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Summer has now started with this past week being the first full week of the summer season. We will be back with our normal weekly ratings report with the first four nights numbers and analysis in the fall, but we still will have our regular how the sitcoms did all summer long! Here are our summer ratings:

Welcome to SitcomsOnline Digest! This week, we're hearing about a new series from Jenji Kohan, remembering legendary boxer Muhammad Ali from the perspective of a classic TV appearance from nearly four decades ago, and more. Let's get going!

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• It has been a while since we've seen any releases of the animated Dennis the Menace and Heathcliff from Mill Creek, but given Mill Creek's tendency to complete any series that they start, we knew the rest of the series would eventually have to come. Now, we know that Heathcliff - The Complete Series and Dennis the Menace - The Complete Series will both arrive on DVD on August 2 and a $29.98 MSRP. However, it doesn't appear that a third volume will be released at this time for those who have already purchased the first two volumes of each series.

TUESDAY (JUNE 7) HOME MEDIA RELEASES

• Quantum Leap - Seasons 1 and 2 (DVD, $19.98): Mill Creek begins the first of their re-releases of this classic series on DVD with this release of the first two seasons, at a deep discount.

Who to Follow: Emmanuel Lewis (Twitter)

Claim to Fame: This weekend, Antenna TV started their Saturday Summer-thons, and they've started with the series Webster. Of course, the star of that series is Emmanuel Lewis. The series debuted in 1983 on ABC, and ran for six seasons (it ultimately ended as a first run syndication series, which was very popular for sitcoms in the 80s).

TV Land has given a series pickup to Nobodies with a 12-episode first season, with writer/director/actor Michael McDonald (MADtv) serving as Executive Producer and Showrunner. Nobodies stars and is executive produced and written by Groundlings alums Hugh Davidson, Larry Dorf and Rachel Ramras (Mike Tyson Mysteries) and revolves around the three as they try desperately to land one of their famous friends for a feature script that they have developed, so that they, too, can rise to fame in Hollywood. Davidson, Dorf and Ramras are partnering with their real-life friends, Emmy® winner Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone, who will be executive producing Nobodies through their production company, On The Day, with Falcone directing and guest-starring in the pilot episode. Jason Bateman (Arrested Development), Maya Rudolph (Saturday Night Live), Jim Rash (Community) and Nat Faxon (Married) will also guest star in the pilot. In addition to McCarthy, Falcone and McDonald, JAX Media's Tony Hernandez will executive produce for TV Land, expanding the partnership that currently includes Younger and The Jim Gaffigan Show. Stay with us for continued updates, such as a premiere date for this single-camera comedy.


It's Friday, so it is time for "Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows" for the coming week. This is where we list what sitcom stars are appearing on talk shows for the coming week, the stars are both current and past sitcom stars, so this is for all sitcom fans of all eras!
For the week of June 6-10, 2016, we have many current sitcom stars and past sitcom stars on TV talk shows! All times listed are Eastern. So get your DVRs (or whatever you use) ready! Ready? Here is all what you need to know for the coming week!


Sunday, June 5, 2016

• Don Cheadle (House of Lies/The Golden Palace) - Catch Don on Jimmy Kimmel Live: Game Night at 7pm on ABC.

Monday, June 6, 2016

• Geena Davis (The Geena Davis Show/Buffalo Bill) - Watch Geena on The Late Late Show with James Corden at 12:37am on CBS.
• Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Modern Family/The Class) and Jane Krakowski (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt/30 Rock) - Jesse and Jane perform Broadway Carpool Karaoke on The Late Late Show with James Corden at 12:37am on CBS. Jane talks about her Tony nominated Broadway show She Loves Me on People Now at 8:30am.
• Tom Cavanagh (Ed/Scrubs) - Tom stops by Last Call with Carson Daly at 1:35am on NBC.
• Will Arnett (Arrested Development/Up All Night/Running Wilde) - Will is a guest on Conan at 11pm on TBS.
• Shiri Appleby (Sunday Dinner/Knight & Daye) - Shiri talks about Lifetime's UnREAL on The Talk on CBS at 2pm ET/1pm CT-PT.
• Freddie Prinze Jr. (Freddie) - Freddie creates a recipe from his cookbook Back to the Kitchen on LIVE! with Kelly, so check your listings.
• D.L. Hughley (The Hughleys) - D.L. guest co-hosts LIVE! with Kelly, so check your listings.
• Mario Lopez (Saved by the Bell/Saved by the Bell: The College Years) - Mario has Ellen's favorite staff moments on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, so check your local listings.
• Meagan Good (Mr. Robinson/Cousin Skeeter) - Meagan and her husband DeVon Franklin talk about their book The Wait on a repeat of The Meredith Vieira Show, so check your local listings.
• Ana Ortiz (A.U.S.A./Kristin) - Ana and Roslyn Sanchez join Clinton Kelly in the kitchen to make grilled swordfish with fresh herbs on ABC's The Chew at 1pm ET/12pm PT/CT.
• Laura Linney (The Big C) - Laura talks about Genius on the AOL Build Show at 5:30pm.
• Donald Faison (The Exes/Scrubs - Donald talks about GSN's Winsanity on NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
• David Schwimmer (Friends) - David chats with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
• Sally Field (Gidget/The Flying Nun) - Sally is a guest on Tavis Smiley on PBS, so check your local listings.
• George Foreman (George) - George discusses Muhammad Ali's death on Access Hollywood Live, so check your local listings.

