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Welcome Back, Kotter 50th Anniversary Marathon on Rewind TV; Apple TV+ Palm Royale Season 2 Premieres November 12

What's 2025-1975? That's right, the answer is 50! Welcome Back, Kotter turns the big 5-0, so stay after class with 50 episodes with Mr. Kotter and the Sweathogs on Rewind TV! It starts Tuesday, September 9 beginning at 6am ET. Welcome Back, Kotter regularly airs Mon-Fri 11am ET | 8am PT and Sat 11pm ET | 8pm PT on Rewind TV.

It's almost time to step back into the most exclusive club in Palm Beach. Apple TV+ released a first look at season two of Palm Royale, the Emmy Award-nominated comedy series starring and executive produced by Emmy and Academy Award nominee Kristen Wiig and Oscar and Emmy winner Laura Dern. Season one of Palm Royale was led by a renowned ensemble cast including Allison Janney, Ricky Martin, Carol Burnett, Josh Lucas, Leslie Bibb, Amber Chardae Robinson, Mindy Cohn, Julia Duffy and Kaia Gerber. The highly anticipated 10-episode second season of Palm Royale premieres globally on Wednesday, November 12, 2025 with the first episode, followed by one episode weekly until January 14, 2026.

Palm Royale is a true underdog story that follows Maxine Dellacorte (Wiig) as she endeavors to find her footing in the cut throat world of Palm Beach high society. As Maxine attempts to cross that impermeable line between the haves and the have-nots, Palm Royale asks the same question that still baffles us today: “How much of yourself are you willing to sacrifice to get what someone else has?” Palm Royale is a testament to every outsider fighting for their chance to truly belong.

In season two, Maxine is left a social pariah after a scandalous public breakdown. She'll have to draw on her deep well of cleverness and cunning to prove once and for all, that not only does she belong, but she just might have what it takes to rule this town. Along the way she will uncover untold truths and finally understand what this town is truly built on... secrets, lies, and the occasional felony.

BET+ Renews Churchy for Season 2 and The Ms. Pat Show for Season 5; Remembering Teri Garr

BET+ has renewed the original comedy series Churchy for a second season. The series, originally released on February 15, 2024, broke ground for BET+ quickly becoming the #1 scripted comedy series on the platform in its debut week. Inspired by/drawing from/from the mind of standup comedian "KevOnStage" Fredericks, Corey Carr Jr.'s life takes an unexpected turn when he's bypassed for leadership of his father's mega-church. Determined to prove his worth, Corey packs up his dreams and heads to middle-of-nowhere Lubbock, Texas, with lofty ambitions to build his own ministry from the ground up. However, after quickly stumbling upon the realization that small-town church life is an entirely different ball game, Corey slowly accepts that the path to spiritual leadership might just be funnier and more profound than any sermon could ever teach.

Fredericks is set to reprise his role as "Corey Carr, Jr." an ambitious yet naive new pastor. Season one also starred Anthony Elfoniza, Lexi Allen, London Solomon, Mark J. P. Hood, and Shani Shockley. Casting for season two includes series regulars Quin Walters and Tahir Moore with Nic Few, Tony Baker, and Tabitha Brown also set to appear. Kevin "KevOnStage" Fredericks and Melissa Fredericks will return to executive produce for KevOnStage Studios. LeBron James, Maverick Carter, Jamal Henderson, and Lezlie Wills are executive producers for SpringHill. The second season will be penned by comedy writers Richard A. Washington & David Murphy. Production for the new season and a premiere will be announced at a later date.

In DJ Khaled’s voice - 'And Another One!' 🎉 BET+ has renewed the Emmy-nominated multi-cam sitcom The Ms. Pat Show for a fifth season, keeping the laughs and realness coming! 🙌🏾 BET Media Group also locked in an extended deal with the one and only Ms. Pat, so you know BET is about to get more unapologetically Black, bold, and hilarious content coming to our screens. Since 2021, The Ms. Pat Show been serving up that raw comedy, and we're here for it all! 🔥 Prepare yourself for an epic new season ahead by catching up on all 4 season streaming on #BETPlus.

Actress Teri Garr, who starred in Good & Evil, Good Advice and Women of the House, has died. She died from complications of multiple sclerosis at her home in Los Angeles, California, on October 29. Ms. Garr was 79.

Garr had a recurring role as Amber in four episodes of the 1973-1974 NBC sitcom The Girl with Something Extra. Some of her early sitcom guest appearances included That Girl (2 episodes), The Andy Griffith Show, Mayberry R.F.D., The Mothers-in-Law, Room 222, M*A*S*H, The New Dick Van Dyke Show, The Odd Couple, The Bob Newhart Show (2 episodes as Miss Brennan), Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers and Maude.

She starred as Denise Sandler in the short-lived 1991 ABC sitcom Good & Evil, which was created by Susan Harris. Good & Evil was the saga of two sisters – one "good", the other "evil" – and the backstabbing, jealously and power struggles that occurred between them. Denise Sandler, the evil sister, was heir to her mother Charlotte (Marian Seldes)'s cosmetics empire Sandler Cosmetics. The series also starred Margaret Whitton, Mark Blankfield, Lane Davies, Mary Gillis, Seth Green, Sherman Howard, Lane Smith, Brooke Theiss, Marius Weyers and William Shockley.

