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SitcomsOnline Digest: First Look at Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair; Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros. Discovery

  Welcome to SitcomsOnline Digest! It's a busy week, with news about the Malcolm in the Middle reboot, a massive media merger, and more. Let's get going!

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB

• We are getting our first look at Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair. (Variety)
• Media mergers are getting bigger and bigger all the time, and this week, it was announced that Netflix is acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery (but not the cable channels). (AP News)
• Meanwhile, Versant (the cable channel spinoff of NBCUniversal) has announced some changes for them, including acquiring Free TV Networks. (Deadline)
• CBS is developing Auntie Supreme, a new comedy about a life coach who decides to co-parent her nieces with her brother-in-law. (Deadline)
• As we mentioned last week, Mad Men is now on HBO Max... but as it turns out, they were given some alternative 4K versions that included errors that audiences were never intended to see. (Hollywood Reporter)
• The CBS Evening News is about to be completely anchorless, as now Maurice DuBois has announced he is leaving. (Variety)
• MeTV has announced their new January lineup, which includes four new shows. (SitcomsOnline)
• Unedited episodes of The Carol Burnett Show are coming to FETV. (SitcomsOnline)

• As Dick Van Dyke's 100th birthday approaches, PBS has an American Masters special about him on Friday.
• Saturday Night Live is back tonight with host Melissa McCarthy.
• Catchy Comedy has a binge of Christmas sitcom favorites tomorrow.

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

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Labels: Auntie Supreme, Carol Burnett Show, Dick Van Dyke, Mad Men, Malcolm in the Middle, Netflix, Saturday Night Live, SitcomsOnline Digest, Versant, Warner Bros

SitcomsOnline Digest: First Look at Scrubs Reboot; Mad Men Coming to HBO Max

 Welcome to SitcomsOnline Digest! It's a bit of a slow Thanksgiving week, but we have news about the Scrubs reboot, a new acquisition for HBO Max, and more. Let's get going!

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB

• We have our first trailer for the new Scrubs reboot. (Variety)
• There are still a lot of unknowns in the race to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, but right now, it's looking like Paramount is the one with the edge. (Cord Cutters News)
• Mad Men is coming to HBO Max on Monday. (Hollywood Reporter)
• COZI TV has acquired two new shows for their lineup. (SitcomsOnline)

• Antenna TV still has their Wings marathon that goes through tomorrow.
• MeTV is going full Christmas mode this weekend, with Christmas episodes of all of your favorites, including a special Svengoolie presentation of A Very Brady Christmas tonight.
• Tomorrow's Catchy Binge on Catchy Comedy features That's My Mama and Good Times.
• Mad Men arrives on HBO Max on Monday.

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

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Labels: Cozi TV, Good Times, HBO Max, Mad Men, Paramount, Scrubs, That's My Mama, The Brady Bunch, Warner Bros, Wings

Disney's Hulu's Family Guy's Hallmark Channel's Lifetime's Familiar Holiday Movie; Mad Men Coming to HBO Max in 4K

Hulu has shared a first look at the Family Guy Holiday Special: Disney's Hulu's Family Guy's Hallmark Channel's Lifetime's Familiar Holiday Movie. The Hulu exclusive special will premiere Friday, November 28 on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+.

This special take on generic holiday movies, Lois, who works for "Big Pie" travels to a small town in hopes of stealing Peter's award-winning family secret pie recipe. Lainey Wilson guest voices as a country singer performing an original song in the episode's opening scene.

Beginning December 1, the 16-time Emmy® winning series Mad Men will be available to stream on HBO Max, for the first time in 4K for premium subscribers. The seven-season series from Emmy® and Golden Globe® winning writer and executive producer Matthew Weiner (HBO's The Sopranos) is produced by Lionsgate Television and originally aired on AMC from 2007-2015.

This marks the first time the series is available to stream in 4K, giving audiences and longtime Mad Men fans the opportunity to enjoy the series’ authentically-crafted elements with crisp detail and enhanced visual clarity.

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

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Labels: Disney+, Family Guy, HBO Max, Hulu, Mad Men

SitcomsOnline Digest: Amazon Gets Streaming Rights to Mad Men; Too Close for Comfort on Pluto TV

• Amazon has picked up the steaming rights to Mad Men. (Deadline) 
• Once again, current events are affecting classic TV series, with Hulu removing a Golden Girls episode with a blackface joke that wasn't exactly blackface. (Vulture)
• Don't worry about Days of Our Lives, the series is set to return to production on September 1. (Deadline) 
• The first guest hosts for Jimmy Kimmel's vacation have been announced. (TVLine)
• Hugh Downs, who is known for sitting next to Barbara Walters throughout the 90s on 20/20 (right after TGIF), has died at age 99. (CNN)
• Carl Reiner died this past week, and there are plenty of tributes to him planned (including one that aired on CBS last night). (SitcomsOnline) 

• Syfy may have abandoned their tradition of showing Twilight Zone during Independence Day weekend, but Decades has you covered if you want that.
• Too Close for Comfort is available to watch now on TV Land Sitcoms, but not the cable channel, but the free streaming version on Pluto TV.

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

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Labels: Golden Girls, Mad Men, SitcomsOnline Digest, Too Close for Comfort, Twilight Zone