advantage to Betty
11:30 AM The Big Test
12:00 PM Bud, the Lady Killer
12:30 PM Hero Father
1:00 PM Betty’s Graduation
1:30 PM The Homing Pigeon
2:00 PM Betty’s Birthday
2:30 PM Margaret Hires a Gardener
3:00 PM The Lawn Party
3:30 PM Short Wave
4:00 PM Betty and the Jet Pilot
4:30 PM Margaret Learns to Drive
5:00 PM Man with a Plan
5:30 PM Big Sister
6:00 PM Young Love
6:30 PM Tell it to Mom
7:00 PM Jim, the Answer Man
7:30 PM Vine Covered Cottage
8:00 PM Always Plan Ahead
8:30 PM Kathy’s Romance
9:00 PM Bud, the Caretaker
9:30 PM Margaret Wins a Car
10:00 PM The Great Experiment
10:30 PM Ideal Father
11:00 PM Man of Merit
11:30 PM Big Shot Dud
12:00 AM Bud Has a Problem
12:30 AM Bud Branches Out
1:00 AM Margaret’s Old Flame
1:30 AM Bud, the Spectacular
2:00 AM Bud Lives it Up
2:30 AM Not His Type


Police Woman - Angie Dickinson

WE tv and The Paley Center for Media will present a first-ever panel showcasing four decades of crime drama heroines on television, and commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the iconic series Police Woman starring Angie Dickinson on June 19 at The Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills. Featuring television stars from the 1970's through the upcoming premiere of WE tv's first scripted series, The Divide, the program will include Police Woman star Angie Dickinson, along with S. Epatha Merkerson (Law & Order), Emily Deschanel (Bones), Marin Ireland (The Divide), Tony Goldwyn (The Divide, Scandal), Poppy Montgomery (Unforgettable, Without a Trace), Holly Robinson Peete (21 Jump Street) and Marg Helgenberger (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation).

Police Woman, which cracked the top twenty in the Nielsen ratings in its first season and rose as high as number one in the weekly ratings, was the first successful hour-long American primetime drama series to feature a woman in the starring role. Dickinson (Sgt. Suzanne 'Pepper' Anderson) embraced a character who exuded sex appeal and brains in equal measure and though she never framed her role as part of the vanguard of modern feminism, the series' impact is felt to this day. Police Woman laid the groundwork for a host of crime dramas featuring strong female leads. As a tribute to the 40th anniversary of this maverick program, the Paley Center joins WE tv, whose series The Divide premieres this July, to present a special clip-filled conversation exploring the evolution of the crime drama heroine with this prestigious panel of TV groundbreakers. The Divide will debut with a special two-hour premiere on Wednesday, July 16, at 9:00pm ET/PT on WE tv. The eight-episode series is written by the Academy Award(R) and Emmy(R) nominated Richard LaGravenese (Behind the Candelabra), co-created by LaGravenese and Tony Goldwyn and produced by AMC Studios.

'On The Beat: The Evolution of The Crime Drama Heroine' is open to the public. Further information and tickets to the event can be found at www.paleycenter.org. The event will be live streamed worldwide beginning at 7:15pm PT at www.PaleyCenter.org/Live.

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Antenna TV's Classic Christmas Marathon; VH1 Acquires Happy Endings

Antenna TV Yule Log

Spend the holidays with your favorite sitcom stars as Antenna TV, Tribune Broadcasting's multicast broadcast network, airs holiday episodes on BOTH Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Antenna TV, which airs on 83 affiliates across the U.S. reaching 67% of TV households, will be airing special holiday themed episodes beginning at 6:30am ET on Tuesday, December 24 and running through 4am ET on early Thursday, December 26. Programs include holiday episodes of: Father Knows Best, Hazel, Misted Ed, The Patty Duke Show, McHale's Navy, Green Acres, Bewitched, Diff'rent Strokes, Good Times, All in the Family, Maude, WKRP in Cincinnati, Barney Miller, The Burns and Allen Show, Jack Benny, Dennis the Menace, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Here Come the Brides, The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin, The Flying Nun, The Monkees, The Partridge Family, Sanford and Son, Barney Miller, Married...With Children and The Nanny.

Antenna TV will also air the original Yule Log uninterrupted from 5-9am ET on Christmas morning. We will give you the full episode-by-episode schedule for Christmas Eve and Day on Antenna TV soon on our message boards...so keep checking back!




