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

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

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB

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

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FX's Adults Gets Prequel Episode; Remembering Anne Schedeen of ALF and Ronnie Schell of Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

Ahead of its second season, FX's Adults surprised a sold-out crowd at Tribeca Festival with the screening of a special prequel episode that introduces the lovable friend group and reveals Paul Baker's origin story. Written by series creators Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw and directed by Jonathan Krisel, the special episode entitled "Marathon Day" will be available for fans everywhere on Friday, July 31 on FXX and Hulu at 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT. The full prequel episode will also be available beginning July 31 for a limited sneak peek on Hulu's YouTube channel and FX's TikTok and Instagram channels.

FX's Adults returns for its highly-anticipated second season on Thursday, August 27 on FXX and Hulu beginning at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT. The full eight-episode second season of the ensemble comedy will be available on FXX on-demand and Hulu at premiere, while two episodes will premiere each week on FXX. The series will also be available on Disney+ internationally.

FX's Adults is an ensemble comedy series about a group of twenty-somethings in New York leaning on each other to navigate love, work, friendship and family. Samir (Malik Elassal), Billie (Lucy Freyer), Paul Baker (Jack Innanen), Issa (Amita Rao) and Anton (Owen Thiele) are five friends crashing together in Samir's childhood home. Created by Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw, the show puts a generational lens on the wins, losses and humiliations of being in your twenties.

Actress Anne Schedeen, who starred as Kate Tanner in ALF, has died. Her family announced the news with a heartfelt tribute on her Facebook page. The date and cause of death haven't been released. Ms. Schedeen was 77.

Schedeen had a recurring role as Linda, Jack Tripper's (John Ritter) girlfriend, in three episodes of the ABC sitcom Three's Company from 1978 to 1979. She appeared as Lisa Page, Jack's date, in a 1981 episode and as bank manager Louise Prescott in a 1982 episode. Some of her other early sitcom guest appearances included Semi-Tough, Cheers, and E/R (1984).

She starred as Kate Tanner in the 1986-1990 NBC sitcom ALF. The titular character, ALF, an acronym for "Alien Life Form", but whose real name is Gordon Shumway, crash-lands in the garage of the suburban California middle-class Tanner family. Kate Tanner is the mother of the Tanner family. ALF was performed by puppeteer Paul Fusco, who co-created the show with Tom Patchett. The series also starred Max Wright, Andrea Elson, and Benji Gregory. Supporting cast members included Liz Sheridan, John LaMotta, Anne Meara (1987), Bill Daily (1987-1989), Josh Blake (1988-1989), and JM (Jim) J. Bullock (1989-1990).

Scheeden had a recurring role as Sandy Porter, Dr. Marcus Welby's (Robert Young) daughter, in 12 episodes of the ABC medical drama Marcus Welby, M.D. from 1974 to 1976. She starred as Sara Frank in the short-lived 1984 ABC primetime soap opera Paper Dolls. Sara Frank is Blair's (Mimi Rogers) friend. She is a sensible lawyer, who is involved with Mark Bailey (Roscoe Born in a recurring role), a reporter doing a story on the fashion industry. In 2001, she had a recurring role as Det. Peggy Fraser in three episodes of the the CBS legal drama Judging Amy.

Some of her other television guest appearances included The Six Million Dollar Man, Get Christie Love!, Ironside, Lucas Tanner, McCloud, Three for the Road, The Bionic Woman, Emergency! (6 episodes), Lanigan's Rabbi, Kingston: Confidential, Family (2 episodes), Switch (2 episodes), Baretta, Project U.F.O., Friends (2 episodes of the 1979 comedy-drama), The Incredible Hulk, Simon & Simon (2 episodes), Magnum, P.I. (1986), and Murder, She Wrote.

Ms. Schedeen was a talented and versatile actress. She was funny and memorable as Kate Tanner in ALF. We thank her for the laughs and entertainment. She will be deeply missed.

Actor and stand-up comedian Ronnie Schell, who starred as Duke Slater in Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., has died. He died at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, on June 12. Mr. Schell was 94.

