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Great Entertainment Television Acquires House; Remembering Louise Lasser of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman

Great Entertainment Television welcomes the acclaimed series House to its lineup, weeknights beginning Monday, July 13 from 9-11pm.

Brilliant, cynical, and brutally honest, Dr. Gregory House (Hugh Laurie) is one of the most gifted diagnosticians in medicine. As the head of diagnostic medicine at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital, House leads a team of young specialists tasked with solving the hospital's most mysterious and life-threatening cases. Armed with razor-sharp instincts and an unorthodox approach to patient care, House routinely defies medical conventions—and hospital protocol—to uncover the truth behind baffling illnesses.

Actress Louise Lasser, who starred as Mary Hartman in Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman and as Maggie McBurney in It's a Living, has died. She died at her home in Manhattan on July 6. Ms. Lasser was 87.

Lasser's first television series credit was as Jackie Ricardo in a 1965 episode of The Doctors. Some of her early sitcom guest appearances included Love, American Style (1971), The Bob Newhart Show, and The Mary Tyler Moore Show. She hosted the penultimate episode of Saturday Night Live's first season on July 24, 1976.

She starred as Mary Hartman in the 1976-1977 first-run syndicated satirical soap opera Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, which was produced by Norman Lear. The series follows Mary Hartman, a small-town Ohio housewife attempting to cope with various bizarre and sometimes violent incidents occurring in her daily life. Lasser was nominated for an Emmy Award for her performance in 1976. The series also starred Greg Mullavey, Dody Goodman, Mary Kay Place, Graham Jarvis, Debralee Scott, Victor Kilian, Philip Bruns, and Claudia Lamb.

Lasser had a recurring role as Phyllis Bornstein Consuelos and Phyllis Reiger in three episodes of Taxi from 1980 to 1982. Phyllis is Alex Reiger's (Judd Hirsch) ex-wife, with whom he had a daughter. Phyllis became fed up with his lack of ambition and remarried, but they remain strongly attracted to each other. She once goes out on a date with Louie (Danny DeVito), just to irritate Alex.

She starred as waitress Maggie McBurney in the second season (1981-1982) of It's a Living, which aired on ABC for the first two seasons. The series was renamed Making a Living for season 2 before returning as It's a Living for season 3 when it moved to first-run syndication in 1985. The season 2 cast included Barrie Youngfellow, Gail Edwards, Marian Mercer, Paul Kreppel, Ann Jillian, and Earl Boen.

Lasser guest starred as Sister Margaret in a 1983 episode of Laverne & Shirley. She appeared as Louise Polsky in a 1992 episode of Empty Nest. She had a recurring role as Beadie, an artist for whom Jessa Johansson (Jemima Kirke) briefly works as an assistant, in three episodes of the HBO comedy-drama Girls from 2014 to 2015.

Some of her other television guest appearances included Love Story, McCloud, Medical Center, and St. Elsehwere (2 episodes).

Some of her film credits included Take the Money and Run (1969), Bananas (1971), Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) (1972), Happiness (1998), and Funny Pages (2022).

She was interviewed for The Interviews: An Oral History of Television on May 16, 2017.

Ms. Lasser became a household name and appeared on the covers of Newsweek, People and Rolling Stone during Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman's run. She did a great job portraying the unhappy, neurotic Mary Hartman. We thank her for work on television and in films. She will be deeply missed.

We also remember Canadian-born American actor and painter Joby Baker. He starred as Dave Lewis in Good Morning World. He died at a hospital in Yonkers, New York, on June 22. Mr. Lewis was 92.

Baker starred as Dave Lewis in the 1967-1968 CBS sitcom Good Morning World. The series starred Baker and Ronnie Schell as Dave Lewis and Larry Clarke, morning drive time disc jockeys and hosts of the eponymous Lewis and Clarke Show on a small AM radio station in Los Angeles. The cast included Billy De Wolfe, Julie Parrish, and Goldie Hawn in her first professional role.

He starred as Col. Harvey Mann in the short-lived 1980 NBC military sitcom The Six O'Clock Follies. The show is set in 1967 Saigon just before the Tet Offensive. It follows the offbeat, behind-the-scenes production of an evening TV and radio news show broadcast by the U.S. Army to GIs serving in Vietnam. The show also starred Larry (Laurence) Fishburne, A.C. Weary, Philip Charles MacKenzie, Randall Carver, Aarika Wells, George Kee Cheung, Dave Hubbard, and Phil Hartman.

Some of his sitcom guest appearances included Bachelor Father (3 episodes), The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, The Dick Van Dyke Show (2 episodes), F Troop, and Love, American Style (1971).

Baker had a recurring role as Bob Tepps in three episodes of Dragnet from 1957 to 1959. Some of his other television guest appearances included The Red Skelton Hour (2 episodes), Surfside 6, Cain's Hundred, Dr. Kildare, Alfred Hitchcock Presents (3 episodes), Wagon Train, Gunsmoke, Perry Mason, Combat! (3 episodes), The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Ben Casey, Death Valley Days, Mannix, The Streets of San Francisco, Barnaby Jones, Police Story (2 episodes), Medical Center, Bronk, Stone (4 episodes), Simon & Simon, Quincy, M.E. (4 episodes), and The Paper Chase.

In 1960, he co-starred with Jack Lemmon and Ricky Nelson in The Wackiest Ship in the Army. Some of his other film credits included Gidget (1959), Gidget Goes Hawaiian (1961), Gidget Goes to Rome (1963), Girl Happy (1965), When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965), The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1967), Blackbeard's Ghost, Superdad (1974), and Avalanche (1978).

After he stopped acting in 1984, he established himself as a painter, sculptor and jewelry artisan.

Mr. Baker was best known for his lighthearted, low-key comedy roles. He died ten days after his Good Morning World co-star Ronnie Schell. The series was released on DVD in 2006. We thank him for his work on television. He will be greatly missed.

Television producer Harris Katleman worked on The Don Rickles Show. He died in Los Angeles on July 8. Mr. Katleman was 97.

Katleman worked as a producer on the short-lived 1972 CBS sitcom The Don Rickles Show. The series focused on an advertising agency executive, and his "life and endless problems" with his job and his family. It starred Don Rickles, Louise Sorel, Erin Moran, Robert Hogan, and Joyce Van Patten.

Some of his other television producing credits included Branded, The American Girls, From Here to Eternity (miniseries), and Salvage 1, which starred Andy Griffith and Joel Higgins.

As President of MGM Television and Senior Vice President of MGM Inc., he was instrumental in developing How the West Was Won, CHiPs, Medical Center, and The Courtship of Eddie's Father. In 1980, he was named President/CEO of Twentieth Century Fox Television. He developed and sold The Simpsons, Anything but Love, Doogie Howser, M.D. (1989-1993), Hooperman, and Mr. Belvedere.

Mr. Katleman guest starred as Colonel Charles Marshall in a 1960 episode of the ABC western The Rebel. We thank him for his work on television. He will be sorely missed.

Television writer and producer Wilford Lloyd Baumes created The Love Boat. He died in Cincinnati, Ohio, on June 28. Mr. Baumes was 86.

Baumes created and developed the 1977-1986 ABC romantic sitcom The Love Boat. The series was based on the 1974 book The Love Boats by Jeraldine Saunders. In addition, three TV movies aired before the regular series premiered and four specials and a TV movie aired after the series ended.

He worked as an associate to executive producer on the 1972-1973 CBS sitcom Bridget Loves Bernie, which starred Meredith Baxter and David Birney. He was an executive producer on Wonder Woman from 1976 to 1977.

Mr. Baumes's The Love Boat was part of ABC's popular Saturday-night lineup of the time, which also included Fantasy Island until 1984. We thank him for creating The Love Boat. He will be greatly missed.

Actress and television writer Ellen Weston had a recurring role as Dr. Steele in Get Smart. She died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on May 28. Ms. Weston was 87.

Weston had a recurring role as Dr. Steele in three episodes of the third season (1967-1968) of the NBC sitcom Get Smart. Dr. Steele is a beautiful, sexy, and brilliant CONTROL scientist who develops formulas while undercover as a dancer and strip-tease artist. She remains oblivious to Maxwell Smart's (Don Adams) clearly discomfited attraction to her. The character was replaced the next season by Dr. Simon who has the same cover, played by different actresses in two episodes.