Tuesday, June 7, 2016

• Megan Fox (Hope & Faith) - Catch Megan on a repeat of Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
• Freddie Prinze Jr. (Freddie) - Freddie is a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:34pm on NBC. He talks about his new cookbook Back to the Kitchen on ABC's The Chew at 1pm ET/12pm PT/CT and on the AOL Build Show at 1pm.
• Thomas Middleditch (Silicon Valley) - Thomas appears on a repeat of Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
• Tim Robbins (The Brink) - Tim drops by The Late Late Show with James Corden at 12:37am on CBS.
• Marc Maron (Maron) - Marc is a guest on The Late Late Show with James Corden at 12:37am on CBS.
• Dana Carvey (One of the Boys) - Dana appears on Conan at 11pm on TBS.
• Deon Cole (Angie Tribeca/black-ish) - Deon appears on Conan at 11pm on TBS.
• Tituss Burgess (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) - Tituss discusses Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt on The Talk on CBS at 2pm ET/1pm CT-PT.
• Joel McHale (Community) - Joel guest co-hosts LIVE! with Kelly, so check your listings.
• Ellie Kemper (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt/The Office) - Ellie has Ellen's favorite human interest stories on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, so check your local listings.
• Billy Crystal (The Comedians/Soap) and Jeffrey Tambor (Transparent/Arrested Development/The Larry Sanders Show) - People Now takes a look at where the cast of City Slickers is now at 8:30am.
• Kristin Chenoweth (Kristin) - Kristin shares her One Last Thing on People Now at 8:30am.
• Luis Guzman (How to Make It in America/Luis) - Luis talks about Puerto Ricans in Paris on the AOL Build Show at 2pm and on New York Live on WNBC in New York at 12:30pm ET.
• Tori Spelling (Mystery Girls) - Tori talks about Mother May I Sleep with Danger on NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
• Don Cheadle (House of Lies/The Golden Palace) - Don is a guest on Tavis Smiley on PBS, so check your local listings.

Wednesday, June 8, 2016

• Melissa McCarthy (Mike & Molly/Samantha Who?) - Watch Melissa and the cast of the new Ghostbusters film on Jimmy Kimmel Live: Game Night at 8pm and Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
• Laura Linney (The Big C) - Laura appears on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:35pm on CBS.
• Ben Schwartz (Parks and Recreation) - Ben stops by The Late Late Show with James Corden at 12:37am on CBS.
• Linda Cardellini (The Goode Family/Guys Like Us) - Linda is a guest on The Late Late Show with James Corden at 12:37am on CBS.
• Megan Fox (Hope & Faith) - Megan appears on Conan at 11pm on TBS.
• Marc Maron (Maron) - Marc drops by Conan at 11pm on TBS.
• Joel McHale (Community) - Joel guest co-hosts LIVE! with Kelly, so check your listings.
• Whitney Cummings (Whitney) - Whitney appears on a repeat of Rachael Ray, so check your local listings.
• Marilu Henner (Taxi/Evening Shade) - Marilu talks about her Hallmark Movies & Mysteries movie Three Bedrooms, One Corpse: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery on Home & Family on Hallmark Channel at 10am ET/PT.
• Freddie Prinze Jr. (Freddie) - Freddie talks about his new cookbook on NBC's Today in the 10am hour. He cooks with People Now and gives a sneak peek at his new cookbook at 8:30am. He will also be on New York Live on WNBC in New York at 12:30pm ET.
• Kevin Hart (The Big House/Undeclared) - Kevin talks about Central Intelligence on NBC's Today sometime between 7-9am.
• Patricia Heaton (The Middle/Back to You/Everybody Loves Raymond) - Patricia talks about Patricia Heaton Parties on NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
• Ashley Tisdale (Clipped/The Suite Life of Zack & Cody) - Ashley discusses her new makeup line on Access Hollywood Live, so check your local listings.