"Oh buoy!" VH1 has acquired all 57 episodes of the critically- acclaimed sitcom Happy Endings from Sony Pictures Television. The VH1 deal marks the cable premiere for the single-camera ensemble comedy which originally aired on ABC for three seasons from April 2011 through May 2013. Happy Endings will begin airing on VH1 with a marathon of every episode beginning Tuesday, December 31 at 8p running through New Year's Day (Jan. 1) before settling into its new home on Wednesday nights from 7pm-9pm ET/PT beginning Wednesday, January 8, 2014. "Damn!"

In addition to airing the show on VH1, the network has licensed rights to showcase episodes of the series online via its TV Everywhere platforms and also on the new VH1 App. Happy Endings offers a fresh and funny take on modern friendship and what one urban family will do to stay friends after the perfect couple who brought them all together, breaks up on their wedding day. Forget who gets to keep the ring -- when a couple splits, the real question is, who gets to keep the friends? In this modern comedy, a couple's break-up will complicate all of their friends' lives and make everyone question their choices. When life throws you for a curve, hold on tight to the people you love. Every circle of friends has someone who's the gravitational center. For years, perfect couple Dave (Zachary Knighton) and Alex (Elisha Cuthbert) drew their friends in and held them together. Now that they've split, does this group have the stuff to stay together? Or do Max (Adam Pally), Brad (Damon Wayans, Jr.), Jane (Eliza Coupe) and Penny (Casey Wilson) have to choose sides? Suddenly every event is a negotiation... like, who gets to go on the annual ski trip? There are a lot of big questions to be answered, but this group has been together so long, somehow, little by little, they'll figure out how to hold on, even though their center is split up. It helps that Dave and Alex have agreed to stay friends. But there will definitely be other complications down the road. This show isn't afraid to ask the embarrassing personal questions that inevitably arise in every long-term, close-knit group of friends.

Friday, November 15, 2013

Antenna TV Spends Thanksgiving with I Dream of Jeannie & More Sitcoms; Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of November 18, 2013)

I Dream of Jeannie Marathon on Thanksgiving Day

Making a wish on a turkey wishbone and Dreaming of Jeannie? This Thanksgiving, Antenna TV will air a 27-hour I Dream of Jeannie marathon beginning at Midnight ET on Thursday, Nov. 28. Antenna TV, which airs on 83 affiliates across the U.S. reaching 67% of TV households, will air 54 back-to-back episodes of Jeannie starring Barbara Eden. BUT before that on Thanksgiving Eve, Wednesday Nov. 27, Antenna TV will run a cornucopia of Thanksgiving themed episodes of your favorite sitcoms: Father Knows Best, Bachelor Father, Hazel, Bewitched, All in the Family, Good Times, WKRP in Cincinnati, Diff'rent Strokes, Married...with Children and The Nanny from 5pm ET to Midnight, followed by a 27-hour I Dream of Jeannie marathon on Thanksgiving Day. The WKRP in Cincinnati Thanksgiving episode will air not once, not twice or even three times, but FOUR times in primetime from 8-10pm ET!

And finally, I Dream of Jeannie star Barbara Eden has shared a special message for fans: "Thankful for Jeannie? Well, I must say, I am thankful for all the wonderful fans and viewers who have continued to show their love for a fun little show like I Dream of Jeannie! Thank you so much! Your love and support truly mean the world to me and I am very, very thankful for all of you! Thank you to Antenna TV for helping keep the magic alive!"


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 Nov. 18-22, 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, November 18, 2013