Garr starred as Paige Turner in the second season of the 1993-1994 CBS sitcom Good Advice. Dr. Susan DeRuzza (Shelley Long) is a successful marriage therapist and the author of a best-selling book on the subject, Giving and Forgiving. Paige Turner is Susan's flighty, self-centered older sister, who had just moved to Los Angeles and became the new inept receptionist. The cast included Treat Williams, George Wyner, Christopher McDonald (season 1), Peter Onorati (season 2), Ross Malinger, Estelle Harris (season 1), Lightfield Lewis and Henriette Mantel (season 2).

She starred as Sissy Emerson in the short-lived 1995 CBS sitcom Women of the House. The spin-off of Designing Women starred Delta Burke, reprising her role of Suzanne Sugarbaker. Sissy Emerson is Suzanne's press secretary, a washed up reporter who had turned to the bottle a few years earlier, but was starting to clean up her act. The cast included Patricia Heaton, Valerie Mahaffey (episodes 1-4, 7), Julie Hagery (episodes 5-6), Lisa Rieffel (episodes 8-12), Jonathan Banks, Brittany Parkyn and William Newman.

Garr had a recurring role as Phoebe Abbott, the estranged birth mother of Phoebe Buffay (Lisa Kudrow), in three episodes of the NBC sitcom Friends from 1997 to 1998. Some of her other sitcom credits included Dream On (2 episodes), Murphy Brown, The Larry Sanders Show, Frasier (voice), Men Behaving Badly, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Life with Bonnie, Greetings from Tucson and Crumbs. She stared as Talon Kensington in the 1986 CBS comedy miniseries Fresno.

She had her breakthrough appearing as secretary Roberta Lincoln in the Star Trek episode "Assignment: Earth" in 1968. Some of her other televison guest appearances included Mr. Novak, Dr. Kildare, Batman, It Takes a Thief (2 episodes), Banyon, Barnaby Jones, McCloud (6 episodes), Tales from the Crypt, ER, Chicken Soup for the Soul, Felicity, Strong Medicine and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

Garr was a regular cast member on The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour from 1971 to 1974, dancing and acting in comedy sketches. In 1972, she landed a regular role on The Ken Berry "WOW" Show, a summer replacement variety series. She hosted Saturday Night Live three times in 1980, 1983, and 1985. She was a frequent guest on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and Late Night with David Letterman.

She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her comedic role as Sandy Lester, an acting student, in Sydney Pollack's romantic comedy Tootsie (1982). Some of her other film credits included The Conversation (1974), Young Frankenstein (1974), Oh, God! (1977), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), The Black Stallion (1979), One from the Heart (1982), Mr. Mom (1983), Firstborn (1984), After Hours (1985), Let It Ride (1989), Mom and Dad Save the World (1992), Dumb and Dumber (1994), Prêt-à-Porter (1994), Michael (1996) and Ghost World (2001).

Ms. Garr was a talented, funny and lovely actress. She was always a great late night talk show guest. She made everything she appeared in much better. We thank her for the laughs and entertainment she brought us during her career. She will be deeply missed.

We also remember singer and actor Jack Jones. He sang the opening theme song for The Love Boat from 1977 to 1985. He died from leukemia at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, California, on October 23. Mr. Jones was 86.

The Love Boat theme song was composed by Charles Fox with lyrics by Paul Williams. It was sung by Jack Jones in the opening sequence of the first eight seasons (1977-1985) and, in a different arrangement, by Dionne Warwick in the last season (1985-1986) and the four specials that followed it. Jones lip-syncs the song in Airplane II: The Sequel (1982), appearing in a cameo as a lounge singer as Ted (Robert Hays) escapes from the hospital.

He provided the vocals to the theme song ("The Kind of Girl She Is") of the short-lived 1971 CBS sitcom Funny Face, which starred Sandy Duncan.

Jones played himself in the episode "The Vegas Show" of It's a Living in 1980. Some of his other sitcom credits included Hey, Jeannie! (pilot), The Love Boat, Get a Life and Night Court (1990). Some of his other television credits included Code 3, General Electric Theater, The Rat Patrol, McMillan & Wife, Police Woman, The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries, Sweepstakes and Buddy Faro.

He won two Grammy Awards and received five nominations for Grammys. His recordings included "Lollipops and Roses", "Wives and Lovers", "The Race Is On", "The Impossible Dream" and "Call Me Irresponsible".

Television writer and producer Alan Sacks was the co-creator of Welcome Back, Kotter. He died from lymphoma in New York on October 22. Mr. Sacks was 81.

Sacks helped develop and co-create the ABC sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter with Gabe Kaplan in 1975, based on Kaplan's stand-up routine about his high school buddies in Brooklyn. He was also a producer for first season (1975-1976).

He worked as a production executive and producer on Chico and the Man from 1974 to 1975, a show created by Welcome Back, Kotter executive producer James Komack.

In 1986, he wrote and produced the skateboarding film Thrashin', which starred Josh Brolin, Robert Rusler and Pamela Gidley.

Television writer and producer Sherry Coben was the creator of Kate & Allie. She died from cancer at her home in New Milford, New Jersey, on October 16. Ms. Coben was 71.

Coben created the 1984-1989 CBS sitcom Kate & Allie. The series stars Susan Saint James and Jane Curtin as two divorced mothers who decide to live together and raise their children in the same home. Curtin won two consecutive Emmy Awards for Best Actress in a Comedy Series, while Saint James was nominated in the same category three times. The cast included Ari Meyers, Allison Smith and Frederick Koehler.