Schell starred as Duke Slater in the CBS sitcom Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., which aired from 1964 to 1970. Pvt. Gilbert "Duke" Slater is Gomer Pyle's (Jim Nabors) friend and platoon-mate. Schell left the show in the fourth season to star in the short-lived sitcom Good Morning World but returned in the final season as the corporal of Gomer's platoon. The cast included Frank Sutton, Roy Stuart (1965-1968), Ted Bessell (1965-1966), Barbara Stuart, William Christopher (1965-1968), Forrest Compton, Allan Melvin (1965-1969), Tommy Leonetti (1964-1965), Larry Hobis (1964-1965), and Elizabeth MacRae (1967-1969).

He starred as Larry Clarke in the 1967-1968 CBS sitcom Good Morning World. The series starred Joby Baker and 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.

Schell starred as Lester Luster in the second and third seasons (1984-1985) of the WTBS sitcom Down to Earth. Lester Luster is the very concerned but comical heavenly boss and overseer of Ethel MacDoogan (Carol Mansell), a 1925 flapper who dies and spends sixty years in limbo before returning to 1980s Atlanta as an angel to help the Preston family.

He appeared as Harvey Peck, one of Ann's (Marlo Thomas) agents at the Gilliam and Norris Theatrical Agency, in two episodes of the first season of That Girl in 1966. He played Bob Howard in a season five episode. Some of his other 1960s and 1970s sitcom guest appearances included Valentine's Day, The Patty Duke Show (3 episodes), The Andy Griffith Show (2 episodes), Love, American Style (2 episodes), Arnie, The New Dick Van Dyke Show (2 episodes), Here We Go Again, Temperatures Rising, The Girl with Something Extra, Diana, Lotsa Luck!, Happy Days (2 episodes), Karen (1975), Sanford and Son, The Practice (1977), One Day at a Time, Mork & Mindy (2 episodes), and Alice (2 episodes).

Some of his other sitcom guest appearances included The Love Boat, Too Close for Comfort, Madame's Place (1982), New Love, American Style (1986), Sledge Hammer!, 1st & Ten (2 episodes), She's the Sheriff, Mr. Belvedere, The New Gidget, Saved by the Bell, Empty Nest, 227, The Golden Girls, Out of This World, Good & Evil, Coach (2 episodes), Step by Step, The Wayans Bros., Yes, Dear, Phil of the Future, Jessie, and Retired at 35.

Schell played various roles in four episodes of Adam-12 and four episodes of Emergency! from 1973 to 1976. Some of his other television guest appearances included The Little People (2 episodes), Charlie's Angels, Strike Force, Trapper John, M.D. (2 episodes), and Santa Barbara (19 episodes).

He was also known for his voice work. Some of his voice credits included Goober and the Ghost Chasers, Peter Puck, Wait Till Your Father Gets Home (3 episodes), Fred Flintstone and Friends, Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels, Battle of the Planets, and Shirt Tales. He was the voice of robotic plant engineer Rudy-2 in Jetsons: The Movie (1990).

Mr. Schell was the last surviving main cast member of the popular Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. sitcom. He did a great job portraying the amiable Duke Slater. We thank him for his work on television. He will be greatly missed.

We also remember actress Margaret Kerry. She starred as Sharon Ruggles in The Ruggles. She died from lung cancer in Wilmington, North Carolina, on June 11. Ms. Kerry was 97.

Kerry starred as Sharon Ruggles in the 1949-1952 ABC sitcom The Ruggles. The star of the series is comedian Charlie Ruggles, playing a character with the same name. His wife, Margaret Ruggles, was played in the first season by Irene Tedrow, thereafter by Erin O'Brien-Moore. The television family also had four children: college student Sharon Ruggles (Margaret Kerry), high school student Chuck Ruggles (Tom Bernard), and the young twins, Donna and Donald, played by Judy Nugent and Jimmy Hawkins. The show's farewell episode at the end of its three-year run featured Sharon's wedding and honeymoon.

She appeared as Bess Muggins in The Andy Griffith Show episode "Christmas Story" in 1960. She played Helen Scobey in the episode "Andy Forecloses" in 1961.

Kerry provided numerous voices and live-action lead-ins for The New Three Stooges (1965) and Space Angel (1962-1964) animated series for Cambria Productions.

