Thanks to corona, we had no comedies this season on the small screens, the first one to appear two weeks ago, B-Positive, hasn't been overly
Call me Kat will air over at Fox
successful (even I as a renowned fan of sitcoms couldn't stand the atrociously bad femalelead in it), but we have two popular sitcoms returning tomorrow and then Call Me Kat and Last Man Standing finale season coming two days after New Year's Eve!
CALL ME KAT AT FOX
Is
probably the most anticipated multicamera sitcom this season, the
expectations are high as it is based on popular British comedy Miranda and
it has a number of comedy legends in the cast from Mayim Bialik in the
lead to Swoosie Kurtz and everybody's favourite Leslie Jordan. There
will also besome eyecandy in it too as
Leslie Jordan is returning to sitcoms after Cool Kids
beautiful Vanessa Lachey and
sinfully handsome Cheyenne Jackson will also star. And as you can see
from the photos, the series will stay true to its title and will have a
cat as a part of the cast as well! The series will start on Sunday
January 3rd and will then move to its weekly spot on Thursday nights
Good news is that Mayim Bialik's Kat will have a pet cat!
which will become the strongest comedy night as Katwill be paired up on
Fox with Tim Allen's Last Man Standing. Should be a ratings heaven for
Fox. In the comedy, Bialik plays a 39-year-old woman called Kat who
struggles every day against society and her mother to prove that you can
not have everything
Mayim Bialik returns to sitcoms after Big Bang Theory
you want yet still be happy. So she spends the
money her parents set aside for her wedding to open a cat café in
Louisville, Kentucky. With Swoosie as Kat's mother, Kat's coworkers at
the café include Phil, played by Leslie Jordan,
Vanessa Lachey returns to sitcoms after Truth Be Told
who recently broke up
with his longtimepartner, and Randi (Kyla Pratt), a confident
millennial and self-proclaimed non-cat person. Cheyenne Jackson plays
Max, Kat's former crush and good friend who returns to town
The series will air on Thursday nights after the Sunday premiere
and accepts a
bartending job at a piano bar. Vanessa Lachey will be Tara, Kat's BFF
since kindergarten. Married with 3 children, Tara has a very different
life than Kat’s but their shared history has created a bond that can’t
be broken.
LAST MAN STANDING FINALE
Finally getting a good Thursday evening sidekick at Fox in Call Me Kat is America's best watched sitcom LAST MAN STANDING which will also roll its final, ninth season on January 3rd! After breaking tons of records in first seven years, the sitcom had a massive drop in ratings last year with the arrival
Tim Allen and Nancy Travis are retiring in Last Man Standing
of television's most annoying character Jen and a change in scripts which made the show less funny to the point of it being even unwatchable. Hopefully, the final season will bring the sitcom to its old glory. Tim Allen's sitcom will have 194 episodes in total and will have a time jump at the beginning of the final season, as we will meet the characters a few months after the events in
The final season will have a lower number of episodes due to corona
the catastrophic season 8. When we see the Baxters again, Kristin (Amanda Fuller) will have welcomed the baby, Mandy (Molly McCook) will be further along in her pregnancy, and Mike and Vanessa will be contemplating next steps. For Mike, that means retirement and choosing a successor.
BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA AND NEIGHBOURHOOD RETURN TOMORROW AT CBS
But
if you cannot wait till January for your weekly comedy fix, the good
news is that CBS's most watched sitcoms BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA, with the
second season, and NEIGHBOURHOOD, with the third season, are returning
as of tomorrow evening! The second season of Bob Hearts Abishola
Bob Hearts Abishola comes from comedy legend Chuck Lorre
will
start with Bob (Billy Gardel) enlisting Uncle Tunde's help to buy an
engagement ring for Abishola! However, his plans are upended because
Abishola does not believe in a traditional marriage. Meanwhile, in the
third season of NEIGHBORHOUD, the Johnson and Butler families had
already
The Neighborhood returns with its third season tomorrow
overcome the awkwardness that arose at the time of the first
meeting, they found a lot in common, but prejudice and pride sometimes
still prevail over common sense. Max Greenfield and Beth Behrs return as
the lovely and kind Johnsons, with Cedric the Entertainer as their
racist neighbour Calvin Butler.
TO REUNITE EMILY BLUNT WITH DWAYNE THE ROCK JOHNSON
After we see them together in Disney's Jungle Cruise, it seems Emily Blunt and Dwayne Johnson will team up again in the movie adaptation of comic books BALL AND CHAIN, most likely for Netflix! The superhero romantic comedy would see them playing a bickering couple as they approach three years of a tumultuous marriage. The couple, Edgar and Mallory Bulson,
Their Jungle Cruise has been moved to July 2021 opening date
have made the difficult decision to throw in the towel and get divorced. But then a mysterious meteor bathes the battling couple in extraterrestrial energies, energies that give them super abilities. Abilities that only work when the couple is together. Will their newfound powers be enough to make their marriage work?
