COMEDY FRIDAY: CAROL BURNETT, CANDICE BERGEN, KATHY BATES, STOCKARD CHANNING TO LEAD THEIR OWN NEW SITCOMS! 'GREAT INDOORS' SITCOM WITH JOEL MCHALE, STEPHEN FRY

CAROL BURNETT 

TO LEAD NEW ABC SITCOM!

This season really did not bring us many multi camera sitcoms, but networks are slowly picking up orders for possible new pilots and one of them, an untitled one, will have a legendary comedian returning to the small screens! As 'Deadline' reports Carol Burnett will star in ABC's pilot for a new sitcom, produced by Amy Poehler, about a family who gets a chance to buy the house of their dreams, a house they’d never be able to afford under normal circumstances, but is able to under extremely abnormal circumstances. They must live with the current owner, an older actress (Burnett) — until she dies.

STOCKARD CHANNING, CANDICE BERGEN, KATHY BATES' SITCOMS

She is not the only legendary female comedian to return to TV soon, NBC is developing a Stockard Channing sitcom pilot ME & MEAN MARGARET (about a fearsome faded film and Broadway legend and the unwitting boy lawyer who has to babysit her), Candice Bergen is to topline sitcom PEARL (as a larger than life family matriarch who finds out she has cancer, and becomes intent on controlling and orchestrating every aspect of her family's life before she dies), while Kathy Bates will lead sitcom DISJOINTED for Netflix as a mom who runs her own marijuana dispensary with the help of her three sons!

'THE GREAT INDOORS' 

OPENS ITS DOORS THURSDAY

But a multi camera sitcom to arrive to us as early as next Thursday is CBS comedy THE GREAT INDOORS which is set to premiere in primetime on October 27th with Joel McHale portraying Jack who has made a name for himself as an adventure reporter for the magazine Outdoor Limits. His days of exploring the world end when the magazine's founder, Roland, announces its move to web-only publishing and assigns Jack to supervise the Millennials who make up its online team.

Stephen Fry will appear as Roland: an outdoorsman in his own right and founder of the magazine! Christopher Mintz Plasse as Clark: a tech nerd who knows everything about surviving on Mars and a zombie apocalypse yet has not been out of the city! Christine Ko as Emma: the social media expert who views Jack as the human version of dial-up! Shaun Brown as Mason: a hipster who has not spent any actual time outside. Susannah Fielding as Brooke: Roland's daughter and Jack's ex-girlfriend and current boss. Chris Williams as Eddie: Jack's best friend, who runs the local bar and helps him understand his co-workers!

TV NEWS: 1ST 'FRONTIER' EPIC SERIES PHOTO WITH JASON MOMOA! CANDICE BERGEN RETURNS IN 'PEARL' SITCOM, JOEL MCHALE TO LEAD 'GREAT INDOORS' SITCOM. MARK PAUL GOSSELAAR IN BASEBALL 'PITCH' SHOW, FREDDIE STROMA LEADS 'TIME AFTER TIME' SF SERIES

MARK PAUL GOSSELAAR

TO LEAD 'PITCH' BASEBALL DRAMA

Bunch of short TV news today, people and not much else! Starting with Mark Paul Gosselaar who after finishing job in charmingly adorable but undeservedly short lived TRUTH BE TOLD sitcom at NBC will star in FOX new drama PITCH about an outstanding female baseball player (Kylie Bunbury) who makes it all the way to the major leagues. She'll have to share the field with legendary catcher Mike Lawson (Gosselaar), whose initial scepticism gives way to a romantic spark.

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FREDDIE STROMA TO LEAD 'TIME AFTER TIME' SF SERIES
ABC has cast young GAME OF THRONES star Freddie Stroma to lead their new adventure series pilot TIME AFTER TIME which will chronicle the epic adventures of young H.G. Wells and his Time Machine. The time travelling series is based on Karl Alexander book.
CANDICE BERGEN IS 'PEARL'
In sitcom news, yet another 80's TV star to return to the small screens, Candice Bergen, is to topline ABC comedy pilot PEARL! She will play a larger than life family matriarch who, after she finds out she has cancer, becomes intent on controlling and orchestrating every aspect of her family’s life before she dies
JOEL MCHALE TO LEAD 'GREAT INDOORS'
Over at CBS, they've cast Joel McHale to lead THE GREAT INDOORS sitcom as a magazine editor for 'The Great Outdoors' who, after an injury, has to leave mountain climbing for a desk job where he is in charge of a group of millenniums at the magazine's social media department, leading a much younger staff without driving himself nuts.

FIRST JASON MOMOA PHOTO

FROM 'FRONTIER' EPIC TV SERIES

You can also check out the first photo from Netflix and Discovery historical mini series FRONTIER lead by Jason Momoa. The story of the six episode epic drama follows the chaotic quest to command North America’s 18th century fur trade, where business fast turns violent. The series is shooting in Canada.