She wrote for the ABC soap opera Ryan's Hope from 1980 to 1981. She was a writer and producer of the 1996 CBS Saturday morning children's sitcom Bailey Kipper's P.O.V.. The series starred Michael Galeota, John Achorn, Meg Wittner, Andi Eystad and Joey Zimmerman.

Actor Ron Ely starred as Tarzan in the 1966-1968 NBC series Tarzan. He died at the home of one of his daughters in Los Alamos, California, on September 29. Mr. Ely was 86.

Ely starred as Mike Madison in the CBS adventure/drama series The Aquanauts in 1961. He was best known for portraying Tarzan in the 1966-1968 NBC adventure series Tarzan. He also directed an episode of the series in 1967. He starred as Mike Nelson in the 1987-1988 syndicated revival of Sea Hunt.

Some of his sitcom guest appearances included Father Knows Best, How to Marry a Millionaire, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (as Dobie's older brother in the Pilot), The Courtship of Eddie's Father and The Love Boat (3 episodes).

He guest starred in five episodes of Fantasy Island from 1979 to 1984. Some of his other television credits included Steve Canyon, The Millionaire, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, Thriller, Ironside, Marcus Welby, M.D. (1974), Wonder Woman, Matt Houston, Hotel, Blacke's Magic, Superboy, Tarzán, The Hat Squad, L.A. Law, Hawkeye, Renegade (2 episodes) and Sheena.

Ely starred as Clark "Doc" Savage Jr. in the 1975 action film Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze.

We thank them for their work on television and in films. They will be greatly missed.

SitcomsOnline Digest: Matlock Renewed for Second Season; Happy's Place Off to a Solid Start

Happy Halloween week and welcome to SitcomsOnline Digest! It's a little bit of a busier week this week with the announcement of the first renewal of a fall series, some ratings news for a long running game show, and more. Let's get going!

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB

• Very few people probably saw this coming when the series was announced, but the reimagined Matlock has already been renewed for a second season. (Variety)
• Happy's Place had a solid start at NBC, but will it maintain that momentum? (Deadline)
• It was NBC, not Lorne Michaels, who decided to fire Shane Gillis from Saturday Night Live back in 2019 before he even appeared in a single episode, and Lorne Michaels was not happy with that decision. (Deadline)
• Wheel of Fortune is experiencing solid ratings with new host Ryan Seacrest. (Hollywood Reporter)
• Alan Sacks, the co-creator of Welcome Back, Kotter, has died at age 81. (Hollywood Reporter)
• Susan Olsen claims that CBS cancelled a proposed revival of The Brady Bunch due to her political views, although it doesn't seem that there were ever any public rumors of a proposed revival. (Deadline)
• The next Family Guy Hulu special is planned, which given that the series is now a midseason series for Fox, leads us to continue to wonder if the future of the entire series might be on Hulu. (SitcomsOnline)

WEEKLY PLANNER (OCTOBER 26 - NOVEMBER 1)

• Catchy Comedy is having a binge of Lucy this weekend, with a day of the rarely seen (and oddly, not available on streaming... see why we say to hang on to your DVDs?) Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour today and I Love Lucy tomorrow.
• A new season of American Dad! on debuts Monday on TBS, and with this new season, the series will have officially aired more episodes and seasons on TBS than Fox.
• Cozi TV is having a six hour marathon of The Munsters on Halloween.
• As always for Halloween, Antenna TV is celebrating on Thursday with a day of Bewitched while Rewind TV is having a day of Sabrina, the Teenage Witch.

Rewind TV's Welcome Back, (to School) Kotter Marathon; Gary Coleman Peacock Documentary

Rewind TV will have a Welcome Back, (to School) Kotter Marathon this Sunday. It will be a 13-hour marathon of the '70s sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter from 10am ET through 11pm ET. So let's start writing on the chalk board ("Horshack was here," "I will watch Rewind TV") and hit the books! The sitcom regularly airs on Rewind TV Mon-Fri 11a ET and Saturdays 11p ET. In the series, Gabe Kotter returns to his old high school -- this time as a teacher. He's put in charge of a class full of unruly remedial students called the Sweathogs. They're a bunch of wisecracking, underachieving and incorrigible students, and it takes all of Mr. Kotter's humor -- and experience as a former Sweathog himself -- to deal with his class.

Peacock has debuted the official trailer for the new Gary Coleman original documentary, Gary, premiering August 29, exclusively on Peacock. Peacock's new documentary, Gary explores the fascinating life and mysterious death of beloved child actor, Gary Coleman. Through exclusive interviews with fellow actor, Todd Bridges, former managers, his estranged parents and Coleman's ex-wife, the film details his rise to international fame as the child star of Diff'rent Strokes and the dark sides of his personal life off camera. The 90-minute documentary, Gary sheds a new light on the star's life and explores the controversy surrounding his tragic death at the age of 42 in 2010. Viewers will get insight into Coleman's lifelong illness and depression, his financial troubles, tumultuous marriage, and his heartbreaking demise.

Rewind TV January 2024 Schedule; Prime Video Announces The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy Premiere Date

Rewind TV has announced their radical new schedule starting January 1! We mentioned sister network's Antenna TV's January schedule, with Dear John, Mork and Mindy, The Facts of Life and The Drew Carey Show joining their line-up. Now we can announce that Welcome Back, Kotter will be moving from Antenna TV to Rewind TV beginning January 1 airing weekdays 11am-12pm and Saturdays from 11pm-1am, both replacing The Facts of Life, which moves to Antenna TV. Dear John & Mork and Mindy will be airing on both networks, while The Drew Carey Show is moving to Antenna TV like Facts. The other schedule changes on Rewind TV are minor, which includes Sabrina the Teenage Witch now 8-9pm (instead of Drew). View the full Rewind TV January schedule.