Her first role was as a fairy in the 1935 film A Midsummer Night's Dream. She starred as Marjorie Parker in If You Knew Susie (1948).

Ms. Kerry was best known for her work as a model for Walt Disney Pictures, where she served as the inspiration for the Peter Pan character of Tinker Bell, which she also pantomimed. We thank her for her work on television and in films. She will be sorely missed.

English actor Anthony Head played Rupert Mannion in Ted Lasso. He died on June 1 from complications of pneumonia. Mr. Head was 72.

Head appeared as Rupert Mannion in 18 episodes of the Apple TV sports comedy-drama Ted Lasso from 2020 to 2023. Rupert Mannion is Rebecca Welton's (Hannah Waddingham) vindictive, philandering ex-husband. He is the former owner of AFC Richmond, and later the owner of West Ham United. For his role in the third season, he was nominated alongside the rest of the cast for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series.

He was best known for his role as Rupert Giles in The WB (1997-2001) and UPN (2001-2003) supernatural horror drama Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Giles, rarely referred to by his first name, is a Watcher and a member of the Watchers' Council, whose job is to train Slayers.

Head guest starred as Dr. Staretski, Ashley Walker's (Suzanne Cryer) professor, in a 1999 episode of Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place. He starred as Uther Pendragon, the father of Prince Arthur, in the BBC fantasy-adventure drama series Merlin from 2008 to 2012.

Mr. Head was a talented and versatile actor with a distinctive baritone voice. We thank him for work on Ted Lasso and his other television roles. He will be greatly missed.

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SitcomsOnline Digest: Tim Allen Still Wants Home Improvement Reboot; SpongeBob SquarePants Renewed

   Welcome to SitcomsOnline Digest! This week, Tim Allen is still talking about that Home Improvement reboot that only seems to be of interest to him, we have a season premiere date for Adults, and more. Let's get going!

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB

• Tim Allen is still talking about the status of the nonexistent Home Improvement reboot that nobody on the cast (other than himself) is interested in whatsoever. (Variety)
• A premiere date has been set for season two of Adults. (Deadline)
• We're sure nobody doubt it was going to happen, but SpongeBob SquarePants and The Patrick Star Show have both been renewed for multiple seasons. (Deadline)
• Ronnie Schell, known for his role on Gomer Pyle, USMC and Good Morning World, along with guest roles on many other series, has died at age 94. (Hollywood Reporter)
• Gene Shalit, the retired film critic from Today, has died at age 100. (NBC News)
• Tubi has announced a trio of new comedies. (SitcomsOnline)

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Antenna TV Winter 2019 Schedule; HBO Series High Maintenance Returns for Season 3

Antenna TV has released its first quarter 2019 schedule that begins on January 2. There will be no new series joining the lineup, but many series will have new time periods and a few shows will be on hiatus. Small Wonder returns, airing Sundays from 12-1pm. Taking a break in Q1 2019 will be Webster, What's Happening!!, What's Happening Now!! and Good Morning World. Among the series moving timeslots include Johnny Carson heading back to 10pm, while Three's Company moves back into late fringe at 11pm & 11:30pm (with an early morning encore from 5-6am). There are other late fringe and overnight changes including Coach and Murphy Brown from 12-1am. In the early evening, Archie Bunker's Place will double-up now from 7-8pm, while 227 and Maude also get two runs from 4:30-5:30pm and 6-7pm, respectively. Weekends will get the most changes to the schedule. Almost everything from 1pm and on has a new timeslot, including The Hogan Family from 1-2pm, Head of the Class from 2-3pm, Family Ties from 3-4pm and Silver Spoons from 4-5pm.

Saturday nights in primetime get '70s fever with Three's Company, Barney Miller and Soap from 7-10pm leading into 90-minute editions of Johnny Carson. The new Sunday primetime features Coach, My Two Dads and Growing Pains from 7-10pm. Early mornings on weekends will remain intact from 5-9am, but with Jack Benny Program now at 6:30am. Before this schedule starts, Antenna TV celebrates the end of 2018 with a New Year's Eve of The Paul Lynde Show from 6pm-3:30am. And Antenna TV rings in 2019 with a New Year's Kick-Off Coach marathon from 5am-4am. View the full Antenna TV Winter 2019 schedule.