  • Bill Cosby (The Cosby Show/Cosby/The Bill Cosby Show) - Watch the legendary Mr. Cosby on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon at 12:37am on NBC.
  • Whoopi Goldberg (Whoopi/Bagdad Café) - Whoopi is a guest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno at 11:35pm on NBC. She shows off her Thanksgiving recipes on Rachael Ray, so check your local listings.
  • Josh Gad (1600 Penn/Back to You) - Josh appears on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
  • Kunal Nayyar (The Big Bang Theory) - Kunal visits The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson at 12:37am on CBS.
  • Eric Stonestreet (Modern Family) - Eric stops by Conan at 11pm on TBS.
  • Jeff Garlin (The Goldbergs/Curb Your Enthusiasm) - Jeff is a guest on The Pete Holmes Show at midnight on TBS.
  • Demi Lovato (Sonny with a Chance) - Demi guest co-hosts The View all this week on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT. She will also discuss her new book, Staying Strong: 365 Days a Year, on ABC's Good Morning America between 7-9am.
  • Zooey Deschanel (New Girl) - Tune in to see Zooey on The Arsenio Hall Show, so check your local listings.
  • Mayim Bialik (The Big Bang Theory/Blossom) - Mayim is a guest on The Arsenio Hall Show, so check your local listings.
  • Sherri Shepherd (Less Than Perfect/Sherri) - Sherri visits The Arsenio Hall Show, so check your local listings.
  • Tasha Smith (Tyler Perry's For Better or Worse/The Tom Show/Boston Common) - Tasha guest co-hosts ABC's The Chew on Monday and Tuesday at 1pm ET/12pm PT/CT.
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
  • Jennifer Lawrence (The Bill Engvall Show) - Catch Jennifer on The Late Show with David Letterman at 11:35pm on CBS.
  • Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Modern Family/The Class) - Jesse appears on The Late Show with David Letterman at 11:35pm on CBS. He will also be on ABC's Good Morning America between 7-9am. Finally, he will be on Watch What Happens: Live at 11pm on Bravo.
  • Margaret Cho (All-American Girl) - Margaret visits The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson at 12:37am on CBS.
  • Bill Cosby (The Cosby Show/Cosby/The Bill Cosby Show) - Bill is a guest on Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart at 11pm.
  • Josh Gad (1600 Penn/Back to You) - Josh is part of the guest panel on Chelsea Lately on E! at 11pm.
  • Nick Kroll (The League/Caveman) - Nick appears on The Pete Holmes Show at midnight on TBS.
  • Eric Stonestreet (Modern Family) - Eric chats with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
  • Mario Lopez (Saved by the Bell) - Mario is a guest on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, so check your local listings.
  • Cedric the Entertainer (The Soul Man/The Steve Harvey Show) - Cedric challenges Rachael to a game of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? on Rachael Ray, so check your local listings.
  • Elizabeth Berkley (Saved by the Bell) - Elizabeth and her dancing partner Val Chmerkovskiy discuss their elimination from Dancing with the Stars on Bethenny, so check your local listings.
  • Holly Robinson Peete (Hangin' with Mr. Cooper/For Your Love) - Holly discusses her family's personal journey with autism on Home & Family at 10am on Hallmark Channel.
  • Nia Long (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and Sanaa Lathan (The Cleveland Show) - Nia and Sanaa talk about The Best Man Holiday on The Wendy Williams Show at 12am on BET or on your local stations.
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
  • Jennifer Lawrence (The Bill Engvall Show) - Jennifer continues to make the rounds on Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart at 11pm. She will also be on ABC's Good Morning America between 7-9am. Finally, she will be on LIVE! with Kelly and Michael, so check your listings.
  • Whoopi Goldberg (Whoopi/Bagdad Cafe) - Whoopi visits The Arsenio Hall Show, so check your local listings.
  • Tim Allen (Last Man Standing/Home Improvement) - Tim chats with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
  • Josh Gad (1600 Penn/Back to You) - Josh is a guest on Watch What Happens: Live at 11pm on Bravo.
  • Molly Shannon (Kath & Kim) - Molly chats on The Talk on CBS at 2pm ET/1pm CT-PT.
  • Charles Esten (The Brian Benben Show/The Crew) - Charles is a contestant on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? on Wednesday and Thursday, so check your local listings.
Thursday, November 21, 2013
  • Tracy Morgan (30 Rock/The Tracy Morgan Show) - Catch Tracy on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
  • Chris Pratt (Parks and Recreation) - Chris stops by Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
  • Krysten Ritter (Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23) - Krysten is a guest on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson at 12:37am on CBS.
  • Adam Pally (Happy Endings) - Adam appears on The Pete Holmes Show at midnight on TBS.
  • Robin Williams (The Crazy Ones/Mork & Mindy) - Robin visits The Ellen DeGeneres Show, so check your local listings.
  • Ellie Kemper (The Office) - Ellie stops by The Ellen DeGeneres Show, so check your local listings.
  • Josh Gad (1600 Penn/Back to You) - Josh wraps up his appearances this week on ABC's Good Morning America between 7-9am.
  • Michael J. Fox (The Michael J. Fox Show/Spin City/Family Ties) - Michael answers audience questions and reveals his Thanksgiving Day disasters on Rachael Ray, so check your local listings.
  • Scott Baio (See Dad Run/Charles in Charge/Happy Days) - Scott is a guest on The Talk on CBS at 2pm ET/1pm CT-PT.
  • Jennifer Lawrence (The Bill Engvall Show) - Jennifer will be on LIVE! with Kelly and Michael, so check your listings.
Friday, November 22, 2013
  • Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory) - Watch Jim on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno at 11:35pm on NBC.
  • Sarah Silverman (The Sarah Silverman Program) - Sarah is a guest on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon at 12:37am on NBC.
  • Alan Thicke (Growing Pains) - Alan discusses his role in the new Hallmark Channel original movie, Let it Snow, on Home & Family at 10am on Hallmark Channel.
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Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows

Friday, September 12

Vampirina: Teenage Vampire - "First Year to Watch" (Disney Channel, 8:00PM ET/PT)
As Vee arrives at Wilson Hall, she learns that performing arts boarding school might have more challenges than she thought; Demi vows to protect Vee from Van Helsings.