Some of her other sitcom guest appearances included The Ghost & Mrs. Muir, Bewitched, The Little People, and The Bob Newhart Show. She had a recurring role as Betty Harrelson in the police procedural action crime drama S.W.A.T., which aired on ABC from 1975 to 1976.

Weston's other television guest appearances included Run for Your Life (2 episodes), N.Y.P.D. (1967), The F.B.I. (2 episodes), Bonanza, The Young Lawyers, Mannix, Night Gallery, The Sixth Sense, The Wide World of Mystery, Hawkins, Harry O, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, Barnaby Jones, Caribe, Ellery Queen, Cannon (3 episodes), Baretta, Most Wanted, Logan's Run, Lucan, and Wonder Woman.

Her first notable television role was a stint as Robin Fletcher on Guiding Light from 1963 to 1964, followed by another daytime role as Karen Gregory on Another World from 1964 to 1965. From 1979 to 1981, she appeared as Suzanne Thurston, Derek's ex-wife, on The Young and the Restless.

Weston's first television writing job was as a staff writer for the CBS soap opera Capitol. She was the head writer on Guiding Light from 2002 to 2004.

Ms. Weston was a talented and versatile actress. We thank her for her work on television as an actress and writer. She will be deeply missed.

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Remembering Demond Wilson of Sanford and Son, Catherine O'Hara of Schitt's Creek, Yvonne Lime of Father Knows Best, and TV Director Bruce Bilson

Actor and author Demond Wilson, who starred as Lamont Sanford in Sanford and Son, has died. He died of complications from cancer at his home in Palm Springs, California, on January 30. He had been suffering from prostate cancer. Mr. Wilson was 79.

Wilson was featured in several Broadway and off-Broadway stage productions before moving to Hollywood. His first credited role on television was as Horace, a burglar, with Cleavon Little as Coke in the 1971 episode of All in the Family titled "Edith Writes a Song". He played Simmons in a 1971 episode of Mission: Impossible.

Wilson starred as Lamont Sanford in the 1972-1977 NBC sitcom Sanford and Son. The series follows Fred G. Sanford (Redd Foxx), known for his bigotry and cantankerousness, and Lamont Sanford, his long-suffering, conscientious, peacemaker son. It was a hit through its six-season run, finishing in the Nielsen top ten five times. Recurring cast members included Slappy White (1972), Don Bexley, Noam Pitlik (1972), Hal Williams (1972-1976), Beah Richards (1972), Gregory Sierra (1972-1975), Nathaniel Taylor, LaWanda Page (1973-1977), Whitman Mayo (1973-1977), Lynn Hamilton, Howard Platt (1972-1976), Pat Morita (1974-1975), Marlene Clark (1976-1977), Raymond Allen (1976-1977), and Edward Crawford (1976-1977).

He next starred as Raymond Ellis in the short-lived 1978 CBS sitcom Baby... I'm Back!, which aired for 13 episodes. The series follows Raymond Ellis, a irresponsible gambler who returns to Washington, D.C. after seven years to win back his wife and children. He discovers he was declared legally dead and must compete with his wife's new fiancé and interfering mother-in-law. The cast included Denise Nicholas, Helen Martin, Kim Fields, Tony Holmes, and Ed Hall.

Wilson starred as Oscar Madison in short-lived 1982-1983 ABC sitcom The New Odd Couple. It was an updated version of the 1970-1975 ABC sitcom The Odd Couple. In this series, Felix Unger (Ron Glass) and Oscar Madison were both African-American college buddies who met in the 1950s. The characterizations were still the same, as Felix was a prissy neatfreak and Oscar was a fun-loving and sloppy character. The cast included John Schuck, Bart Braverman, Jo Marie Payton, Liz Torres, Sheila Anderson, Ronalda Douglas, Telma Hopkins, Christopher Joy, and Marvin Braverman.

He guest starred in two episodes of The Love Boat in 1979 and 1981. He had a recurring role as Kenneth Miles, Lynn Searcy's (Persia White) biological father, in four episodes of the UPN sitcom Girlfriends from 2004 to 2005.

Wilson guest starred in a 1981 episode of Today's F.B.I. on ABC. He starred as Agent Ed Schamper in the 1983 comedy-drama film Me and the Kid. Some of his other film credits included The Organization (1971), Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues (1972), Full Moon High (1981), and Hammerlock (2000).

He served in the United States Army from 1966 to 1968 and was in the 4th Infantry Division in Vietnam, where he was wounded. In 1984, he was ordained as a minister in the Church of God in Christ and was an active Christian evangelist for much of his adult life. His memoir Second Banana: The Bittersweet Memoirs of the Sanford & Son Years was released on August 31, 2009.

Mr. Wilson was funny and memorable as Lamont Sanford. He had great chemistry with Redd Foxx and the other cast members. We thank him for his service and for his work on television. He will be greatly missed.

Share your memories on our Sanford and Son message board. View photos in our galleries.

Antenna TV celebrates the life of Demond Wilson with a 4-hour mini tribute marathon of Sanford and Son episodes on Tuesday, February 3 starting at 7pm ET / 4pm PT. Watch Sanford and Son weekdays at 7am ET, weeknights at 10pm ET and Saturdays at 3pm ET on Antenna TV.

This Saturday (February 7), in honor of the late Demond Wilson, Catchy Comedy will do a 4-hour mini tribute marathon of Sanford and Son starting at 7pm ET. Watch Sanford and Son weeknights at 7pm ET on Catchy Comedy.

Emmy-winning Canadian-American actress Catherine O'Hara, who starred as Moira Rose in Schitt's Creek, has died. She died in Los Angeles on January 30. Ms. O'Hara was 71.

O'Hara starred as answering service operator Myrna Wallbacker in the second season (1976-1977) of the CBC children's sitcom Coming Up Rosie. The show focuses on a group of tenants in an office building located at 99 Sumach Street, Toronto. It aired for two seasons, in the fall of 1975 and 1976, and in repeats through 1978 and again for the summer of 1984.

She starred in the Canadian sketch comedy show SCTV, which aired from 1976 to 1984. She was a main cast member for seasons 1, 2 and 4 and made guest appearances in seasons 5 and 6. She became known for her versatility in playing both original characters and celebrity impersonations. Some of her original characters included singers Lola Heatherton and Dusty Towne, Sue Ellen Alison and Violet McKay. She was also a writer for seasons 1, 2, 4 and 6. O'Hara's work as a writer on the show earned her an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program in 1982 and three Emmy Award nominations.

O'Hara starred as Moira Rose in the 2015-2020 CBC sitcom Schitt's Creek. The series follows the formerly wealthy Rose family who, after their business manager embezzles the family business, Rose Video, lose their fortune and relocate to a motel in the small (fictional) town of Schitt's Creek, where they must adjust to their new life circumstances. Moira Rose is an eccentric former soap opera star, with a firm commitment to glamour and a fierce belief in her own celebrity. She uses an extensive vocabulary and speaks with an unplaceable, faux-upper class accent.

O'Hara's role earned her a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 2019 and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy in 2021. Her performance earned her six Canadian Screen Awards for Best Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. The cast included Eugene Levy, Daniel Levy, Annie Murphy, Emily Hampshire, Chris Elliott, Jennifer Robertson, Noah Reid (seasons 3-6), Tim Rozon (seasons 1–2; guest seasons 3–4), and Dustin Milligan.

In 2025, she starred as Patty Leigh in the Apple TV+ satirical cringe comedy The Studio. It stars Seth Rogen as Matt Remick, an embattled Hollywood studio head struggling to balance corporate demands with his own film production desires. Patty Leigh is the former studio head and Matt's mentor. O'Hara received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2025.

Some of her sitcom/comedy guest appearances included Trying Times (1987), Dream On, Morton & Hayes, The Larry Sanders Show, Oh Baby, Bram and Alice, Curb Your Enthusiasm, 30 Rock, and Modern Family. She appeared in four episodes of the 1984 NBC sketch comedy series The New Show. She provided the voice of Liz Larsen for the 2001 CTV animated sitcom Committed.

Some of her other television credits included the HBO drama series Six Feet Under (2003–2005), the Netflix series A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017–2018) and the HBO post-apocalyptic drama series The Last of Us (2025). She received an Emmy nomination in 2025 for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Gail Lynden on The Last of Us.