Thursday, June 9, 2016

• Will Arnett (Arrested Development/The Millers/Up All Night) - Catch Will on a repeat of Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
• Dave Franco (Scrubs/Do Not Disturb) - Dave stops by Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
• Thomas Middleditch (Silicon Valley) - Thomas appears on a repeat of The Late Late Show with James Corden at 12:37am on CBS.
• Tom Papa (Come to Papa) - Tom is a guest on Conan at 11pm on TBS.
• Thomas Lennon (The Odd Couple/Sean Saves the World/Reno 911!) - Thomas guest co-hosts The Talk on CBS at 2pm ET/1pm CT-PT.
• Malcolm Jamal-Warner (The Cosby Show/Malcolm & Eddie) - Malcolm is a guest on a repeat of The Meredith Vieira Show, so check your local listings.
• Morris Chestnut (Out All Night) - Morris appears on a repeat of The Real, so check your local listings.
• Patricia Heaton (The Middle/Back to You/Everybody Loves Raymond) - Patricia talks about her new cooking show Patricia Heaton Parties on ABC's The Chew at 1pm ET/12pm PT/CT.
• Tia Mowry (Instant Mom/The Game/Sister, Sister) - Tia is a guest on Home & Family on Hallmark Channel at 10am ET/PT.
• Michael Strahan (Brothers) - Michael discusses his father's health scare on a repeat of The Dr. Oz Show, so check your local listings.
• D.L. Hughley (The Hughleys) - D.L. chats with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
• Mike Epps (Uncle Buck/Survivor's Remorse) - Mike will be on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am.
• Donald Faison (The Exes/Scrubs) - Donald discusses his game show Winsanity on Access Hollywood Live, so check your local listings.
• David Spade (Rules of Engagement/8 Simple Rules/Just Shoot Me!) - David is a guest on Chelsea on Netflix, so check your local listings.

Friday, June 10, 2016

• Anthony Anderson (black-ish/Guys with Kids/All About the Andersons) - Watch Anthony on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
• Cedric the Entertainer (The Soul Man/The Steve Harvey Show) - Cedric visits The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:34pm on NBC.
• David Duchovny (Californication) - David stops by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:35pm on CBS.
• David Spade (Rules of Engagement/8 Simple Rules/Just Shoot Me!) - David appears on a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
• Tituss Burgess (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) - Tituss is a guest on a repeat of Last Call with Carson Daly at 1:35am on NBC.
• Deon Cole (Angie Tribeca/black-ish) - Deon discusses Angie Tribeca on The Talk on CBS at 2pm ET/1pm CT-PT.
• Alec Baldwin (30 Rock) - Alec guest co-hosts LIVE! with Kelly, so check your listings.
• Tiffani Thiessen (Saved by the Bell/Saved by the Bell: The College Years) - Tiffani is a guest on a repeat of The Meredith Vieira Show, so check your local listings.
• Mike Epps (Uncle Buck/Survivor's Remorse) - Mike teams up with Mario Batali to create a "VIP Plate" on ABC's The Chew at 1pm ET/12pm PT/CT.
• Candace Cameron Bure (Fuller House/Full House) - Candace reveals how she avoids burnout on a repeat of The Dr. Oz Show, so check your local listings.
• Laura Linney (The Big C) - Laura talks about Genius on NBC's Today in the 9am hour and on New York Live on WNBC in New York at 12:30pm ET.
• Cristela Alonzo (Cristela) - Cristela guest co-hosts The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
• Jerry O'Connell (We Are Men/Carpoolers/My Secret Identity) - Jerry will be on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am.
He also chats with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
• Maura Tierney (NewsRadio) - Maura chats with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.

All listings are subject to change. Visit our blog and main site for daily updated listings. Leave us comments on our message board or Tweet/Facebook us to let us know what you think of this Friday feature! We do listen!

The Pyramid is back! The Emmy Award®-winning pop-culture phenomenon is reimagined and better than ever when a cast of all-star celebrities take center stage and partner with contestants from across the country to compete against each other with hopes of making it to the winners circle and the ultimate prize of $100,000 on The $100,000 Pyramid, premiering Sunday, June 26 at 9:00pm EDT, on the ABC Television Network.