Prime Video announced the premiere date and revealed the series key art and first-look images for The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy (previously announced as The Hospital). All eight episodes of the adult animated sci-fi comedy from Emmy Award winning creator Cirocco Dunlap, and Maya Rudolph, Danielle Renfrew Behrens and Natasha Lyonne's Animal Pictures, will debut on February 23, 2024. Produced by Amazon MGM Studios, with animation by Titmouse Studios, the series, which has a two-season order, will premiere exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. Academy Award nominee Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All at Once) has joined the cast as series regular, Dr. Sleech, alongside previously announced cast members Maya Rudolph, Natasha Lyonne, Keke Palmer, Kieran Culkin, and Sam Smith.

The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy follows Dr. Sleech and Dr. Klak - aliens, best friends, and intergalactically renowned surgeons - as they tackle anxiety-eating parasites, illegal time loops, and deep-space STIs. In Season One, doctors Sleech and Klak take on a highly dangerous and potentially groundbreaking case and, in doing so, put existence itself in jeopardy. Although considering their dismal personal lives, oblivion might be an improvement.

Antenna TV January 2024 Schedule; Max December Comedy Specials

As we mentioned, Antenna TV starts the new year with four new classic shows added to its programming schedule all shared from sister network Rewind TV, including Dear John, Mork and Mindy, The Facts of Life and The Drew Carey Show beginning in January. Only The Facts of Life and The Drew Carey Show will air wekdays, with Facts weekdays 2-3pm and Drew weekdays 1am-2am (and on Sundays in prime from 7pm-9pm). Dear John will air in the overnight on Sundays (early Monday morning) from 3am-5am, while Mork will air Saturday afternoons from 3-5pm. As far as the rest of the schedule, weekdays seems some minor changes including Maude and Benson airing weekday afternoons and Archie Bunker's Place moving to 6-7pm. Welcome Back, Kotter and One Day at a Time will be leaving the schedule completely.

Saturdays will have a lot of time changes between 8am-3am. The Ropers and Three's a Crowd are back on the line-up airing Saturdays 5-6am and 5-6pm. Sundays will also have a lot of time changes, but from 8am-9pm. View the full schedule.

Max announces programming coming to the platform this December, including the HBO Original comedy special Leo Reich: Literally Who Cares? (12/16), the comedian's first solo stand-up special debuts this December. Following rave reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and an Off-Broadway run, this self-diagnosed important young mind faces the swirling uncertainty of our collective future, asking the big questions, such as: "Is this helping?", "Am I hot?", and "No offense guys but literally what is going on?" Treading the line between hilarious stand-up and humorless performance art, the special blends songs, anecdotes, and anxious non-sequiturs in a valiant attempt to raise awareness about important social and political causes... or something. The special from A24 was taped at EartH in London.

In the Max Original comedy special Gary Ulman: Born on 3rd Base (12/21), comedian, actor, and best-selling author Gary Gulman (HBO's The Great Depresh) offers up his hilarious insights on a range of topics - from growing up poor to pretentious suffixes - all with a generous helping of his inventive humor and absurdism. Reflecting on his eccentric Jewish American family, Gulman chronicles his childhood experiences with free school lunch programs and questionable dental care, as well as incisive swipes at billionaire-ism. With thoughtfulness and empathy, the special sheds light on the performer's unique point-of-view on both lighthearted and serious subjects.

Antenna TV Spring 2023 Schedule; Rewind TV Spring 2023 Schedule

Beginning Monday, March 20, 2023, Antenna TV is making some changes to its schedule for some spring cleaning. The changes are mainly early weekday mornings and Saturday primetime, along with McHale's Navy & Welcome Back, Kotter returning to weekdays. Weekday early mornings now has only one episode each of Burns & Allen and Jack Benny from 5-6am (previously was airing an hour each from 6-8am). I Dream of Jeannie is added to mornings airing 6-7am while Bewitched's morning hour moves to 7-8am (instead of 5-6am). At noon, McHale's Navy returns to weekdays as My Favorite Martian departs weekdays. And also Welcome Back, Kotter returns to weekdays airing 4-5pm replacing Too Close for Comfort, which departs on weekdays. The other changes are to weekends, with Saturday primetime seeing the most changes, One Day at a Time moves up to 8-9pm instead of Alice (moves to 1-2am on Sat), while The Jeffersons gets the 9-10pm hour. The rest of the changes are minor, which includes Kotter Saturday block cut to 7-8pm, as Too Close for Comfort moves to Saturdays 6-7pm. My Favorite Martian retains the Saturday 12pm hour but will also add the Sunday 9am hour, instead of McHale's Navy.

Sister network Rewind TV is making spring changes beginning today - Monday, March 6! The biggest change is that Paid Programming is now gone from 6-9am! Sitcoms will now air 6-9am, with Paid Programming being now only 4-6am. So Rewind TV is only making changes to 3am-9am due to this Paid Progamming change. NewsRadio will air weekdays 3-4am, Head of the Class Saturdays 3-4am and It's a Living Sundays 3-4am. After Paid Programming, weekdays 6-9am will have an hour each of It's a Living, 227 and Sabrina the Teenage Witch, while Saturdays will have an hour of Sabrina the Teenage Witch and two hours of Mork & Mindy. Sundays will have an hour of Head of the Class into two hours of 227. The rest of the Rewind TV schedule remain as it is now, with sitcoms such as Drew Carey, The Facts of Life, and Diff'rent Strokes staying in their current slots.