Vampirina: Teenage Vampire - "First Day of School" (Disney Channel, 8:00PM ET/PT)
Vee's plans to have an amazing first day of school are threatened by a dire warning from the Vampire Council; Demi continues his search for Van Helsings.

Complete TV Listings


Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of September 8)

Friday, September 12

  • Regina King (The Boondocks/Leap of Faith/227) - Watch Regina on a repeat of Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
  • Michael Chiklis (Daddio) - Michael is a guest on a repeat of Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
  • Drew Barrymore (Santa Clarita Diet) - Drew appears on a repeat of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:35pm on CBS.
  • Kumail Nanjiani (Bless the Harts/Silicon Valley) - Kumail is a guest on a repeat of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
  • Domhnall Gleeson (The Paper) - Domhnall appears on a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
  • Emily Osment (Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage/Young Sheldon/Young & Hungry/Hannah Montana), Tien Tran (How I Met Your Father) and Vinny Thomas (Platonic) - Emily, Tien and Vinny are guests on a repeat of After Midnight at 12:37am on CBS.
  • Ken Jeong (Dr. Ken/Community) - Ken talks about 99 to Beat on The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
  • Michael Urie (Shrinking/Krapopolis/Partners) - Michael talks about Broadway's Oh, Mary! and Shrinking on The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
  • Zosia Mamet (Laid/Girls) - Zosia talks about Does This Make Me Funny? on NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
  • Emeril Lagasse (Emeril) - Sunny Anderson gets a big surprise from Drew – cooking with the legendary Emeril Lagasse on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
  • Jennifer Aniston (Friends/Muddling Through/Ferris Bueller/Molloy) - Drew is chatting with Jennifer about the new season of The Morning Show, her kids cookbook, Cook with Clydeo, and her haircare line on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
  • Hannah Pilkes (Leanne) - Hannah is a guest on PIX11 Morning News on WPIX in New York at 9:30am.
  • Charlie Sheen (Anger Management/Two and a Half Men/Spin City) - Real Time with Bill Maher features a one-on-one interview with Charlie Sheen, actor and subject of the new two-part documentary aka Charlie Sheen on Netflix, and author of the new book The Book of Sheen: A Memoir at 10pm on HBO.


New on DVD and Blu-ray

The Wayans Bros. - The Complete Series Frasier (2023) - Season Two Abbott Elementary - The Complete Third Season The Drew Carey Show - The Complete Series* (missing 4 episodes and some music has been replaced or altered) Bewitched - The Complete Series - 60th Anniversary Special Edition (Blu-ray)

01/28 - Wait Till Your Father Gets Home - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
02/04 - The Wayans Bros. - The Complete Series
03/11 - Frasier (2023) - Season Two
04/01 - Abbott Elementary - The Complete Third Season
05/13 - The Drew Carey Show - The Complete Series* (missing 4 episodes and some music has been replaced or altered)
06/06 - Shoresy - Season 2
06/17 - Looney Tunes - Collector's Vault - Volume 1 (Blu-ray)
07/22 - Bewitched - The Complete Series - 60th Anniversary Special Edition (Blu-ray)
08/26 - The Huckleberry Hound Show - The Complete Original Series (Blu-ray)

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09/09 - HBO Comedy The Chair Company; Trailer for Disney's Vampirina: Teenage Vampire
09/08 - The Paper Renewed for Season 2, NYC Event on Tuesday; Final Season of Bel-Air
09/07 - Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows; This Week in Sitcoms (Week of September 8, 2025)
09/06 - SitcomsOnline Digest: Shifting Gears Picked Up for Three Additional Episodes; The Paper Renewed for Season Two
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09/04 - Freeform's 31 Nights of Halloween 2025 Schedule; Dancing with the Stars Season 34 Cast
09/03 - Live Staged Reading of Three's Company Episode; Freeform Acquires According to Jim for October
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08/28 - NBC's Password Renewed for Season 3 for 2026; Pluto TV Streaming CBS Shows Ahead of Fall Season
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08/25 - Doc Season 2 Trailer for Fox; Remembering David Ketchum and Jerry Adler
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08/13 - Remembering Danielle Spencer of What's Happening!!; Trailer for Season 5 of Only Murders in the Building
08/12 - Netflix's Comedy Kiss or Die Premieres September 9; Lori Harvey Joins Reasonable Doubt
08/11 - Roku Originals Books a Return Trip with Season 2 Renewal of Solo Traveling with Tracee Ellis Ross; Netflix's Fixed Trailer