8 Simple Rules hiatus schedule and Ed O'neill? (1 Viewer)

[Chris_Morris]

ABC has announced the schedule during the hiatus of 8 Simple Rules.

Oct 14- Repeat of "Come and Knock on Our Door" the Three's Company "dream sequence" episode

Oct 21- Rerun of "According to Jim"

Oct 28- "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown"

leading into an hour-long episode on either Nov. 4 or Nov. 11 (depending on when it is taped).

And the latest rumor floating around:
The New York Post reports that Ed O'Neill (Al Bundy) is being considered to play Katey Sagal's brother on the show, as a replacement to the father, John Ritter.

That is one rumor I would love to see come true, just as long as his character is not like Al, it needs a different approach to comedy, but O'Neill can pull it off.


Chris

 

[Scott Leopold]

One of the entertainment news TV shows (either ET or Extra), said that Ed O'Neill was just going to be appearing as a guest star. While I doubt it would happen, I'd be thrilled to see him show up with Christina Applegate and David Faustino playing his kids.

 

[Chad R]

Has the retooled 'Dragnet' even aired, let alone had a chance to be cancelled which would free O'Neill up to take on a new role?

 

[Jason Seaver]

Yeah, it had its second episode last night. Still pretty solid, and I think ABC will give it a couple months at least.

 

[Rob P S]

Oct 14- Repeat of "Come and Knock on Our Door" the Three's Company "dream sequence" episode

How ironic that the funniest episode of Ritter's new show was a spoof of his old one. They were planning a sequel for this season before Ritter passed away.