Antenna TV Fall 2022 Schedule; BUZZR Celebrates 50 Years of The Price Is Right

Antenna TV will make schedule changes this fall beginning on Monday, Sept. 19. There will be no changes to the weekday morning and afternoon schedule, but there will be some evening/late night and weekend changes. Welcome Back, Kotter will be removed from the weekday schedule, with Family Ties joining the schedule at 5:00pm & 5:30pm. Barney Miller will shift to 9:00pm & 9:30pm, replacing one of the two hours of The Jeffersons, while Designing Women returns to Antenna TV airing at 11:00pm & 11:30pm. Becker and Wings returns to weeknights, airing 12-1am and 1-2am, as Alice slides to 2-3am and Maude is off the weekday schedule. Archie Bunker's Place is back on weekdays in the overnight airing 4-5am, replacing an encore of I Dream of Jeannie.

The rest of the changes are on weekends, with Saturdays 5am-4pm now exactly the same as the Mon-Fri line-up with classic '50s and '60s sitcoms. The Saturday night block of '50s and '60s sitcoms now will be replaced by '70s sitcoms. Welcome Back, Kotter stack will air 6-8pm, followed by an hour each of Alice, One Day at a Time, Archie Bunker's Place and Maude. After a stack of Benny Hill from 12-2am, more '70s sitcoms will air on Saturday nights with Barney Miller from 2-3am and Soap from 3-5am. On Sundays, the '50s and '60s sitcoms will remain from 5am-2pm, along with One Day at a Time and Benson from 2-4pm. An additional hour of Benson will air 4-5pm, creating a stack from 3-5pm. Beginning at 5pm, Antenna TV will air stacks of sitcoms from 5pm-5am, with two-hour blocks of Soap, Designing Women, Family Ties, Wings, Becker, and more Designing Women.

To recap, Designing Women returns to the line-up, while It's a Living, Dear John and Silver Spoons are off the schedule. Designing Women was airing on sister network Rewind TV. Will the three sitcoms now off the Antenna line-up stay/move over to Rewind TV? Find out tomorrow, when we announce that schedule. For now, view the full Antenna TV Fall 2022 schedule below.

The Price Is Right is officially 50 years old! In honor of television's longest running game show, BUZZR is celebrating this momentous day in history with a week-long marathon of great episodes from the Bill Cullen years! Please join BUZZR in celebrating the golden anniversary of one of America's most iconic game show. Don't miss out on the fun all week-long starting this week at 4pm ET / 1pm PT where BUZZR will air two hours of Bill Cullen's greatest episodes. This week-long fun will air each day at 4pm ET/1pm PT through Friday, September 9 and will also include new-to-BUZZR episodes!

SitcomsOnline Digest: Jeff Garlin's Character to Exit The Goldbergs; Peacock Cancels Rutherford Falls

 Welcome to SitcomsOnline Digest! The unofficial end of summer is here, as we get into fall, and it's almost time for the new fall season (but not quite yet!). This week, we're hearing about a lot of people who won't be coming back to our small screen this fall. Let's get going!

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB

• We don't exactly know how it'll happen, so it isn't a spoiler really, but we basically know what is going to happen to Jeff Garlin's character on The Goldbergs. (CNN)
• Peacock has cancelled Rutherford Falls after two seasons. (Variety)
• It may not be that surprising as his character was sort of inconsequential in the series anyway, but Michael Fishman will not be returning to The Conners. (Variety)
• The Saturday Night Live cast exodus just keeps growing. (Deadline)
• Netflix has announced a premiere date for their series about former competitor Blockbuster. (SitcomsOnline)

WEEKLY PLANNER (AUGUST 27 - SEPTEMBER 2)

• Antenna TV has a "Sunday Best" marathon of Becker tomorrow, as well as a Welcome Back, Kotter marathon on Monday.
• A new season of Rick and Morty arrives on Adult Swim tomorrow night.
• There is a binge of The Saint on Decades this weekend. 

Antenna TV's Welcome Back to School Marathon; Apple TV+ Is Trying for More Comedy

Just in time for Labor Day, Antenna TV will celebrate the official end of summer with a "Welcome Back to School Marathon" on Monday, September 5 featuring some of the most memorable episodes of the 1970's hit comedy series Welcome Back, Kotter. Starting at 5am ET, go back to school with Gabe Kotter, portrayed by actor and comedian Gabe Kaplan, teaching misfit students at his alma mater. Episode highlights include "The Fight," "Kotter Makes Good," "Sweatwork," "Horshack vs. Carvelli," and "I'm Having Their Baby." Kaplan appeared five times on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and the marathon will include an expanded 90-minute episode of Johnny Carson's show at 10:00pm ET. The 24-hour marathon ends at 5:00am ET. Welcome Back, Kotter regularly airs Mon-Fri at 5pm ET | 2pm PT.