'UNITED WE FALL' SITCOM
TO FALL NOW IN FALL?
While CBS has renewed Young Sheldon, Mom, Bob ♥ Abishola, The Neighborhood and The Unicorn for new seasons and cancelled Broke, Carol’s
Second Act and Man with a Plan, ABC is looking to save their new sitcom UNITED WE FALL for Autumn even though it was originally planned for midseason as they will need already finished series in the middle of corona production lockdowns.
UNITED WE FALL follows the trials and tribulations of Jo (Christina
Vidal) and Bill (Will Sasso), parents of two young kids, as they try to
make it day-to-day as a functioning family. Bill’s very judgemental
live-in mother (Jane Curtin) and Jo’s large Latinx Catholic family will
never hesitate to let our couple know
The eight episode first season has already been shot for midseason
they’re seemingly screwing up, but
Bill and Jo will always have each other’s backs, united against
everyone – other parents, teachers, doctors, specialists, coaches,
co-workers, and especially their kids.
MAX GREENFIELD ARRIVES TO CEDRIC ENTERTAINER'S HOOD!
Neighborhood will have 13 episodes in its first season
The spy is updating you with this Autumn's new multi camera sitcoms, starting with the new trailer and cast photos for NEIGHBOUR HOOD which starts airing at CBS Monday, October 1st in their new comedy lineup! Max Greenfield plays Dave (taking the role over from Josh Lawson who was cast in it in the pilot), the nicest guy in the Midwest who moves his family into a tough neighbourhood in L.A. where not everyone appreciates his extreme neighbourliness. Cedric the Entertainer is his
Cedric The Entertainer and Tichina Arnold are the Butlers!
next door neighbour Calvin Butler, who regards the new family with disdain and as a pack of interlopers, with Tichina Arnold as his wife who judges
Beth Behrs and Max Greenfield are the lead stars
them by their knowledge of Scripture (non existent) and their church attendance record (shockingly poor!). Beth Behrs plays Dave's wife Gemma.
'HAPPY TOGETHER' TRAILER
NEW DAMON WAYANS JR SITCOM!
Also hitting CBS this Autumn, October 1st, is new multicamera sitcomHAPPY TOGETHER about a 30 something happily married couple who begin to reconnect with their younger, cooler selves when a young pop star
Airing from October 1st, Happy Together will have 13 episodes
(Felix Malard) drawn to their super ordinary suburban life unexpectedly moves in with them. Jake (Damon Wayans Jr.), an accountant, and his dream wife, Claire (Amber Stevens West), a restaurant designer, are very
Amber Stevens West, Damon Wayans and Felix Malard lead the cast
comfortably settled into their marriage, enjoying evenings together on the couch watching TV and scheduling time to change their outgoing voicemail message. Their tame routine gets a makeover when Jake’s client, exuberant
Happy Together is produced by pop star Harry Styles
music superstar Cooper James, arrives on their doorstep looking for refuge from the paparazzi following a high-profile breakup with his girlfriend. Jake and Claire quickly discover there’s no way they can keep up with their world-famous houseguest’s effortlessly cool, fast-paced lifestyle. Cooper, however,
Chris Parnell, Victor Williams and Stephnie Weir star in Happy Together
enjoys Jake and Claire’s more relaxed way of life, discovering that a touch of ordinary can be extraordinary for all three of them. Stephnie Weir stars as Claire’s mother, Bonnie; Victor Williams stars as Claire’s father, Gerald; and Chris Parnell stars as Cooper’s agent, Wayne.
CBS ORDERS 'FAM' MULTICAM WITH NINA DOBREV, TONE BELL!
Last week was a black one for many shows as tons of them got cancelled, but this is also the time of the year when networks are ordering pilots into series.
Nina Dobrev and Tone Bell will be a couple in Fam!
CBS has cancelled Kevin Can Wait, Living Biblically, 9JKL and, sadly, our favourite Superior Donuts, as they're planning to fill Monday night with new comedies. They've ordered FAM multicam sitcom into series with Nina Dobrev as a young woman whose dreams of an upstanding life with her new fiancé are dashed when her younger train wreck half-sister comes to live with her to escape their train wreck of a father. Tone Bell, Odessa Adlon, Brian Stokes Mitchell and Sheryl Lee Ralph also star. It will air in midseason!