She starred as Delia Deetz in the horror-comedy film Beetlejuice (1988).She starred as Kate McCallister in the blockbuster comedy film Home Alone (1990) and its sequel Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992). She frequently collaborated with Christopher Guest, acting in his mockumentary films Waiting for Guffman (1996), Best in Show (2000), A Mighty Wind (2003), and For Your Consideration (2006). Some of her other film credits included After Hours (1985), Heartburn (1986), Dick Tracy (1990), Betsy's Wedding (1990), The Paper (1994), and Wyatt Earp (1994). Her portrayal of Temple Grandin's aunt in the HBO film Temple Grandin (2010) earned an Emmy nomination.

Ms. O'Hara was a talented and funny actress. Her television and film collaborations with Eugene Levy were always entertaining. We thank her for the many laughs and entertainment that she brought us during her legendary career, which spanned over 50 years. She will be deeply missed.

Share your memories on our Schitt's Creek message board. View photos in our galleries.

Actress Yvonne Lime, who had a recurring role as Dotty Snow in Father Knows Best and starred as Sally Day in Happy, has died. She died at her home in Paradise Valley, Arizona, on January 23. Ms. Lime was 90.

Lime had a recurring role as Dotty/Dottie Snow in more than a dozen episodes of the CBS/NBC sitcom Father Knows Best from 1954 to 1960. Father Knows Best follows the lives of the Andersons, a middle-class family living in the town of Springfield. Dotty/Dottie Snow is a friend of Betty Anderson (Elinor Donahue). The cast included Robert Young, Jane Wyatt, Billy Gray, and Lauren Chapin.

She starred as Sally Day in the 1960-1961 NBC sitcom Happy. The series depicts the events at a motel in Palm Springs, California, run by a young married couple with commentary provided by the voiced thoughts of their infant son Happy. The series also starred Ronnie Burns, Lloyd Corrigan, Doris Packer, David Born, and Steven Born.

Some of her other sitcom guest appearances included December Bride, The People's Choice, The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (11 episodes), The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (4 episodes), The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (2 episodes), Bringing Up Buddy (4 episodes), The Joey Bishop Show, The Bill Dana Show, The Andy Griffith Show, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (4 episodes), and My Three Sons.

She made her first television guest appearance on The Millionaire in 1956. Some of her other television credits included Studio 57, The Adventures of Jim Bowie, Crossroads (2 episodes), The Thin Man, Wichita Town, Bat Masterson, The Third Man, and Dragnet (1967).

Lime's first film appearance was as Snookie Maguire in The Rainmaker (1956). Some of her other film credits included I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957) and High School Hellcats (1958).

She was married to producer Don Fedderson (The Millionaire, My Three Sons and Family Affair) from 1969 until his death in 1994.

Ms. Lime devoted much of her time to philanthropy after retiring from acting. She was best known as the co-founder of Childhelp, a non-profit organization dedicated to the prevention and treatment of child abuse. She garnered five consecutive Nobel Peace Prize nominatons (2000-2005) for her humanitarian work. We thank her for work on television and her humanitarian work. She will be sorely missed.

Emmy-winning television director Bruce Bilson, who was best known for his work on the spy spoof Get Smart, has died. He died at his home in Los Angeles on January 16. Mr. Bilson was 97.

Bilson directed 22 episodes of the NBC sitcom Get Smart from 1965 to 1968. He directed the second-most episodes of the series behind Gary Nelson who directed 23 episodes. He won the 1967–1968 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series for the third season episode "Maxwell Smart, Private Eye".

He directed 22 episodes of Hogan's Heroes from 1967-1971. He worked as an assistant director on The Andy Griffith Show from 1960 to 1963. Some of his other 1960s sitcom directing credits included Karen (1964), The Baileys of Balboa (2 episodes), The Patty Duke Show (11 episodes), Gidget (3 episodes), Camp Runamuck, Run Buddy Run, Please Don't Eat the Daisies (10 episodes), That Girl, Bewitched, Blondie (1968), and The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (2 episodes).

Some of his 1970s sitcom directing credits included The Tim Conway Show (1970), Barefoot in the Park, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Green Acres, Arnie (4 episodes), The Good Life (2 episodes in 1971), The Odd Couple (6 episodes), Nanny and the Professor (8 episodes), Love, American Style (21 episodes), The Doris Day Show (12 episodes), Sanford and Son, The New Temperatures Rising Show, M*A*S*H, The Paul Lynde Show (2 episodes), The Partridge Family (2 episodes), Roll Out, Dusty's Trail (5 episodes), The Brady Bunch (4 episodes), When Things Were Rotten, Barney Miller (10 episodes), Alice (2 episodes), Tabitha, Quark, Delta House, and The Bad News Bears.

Bilson directed 17 episodes of Dinosaurs from 1991 to 1993. Some of his other 1980s and 1990s sitcom directing credits included Harper Valley P.T.A. (3 episodes), House Calls (6 episodes), Private Benjamin (4 episodes), Too Close for Comfort, Just Our Luck, The Love Boat (5 episodes), Life with Lucy (2 episodes), Sledge Hammer! (2 episodes), The Munsters Today, The Nutt House (4 episodes), and The Love Boat: The Next Wave.

He was interviewed for The Interviews: An Oral History of Television on August 19, 2008.

Mr. Bilson directed over 400 episodes of television throughout his five-decade career. He was the father of Danny Bilson, a film and video game writer/producer, and the grandfather of actress Rachel Bilson. We thank him for his work on television. He will be greatly missed.

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Doc Season 2 Trailer for Fox; Remembering David Ketchum and Jerry Adler

Dr. Amy Larsen has more than just her patients' lives on her hands on the season 2 premiere of Doc returning Tuesday, Sept. 23 at 9/8c on Fox. Watch/share the official season 2 trailer!

Inspired by a true story and based on the hit eponymous Italian drama series, Doc begins its second season of the life-affirming medical drama following the heartbreak and victories of hard-charging, brilliant physician Dr. Amy Larsen (Emmy nominee Molly Parker, House of Cards) as she rebuilds her life after a car crash erased eight years of her memory. This season, Amy will continue to confront hard truths about her missing years, work to repair fractured relationships and seek to reconcile the person she used to be with the one everyone else has come to know. Also starring Omar Metwally, Felicity Huffman, Amirah Vann, Charlotte Fountain-Jardim, Jon Ecker, and Anya Banerjee.

Actor and television writer David Ketchum, who starred as Spiffy in Camp Runamuck and as Agent 13 in Get Smart, has died. He died of heart failure on August 10 in Thousand Oaks, California. Mr. Ketchum was 97.

Ketchum's first regular role was as Mel Warshaw in 23 episodes of the 1962-1963 ABC sitcom I'm Dickens, He's Fenster. The series starred John Astin and Marty Ingels as Harry Dickens and Arch Fenster, inept Los Angeles carpenters who were friends, and who worked for the Bannister Construction Company. Mel Warshaw and Bob Mulligan (Henry Beckman) were carpenters who provided little help when problems arose on a job site. The cast included Emmaline Henry, Frank DeVol, and Noam Pitlik.

He starred as Senior Counselor Spiffy in the 1965-1966 NBC sitcom Camp Runamuck. The series related the wacky goings-on at the titular boys' summer camp, and at Camp Divine, its girls' counterpart across the lake. Runamuck was run by Commander Wivenhoe (Arch Johnson), a man who couldn't stand kids, and Senior Counselor Spiffy, his assistant of sorts. The cast included Alice Nunn, Dave Madden, Leonard Stone, Nina Wayne, Hermione Baddeley, Mike Wagner, and George Dunn.

Ketchum had a recurring role as Agent 13 in 13 episodes of the NBC sitcom Get Smart from 1966 to 1967. Agent 13 is an agent who is usually stationed inside unlikely, sometimes impossibly small or unlucky places, such as cigarette machines, washing machines, lockers, trash cans, or fire hydrants. Ketchum also co-wrote the third season episode titled "Classification: Dead." He reprised the role in the 1989 ABC TV movie Get Smart, Again! as well as an episode of the 1995 revival of Get Smart on Fox. Get Smart starred Don Adams, Barbara Feldon, and Edward Platt.