Moving from Friday to Sunday night, High Maintenance returns for its nine-episode third season Sunday, Jan. 20 from 10:30-11:05 p.m. ET/PT. Created by Katja Blichfeld (who directs the season premiere) and Ben Sinclair, the critically acclaimed show uses The Guy, a marijuana dealer (played by Sinclair), to tell a variety of stories about New York lives, including his own. High Maintenance continues to paint a uniquely authentic portrait of New York with empathy and insight, telling amusing, surprising, sometimes moving and always poignant tales of denizens who are usually just faces on the crowded sidewalks of Brooklyn. The series is executive produced by Katja Blichfeld (Emmy(R)-winning casting director of 30 Rock), Ben Sinclair (Home Again, Sisters) and Russell Gregory.

This season, High Maintenance profiles everyday people whose stories of success, failure, love and loss intersect across New York, while delving deeper into personal life of The Guy, who is spending less time on his iconic bicycle and more time in "Steve RV," a set of wheels gifted to him last season. Featuring an intricate web of memorable returning characters and unforgettable new faces, the new episodes find New Yorkers exploring their relationship with the city, touching on such themes as death, parenthood, sexuality, fantasy, aging and more. Returning guest stars this season include: Amy Ryan, Gary Richardson, Arthur Meyer, Jen Harris, Micah Sherman and Abdullah Saeed. New guest stars this season include: Jemima Kirke, Margaret Cho, Guillermo Diaz, Rosie Perez, Kathleen Chalfant, Ken Leung and Annie Golden.

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Antenna TV Winter 2017 Schedule; CW Gets Howie Mandel Comedy Special

The Winter 2017 schedule for Antenna TV is now here! It begins on Monday, January 2, 2017. Coming to Antenna TV in January are What's Happening!!, Becker, 227, My Two Dads, The Joey Bishop Show, Good Morning World, and The Patty Duke Show, while Circus Boy and The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin return to the schedule on Saturday mornings. Get in on the gossip with Marla Gibbs, Alaina Reed Hall, Helen Martin, & Jackee Harry when 227 starts airing Mon-Thu at 9pm & 9:30pm ET & Sunday nights at 1am & 1:30am ET on Antenna TV. Watch Ted Danson in Becker, Monday - Thursday nights at midnight & 12:30am ET and Sundays at 6pm & 6:30pm ET on Antenna TV. Other timings include, What's Happening!! Mon-Thurs at 8:00pm & 8:30pm, My Two Dads Sundays at 11:00pm & 11:30pm, and The Joey Bishop Show weekdays at 1pm & 1:30pm, Saturdays 11:30pm-1am, and Sundays 9am & 9:30am. Good Morning World will air Saturdays at 1am & 1:30am, while The Patty Duke Show airs weekdays at 11am & 11:30am.

Among the highlights of the schedule is a Friday night '70s block in primetime with One Day at Time from 8-9pm, Barney Miller from 9-10pm, leading into 90-minute Johnny Carson '70s episodes (now on Fridays and Saturdays as 90-minutes) from 10-11:30pm, Maude follows from 11:30pm-1am into Good Times from 1-2am. Other moves include Family Ties now only Sundays at 12am & 12:30am, Three's Company only airing Mon-Thu at 3:00am & 3:30am, but The Ropers and Three's a Crowd are back on their own Sundays 10am & 10:30am. And that's just some of the changes, because the whole schedule is pretty much all-new in timings, so please view the Antenna TV Winter 2017 Schedule!

For the second year, in a strategic partnership with Just For Laughs, The CW Network announced the brand new primetime comedy special, The Howie Mandel All-Star Comedy Gala. Featuring stand-up performances from today's comedic heavyweights such as Jay Pharoah, Iliza Shlesinger, Russell Peters and JB Smoove, this special will premiere Monday, January 16, 8:00-10:00 pm ET/PT on The CW. Recorded at the biggest comedy event in the world, the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal, and hosted by Howie Mandel, this primetime special also showcases performances from Alonzo Bodden, Jo Koy, Matt Donaher, Ryan Hamilton, Gina Brillon and Tom Papa. Additionally, as Just For Laughs prepares to celebrate its 35th anniversary this year, the special includes comedians paying tribute to some of their favorite comedians from the festival over the past 34 years, such as Amy Schumer, Jim Gaffigan and Wanda Sykes.

