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Netflix Cancels 4 Sitcoms Including Kevin James Series; HBO Max's Pretty Little Liars Casts Two Leads

Netflix has canceled four comedies, including two freshman sitcoms. Netflix will remain in business with several stars, though. Freshman multi-camera sitcoms The Crew starring Kevin James and Country Comfort starring Katharine McPhee & Eddie Cibrian are two that got axed after one season, while single-camera comedy Bonding with Zoe Levin and multi-camera sitcom Mr. Iglesias starring Gabriel Iglesias have been canceled after two seasons. But three of those comedies have talent or producers to develop other projects. Kevin James is developing a single-camera comedy series with the streaming service to produce and star in, while Bonding creator Rightor Doyle has closed a development deal with the service and Gabriel Iglesias has a new stand-up comedy special slated to shoot this summer to air later this yrar only on Netflix.

HBO Max has added Chandler Kinney and Maia Reficco to the Max Original Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin. Lisa Soper (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) will direct the first two episodes of the series from Warner Bros. Television. Chandler Kinney (Zombies 2, Lethal Weapon) will play "Tabby," an aspiring director and horror movie buff. Like the other Little Liars, Tabby's hiding a secret. Maia Reficco (Strangers, Evita, Kally's Mashup) will play "Noa," a striving, sardonic track star who's working hard to get her life back to normal after a summer spent in juvenile detention. Twenty years ago, a series of tragic events almost ripped the blue-collar town of Millwood apart. Now, in the present day, a group of disparate teen girls - a brand-new set of Little Liars - find themselves tormented by an unknown Assailant and made to pay for the secret sin their parents committed two decades ago...as well as their own. In the dark, coming-of-age, horror-tinged drama Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin, we find ourselves miles away from Rosewood, but within the existing Pretty Little Liars universe - in a brand-new town, with a new generation of Little Liars.

Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin is from executive producer/writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (Riverdale, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) and co-executive producer/writer Lindsay Calhoon Bring (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina). The series is produced by Aguirre-Sacasa's Muckle Man Productions and Alloy Entertainment (Gossip Girl, Pretty Little Liars, The Vampire Diaries, You) in association with Warner Bros. Television. Michael Grassi, Caroline Baron, and Alloy's Leslie Morgenstein and Gina Girolamo are also executive producers of the series, which is based upon the bestselling series of books by Sara Shepard. The series is scheduled to begin production later this summer at Upriver Studios in New York.

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Labels: Bonding, Country Comfort, HBO Max, Mr. Iglesias, Netflix, Pretty Little Liars, The Crew

SitcomsOnline Digest: Netflix Cancels Several Sitcoms; Telma Hopkins Cast in NBC Dark Dramedy Pilot

Welcome to SitcomsOnline Digest! This week, we're learning of several cancellations from Netflix, a new NBC pilot with Telma Hopkins, and more. Let's get going!

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB

• Netflix had a good start with sitcoms, but now they've announced the cancellation of several of the more recent ones, including The Crew and Mr. Iglesias. (Deadline)
• Telma Hopkins has been cast in the pilot for Dangerous Moms, a dark dramedy for NBC. (Deadline) 
• When Saturday Night Live returns in the fall, it could be without some key cast members (although to be fair, we've heard similar rumblings in past seasons when all of the ones whom were thought to be on the way out came back after all). (Vanity Fair)
  
• NBC's plans for after the Olympics seem to have backfired explosively, so to speak, as an outbreak of explosive diarrhea shut down production of Ultimate Slip 'N Slide and created enough issues for the network to pull the premiere from the schedule. (People)
  
• Bill Cosby was unexpectedly released from prison this week as his conviction was overturned (though we don't exactly expect to see him return to TV in any way), but as it turns out, it seems Phylicia Rashad made more news from the incident than Cosby did for reasons that she says she now regrets. (CNN) 
• Disney+ is taking advantage of two distinct properties, The Simpsons and Marvel, to create a new short that will debut on Wednesday. (SitcomsOnline)

WEEKLY PLANNER (JULY 3 - JULY 9)

• Although 4th of July marathons aren't nearly as special as they once were since most TV stations like to "binge" shows now anyway, Antenna TV has a day of The Jeffersons on Sunday.
  
• Syfy has given up on their annual marathons of The Twilight Zone, but Decades is continuing the trend with their own binge of it this weekend.
• HBO Max has the reboot of Gossip Girl coming on Thursday.
  