He had a recurring role as Joe Kelly, the father of Joey Kelly (Jodie Foster), in three episodes of The Courtship of Eddie's Father from 1969 to 1970. Some of his other sitcom guest appearances included The Jim Backus Show, Angel (2 episodes in 1961), The Real McCoys, The Joey Bishop Show (2 episodes), The Munsters, Hey, Landlord (4 episodes), Good Morning World (2 episodes), The Andy Griffith Show (2 episodes), Accidental Family (2 episodes), Petticoat Junction, Gomer Pyle: USMC, Mayberry R.F.D., That Girl (3 episodes), The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Green Acres (2 episodes), My Three Sons, The Odd Couple (2 episodes), The Partridge Family (1972), Love, American Style (4 episodes), Maude, Happy Days (5 episodes), Alice, Mork & Mindy, and Perfect Strangers.

Some of his other sitcom writing credits included Hey, Landlord (1967), Captain Nice (2 episodes), Here's Lucy (2 episodes), Me and the Chimp (2 episodes), Love, American Style (4 episodes), M*A*S*H, Blansky's Beauties, On Our Own (1977), Who's Watching the Kids? (2 episodes, he also directed 2 episodes), Happy Days (10 episodes), Laverne & Shirley (5 episodes), Too Close for Comfort, Down to Earth, The Love Boat (7 episodes), Perfect Strangers, Sledge Hammer! (4 episodes), and Full House.

Mr. Ketchum was funny and memorable as the unfortunate Agent 13 in Get Smart. He was a familiar face in many sitcoms of the 1960s and 1970s. We thank him for the laughs as an actor and writer. He will be greatly missed.

Actor Jerry Adler, who starred in Hudson Street, Alright Already and Raising Dad, has died. He died at his home in New York City on August 23. Mr. Adler was 96.

Adler had a recurring role as Mr. Wicker, the apartment building superintendent, in nine episodes of the NBC sitcom Mad About You from 1994 to 1999. He first appeared as Sgt. Panino in a 1993 episode. He reprised the role of Mr. Wicker in two episodes of the 2019 Spectrum revival.

He starred as Lt. Al Teischler in the 1995-1996 ABC sitcom Hudson Street. Tony Danza starred as Tony Canetti, a divorced detective in Hoboken, New Jersey, who shares custody of his son Mickey with his ex-wife. Old-timer Al was seen down at the station house. The cast included Lori Loughlin, Frankie J. Galasso, Christine Dunford, Tom Gallop, Jeffrey Anderson-Gunter, and Shareen J. Mitchell.

Adler starred as Al Lerner in the 1997-1998 The WB sitcom Alright Already. Carol Lerner (Carol Leifer) is a single businesswoman who opens an optometry shop in Miami with her best friend and deals with embarrassing situations and her relationship with her family. Al and Miriam Lerner (Mitzi McCall) were her retired, overbearing, perpetually squabbling parents. The series also starred Amy Yasbeck, Stacy Galina, and Maury Sterling.

He starred as Sam Stewart in the 2001-2002 The WB sitcom Raising Dad. Matt Stewart (Bob Saget) is a widower trying to raise his two daughters, Sarah (Kat Dennings) and Emily (Brie Larson), with the help of his live-in father, Sam, a former baseball player for the Boston Red Sox. The cast included Meagan Good, Andy Kindler, Ben Indra, Beau Wirick, Camille Guaty, Tembi Locke, and Riley Smith.

Some of his other sitcom guest appearances included Brooklyn Bridge, True Colors (2 episodes), Spin City, LateLine, The War at Home, 'Til Death (2 episodes), Curb Your Enthusiasm, and Broad City.

Adler was also known for work in television dramas. He had a recurring role as Herman "Hesh" Rabkin, a loan shark and advisor to Tony Soprano, in 28 episodes of the 1999-2007 HBO crime drama The Sopranos. He had a recurring role as Sidney Feinberg, FDNY 75th Battalion Chief, in 34 episodes of the FX comedy drama Rescue Me from 2007 to 2011. He had a recurring role as Howard Lyman in 30 episodes of the CBS legal political drama The Good Wife from 2011 to 2016. He reprised the role in two episodes of The Good Fight in 2017 and 2018. He had a recurring role as Moshe Pfefferman, the father of Maura Pfefferman (Jeffrey Tambor), in nine episodes of the Amazon comedy drama Transparent from 2017 to 2019.

Some of his other television guest appearances included Quantum Leap (1992), New York Undercover, Northern Exposure (3 episodes as Rabbi Alan Schulman), Law & Order, Wonderland, Bull (3 episodes), The West Wing, CSI: Miami, Detroit 1-8-7, Mozart in the Jungle (2 episodes), and Living with Yourself.

Mr. Adler was a talented and versatile actor. He spent decades behind the scenes of storied Broadway productions before pivoting to acting in his early 60s. We thank him for his work on television. He will be sorely missed.

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SitcomsOnline Digest: Home Improvement Cast Members to Reunite on Shifting Gears; The Paper to Have Binge Drop

 Welcome to SitcomsOnline Digest! This week, we have news about a Home Improvement reunion (sort of), an update on The Paper, and more. Let's get going!

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB

• A Home Improvement reunion (including Patricia Richardson, who called Tim Allen a liar in an interview when he claimed an actual reboot series is coming) is happening this season on Shifting Gears. (Deadline)
• The Paper, the followup series to The Office, will have a binge drop rather than a weekly drop. (Deadline)
• We're getting our first look at season 2 of A Man on the Inside. (Variety)
• Lorne Michaels is making it clear that season 51 of Saturday Night Live will include some cast departures, but we don't know exactly who just yet. (Entertainment Weekly)
• South Park, which has had very few new episodes in recent years, will only be having a new episode every other week for the foreseeable future. (Consequence)
• We're not expecting a Family Matters animated reboot, but the idea is out there nonetheless. (Deadline)
• Local broadcast television has been getting a lot less "local" lately, and it's about to go even further, as Nexstar is buying Tegna. (AP News)
• Dave Ketchum, known for his role as Agent 13 on Get Smart, has died at age 97. (Hollywood Reporter)
• George Lopez is heading to COZI. (SitcomsOnline)

• Catchy Comedy has a binge of Square Pegs and Ferris Bueller tomorrow.

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SitcomsOnline Digest: Skydance Media Reportedly Taking Over Paramount; Internet Archive Restores MTV News Archives

Welcome to SitcomsOnline Digest! It's the slow Independence Day weekend news recap, but we've got more news about Paramount (which will seem like a repeat of a story we've had two times before, because it is, as it has been on-again and off-again) and more. Let's get going!

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB

• At this point, we'll just call it a rumor that may or may not happen since this history of Paramount reportedly being close to a deal on being sold has been a mess for the past year, but it looks like Skydance Media may actually be on the verge of closing a deal with Paramount (or maybe not). (Reuters)
• Last week, Paramount decided to remove all videos (including full episodes and clips from The Daily Show) from the websites of all of their cable networks, as well as delete decades worth of MTV News archives, but now, at least the MTV News archives have been restored by the Internet Archive. (Deadline)
• Outer Range has been cancelled by Amazon. (Hollywood Reporter)
• Will Forte has joined the cast of the upcoming Netflix comedy, The Four Seasons. (SitcomsOnline)

WEEKLY PLANNER (JUNE 6 - JULY 12)

• Catchy Comedy has a binge of Get Smart this weekend.
• The Twilight Zone marathon that started on Thursday continues Heroes and Icons this weekend
• ABC has some game show season premieres throughout the week, with Celebrity Family Feud on Tuesday and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? on Wednesday.

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Antenna TV's Companion Network, Rewind TV Launching September 1 with 80s and 90s Series; Remembering Sitcom Writer Bernie Kahn

Nexstar Media Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXST), announced that it will launch Rewind TV, a digital subchannel offering a slate of classic television sitcom hits from the 1980s and 1990s, on September 1, 2021. We first broke this news a few months ago, but now the official announcement has come with the name of the network and programming info. At its launch, Rewind TV will reach 40 percent of U.S. television households, or nearly 50 million homes, including New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago. Rewind TV will be available on newly designated or recently vacated digital subchannels licensed to Nexstar, full details on station carriage will be coming in the coming months.

