Welcome
to SitcomsOnline Digest! This week, we have news of a streaming deal for
The Larry Sanders Show
, a reunion of the
Boy Meets World
cast, and more. Let's get going!
HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB
- HBO will begin streaming every episode of
The Larry Sanders Show
on their streaming services HBO Go and HBO Now in September. (
Hollywood Reporter
)
- The casts of
Boy Meets World
and
Girl Meets World
obviously collide somewhat, but a full-fledged reunion is on the way to the newer series next season. (
Entertainment Weekly
)
- Sesame Street
has let go of three cast members who've been part of the series for four decades, including one who has been on the series since the first episode, and many people are not happy. (
New Yorker
)
- Miss Cleo, the TV psychic whose commercials aired almost everywhere in the late 90s and early 00s, died this week. (
CNN
)
- VH-1 Classic is about to be rebranded as MTV Classic, bringing back some classic MTV series of the past two and a half decades. (
SitcomsOnline
)
- The Addams Family
and
Wings
will be joining the Antenna TV lineup this fall. (
SitcomsOnline
)
HOME MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS
- CBS is bringing more colorized
I Love Lucy
to DVD
on October 4
, with the release of
I Love Lucy - Superstar Special #1
.
TUESDAY (AUGUST 2) HOME MEDIA RELEASES
FOLLOW ME
Who to Follow:
Lucie Arnaz (
Twitter
), "actress, singer, dancer, songwriter, producer, writer, director, teacher, sometime trapeze artist, wife and mother."
Claim to Fame:
August is coming up, and it is a month where we usually reflect on the life and career of Lucille Ball, since her birthday is coming up on August 6 (one week from today). Lucille Ball died, of course, almost three decades ago, but her two children, Desi Arnaz, Jr. and Lucie Arnaz, have continued to make sure that the legacy of their mother lives on for decades to come. Lucie Arnaz made her television debut on a few episodes of
The Lucy Show
before being cast as Kim, Lucy Carter's daughter, in the series
Here's Lucy
. Her television career was mostly short-lived, but as it turns out, a different direction was much more appropriate for her and has been a place where she has been able to thrive: musical theatre, including Broadway productions. She is still sort of trying to get the hang of Twitter and (as she often admits herself) has a tendency to show up and disappear, but we hope to hear more from her in the future.
Pick of the Tweets:
"Can I go to Tweet school? Still so confused!" (
April 14, 2012
)