• Big Brother is still very much alive, and will return for an unbelievable 23rd season on Tuesday on CBS.
• The final season of Younger debuts Tuesday on TV Land.
• The fourth season of Grown-ish comes to Freeform on Thursday.
  

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Labels: Bill Cosby, Mr. Iglesias, Netflix, Saturday Night Live, SitcomsOnline Digest, The Crew

Netflix Sitcom The Crew Starring Kevin James Launches; Sex and the City Now Remastered on HBO Max

A new multi-camera sitcom launches today. The Crew stars Kevin James as the crew chief for a NASCAR team. When the owner steps down and passes the team off to his daughter Catherine (Jillian Mueller), James has to protect himself and his crew from her attempts to modernize the team. Watch all 10 episodes of The Crew only on Netflix, beginning today, February 15. Freddie Stroma as Jake, Sarah Stiles as Beth, Gary Anthony Williams as Chuck and Dan Ahdoot as Amir also star, Paris Berelc as Jessie and Bruce McGill as Bobby guest star. See trailer:

Looking for something to binge watch during the winter abd snow? A newly remastered HD version of the classic HBO series Sex and the City is available to stream on HBO Max right now (as of Feb. 12). This new version marks the first time that the iconic HBO series will be available in 16:9 full frame aspect ratio, giving audiences a greater, extended frame for wide screen viewing. With more resolution, the series will be seen in a whole new way, offering enhanced & richer color and additional depth that was not possible in standard definition. The series was originally shot on film and mastered in standard definition as high definition capabilities were unavailable at the time of filming. Over the past year, the series was updated from scratch as film negatives from the show were meticulously scanned at 4K to create HD masters. The new HD version of Sex and the City gives HBO Max subscribers the perfect opportunity to watch or rewatch ahead of the next chapter, And Just Like That... -- which kicks-off production in New York City this spring.

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SitcomsOnline Digest: More Jeopardy! Guest Hosts Announced; NBC Sets Premiere Date for Kenan

Welcome to SitcomsOnline Digest! This week, we're hearing about Jeopardy! guest hosts, a premiere date for an NBC sitcom, and more. Let's get going!

• More guest hosts have been announced for Jeopardy!, including Mayim Bialik and Katie Couric. (Deadline)
• NBC has a premiere date set for Kenan. (TVLine)
  
• A trailer has been released for The Crew, the new Kevin James NASCAR themed sitcom that will air on Netflix. (Deadline) 
• Saved by the Bell's Dustin Diamond has revealed that he has stage 4 cancer. (People)
  
• A new "Doogie Howser" has been cast for the Disney+ reboot. (SitcomsOnline) 
  

WEEKLY PLANNER (JANUARY 16 - JANUARY 22)

• New seasons of 9-1-1 and 9-1-1: Lonestar debut Monday on Fox.
  
• Decades has a binge of The Wild Wild West this weekend.

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Labels: Jeopardy, Kenan, Saved by the Bell, SitcomsOnline Digest, The Crew

Kevin James Gets Sitcom for Netflix; Grace and Frankie Gets Final Season

Kevin James (The King of Queens, Paul Blart: Mall Cop, True Memoirs of an International Assassin and Grown Ups) is set to star and executive produce Netflix's new multicam sitcom, The Crew. Set in a NASCAR garage, James will play the crew chief. When the owner steps down and passes the team off to his daughter, James finds himself at odds with the tech reliant millennials she starts bringing in to modernize the team. Jeff Lowell (The Ranch, Two and a Half Men, Spin City) will serve as writer, showrunner and executive producer. Jeff Sussman (The King of Queens, Paul Blart; Mall Cop, True Memoirs Of An International Assassin and Grown Ups) will serve as an executive producer. Todd Garner (Tag, Isn't It Romantic, Mortal Kombat) will serve as an executive producer. More info to come!

Grace and Frankie has been renewed for a seventh season! But before that, Season 6 will premiere in January 2020. Also, the series has been renewed for a seventh and final season, which will make it the longest-running Netflix original series ever with 94 episodes. In Grace and Frankie, Jane Fonda ("Grace") and Lily Tomlin ("Frankie") star as two women whose lives are turned upside down when their husbands reveal they are gay and leave them for each other. Both sparring partners and partners-in-crime, Grace and Frankie form an unlikely and unbreakable bond and face their uncertain futures head-on, hand-in-hand. Together with their ex-husbands and children, they discover the true definition of "family," with laughter, tears and plenty of mood enhancers along the way.

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Labels: Grace and Frankie, Kevin James, Netflix, The Crew