Rewind TV will air a bunch of series from the Antenna TV library, but they have also acquired some new sitcoms: The Drew Carey Show, Suddenly Susan, Caroline in the City, and The John Larroquette Show. We already announced Caroline in the City is coming in 2021 and vaguely hinted about Suddenly Susan in 2022 (but now both are coming to Rewind instead of Antenna). We also hinted a return for Mad About You, but no word on that one yet. The Drew Carey Show and The John Larroquette Show are totally new and will start in 2022 with Suddenly Susan. Joining Caroline in the City this September on Rewind are Antenna TV faves 227, Becker, Dear John, Designing Women, Diff'rent Strokes, The Facts of Life, Family Ties, Growing Pains, Head of the Class, The Hogan Family, Mork & Mindy, Murphy Brown, My Two Dads, NewsRadio, Sabrina The Teenage Witch, Who’s the Boss, and Wings all will migrate over to Rewind TV in September. Some of these series are resting a bit right now on Antenna TV, as we mentioned. Nexstar's companion digital network, Antenna TV, will continue to air some of the most popular programming from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, including weeknight reruns of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and sitcoms such as Three's Company, Bewitched and The Jeffersons. Stay tuned for much more information on Rewind TV!

Television writer Bernie Kahn, who worked on The Addams Family, Get Smart, Bewitched and Three's Company, has died. He died on April 21 at the Motion Picture Home in Woodland Hills, California. Mr. Kahn was 90.

Kahn's sitcom writing credits in the 1960s included My Favorite Martian, The Smothers Brothers Show (aka My Brother the Angel), My Mother the Car, The Lucy Show, The Addams Family, Petticoat Junction (2 episodes), Hank, Get Smart, Bewitched (15 episodes from 1967 to 1972), Occasional Wife, The Second Hundred Years, The Ugliest Girl in Town and The Courtship of Eddie's Father.

He co-created the short-lived 1978-1979 NBC sitcom Joe & Valerie with Ronald Rubin. Some of his sitcom writing credits in the 1970s included My World and Welcome to It, Nanny and the Professor, Make Room for Granddaddy, The Good Life, Love, American Style (3 episodes), The Brady Bunch, The Partridge Family, Room 222 (2 episodes), The Paul Lynde Show, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, Maude, Chico and the Man, Viva Valdez (2 episodes), The Practice (3 episodes), Tabitha (also an executive story consultant), Three's Company, The Love Boat and Brothers and Sisters.

Kahn received two Writers Guild Award nominations for Episodic Comedy for Get Smart in 1968 and My World and Welcome to It in 1971.

He co-wrote the 1971 Disney television movie The Barefoot Executive with Joseph McEveety, Lila Garrett and Stu Billett. He wrote the 1985 comedy film Basic Training.

Survivors include his wife, Elinor Berger; three daughters; two step-children; and five grandchildren.

Mr. Kahn penned more than 100 episodes of television series during his career, which spanned from the 1960s to the 1990s. We thank him for the laughs and entertainment he brought us. He will be greatly missed.

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MeTV Network's 2014 Summer of Me Schedule; Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of May 5, 2014)

Summer is officially cool when a special line-up of hip and exciting programming joins the MeTV Network schedule. Summertime begins on Monday, May 26 when MeTV presents "The Summer of Me," a fun-filled collection of fan favorites ready to entertain audiences on America's #1 all classic television network including the return of Happy Days, The Mod Squad, Bosom Buddies, The Love Boat, Get Smart, The Honeymooners, F Troop, The Odd Couple and more. Among the highlights include a "Summertime Comedy Conundrum Breakout" every weeknight from 10-11pm featuring back-to-back episodes of Get Smart on Mondays, The Honeymooners on Tuesdays, F Troop on Wednesdays, Bosom Buddies on Thursdays and The Odd Couple on Fridays. The other schedule changes include: Make Room for Daddy airing weekdays at 5:30am; The Love Boat, The Mod Squad, & The Rockford Files weekdays from 10am-1pm; back-to-back Adam-12 from 4-5pm; Happy Days at 8:30pm; and Dragnet & Adam-12 in late night at 12:30am & 1am. Weekends will stay mostly the same, but Sunday mornings will have some changes including He-Man & The Masters of the Universe at 5am, back-to-back Family Affair from 6-7am, and Leave it to Beaver from 7-9am (some stations will air E/I programming from 8-9am). Stay with us for continued updates and enjoy "The Summer of Me!"


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 May 5-9, 2014, 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, May 5, 2014

• Sally Field (Gidget/The Flying Nun) - Watch Sally on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
• Bryan Cranston (Malcolm in the Middle) - Bryan is a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:34pm on NBC.
• Brie Larson (United States of Tara/Raising Dad) - Brie stops by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:34pm on NBC.
• Mindy Kaling (The Mindy Project/The Office) - Mindy appears on Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
• Jenna Elfman (Growing Up Fisher/1600 Penn/Dharma & Greg) - Jenna visits Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC. She also talks about Growing Up Fisher on NBC's Today in the 9am hour.
• Julie Bowen (Modern Family) - Julie is a guest on Conan at 11pm on TBS.
• Adam Pally (The Mindy Project/Happy Endings) - Adam stops by The Pete Holmes Show at midnight on TBS.
• Megan Fox (Hope & Faith) - Megan visits The Ellen DeGeneres Show, so check your local listings.
• Bryan Greenberg (How to Make It in America) - Bryan will be a guest on HuffPost Live. He can be heard on The Morning Jolt with Larry Flick on SiriusXM OutQ channel 109 between 7am-11am.
• Linda Lavin (Sean Saves the World/Alice) - Linda talks about A Short History of Decay on NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
• Dave Franco (Scrubs/Do Not Disturb) - Dave talks about his new film Neighbors on NBC's Today between 7-9am. He will also be on Big Morning Buzz Live on VH1 at 10am. He can be heard on Covino & Rich on SiriusXM Indie Radio channel 104 at 12:30pm.
• Billy Bob Thornton (Hearts Afire) - Billy Bob is a guest on The Arsenio Hall Show, so check your local listings.
• Florence Henderson (The Brady Bunch) - Florence plays The Dating Game on The Queen Latifah Show at 12am on BET or on your local stations.
• Jennifer Esposito (Spin City) - Jennifer talks about her new book (Way: My Journey with Celiac Disease--What Doctors Don’t Tell You and How You Can Learn to Live Again) on New York Live on WNBC at 12:30pm ET.
• Tracy Morgan (30 Rock/The Tracy Morgan Show) - Tracy can be heard on Covino & Rich on SiriusXM Indie Radio channel 104 between 12-3pm.

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

• Jon Cryer (Two and a Half Men) - Catch Jon on The Late Show with David Letterman at 11:35pm on CBS.
• Bette Midler (Bette) - Bette is a guest on The Colbert Report at 11:30pm on Comedy Central.
• Christopher Meloni (Surviving Jack/The Fanelli Boys) - Christopher drops by Conan at 11pm on TBS.
• Dave Franco (Scrubs/Do Not Disturb) - Dave visits Conan at 11pm on TBS.
• David Alan Grier (Bad Teacher/Life with Bonnie/DAG) - David appears on Watch What Happens: Live at 11pm on Bravo.
• Kristen Schaal (Bob's Burgers/Flight of the Conchords) - Kristen stops by The Pete Holmes Show at midnight on TBS.
• Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother/Doogie Howser, M.D.) - Neil chats about the Broadway production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch on LIVE! with Kelly and Michael, so check your local listings.
• Jenna Elfman (Growing Up Fisher/1600 Penn/Dharma & Greg) - Jenna appears on The Wendy Williams Show at 12am on BET or on your local stations.
• Bryan Greenberg (How to Make It in America) - Bryan talks about A Short History of Decay on NBC's Today in the 9am hour. He will also be on Big Morning Buzz Live on VH1 at 10am. He can be heard on Wake Up With Taylor on SiriusXM radio on SiriusXM Stars Channel 106 between 7-10am.
• Tia Mowry-Hardrict (Instant Mom/The Game/Sister, Sister) - Tia is a guest on The Better Show, so check your local listings.
• Swoosie Kurtz (Mike & Molly/Love, Sidney) - Swoosie talks about Mike & Molly and her new book (Part Swan, Part Goose: An Uncommon Memoir of Womanhood, Work, and Family) on The Better Show, so check your local listings.
• Clark Gregg (The New Adventures of Old Christine) - Clark appears on The Queen Latifah Show at 12am on BET or on your local stations. He will also be on SI Now at 1pm.
• Mayim Bialik (The Big Bang Theory/Blossom and Melissa Rauch (The Big Bang Theory) - Mayim and Melissa will be guests on Larry King Now at 2/5pm PT/ET on Ora.tv and Hulu.
• Patricia Heaton (The Middle/Back to You/Everybody Loves Raymond) - Patricia guest co-hosts The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
• Jason Priestley (Call Me Fitz) - Jason talks about his new book (Jason Priestley: A Memoir) on ABC's Good Morning America between 7-9am. He also chats with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
• Charles Esten (The Crew/The Office) - Charles joins the Chew Crew on ABC's The Chew at 1pm ET/12pm PT/CT.
• Marlo Thomas (That Girl) - Marlo is a guest on Tavis Smiley on PBS, so check your local listings.

