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SitcomsOnline Digest: The Drew Carey Show Now Streaming for Free; Hulu Picks Up Mid-Century Modern Comedy

Welcome to SitcomsOnline Digest! This week, we have streaming news for a show many have been waiting on for years, some Simpsons updates, and more. Let's get going!

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB

• The Drew Carey Show has been absent from DVDs and streaming, that is, until now, since you now can watch almost every episode (a few are missing) for free on Plex. (TVLine)
• Hulu has a new comedy in the works, Mid-Century Modern, and Linda Lavin is among the cast members playing (not surprisingly) an overbearing mother. (Variety)
• The Simpsons is kicking off season 36 with a parody of an HBO hit series. (Deadline)
• Speaking of The Simpsons, some "exclusive to Disney+" specials were recently announced (in addition to some Hulu exclusives for Family Guy), and with Family Guy being relegated to midseason and this being the final year of a two year renewal for both series for Fox, some are wondering if these shows are facing a future that will completely remove Fox from the picture. (TVLine)
• The CW has very little scripted American produced entertainment these days, and now, the only one that they do have, The Librarians: The Next Chapter, has been delayed indefinitely. (Entertainment Weekly)
• Jimmy Kimmel sees a future where late night talk shows are no longer a thing, and perhaps a lot sooner than we'd expect. (Deadline)
• Comedy Central is adding Family Guy to their lineup in just a few weeks. (SitcomsOnline)

WEEKLY PLANNER (AUGUST 17 - AUGUST 23)

• As we previously mentioned, The Drew Carey Show is now streaming on Plex, but they've also added Growing Pains as well.
• Catchy Comedy has a binge of That Girl this weekend.
• Dragnet arrives on FETV starting Monday.
• Season 2B of That '90s Show comes to Netflix on Thursday.

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

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Labels: Drew Carey Show, Family Guy, Mid-Century Modern, SitcomsOnline Digest, That Girl, The Librarians, The Simpsons

Celebrate the End of 2021 with Snoop Dogg & Kevin Hart; UPtv's Binge Week Continues with Reba, Gilmore Girls

2021 and Done with Snoop Dogg & Kevin Hart is an edgy, insightful and hilarious retrospective of a year that began with so much promise, but mostly turned into a sequel of the s*** show that was 2020. The special is now streaming on Peacock right now! Reprising their roles behind the same desk that enabled the charismatic Peacock summer hit Olympic Highlights with Kevin Hart and Snoop Dogg, comedy duo Snoop and Kevin deliver unfiltered takes on everything from politics to pop culture to social media to sports and even space billionaires. Snoop and Kevin cover some of the biggest stories of the year, but also highlight some less covered moments with their irreverent humor, inimitable charm and unique points of view.

Celebrity guests including Mark Cuban, DJ D-Nice, DL Hughley, Loni Love, Killer Mike, William Shatner, Stephen A. Smith and Michael Strahan join Snoop and Kevin to offer their own thoughtful and humorous perspectives on the chaotic year.

Since Monday (December 27), UPtv has started their watch a week of your favorite episodes of Little House on the Prairie, Reba, Gilmore Girls, and a marathon of The Librarians — including the movie trilogy. Reba started yesterday and continues all day today (Wednesday). Tomorrow it is a binge of Gilmore Girls, before The Librarians takes over on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.

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

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Labels: Gilmore Girls, Little House on the Prairie, Peacock, Reba, The Librarians, UP

SitcomsOnline Digest: TNT Cancels The Librarians; Marla Gibbs to Appear in Grey's Anatomy Spinoff

• TNT has canceled The Librarians after four seasons. (Hollywood Reporter) 
• Marla Gibbs seemed to vanish from TV for a while, but she has been making more appearances lately, and now it has been announced that she will appears in a multi-episode arc for the upcoming Grey's Anatomy spinoff, Station 19.
• Days of Our Lives has been renewed for a 54th season, which is a lot of seasons but still not a record. (Entertainment Weekly)
• Norm Macdonald is set to get his own Netflix talk show. (Hollywood Reporter)
• Barack Obama is in talks with Netflix for some sort of undisclosed production deal, although it is doubtful that it will be anything like The Celebrity Apprentice. (CNNMoney)
• The ratings for the Oscars hit a record low this year, but it seems that isn't just the Oscars or even awards ceremonies in general, but rather that live events just aren't getting as many viewers as they used to. (NY Times)
• WKRP in Cincinnati is coming to MeTV next month. (SitcomsOnline) 

• American Idol returns with a new season on ABC on Sunday night.
• Meanwhile, Fox is counter programming with O.J. Simpson: The Lost Confession, which was deemed too controversial to air a decade ago and was pulled from the lineup, but isn't getting much attention now.
• A new Netflix comedy, On My Block, is set to debut on Friday.
  
• For the People, a new legal drama, will debut Tuesday night on ABC.
• They were all added to Hulu a month ago, but in case you missed it, you can now catch Gary Unmarried and The PJs on the streaming service.
• Decades is airing a binge of The Doris Day Show this weekend.

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

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Labels: Grey's Anatomy, SitcomsOnline Digest, Station 19, The Doris Day Show, The Librarians