RELATED STORIES It’s not an Ugly Betty revival but it’s pretty darn close: Michael Urie and Becki Newton will play siblings in a sitcom that’s in development at CBS, TVLine has learned. Titled Fun, the multi-cam comedy — from Sex and the City EP Michael Patrick King and Ugly Betty scribes Tracy Poust and Jon Kinnally — […]
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TVLine Items: Hamilton Star's Sitcom, Designated Survivor Casting and More
Leslie Odom Jr. is turning ABC into the room — er, network — where it happens. The Tony-winning actor (Broadway’s Hamilton) is set to star in and executive-produce an untitled comedy series at the Alphabet network, inspired by real-life couple Pastor Touré Roberts and Pastor Sarah Jakes Roberts, who preach at a Los Angeles church. […]
Melissa Joan Hart/Sean Astin Family Sitcom No Good Nick Ordered at Netflix
Melissa Joan Hart will soon work her sitcom magic for Netflix: The streaming service has ordered to series No Good Nick, a family sitcom co-starring Stranger Things‘ Sean Astin. The multi-camera comedy, which has already received a 20-episode commitment, centers on marrieds Liz and Ed, a “hyper-competitive career mom” and a “fun dad” who welcome 13-year old […]
Speechless Meets Ben Savage as Sitcom Joins ABC's New TGIF Line-Up
Ben Savage is returning to his TGIF roots by way of ABC’s Speechless, which this fall is moving to Friday nights. In the series’ Season 3 premiere, Savage will guest-star as a real estate agent who crosses paths with Maya, Jimmy and the rest of the DiMeo family as the future of their home hangs […]
ABC Orders 1970s-Set Family Sitcom The Kids Are Alright to Series
ABC is adding another retro comedy to its primetime lineup, handing a series order to ’70s family sitcom The Kids Are Alright, TVLine has learned. Set in a working-class neighborhood outside Los Angeles during the 1970s, The Kids Are Alright stars Michael Cudlitz (The Walking Dead) as Mike Cleary, the patriarch of a traditional — and […]
Netflix's Sabrina Series: How Will the Dark Drama Differ From the Sitcom?
Unless you’ve been living in the Other Realm for the past few months, you’ve probably heard that Netflix is conjuring up a new series about pop culture’s most iconic teenage witch. But this isn’t your mother’s Sabrina Spellman. Heck, it isn’t even your Sabrina Spellman. Based on Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Robert Hack’s Chilling Adventures of Sabrina comics, […]
Pilot News: Chris Parnell's CBS Sitcom, Mom Alum Joins Suspicion and More
Former SNL cast member Chris Parnell has a new TV gig: He’ll co-star in the untitled CBS comedy pilot starring Damon Wayans Jr., our sister site Deadline is reporting. Wayans (New Girl, Happy Endings) stars as one half of a boring married couple whose lives get a jolt when a young pop star moves in […]
Damon Wayans Jr. Books Starring Role in Untitled CBS Sitcom Pilot
Damon Wayans Jr. can’t stay away from network sitcoms for long. The New Girl and Happy Endings veteran has signed on to star in an untitled CBS comedy pilot, according to our sister site Deadline. He’ll play Peter, one half of a bored married couple who reconnects with his younger self when an up-and-coming pop […]
SNL Imagines a Bleak Fresh Prince in Spoof of Will Smith's '90s Sitcom
Saturday Night Live newbie Chris Redd got his biggest showcase yet this weekend, portraying Will Smith in an alternate version of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. The pre-taped sketch was an extension of the ’90s sitcom’s opening title sequence — only this time around, those “couple of guys who were up to no good” were part […]
Netflix gets Friends TODAY – Every episode of hit 90s sitcom available to watch online
Friends fans from today can watch every single episode of the hit 90s sitcom on Netflix UK. Netflix had teased that Friends was coming to the UK branch of the streaming service in a tweet yesterday. On New Year’s Eve they tweeted: “The One with the Show Everyone’s Been Asking Us to Add”. The cheeky […]