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

• Sarah Jessica Parker (Sex and the City/Square Pegs) - Watch Sarah on Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
• Jenny McCarthy (Two and a Half Men/Jenny) - Jenny chats about her new book (Stirring the Pot: My Recipe for Getting What You Want Out of Life) on ABC's Good Morning America between 7-9am. She will also be on LIVE! with Kelly and Michael, so check your listings.
• Charles Esten (The Crew/The Office) - Charles and the men of Nashville can be heard on Wake Up With Taylor on SiriusXM radio on SiriusXM Stars Channel 106 between 7-10am.
• Debi Mazar (Entourage) - Debi can be heard on Wake Up With Taylor on SiriusXM radio on SiriusXM Stars Channel 106 between 7-10am.
• Whitney Cummings (Whitney) - Whitney is part of the guest panel on Chelsea Lately on E! at 11pm.
• Eli Baker (Growing Up Fisher) - Eli talks about Growing Up Fisher on The Better Show, so check your local listings.
• George Lopez (Saint George/George Lopez) - George is a guest on The Talk on CBS at 2pm ET/1pm CT-PT.
• Bill Cosby (The Cosby Show/Cosby/The Bill Cosby Show) - Bill appears on The Arsenio Hall Show, so check your local listings.
• Sarah Gilbert (Bad Teacher/The Big Bang Theory/Roseanne) - Sarah visits The Queen Latifah Show at 12am on BET or on your local stations.
• Jason Priestley (Call Me Fitz) - Jason talks about his new book (Jason Priestley: A Memoir) on New York Live on WNBC at 12:30pm ET.
• Patricia Heaton (The Middle/Back to You/Everybody Loves Raymond) - Patricia guest co-hosts The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
• Jon Cryer (Two and a Half Men) - Jon chats with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
• David Alan Grier (Bad Teacher/Life with Bonnie/DAG) - David will be on Good Day New York on WNYW-Fox5 in New York between 7-10am. He will also be on SI Now at 1pm.
• Hey Dude Cast - The cast of Hey Dude will reunite on HuffPost Live.

Thursday, May 8, 2014

• Lisa Kudrow (Web Therapy/The Comeback/Friends) - Catch Lisa on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson at 12:37am on CBS.
• Dave Franco (Scrubs/Do Not Disturbed) - Dave is part of the guest panel on Chelsea Lately on E! at 11pm.
• Jason Priestley (Call Me Fitz) - Jason appears on Watch What Happens: Live at 11pm on Bravo.
• Connie Britton (Spin City/The Fighting Fitzgeralds) - Connie 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.
• Patricia Heaton (The Middle/Back to You/Everybody Loves Raymond) - Patricia talks about her new film Moms' Night Out on The Wendy Williams Show at 12am on BET or on your local stations.
• Bonnie Somervile (Kitchen Confidential/In-Laws) - Bonnie discusses her new Hallmark Channel original movie Mom's Day Away on Home & Family on Hallmark Channel at 10am ET/PT.
• Jenny McCarthy (Two and a Half Men/Jenny) - Jenny joins the Chew Crew on ABC's The Chew at 1pm ET/12pm PT/CT.
• Sheryl Lee Ralph (Instant Mom/It's a Living) - Sheryl will be on The Couch on WLNY 10/55 in New York between 7-9am.
• Michael Strahan (Brothers) - Michael is a guest on ABC's Good Morning America between 7-9am.
• David Alan Grier (Bad Teacher/Life with Bonnie/DAGO - David appears on Big Morning Buzz Live on VH1 at 10am.

Friday, May 9, 2014

• Mila Kunis (That '70s Show/Family Guy) - Watch Mila on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, so check your local listings.
• David Koechner (The Office) - David appears on a repeat of Last Call with Carson Daly at 1:35am on NBC.
• Patricia Heaton (The Middle/Back to You/Everybody Loves Raymond) - Patricia shares behind-the-scenes stories from her new film Moms' Night Out on Katie, so check your local listings.
• Dave Franco (Scrubs/Do Not Disturb) - Dave can be heard on Wake Up With Taylor on SiriusXM radio on SiriusXM Stars Channel 106 between 7-10am.
• Swoosie Kurtz (Mike & Molly/Love, Sidney) - Swoosie talks about her new book (Part Swan, Part Goose: An Uncommon Memoir of Womanhood, Work, and Family) on Home & Family on Hallmark Channel at 10am ET/PT.
• Bette Midler (Bette) - Bette chats with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
• Alan Alda (M*A*S*H) - Alan will be on HuffPost Live.

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Cloo Schedule Changes; Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of July 15, 2013)

We have more Cloo news for you today. Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, The Odd Couple, Taxi, Mork & Mindy and Get Smart will be removed from their regular schedule beginning Monday, July 15. Monk shifts to 6am weekdays, replacing the sitcoms. The Unit will be added at 7am weekdays, replacing Laverne & Shirley on Mondays and Monk on Tuesday-Friday. MacGyver will also now air Mondays from 8am-1pm, replacing the sitcoms. It will be all MacGyver on Mondays, as it already airs from 1pm-6am.

As we mentioned yesterday, they will have a Cloo Classic late night marathon of Happy Days on Saturday, August 24. We are sad to see all the sitcoms leave their regular lineup. Hopefully they will have more Cloo Classic and "Jump the Shark" marathons in the future. Stay with us for continued updates on Cloo.


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 July 15-19, 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, July 15, 2013

• Charlie Day (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia) - Watch Charlie on Conan at 11pm on TBS.
• Luis Guzman (How to Make It in America/Luis) - Luis talks about the animated movie Turbo and Latinos in Hollywood on Katie, so check your local listings.
• Miley Cyrus (Hannah Monatna) - Miley, Ryan Seacrest and Keith Urban make a surprise announcement on ABC's Good Morning America between 7-9am.
• Tia and Tamera Mowry (Sister, Sister) - Tia and Tamera open up about their inspirational blog for moms and women, their new television projects and their new product for new mothers called Milky on Marie at 12pm on Hallmark Channel.
• Betsy Brandt (The Michael J. Fox Show) - Betsy dishes about the exciting Breaking Bad series finale and reveals what it's like playing the wife of Michael J. Fox in their new comedy The Michael J. Fox Show on Marie at 12pm on Hallmark Channel.
• Eric McCormack (Will & Grace) - Eric chats with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

• Zachary Levi (Less Than Perfect) - Catch Zachary on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno at 11:35pm on NBC.
• Georgia King (The New Normal) - Georgia appears on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson at 12:37am on CBS.
• Rob Lowe (Parks and Recreation) - Rob guests on ABC's Good Morning America between 7-9am.
• Mary-Louise Parker (Weeds) - Mary-Louise stops by LIVE! with Kelly and Michael, so check your listings.
• Yvette Nicole Brown (Community) - Yvette co-hosts a celebration of souped-up street food, making bacon-fried, stuffed hot dogs with Michael Symon on The Chew on ABC at 1pm ET/12pm PT/CT.
• The Cast of The Exes - Donald Faison, Wayne Knight, David Alan Basche and Kristen Johnston share behind-the-scenes secrets and on-set stories on Katie, so check your local listings.