Apple TV+ announced that acclaimed comedy series Trying has been renewed for a fourth season ahead of its third season finale on Friday, September 2. The third season finds Nikki, played by BAFTA Award nominee Esther Smith, and Jason, played by SAG Award nominee Rafe Spall, waking up as new parents to two children they are still getting to know. Now they just have to keep hold of them, which proves to be trickier than they initially thought. Thrown straight into the parental deep end, Nikki and Jason's relationships with each other and with their nearest and dearest are tested as they desperately try to navigate the ups and downs of parenting - while hanging onto their kids, and their sanity. In addition to Smith and Spall, the cast includes Oliver Chris (as Freddy), Sian Brooke (as Karen), BAFTA Award winner Darren Boyd (as Scott) and Robyn Cara (as Jen).

Antenna TV's April Fool's Day of Fools Marathon; HBO Max Comedy Hacks Adds More Stars for Season 2

On Friday, April 1, Antenna TV celebrates the standout sitcom sidekick with the "April Fool's Day of Fools Marathon" beginning at 5 am ET. Watch a full day of foolery and plenty of laughs featuring Antenna TV's lineup of classic kooky cohorts including Flo in Alice, Arnold Horshack in Welcome Back, Kotter, Larry Dallas in Three's Company, Phil Fish in Barney Miller, Dwayne Schneider in One Day at a Time, Florence Johnston in The Jeffersons, Monroe Ficus in Too Close for Comfort and more. The "April Fool's Day of Fools Marathon" begins at 5 am ET on Friday, April 1, 2022 on Antenna TV. The episodes air in the regular timeslots.

The Emmy(R)-winning and critically-acclaimed Max Original comedy series Hacks has added Laurie Metcalf, Martha Kelly and Ming-Na Wen as recurring guest stars and Margaret Cho as a guest star for the highly anticipated second season on HBO Max. In the comedy, the dark mentorship between legendary Las Vegas comedian Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) and her young, entitled writer Ava (Hannah Einbinder) continues to evolve as the two travel across the country workshopping Deborah's new stand-up act. Jean Smart, an Emmy(R) winner for her performance in season one of the series, is set to return with Hannah Einbinder, Carl Clemons-Hopkins and Jane Adams, who were all nominated for Emmys for season one. Christopher McDonald, Kaitlin Olson, Paul W. Downs, Poppy Liu, Rose Abdoo, Mark Indelicato, Meg Stalter, Angela E. Gibbs, Luenell, Johnny Sibilly, Joe Mande, Ally Maki and Lorenza Izzo also star.

Antenna TV January 2022 Schedule and Q1 2022 Stunts; Chucky Gets 2nd Season on Syfy & USA

As we mentioned on Friday, now is the time for the Antenna TV January 2022 schedule! The line-up will begin on Monday, January 3, 2022 and will see the returns of three series with new contracts along with a series moving back from Rewind TV. Bachelor Father, Benny Hill, and Welcome Back Kotter return to Antenna TV in new deals, while Dear John is back from sister network Rewind TV's line-up. With these shows returning, Antenna TV is losing the rights to Coach and Gimme a Break!, while My Two Dads will be off and eventually moving to Rewind TV. Let's relay the schedule changes for weekdays first, Bewitched and I Dream of Jeannie will switch hours in the morning with Bewitched now 5-6am and I Dream of Jeannie from 6-7am. Jack Benny and Burns & Allen will remain in the 7am and 8am hours, but now 9am will be McHale's Navy, as Father Knows Best moves to 10am. Returning series Bachelor Father will take the 11am hour, leading into Hazel, Dennis the Menace and That Girl from 12pm-3pm. Bewitched and I Dream of Jeannie will move their afternoon slots now to the 3pm and 4pm hours, leading into the returning series Welcome Back, Kotter at 5pm. One Day at a Time will remain in the 6pm hour and will now be followed by Three's Company at 7pm. The 8pm-11pm line-up will remain intact with Barney Miller, The Jeffersons and Johnny Carson. With Coach expiring, Alice will now move into the 11pm hour leading into Archie Bunker's Place and Maude, which remain from 12-2am. The duo of Soap and Benson will now air in the overnight from 2-4am, leading into Mork & Mindy which remains in the 4am hour.

On Saturdays, mornings now start off with Maude at 5am, followed by Alice, Barney Miller and Archie Bunker's Place from 6am-9am. After the E/I break at 9am, The Partridge Family moves to 10am to kick off a '70s & early '80s block of sitcoms with Welcome Back Kotter, One Day at a Time, Three's Company from 11am-1pm, then the Three's Company spin-offs The Ropers and Three's a Crowd from 2-3pm, followed by Too Close for Comfort, Benson, Silver Spoons and more The Partridge Family from 3pm-7pm. Saturday night classics will remain starting at 7pm with some new timeslot changes. It kicks off still with Dennis the Menace and Father Knows Best from 7-9pm, while Bewitched and Jeannie switch hours again at 9pm and 10pm. That Girl remains at 11pm, but now Benny Hill is back and will air at midnight. Burns & Allen and Jack Benny remain in the 1am & 2am hours, while Bachelor Father is now at 3am and Hazel at 4am.

Sundays will start off with more classics continuing into the morning, Father Knows Best and Burns & Allen will remain from 5-7am, while Bewitched and Jeannie switch hours again airing 7-9am. Hazel closes out the classic block at 9am. Then just like Saturdays, the '70s/early '80s block starts at 10am but lasting the entire day after that. Shows from 10am-1pm are the same as Saturdays with The Partridge Family, Welcome Back Kotter and One Day at a Time. At 1pm, Dear John returns to the schedule and will lead into Family Ties at 2pm. Then 3pm-6pm is the same as Saturdays with Too Close for Comfort, Benson, Silver Spoons leading into The Jeffersons at 6pm. In primetime, Archie Bunker's Place, Alice and Maude will air from 7pm-10pm leading into the late fringe block of Soap, Benson, Three's Company and Barney Miller from 10pm-2am. And finally, the overnight from 2am-5am features Mork & Mindy, The Jeffersons and Archie Bunker's Place.

