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Netflix's Good Times Animated Comedy Trailer; Too Close for Comfort and Check It Out! Complete Series on DVD

Good Times is back...now as an animated series! In this irreverent reimagining of the TV classic, a new generation of the Evans family keeps their heads above water in a Chicago housing project. An unfiltered adult comedy with the voices of Yvette Nicole Brown, J.B. Smoove, Wanda Sykes, Jay Pharoah, Marsai Martin and more. Add Good Times to your MyList here. From Showrunner Ranada Shepard and Executive Producers Stephen Curry, Norman Lear and Seth MacFarlane, the animated comedy drops on Netflix on Friday, April 12. No word yet on how many episodes will drop.

'80s sitcom Too Close for Comfort will be out with a Complete Series DVD set on April 3 with all 6 seasons consisting of 129 episodes from VEI (Visual Entertainment Inc.) for just $39.99. Just like fellow DLT Entertainment sitcom Three's Company earlier this year. Cartoonist Henry Rush (Ted Knight) and his loving wife, Muriel (Nancy Dussault), have just hit upon a surefire plan to keep their maturing family intact. Daughters Jackie (Deborah Van Valkenburgh) and Sara (Lydia Cornell) may be all grown up, but that doesn't mean these proud parents are ready to sit back and watch them venture out into the big, bad world on their own. Not by a long shot! So when an apartment unexpectedly opens up in their San Francisco row house, logic dictates that they lease it to those that they want to hold dear-and, most importantly-near! But with a sexy blonde bombshell for one daughter and a smart and sassy brunette for the other, the Rushes might be getting far more than they bargained for. Never mind the wacky, ever-present social misfit that they soon have to contend with Monroe Ficus (Jim J. Bullock). Why, it's enough to drive any parent crazy! And though it may have once innocently seemed like a sound solution, this upstairs-downstairs living arrangement may quickly prove that for all involved it's far too easy to be, well, perhaps just a little...Too Close for Comfort!

Purchase Too Close for Comfort - The Complete Series on DVD on Amazon.com or VEI.

In addition, another fellow '80s sitcom Check It Out! from DLT Entertainment will be out with a complete series DVD set from VEI with all 3 seasons (66 episodes) on April 8. Check It Out! takes viewers on a riotous romp through Cobbs, a supermarket where Howard Bannister, played by the iconic Don Adams, battles to maintain order amidst the chaos. Alongside him is Edna Moseley (Dinah Christie), his trusty sidekick and love interest, as they face the daily challenges brought on by a cast of quirky characters. From the endearing yet clueless stockboy to the consistently grumpy cashier, each member of the Cobbs team adds to the mayhem with their antics. Filmed in front of a live studio audience, the show delivers a relentless stream of slapstick comedy, witty one-liners, and an abundance of puns that keep the laughs rolling. Inspired by the British sitcom Tripper's Day from comedy writer Brian Cooke, Check It Out! brings its own unique flair to the supermarket setting. Cooke's expertise, honed from his work on US hits like Three's Company and Too Close For Comfort, lays the foundation for this uproarious comedy.

Purchase Check It Out! - The Complete Series on DVD on Amazon.com or VEI.

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

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Labels: Check It Out, Good Times, Netflix, Norman Lear, Three's Company, Too Close for Comfort, VEI

Three's Company 40th Anniversary (Since It Ended) DVD Collection; Shout! TV Holiday Episodes

Three's Company - The Official 40th Anniversary Collection is coming December 22 on DVD from Visual Entertainment Inc.! The series is actually approaching 47 years old now, but it will have ended 40 years ago this spring. All 8 seasons of 172 episodes, plus for the first time on DVD the two-short lived spin-off series The Ropers and Three's a Crowd and over 9 hours of other special bonus features! Three's Company was a groundbreaking comedy series that tripped through a world of slapstick pratfalls and some of the most scandalously titillating comedy America had ever seen. Racy and daring for its time, this breakthrough farce ran for eight seasons on ABC. Forty years after it came to an end, it remains one of the best-loved television series of all time. This complete series set is a celebration of the exploits of Jack, Janet, Chrissy, Larry, Terri, The Ropers, and Mr. Furley and offers fans a chance to relive every episode and continue to laugh for years to come. Starring John Ritter, Joyce DeWitt, Suzanne Somers, Richard Kline, Norman Fell, Audra Lindley, Don Knotts, Jenilee Harrison, and Priscilla Barnes. The bonus features for each season is below:

Season 1
PILOT (UNAIRED)
EPISODE JOHN RITTER: ALWAYS LEAVE THEM LAUGHING
EIGHT YEARS OF LAUGHTER

Season 2
BLOOPER REEL
COMMENTARY: CHRIS MANN DISCUSSES "DAYS OF BEER AND WEEDS"
BEST OF JANET, BEST OF ROPERS, BEST OF CHRISSY

Season 3
PILOT #2 (UNAIRED)
REMEMBERING JOHN RITTER
COMMENTARY: CHRIS MANN DISCUSSES "THE BAKE OFF"
ORIGINAL PROMOS 1,2,3
RICHARD KLINE AND DAVE POWERS INTERVIEWS

Season 4
NANCY RITTER INTERVIEW
DON KNOTTS & RICHARD KLINE INTERVIEW
ANN WEDGEWORTH INTERVIEW
CASTING DON KNOTTS
CASTING SUZANNE SOMERS

Season 5
JENILEE HARRISON INTERVIEW
OF FARCE AND CENSORS
BEST OF JACK, JANET, CINDY, LARRY, MR. FURLEY

Season 6
LAUGHS AROUND THE WORLD
LUCILLE BALL PRESENTS: THE BEST OF THREE'S COMPANY

Season 7
DON KNOTS TRIBUTE
PARLEZ-VOUS THREE'S COMPANY? (FRENCH DUBBED PILOT)
BEST OF JACK, JANET, TERRI, LARRY

Season 8
BLOOPERS
WORKING WITH A MASTER (ACTING WITH JOHN RITTER)
JANET IN SPANISH
BEST OF JACK, JANET, TERRI, LARRY, MR FURLEY

Purchase Three's Company - The Official 40th Anniversary Collection.

Shout! TV has it all this holiday season. Beginning now, Shout! TV will feature all-holiday programming with a week full of festive frights, throwback delights, visits from Santa Claus, and the MST3K Yule Log! On December 21 (TODAY!), viewers can tune in for #ThrowbackThursday featuring holiday episodes of classic TV like The Beverly Hillbillies, ALF, and The Carol Burnett Show! Then, on Christmas Eve, hold onto your stockings for 'Twas the Fright Before Christmas programming featuring a spooky double feature of Black Christmas and Silent Night, Deadly Night: Part 2. Additional programming will include holiday classics like A Christmas Carol, Scrooge, The Christmas That Almost Wasn't, Jack Frost, and many, many more!

Shout!'s family of channels will be decking the halls with festive programming on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day on The Carol Burnett Show Channel, Johnny Carson TV, the Mystery Science Theater 3000 Channel, Scream Factory TV, TokuSHOUTsu, and more.

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

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Labels: ALF, Carol Burnett Show, Shout!, The Beverly Hillbillies, The Ropers, Three's a Crowd, Three's Company, VEI

SitcomsOnline Digest: The Mindy Project Out and Undateable In (And Completely Live) for 2015-2016 Season; VEI Announces Huge Slate of Releases

• The Mindy Project is dead on Fox, but it hasn't been knocked out just yet, as Hulu may pick up the series for another season or two. (Hollywood Reporter) 
• It isn't completely surprising that NBC renewed the series Undateable for a third season, but what is surprising is the one condition of that renewal: the entire third season will be broadcast live on the east coast. (Entertainment Weekly)
• John Stamos may be about to become a very busy man now that Fox has picked up his sitcom Grandfathered for next season. (Deadline)
• The CW passed on the reboot of Tales From the Darkside, but it looks like some other networks (and Hulu) may be interested. (Deadline) 
• Grace Lee Whitney, best known for her role on Star Trek, died this week at the age of 85. (CNN)
• It looks like there won't be an end to The Simpsons anytime soon, as the series has been renewed for two more seasons. (SitcomsOnline) 

• Wanda at Large - The Complete First Season: Warner Archive brings the very short first season of this series to DVD in this single disc release. It is a very basic release that contains the six episodes of the first season, but there are no real problems with the DVD.

• Bob's Burgers - The Complete 4th Season (DVD, $29.95): The series that managed to become a staple on the Sunday night Fox lineup returns for another season as a MOD release.
• Mister Ed - The Final Season (DVD, $16.97): The short sixth (and final) season of the series about a talking horse arrives on DVD in this release.

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

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Labels: Angie, Cannon, Grace Under Fire, Hotel, Maude, SitcomsOnline Digest, The Jeffersons, The Mindy Project, The Parkers, Undateable, VEI