Wednesday, July 17, 2013

• Jerry Seinfeld (Seinfeld) - Watch Jerry on The Colbert Report at 11:30pm on Comedy Central.
• Jason Biggs (Mad Love/Drexell's Class) - Jason is part of the guest panel on Chelsea Lately on E! at 11pm.
• Melissa McCarthy (Mike & Molly) - Melissa appears on a repeat of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, so check listings.
• Peyton List (Jessie) - Peyton guests on The Better Show, so check your local listings.
• Ross Lynch (Austin & Ally) - The View celebrates summer with a performance from the cast of Disney Channel's Teen Beach Movie featuring Ross at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
• Rob Lowe (Parks and Recreation) - Rob talks about his family and most recent role portraying John F. Kennedy on Katie, so check your local listings.
• Vicki Lawrence (Mama's Family) - Vicki guest co-hosts The Talk on CBS at 2pm ET/1pm CT-PT.
• Judy Reyes (Scrubs) - Judy and the cast of Devious Maids are guests on The Talk on CBS at 2pm ET/1pm CT-PT.

Thursday, July 18, 2013

• Mary-Louise Parker (Weeds) - Catch Mary-Louise on a repeat of Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
• Jeffrey Tambor (Arrested Development/The Larry Sanders Show/The Ropers) - Jeffrey is a guest onThe Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson at 12:37am on CBS.
• Bob Saget (How I Met Your Mother/Full House) - Bob visits Late Night with Jimmy Fallon at 12:37am on NBC.
• Jeff Garlin (The Goldbergs/Curb Your Enthusiasm) - Jeff drops by Conan at 11pm on TBS.
• Olivia Munn (Perfect Couples) - Tune in to see Olivia on Conan at 11pm on TBS.
• Ross Lynch (Austin & Ally) - Ross appears on LIVE! with Kelly and Michael, so check your listings.
• Chris Rock (Everybody Hates Chris), David Spade (Rules of Engagement/Just Shoot Me!) and Kevin James (The King of Queens) - The cast of Grown Ups 2 are guests on a repeat of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, so check listings.
• Aresenio Hall (Arsenio) - Arsenio guest co-hosts The Talk on CBS at 2pm ET/1pm CT-PT.
• Ty Burrell (Modern Family/Back to You/Out of Practice) - Ty appears on a repeat of Anderson Live, so check your local listings.
• Wanda Sykes (The New Adventures of Old Christine/Wanda at Large) - Wanda drops by Watch What Happens: Live at 11pm on Bravo.

Friday, July 19, 2013

• Miranda Cosgrove (iCarly) - Watch Miranda on a repeat of Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
• Jeffrey Tambor (Arrested Development/The Larry Sanders Show/The Ropers) - Jeffrey visits The Talk on CBS at 2pm ET/1pm CT-PT.
• Jackée (227/Sister, Sister) - Jackée guest co-hosts a repeat of Anderson Live, so check your local listings.

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Cloo's 2nd Classic TV Jump the Shark Marathon; WLNY-TV New York's 2nd Annual I Love Lucy 4th of July Marathon

We hinted last week that Cloo will have a special event coming up soon and now we can tell you what that is! On Friday, July 5, 2013, Cloo presents its second "Jump the Shark" Marathon! A 24-hour party full of classic TV all day and all night with "jump the shark" moments. The first one was back in November, as we announced. There comes a time when a long running television series desperately tries to keep viewers' interest. These gimmicks started when Fonzie "Jumped the Shark" on Happy Days. Cloo is celebrating these classic television moments with an all-day marathon featuring Get Smart, Bosom Buddies, Family Ties, Mork & Mindy, Laverne & Shirley, Happy Days, MacGyver, Mannix, The Unit, House, and Charlie's Angels. Among the episodes you'll see are "The Birth of a Keaton" on Family Ties, the infamous 3-part "Hollywood" episode of Happy Days, the move to Burbank on Laverne & Shirley, the wedding on Mork & Mindy, and many more.

Late in the month, Cloo will have a Cloo Classics Marathon of MacGyver on Saturday, July 20, starting at 6:00am running 24 straight hours! MacGyver airs regularly on Mondays from 1pm-6am, following classic sitcoms Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, The Odd Couple, Taxi and Mork & Mindy from 6am-1pm. Stay with us for continued updates on Cloo and the classic TV they air! We will have more news for August, so come on back!




We stick with classic TV for this second story. Last year on the 4th of July, WLNY-TV 10/55 in New York City started a tradition of airing classic TV marathons on major holidays. The first one was I Love Lucy on the 4th of July. Back by popular demand... the I Love Lucy July 4th Marathon returns for the second straight year! As usual with the WLNY-TV classic TV marathons, they will be 12-hours and start at 9:00am running to 9:00pm. The 24 classic episodes airing are: "Lucy Thinks Ricky Is Trying to Murder Her," "The Great Train Robbery," "The Seance," "Charm School," "The Handcuffs," "The Ballet," "The Million Dollar Idea," "The Diner," "Never Do Business With Friends," "Redecorating," "Lucy Wants New Furniture," "Lucy Learns to Drive," "L.A. at Last," "Staten Island Ferry," "Lucy & John Wayne," "Lucy and Bob Hope," "The Camping Trip," "The Black Eye," "Ricky Thinks He's Going Bald," "Breaking the Lease," "Job Switching," "Lucy Does a TV Commercial," "Lucy's Italian Movie" and "Return Home From Europe."

WLNY's last marathon was on Memorial Day for Happy Days. The other marathons they have aired in the last year were I Dream of Jeannie for President's Day, The Odd Couple for New Year's, Taxi for Thanksgiving, The Munsters for Halloween, and The Andy Griffith Show for Labor Day. Will these shows also become annual traditions like Lucy or will they change the shows up? We shall see, so stay tuned! We hope more holidays are added, perhaps Love American Style or The Love Boat for Valentine's Day, Columbo on Columbus Day, or a classic TV holiday episode marathon on Christmas?

Watch the I Love Lucy July 4th Marathon promo:

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Cloo Classics Brings '70s Sitcoms on Mondays; CBS Renews Two and a Half Men for Season 11, Plus Pick Ups for NBC and CW

Cloo (formerly known as Sleuth) is bringing back Cloo Classics and airing them as a weekly block. Effective today (Monday, April 29), Cloo will be airing sitcoms and MacGyver every Monday. They announced the change last Friday (April 19), but we wanted to get you more information first before we announced it. Happy Days is airing 6am-7am ET and 12pm-1pm ET, replacing Charlie's Angels. Then Laverne & Shirley is added 7am-8am ET and 11am-12pm ET, also replacing Charlie's Angels. From 8-9am ET, The Odd Couple will air leading into Taxi from 9-10am ET. And the final sitcom will be Mork & Mindy from 10am-11am ET. All of this is replacing Charlie's Angels. Then the rest of the day is MacGyver Mondays with an extension from 1pm-6am ET (it was only airing 11pm-6am ET before), replacing Charlie's Angels and Monk. Yes, this means Charlie's Angels will not be airing regularly anymore on Cloo, but you can still watch it on sister network Universal HD. This isn't the last we'll see the Angels on Cloo, though, because there is a 24-hour marathon scheduled for Saturday, June 22 starting at 6am.

Back to the Cloo Classics comedies, all of these have aired in marathon blocks before but now they will be airing regularly on Mondays. One sitcom that they have aired before is missing though: Get Smart. Not to worry, in late June Cloo will be airing Get Smart Friday mornings at 6:00am & 6:30am beginning June 21, replacing an hour of Monk. The rest of the week from 6-7am will also be sitcoms replacing Monk. Tuesdays will have Laverne & Shirley beginning June 18 from 6-7am. Wednesdays will have Taxi beginning June 19 from 6-7am. And Thursdays will have The Odd Couple beginning June 20 from 6-7am. Mondays will of course be the Cloo Classics block as we mentioned. The block will be preempted on May 27 and June 10 though for previously scheduled marathons of Royal Pains and Burn Notice. On Saturdays from 6-7am we still have the random airings of 'Til Death, if you're wondering. That's all we have right now, stay with us for continued updates and enjoy Cloo Classics every Monday with your favorite '70s sitcoms and MacGyver!

