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SitcomsOnline Digest: Jury Duty Returning for New Season on Prime Video; New Spinoff of 9-1-1 in the Works

  Welcome to SitcomsOnline Digest! We're already at the end of February this week, and networks are starting to set things up for next TV season... and that's what almost all of our news focuses on today. Let's get going!

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB

• A second season of Jury Duty is coming to Prime Video, but it's already been filmed. (Variety)
• Prime Video has cancelled The Sticky. (Deadline)
• Get ready for more 9-1-1, with a 9-1-1: Nashville spinoff. (Variety)
• Fox has renewed The Quiz with Balls for a second season. (Deadline)
• Patricia Heaton has been fortunate enough to star in two long-running and successful sitcoms, but she isn't interested in a reunion for either one. (Entertainment Weekly)
• However, Eden Sher would like people to see the unaired pilot for her Sue Heck spinoff of The Middle from seven years ago. (Screen Rant)
• CBS has already renewed nine series for next season, including giving a two season renewal to Ghosts. (SitcomsOnline)

WEEKLY PLANNER (FEBRUARY 22 - FEBRUARY 28)

• Tomorrow's binge on Catchy Comedy is That's My Mama.
• NBC has a lineup of all new series for Sunday night starting tomorrow, with Suits LA, Grosse Point Garden Society, and the limited Tom Hanks narrated docuseries The Americas.
• The Dutch comedy series Roosters debuts Friday on Netflix.

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

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Labels: 9-1-1, Jury Duty, SitcomsOnline Digest, That's My Mama, The Middle, The Sticky

The Simpsons Monday Night Football Disney+ Telecast; Prime Video Announces The Sticky

ESPN, Disney, The Simpsons and The National Football League will premiere The Simpsons Funday Football on Monday, December 9, an animated Monday Night Football game transformed in real-time into the iconic Simpsons world using Sony's Beyond Sports Technology. Atoms Stadium in Springfield will host the fully immersive fan viewing experience featuring the Cincinnati Bengals at the Dallas Cowboys, ESPN's Monday Night Football game that evening. The Simpsons Funday Football alternate viewing presentation will stream on Disney+ and ESPN+, and, on mobile, with NFL+. The traditional Monday Night Football telecast will be available on ESPN, ABC and ESPN Deportes with Monday Night Football with Peyton and Eli on ESPN2. Both the traditional telecast and Peyton and Eli will also be on ESPN+, making each distinct presentation available in the ESPN App. All telecasts will begin at 8 p.m. ET. Hank Azaria, Nancy Cartwright, Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner and Yeardley Smith will voice several of their characters in prerecorded bits and skits.

The legendary Simpsons creators have collaborated on the look, sound and feel with ESPN and the NFL to ensure the authenticity of the longest running primetime scripted series with more than 750 episodes. This is the second consecutive year ESPN, Disney and the NFL have presented a Funday Football telecast. With Springfield's Atoms Stadium as the setting, The Simpsons Funday Football will be a true family affair as Bart Simpson sides with Joe Burrow and the Bengals while Homer aligns with Dak Prescott and the Cowboys. For most of the game, Bart and Homer will let their new Bengals and Cowboys teammates manage the action, but the iconic father and son duo won’t sit on the sidelines for the entire game. Each will select key opportunities to play offense and/or defense, replacing a player and joining his other 10 teammates on the field. Surrounding the gameplay, Marge and Lisa will interview players during the game and Maggie will fly the SkyCam, while popular characters, show references and aesthetics will bring a real Sunday-night-with-the-Simpsons feel to Monday Night Football. Homer and Bart will rally their supporters who will join them on their respective sidelines throughout the matchup. Lisa, Krusty, Nelson, Milhouse and Ralph will be with Bart (Bengals); while Carl, Barney, Lenny and Moe will be with Homer (Cowboys).

Prime Video released the official trailer and key art for The Sticky, a fast-paced, dark comedy series from Blumhouse Television, inspired by a real-life heist that made global headlines in 2012, which saw more than $18 million worth of maple syrup stolen from Quebec's national reserves. From showrunners Brian Donovan and Ed Herro, The Sticky combines moments of culture-clash hilarity, edge-of-the-seat excitement and heartbreaking drama. All six episodes premiere on December 6 exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories around the world.

The Sticky follows Ruth Landry (three-time Emmy Award winner Margo Martindale), a tough, middle-aged maple syrup farmer who turns to crime when the bureaucratic authorities threaten to take away everything she loves. She teams up with the hot-tempered Bostonian mobster (Chris Diamantopoulos), and a mild-mannered French-Canadian security guard (Guillaume Cyr) to carry out a multi-million-dollar heist on Quebec’s maple syrup surplus. In the deliciously devious trailer, the unlikely trio of maple syrup thieves are introduced – as they evade the long arm of the law, create mayhem in their quest for liquid gold, and potentially dabble in murder. The trailer also delivers the first glimpse of legendary Oscar and Emmy Award winner Jamie Lee Curtis sinking her teeth into an unwavering, powerhouse guest starring role.

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

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Labels: ABC, Amazon Prime, Disney+, ESPN, The Simpsons, The Sticky