Stunts wise, we told you about the January Firsts marathon on Jan. 1, but now have the rest of the quarter. On Monday, February 14, 2022 for Valentine's Day starting at 5am with feature the regular line-up featuring romance episodes. Then on Tuesday, March 15, 2022, it's the Three's Company 45th Anniversary Marathon starting at 5am with 45 classic episodes for the 45th anniversary! And finally on Friday, April 1, 2022 it's April Fools' Day and Antenna TV will air episodes featuring sidekicks starting at 5am with the regular line-up. Stay tuned for further updates, but stay also tuned for the Rewind TV January 2022 schedule later this week!

The USA Network/SYFY hit horror series Chucky has been renewed for a second season to air in 2022. SYFY is the home to the top two new cable series of 2021 in the 18-49 demo: Resident Alien followed by Chucky (live +7). Across all platforms, Chucky has reached 9.5 million viewers in its first season thus far. The season finale of Chucky airs tonight, Tuesday, Nov 30 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on USA and SYFY. Season 1 of Chucky is available to stream on Peacock starting Dec. 1.

In the new television series based on the Child's Play movie franchise, an idyllic American town is thrown into chaos after a vintage 'Good Guy' doll turns up at a suburban yard sale. Soon, everyone must grapple with a series of horrifying murders that begin to expose the town's deep hypocrisies and hidden secrets. Meanwhile, friends and foes from Chucky's past creep back into his world and threaten to expose the truth behind his mysterious origins as a seemingly ordinary child who somehow became this notorious monster. The series stars Zackary Arthur as Jake Webber, Alyvia Alyn Lind as Lexy Taylor, Bjorgvin Arnarson as Devon Lopez, Teo Briones as Junior Webber, Fiona Dourif as Nica, with Jennifer Tilly as Tiffany Valentine and Brad Dourif as Chucky (Voice).

2021 Antenna TV Christmas and New Year's Schedule

This holiday season, Antenna TV will celebrate with its usual four stunts on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day! Antenna TV will celebrate with classic Christmas episodes of all you favorite series, dance party episodes and a fresh start with firsts! On Friday, December 24, 2021 on Christmas Eve, Antenna TV will air a 24-hour marathon of Christmas episodes starting at 5am. It will be the regularly scheduled shows with a few changes: Bewitched 5-6am and 1-2pm, The Partridge Family/Burns & Allen 7-8am, Dennis the Menace 11am, Hazel 12pm, Gimme a Break! 4:30pm, Maude 2am and Too Close for Comfort at 4:30am. Every other timeslot is the regularly scheduled show.

Then on Christmas Day, on Saturday, December 25, 2021, Antenna TV will have its annual "Christmas Through the Years" starting at 10am and lasting through the night until 5am. See the list of programs airing from the 50s to the 80s:

Saturday, December 25, 2021
10:00am Father Knows Best
10:30am Burns and Allen Show
11:00am Father Knows Best
11:30am Burns and Allen Show
12:00pm Burns and Allen Show
12:30pm Dennis the Menace
1:00pm Dennis the Menace
1:30pm Hazel
2:00pm Dennis the Menace
2:30pm McHale's Navy
3:00pm Bewitched
3:30pm Hazel
4:00pm That Girl
4:30pm That Girl
5:00pm Bewitched
5:30pm Bewitched
6:00pm The Partridge Family
6:30pm Maude
7:00pm Maude
7:30pm The Jeffersons
8:00pm Barney Miller
8:30pm Maude
9:00pm Alice
9:30pm The Jeffersons
10:00pm Three's Company
10:30pm Maude
11:00pm Barney Miller
11:30pm The Jeffersons
12:00am One Day at a Time
12:30am Alice
1:00am The Jeffersons
1:30am Barney Miller
2:00am Alice
2:30am Archie Bunker's Place
3:00am Benson
3:30am The Jeffersons
4:00am Alice
4:30am One Day at a Time

On Friday, December 31, 2021, spend the evening with Antenna TV during their New Year's Eve Dance Party starting at 8am through 5am (with a break for Johnny Carson at 10pm). See the list of programs airing:

Friday, December 31, 2021
8:00pm One Day at a Time
8:30pm I Dream of Jeannie
9:00pm Bewitched
9:30pm The Partridge Family
10:00pm Johnny Carson
11:30pm One Day at a Time
12:00am Alice
12:30am Maude
1:00am My Two Dads
1:30am The Jeffersons
2:00am I Dream of Jeannie
2:30am Maude
3:00am Silver Spoons
3:30am That Girl
4:00am Gimme a Break!
4:30am Maude

And finally on Saturday, January 1, 2022, it's Antenna TV's "New Year's Day Fresh Start" marathon starting at 10am through 12:30am with first episodes and other firsts happening. Welcome Back, Kotter and Bachelor Father also return to the line-up! See the list of programs airing:

10:00am Burns and Allen Show
10:30am Jack Benny Program
11:00am Father Knows Best
11:30am Bachelor Father
12:00pm Dennis the Menace
12:30pm Hazel
1:00pm McHale's Navy
1:30pm Bewitched
2:00pm I Dream of Jeannie
2:30pm That Girl
3:00pm The Partridge Family
3:30pm Maude
4:00pm The Jeffersons
4:30pm Barney Miller
5:00pm Welcome Back, Kotter
5:30pm One Day at a Time
6:00pm Alice
6:30pm Three's Company
7:00pm Soap
7:30pm Mork & Mindy
8:00pm The Ropers
8:30pm Benson
9:00pm Archie Bunker's Place
9:30pm Archie Bunker's Place
10:00pm Too Close for Comfort
10:30pm Family Ties
11:00pm Silver Spoons
11:30pm Three's a Crowd
12:00am Dear John

Come on back next week when we announce the details for the new Winter 2022 schedule for both Antenna TV and Rewind TV that starts in January! Sitcoms such as Welcome Back Kotter, Bachelor Father, The Drew Carey Show, NewsRadio and Suddenly Susan join the line-ups, as we previously announced!

Antenna TV Fall 2021 Schedule; Rewind TV Launch Schedule Beginning September 1

It's time to gear up for the Fall! Antenna TV and its new companion network Rewind TV have announced their Fall schedules. Let's start with Antenna TV. Their new lineup begins on Monday, August 30 and there is one new series joining the lineup, as they have re-acquired Too Close for Comfort. That series will air on weekends, airing 3pm & 3:30pm. Most of the weekday schedule remains intact, however late fringe will get a makeover. Archie Bunker's Place and Maude return to weekdays and will air 12-1am & 1-2am. In the overnight, Family Ties and Mork & Mindy return to weekdays, and will air 3-4am and 4-5am. Mork is returning from hiatus and will also air on Rewind TV. The rest of the ATV changes are on the weekends, with the addition of Too Close for Comfort, along with the return from hiatus The Partridge Family (weekends 11am-12pm) and Mork & Mindy (weekends 6-7pm). A lot of the weekend shows on Antenna TV are moving to Rewind TV (i.e. The Hogan Family, Head of the Class, Diff'rent Strokes, The Facts of Life, etc). Check the full Antenna TV Fall 2021 schedule image for full details.

Stunts and future programming wise, there is a lot to come. On Labor Day, there will be an Alice marathon. On Halloween there will be a Bewitched marathon, while a Coach binge will air on Thanksgiving weekend. On Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, it's Antenna TV's annual Classic Christmas Collection marathon and Christmas Through the Years stunt. And finally, New Year's Eve will once again feature dance party episodes. More details on each stunt as we get closer to the dates. As we mentioned, AnTENna TV's final two months for their birthday blowout will have 10 episodes of Three's Company on Sept. 10 from 5pm-10pm and Hazel on Oct. 10 from 5pm-10pm. As for future programming, Antenna TV has reacquired Welcome Back, Kotter and it will begin this January, 2022. We hinted two shows returning to Antenna TV, and those are now announced: Too Close for Comfort and Welcome Back, Kotter.

Moving on to new Antenna TV companion network, Rewind TV. They will launch on Wednesday, September 1. The lineup will be seven days a week. Check the full Rewind TV launch schedule image for full details, but some highlights include: new acquisition Caroline in the City (12-1am), series moving from Rewind to Antenna like Diff'rent Strokes (5-6am and 1-2pm), The Facts of Life (6-7am and 12-1pm), Who's the Boss? (8-9am and 4-5pm), Head of the Class (3-4pm and 2-3am), along with series airing on both Antenna TV and Rewind TV like Mork & Mindy (11am-12pm on Rewind) and Family Ties (6-7pm on Rewind). Full list of launch shows: Caroline in the City, 227, Becker, Dear John, Designing Women, Diff'rent Strokes, The Facts of Life, Family Ties, Growing Pains, Head of the Class, The Hogan Family, Mork & Mindy, Murphy Brown, Sabrina The Teenage Witch, Who's the Boss, and Wings.

No details on if there will be any stunts yet, but there are plenty of series coming to Rewind TV in the next couple years, with most that were already announced to join. The Drew Carey Show launches first this December. The John Larroquette Show, My Two Dads, NewsRadio and Suddenly Susan will join in early 2022, while Just Shoot Me! and Mad About You launch sometime in 2023. More details to come on these as we get closer to the dates.

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SitcomsOnline Digest: Saturday Night Live to Air SNL at Home Tonight; Friends Reunion Delayed

• With all of these series being produced at home, we never expected Saturday Night Live to try it, but they will tonight. (Vulture)
• A Friends reunion was supposed to be a major feature of the HBO Max launch, but now that it can't be produced right now, it looks like it'll come a little later. (Variety)
• TV production is shutdown because of coronavirus, of course, but there is also a writer's strike looming and it could be damaging to the linear TV industry.  (Deadline)
• The Grey's Anatomy season finale didn't get to have the kind of bang it would normally have. (Deadline)
• MeTV is featuring a month of Mayberry next month. (SitcomsOnline)

WEEKLY PLANNER (APRIL 11 - APRIL 17)

• Matt Houston is the binge on Decades this weekend.
• For kids who are missing school, Head of the Class and Welcome Back, Kotter are on Antenna TV all day this weekend.
• Decades is featuring The Love Boat this weekend as their binge.
• HBO is streaming several series for free right now without a subscription while people are at home, all you have to do is go to HBO Now or HBO Go.
• There is a new Maggie Simpson animated short on Disney+.
• As previously mentioned, Saturday Night Live returns tonight for a new episode, though we aren't sure how that is going to work just yet.

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