Also back with new episodes on CW Seed, The CW's digital network, The Elevator Talk Show with new host Nick Thune is all the late-night talk show you can cram into an eight-foot box. Hosted by comedian Nick Thune, guests on this season of The Elevator Talk Show include John Mulaney, Hannibal Buress, Lauren Lapkus, Scott Aukerman, Tone Bell, Noel Wells, and Blake Griffin, all recorded at the Just for Laughs Festival and all inside one very crowded elevator. The new episodes will debut on CW Seed later this month.

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Antenna TV Acquires The Joey Bishop Show and Good Morning, World; All in the Family Thanksgiving on Antenna TV

Antenna TV, Tribune Broadcasting's multicast network is pleased to announce beginning January 2, 2017, The Joey Bishop Show and Good Morning, World will join Antenna TV's schedule as the network continues to expand its programming lineup. The Joey Bishop Show starred Rat-Pack member Joey Bishop as Joey Barnes, a harried talk show host. Executive produced by Danny Thomas, the 30-minute sitcom originally aired between 1961-1965 and Antenna TV is thrilled to add the show's entire four seasons to its lineup, including the 32 episode first season (in black & white) which was transferred from 35mm film to make its debut on Antenna TV.

Good Morning, World starring Ronnie Scnell (Gomer Pyle) featured Goldie Hawn in her first television series, set at a Los Angeles radio station. Created by Carl Reiner and featuring LA Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully as the voiceover, the sitcom aired from 1967-1968. Earlier this year, the network brought Johnny Carson back to late night with a 60-minute classic Carson episode airing weeknights and a 90-minute episode on weekends, marking the first time Carson is airing in strip since he signed off in 1992. This year, Antenna TV also added Webster, Wings and The Addams Family to its program lineup. In 2017, Becker, What's Happening!!, My Two Dads, Alice, Growing Pains, 227, Hogan's Family, Head of the Class and Murphy Brown will join the network during the year. Antenna TV currently airs in 129 TV markets across the U.S. reaching 87% of TV households.

And we will keep it right here with more Antenna TV news. This Thanksgiving, trade your turkey for Archie Bunker, another "fowl" creature, when Antenna TV airs an 18 hour/36 episode marathon of All in the Family. Beginning at 5am ET on Thursday, November 24, viewers can grab a slice of Meathead and catch the following episodes of All in the Family:

5:00 AM Meet the Bunkers
5:30 AM Too Good Edith
6:00 AM Everybody Tells the Truth
6:30 AM Archie in the Cellar
7:00 AM Two's a Crowd
7:30 AM Pay the Twenty Dollars
8:00 AM Archie the Hero
8:30 AM Saga of Cousin Oscar
9:00 AM Archie and the Editorial
9:30 AM Elevator Story
10:00 AM Man in the Street
10:30 AM Archie in the Lock-Up
11:00 AM Flashback-Mike Meets Archie
11:30 AM Games Bunkers Play
12:00 PM Archie Gives Blood
12:30 PM Archie's Fraud
1:00 PM First and Last Supper
1:30 PM Archie Goes too Far
2:00 PM Flashback: Mike & Gloria's Wedding (Pt.1)
2:30 PM Flashback: Mike & Gloria's Wedding (Pt.2)
3:00 PM Edith's Accident
3:30 PM Lionel Steps Out
4:00 PM Archie is Jealous
4:30 PM Oh Say Can You See
5:00 PM Edith Writes a Song
5:30 PM Class Reunion
6:00 PM Archie Feels Left Out
6:30 PM Archie Eats and Runs
7:00 PM Sammy's Visit
7:30 PM Edith's Problem
8:00 PM Bunkers and the Swingers
8:30 PM Archie is Branded
9:00 PM Judging Books by Covers
9:30 PM Lionel's Engagement
10:00 PM Cousin Maude's Visit
10:30 PM Lionel Moves into the Neighborhood

Antenna TV regularly airs All in the Family weeknights at 9pm ET / 6pm PT.

Posted by Pavan -- SitcomsOnline.com at 12:00 PM

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