CBS has picked-up an 11th season of Two and a Half Men. CBS officially announced it via Twitter on Friday. The return of this sitcom will be at least the 19th series coming back to CBS next season (2013-14), joining the final season of How I Met Your Mother, The Big Bang Theory, 2 Broke Girls, Mike & Molly, NCIS, NCIS: LA, CSI, Person of Interest, Elementary, Hawaii Five-0, The Mentalist, Blue Bloods, The Good Wife, The Amazing Race, Survivor, Undercover Boss, 48 Hours Mystery and 60 Minutes. The fate of series like Criminal Minds, Rules of Engagement, Golden Boy, Vegas and CSI: NY are still up in the air. Maybe one or two of those will return, as Criminal Minds is probably the most likely one to return. Back to Two and a Half Men, no word if this is the final season or not, but all three stars will return but Angus T. Jones will be moved to recurring.

At NBC, they have announced the renewal of five key drama series for the 2013-14 season: Revolution, Chicago Fire, Parenthood, Grimm and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. All have been given full 22-episode orders. The fate of everything else is still to be determined, including comedies Parks & Recreation and Community, while long running comedies The Office and 30 Rock have been ended. Meanwhile, The CW Network has given early pickups to three additional dramas for next season, including the first new series order of the season with The Originals,a spin-off of The Vampire Diaries, which was introduced during last week's episode. The network also gave advance orders for the second season of Beauty and the Beast and the third season of Hart of Dixie. The CW already picked-up Arrow, The Vampire Diaries and Supernatural back in February for 2013-14. Series that are still in limbo for The CW include Nikita, The Carrie Diaries and America's Next Top Model (though season 20 is scheduled for summer for the latter), while 90210 is canceled.

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Labels: CBS, Get Smart, Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley, Mork & Mindy, NBC, Odd Couple, Sleuth, Taxi, The CW, Two and a Half Men

MTV2 Adds Smart Guy, Living Single; MeTV Network Adds 7 More Affiliates, Win a Trip to Cancun, T-Shirts from MeTV!

Last month we mentioned that MTV2 has acquired '90s comedy Living Single, but now we have more details and when it is airing! It will quietly premiere next Saturday night/Sunday morning (April 27-28) from 4-8am. That is not its regular slot, as the sitcom will regularly air Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday nights from 1am-3am beginning on April 29. It will replace Everybody Hates Chris, which was airing on those days from 1-4am. Chris will still air on weekends, while the 3-4am hour on those nights will now be The P.J.'s. As for Living Single, it will follow Martin, which airs 11pm-1am on those nights. Living Single will also air Sunday mornings around 9-11am following The Wayans Bros., but there is no set schedule.

The second addition to the schedule is brand new and was not previously announced. MTV2 has acquired the rights to the Tahj Mowry sitcom Smart Guy. The sitcom launched on April 13 and is airing every Saturday morning from 8am-12pm. Yes, that sounds a little familiar because GMC has been airing in on Saturdays as well from 9am-12pm and will continue to do so. For a show that lasted just three seasons in the late '90s, this show sure does get around, as it also has been seen in the past on Disney, BET and Centric. Back to Living Single, yes it will continue to air on TV One as well. We're not sure when TV One loses rights and if MTV2 will have exclusive rights or not yet. Stay with us for continued updates on the sitcoms coming to MTV2, BET and Centric.

The MeTV Network is getting even more affiliates! The MeTV Network has signed seven new affiliation agreements with stations in these markets: Nashville (DMA #29); Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek, Michigan (DMA #38); Rockford, Illinois (DMA #135); Monroe, Louisiana (DMA #137); Sioux City, Iowa(DMA #147); Bismarck-Minot, North Dakota(DMA #151); and Bluefield-Beckley, West Virginia (DMA #156). These new affiliates bring MeTV to 147 markets; the network now clears a whopping 89% of the country. Word Broadcasting-owned WJDE-Nashville will launch on June 1, 2013 and will be seen on channel 31.1. Christian Faith Broadcast-owned WLLA-Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek will launch on July 4, 2013 and will be seen on channel 64.2. Quincy-owned WREX-Rockford launched on April 4, 2013 and can already be seen on channel 13.3. Sonrise Communications-owned KWMS-Monroe launched on April 1, 2013 and can already be seen on channel 18.1. Quincy-owned KTIV-Sioux City will launch on July 1, 2013 and will be seen on channel 4.3. Hoak Media-owned KFYR-Bismarck-Minot will launch on May 1, 2013 and will be seen on channel 5.2. Quincy-owned WVVA-Bluefield-Beckley launched on April 4, 2013 and is seen on channel 6.3. So, now in addition to being available in all top ten television markets, the network can be found in 28 of the top 30 markets in the U.S., with the addition of Nashville.

In other MeTV news, watch The MeTV Sunday Showcase (Sundays 3-7pm ET) on Sunday, April 28 at 3pm ET/2pm CT to see if you can catch the connection between the showcase episodes in that day's lineup of seemingly unrelated shows. If you know how each show is related to the others, you could be a winner! Log on to MeTVNetwork.com after you say "ah ha!" and give them your best guess! From all eligible entries, they will randomly select 100 winners to receive a MeTV t-shirt and one lucky grand prize winner will get to spend five days and four nights at the fabulous Hard Rock Cancun all inclusive resort! The shows airing will be an episode each of: Get Smart, The Odd Couple, The Mod Squad, The Wild Wild West, and The Untouchables. The grand prize is sponsored by FunJet Vacations and New Lenox Travel in New Lenox, Illinois

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Labels: Everybody Hates Chris, Get Smart, Living Single, Martin, ME-TV, MTV, Odd Couple, Smart Guy, The PJs

Cloo's Classic TV Jump the Shark Marathon; ABC Family's 2012 Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas Schedule

Cloo will be celebrating classic TV on Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012 with a 24-hour "Jump the Shark" marathon starting at 6am! This will be a marathon of classic shows that ran for many seasons but there might have been a turning point where viewers started scratching their heads and said, "did that really just happen?" The classic shows airing in this very unique marathon are Get Smart, Bosom Buddies, Family Ties, Mork & Mindy, Laverne & Shirley, Happy Days, Cheers, MacGyver, Mannix, The Unit, House and Charlie's Angels. Yep you will get to see The Fonz on Happy Days jump the shark on water skis on the 3-part "Hollywood" episode. Other "Jump the Shark" episodes include "The Birth of a Keaton" on Family Ties, "Not Quite New York" & "Welcome to Burbank" on Laverne & Shirley, Sam Malone returning to Cheers in "Home is the Sailor," and Mork & Mindy getting married in "Limited Engagement" and "The Wedding."

See all the jump the shark moments that you just can't keep away from actually watching. It's so cheesy that it is good! There are no Ted McGinley sightings! So make sure you watch Cloo on Sunday, November 4 for this all-day event!

ABC Family will once again start Christmas early and will give thanks with new holiday programming during the "Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas" from November 18-30, 2012. The annual "countdown" event will include the world premiere of the new movie Home Alone: The Holiday Heist on Sunday, November 25 from 8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT. ABC Family will also air an all-new holiday episode of the hit drama The Secret Life of the American Teenager on Monday, November 19 at 8:00PM ET/PT, plus the basic cable premiere of Nanny McPhee Returns on Friday, November 23 from 8:30-11:00 PM ET/PT) and a special airing of The Blind Side on Thanksgiving Thursday, November 22 from 8:00PM-11:00 PM ET/PT.

In the new Home Alone film, which will be the fifth in the franchise, on Sunday, November 25 at 8:00 PM ET/PT, has eight-year-old Finn (Christian Martyn) terrified to learn that his family is relocating from sunny California to Maine, and to the scariest house he has ever seen! Convinced that his new house is haunted, Finn sets up a series of elaborate traps to catch the "ghost" in action. Left home alone with his sister while their parents are stranded across town, Finn's traps catch a new target - a group of thieves (Malcolm McDowell, Debi Mazar and Eddie Steeples) who have targeted Finn's house. Ed Asner co-stars. See how the Home Alone hijinks began with the original Home Alone airing on Saturday, November 24 at 8:00 PM ET/PT.

View the full Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas" (Nov. 18-30) schedule. Stay tuned for the actual "25 Days of Christmas" (Dec. 1-25) schedule very soon. We will have it for you as soon as we get it. Holiday season is already right around the corner -- wow!

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Labels: 25 Days of Christmas, ABC Family, Bosom Buddies, Charlie's Angels, Cheers, Family Ties, Get Smart, Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley, Mannix, Mork & Mindy, Sleuth