CBS ALSO ORDERS JOSH LAWSON AND DAMON WAYANS MULTICAMS
Beside Murphy Brown revival, CBS will also have Cedric the Entertainer's new multicam WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBOURHOOD about the nicest guy in the Midwest (Josh Lawson) who moves his family into a tough neighbourhood in L.A. where not everyone appreciates his
Cedric will not welcome Josh Lawson to his neighbourhood nicely!
extreme neighbourliness. That includes their new next-door neighbor Calvin (Cedric). Sheaun McKinney, Tichina Arnold, Dreama Walker, Marcel Spears and Hank Greenspan also star. CBS will also have the untitled Damon Wayans Jr. comedy which revolves around Peter (Wayans)
Damon Wayans Jr and Felix Mallard will lead new sitcom at CBS
and Claire (Amber Stevens West), a couple who are tired of their mundane life and start to reconnect with their younger, cooler selves when an emerging pop star (Felix Mallard), who is drawn to their super-normal suburban life, moves in. Stephanie Weir and Chris Parnell also star. The two sitcoms will air from Autumn on Monday nights! UPDATE The news is just in from CBS that they have replaced Josh Lawson with Max Greenfield in the sitcom! They have also revealed that Damon's sitcom will be titled HAPPY TOGETHER!
NBC SETS BAR AT 'S 'ABBY'S' NBC has picked up a multicam reminiscent of Cheers. ABBY'S is set at
the best bar in San Diego, home to good prices, great company and, of
course, Abby (Natalie Morales). This unlicensed, makeshift bar nestled
in her
Natalie Morales will lead new NBC sitcom Abby's
backyard is the opposite of everything annoying about today’s
party scene. There are no cell phones (not even to “look something up”),
earning a seat at the bar takes time and losing a challenge means
drinking a limey, sugary “not-beer” drink. As the oddball cast of
regulars will tell you, hanging out at Abby’s is a coveted honour. But
once you’re in, you’re family. Neil Flynn, Nelson Franklin, Jessica
Chaffin, Leonard Ouzts and Kimia Behpoornia star.
FOX REVIVES LAST MAN STANDING AND PAIRS IT UP WITH COOL KIDS
Over at Fox the greatest news is that they are reviving Tim Allen's much adored LAST MAN STANDING which was shamelessly killed at ABC. With all the cast (Nancy Travis, Jonathan Adams, Amanda Fuller,
Revival is a glorious victory for Tim Allen and a kick in the face to ABC
Christoph Sanders and Jordan Masterson) returning it will be Fox's leading programme next season if it brings its massive ratings from ABC where it was their second most watched comedy. It will be joined at Fox by
The Cool Kids will join Last Man Standing at Fox
THE COOL KIDS! Starring Vicki Lawrence, Martin Mull, David Alan Grier and
Leslie Jordan, it follows three guy friends in a retirement community who are the top dogs until they’re blown out of the water by the newest member of the community, a female rebel whose ready to challenge their place – it’s high school with 70 somethings. Stay tuned as I will be updating the post with new info as it arrives! The two comedies will air on Fridays from Autumn.
TV comedy news today as we are in the middle of the casting season for new sitcom pilots! I've announced recently that MURPHY BROWN is returning to the small screens at CBS thirty years after its end, and now we have Jake McDorman cast as her grown up son! Candice Bergen returns as news anchor to a world of cable news, social media, fake news and a very different political and cultural climate, with all of the old cast returning too, from Faith Ford and Joe Regalbuto to Grant Shaud! McDorman will play her millennial adult journalist son Avery, who is following in his mother’s footsteps, perhaps too closely, and has his mother’s competitive spirit and quick wit. Nik Dodani joins the old cast as Pat, the director of social media for the news show who is tasked with bringing Murphy and the gang into the 21st century.
JOSH LAWSON TO LEAD 'WELCOME TO NEIGHBOURHOOD'
Josh Lawson will lead new CBS sitcom
After casting Cedric The Entertainer, CBS has added another lead to
their multicam sitcom pilot WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBOUR HOOD. Josh Lawson
will play Dave, the nicest guy in the Midwest who moves his family into a
tough neighbourhood in L.A. where not everyone appreciates his extreme
neighbourliness. Cedric will play his next door neighbour who regards
the new family with disdain and as a pack of interlopers, while Tichina
Arnold will play his wife who judges them
by their knowledge of Scripture (non existent) and their church
attendance record (shockingly poor!).
DAX SHEPARD TO JOIN
ASHTON KUTCHER'S 'THE RANCH'
Dax Shepard will guest star in about five episodes
And the third blond hunk for today will move to a ranch! You've probably heard that Danny Masterson will no longer be a part of Netflix's multicam sitcom THE RANCH and he will now be replaced by Dax Shepard in the comedy revolving around the dysfunctional Bennett family on their Colorado ranch! He will join the second part of the 20 episode third season as a former soldier who has come to town with some history concerning the Iron River Ranch. He meets the Bennetts and forms an immediate bond with Colt (Ashton Kutcher) and his father Beau (Sam Elliott), but his past has a way of catching up with him. Dax won't be a regular, however, as he will be the lead in another sitcom, BLESS THIS MESS at Fox in which he and Lake Bell play a NY couple which moves to Nebraska to live a simpler life. It doesn’t work out like they planned.