Celebrity Guest Lineup is below and includes many TV and sitcom stars:
Sherri Shepherd vs Anthony Anderson
Rosie O'Donnell vs Kathy Najimy
Ana Gasteyer vs Rachel Dratch
Robin Roberts vs Mario Cantone
Martha Stewart vs Snoop Dogg
Ken Jeong vs Tisha Campbell-Martin
Bellamy Young vs Weird Al Yankovic
Tony Hale vs Justin Long
Randall Park vs Anna Camp
Terry Crews vs Natasha Lyonne
Alfonso Ribeiro vs Mario Batali
Barbara Corcoran vs Daymond John
Steve Schirripa vs Melissa Peterman
Teri Polo vs Zachary Levi
Yvette Nicole Brown vs Fred Willard
Joy Behar vs John Michael Higgins
Kevin Pollak vs Niecy Nash
Bridget Moynahan vs Rex Lee
Jon Lovitz vs Deion Sanders

The $100,000 Pyramid is the timeless word-association game in which two celebrities and their partners face off in a race against the clock to make it to the winners circle and take home $100,000. Good Morning America's Michael Strahan hosts The $100,000 Pyramid.

HBO will mark the 15th anniversary of the debut of Six Feet Under with a marathon of the entire run of the hit drama series on HBO2, presenting all 63 episodes back-to-back starting tonight, Thursday, June 2 at 11:00pm (ET/PT), and concluding Sunday, June 5 at 12:20pm. The series focuses on the cathartic journey of the extended Fisher family, whose personal trials and tribulations are played out against the solemn backdrop of an independent funeral home in Los Angeles. The series aired from 2001-2005 on HBO and starred Peter Krause, Michael C. Hall, Frances Conroy, Lauren Ambrose, Freddy Rodriguez, Mathew St. Patrick, Jeremy Sisto, James Cromwell and Rachel Griffiths.

This Father's Day, Antenna TV, Tribune's multicast broadcast network, is celebrating with Fred Sanford. Airing on Sunday, June 19, "The Sanford and Son Father's Day Marathon" will feature 34 episodes filled with "big ones", "dummies", and "old fools". Enjoy 17 hours of laugh-out-loud humor from Sanford and Son's 6-season run, beginning at 5am ET. Antenna TV, which now airs in 128 TV markets across the U.S. reaching 86% of TV households, will air the following Sanford and Sons episodes:

5am Happy Birthday, Pop
5:30am We Were Robbed
6am Coffins for Sale
6:30am TV or Not TV
7am The Suitcase
7:30am The Piano Movers
8am Whiplash
8:30am The Dowry
9am This Card Sharps
9:30am The Puerto Ricans are Coming
10am The Shootout
10:30a Blood is Thicker Than Junk
11am Watts Side Story
11:30a Home Sweet Home for the Aged
12noon Fred, the Reluctant Fingerman
12:30pm This Little TV Went to the Market
1pm Superflyer
1:30pm The Blind Mellow Jelly Collection
2pm A House is Not a Pool Room
2:30pm Surprise Party
3:30pm Ol' Brown Eyes
4pm There Be Some Changes Made
4:30pm Divorce, Sanford Style
5pm Bank on This
5:30pm The Sanford Arms
6pm My Fair Esther
6:30pm Sanford and Son Rising
7pm The Director
7:30pm Fred Meets Redd
8pm Sanford and Gong
8:30pm Fred Sings the Blues
9pm The Reverend Sanford
9:30pm School Daze

All times Eastern.

Sanford and Son airs on Antenna TV weeknights at 6pm ET / 3pm PT

Amazon announced it has greenlit season four of the multi-Golden Globe and multi-Emmy Award-winning comedy series Transparent. Returning cast includes Jeffrey Tambor (Arrested Development) as Maura Pfefferman, Judith Light (Who's the Boss?) as Shelly Pfefferman, Gaby Hoffmann (Girls) as Ali Pfefferman, Amy Landecker (Louie) as Sarah Pfefferman and Jay Duplass (Togetherness) as Josh Pfefferman. Series creator Jill Soloway will continue in her role as Showrunner on Transparent and Andrea Sperling as Executive Producer. The fourth season of Transparent will premiere exclusively on Prime Video in 2017. Transparent is a half hour novelistic series that explores family, identity, sex, and love. The series stars Tambor as Maura. When she reintroduces herself to her family, everyone else's secrets finally start to come out. This includes her ex-wife Shelly (played by Light), and their children--meandering Ali (played by Hoffmann), music producer Josh (played by Duplass), and sexually conflicted Sarah (played by Landecker). Each family member spins in a different direction as they figure out who they won't become. The highly anticipated third season of Transparent is scheduled to premiere this fall on Prime Video in the US, UK, Austria, Germany and Japan.