Sinbad is thanking “fans and friends” for their enduring support following his first major appearance in more than three years.

The beloved comedian, now 67, suffered a stroke in November 2020 — and with the exception of a still image shared to his Instagram in 2022, had not been seen in public until last month.

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If you’re a child of the nineties, chances are you grew up loving Sinbad. Also known as David Atkins, Sinbad began his comedy career as a contestant on Star Search before nabbing his breakout role on the Cosby Show spin-off, A Different World, where he played Coach Walter Oakes; he served as a mentor to the main cast, who all played students at the fictional Hillman College. His distinctive look made him instantly identifiable, and it wasn’t long before he started showing up in movies, with roles in Necessary Roughness and Coneheads.

His career was unusual because most people went to TV after their movie careers cooled down. For Sinbad, it was the opposite. His solo TV show, The Sinbad Show, was a flop, but shortly afterwards, his movie career went into high gear, with him appearing in a string of hit movies. His biggest hit was Houseguest opposite the late Phil Hartman,...

On Monday, Fox unveiled the network's primetime slate for the 2018-2019 television season during its annual Programming Presentation at the Beacon Theatre.

"This year, we launched four of the Top 10 new shows on broadcast, which led to a very strong roster of young series returning for their sophomore seasons. That gives us tremendous momentum heading into the fall," said Newman and Walden. "With our increased investment in football, we're going to use the powerful platform of the NFL to launch our new comedies. We'll then take some big swings with dramas at midseason, which is a proven strategy for Fox."

The new comedies joining the lineup this fall are Rel and The Cool Kids. Inspired by the life of Lil Rel Howery, Rel is a multi-camera comedy starring Howery as a loving husband and father living in Chicago, who finds out his wife is having an affair, and must rebuild...

When one door closes, another one opens. That's in the case in life and in TV. When one show gets cancelled a new show gets greenlit. Here are the shows Fox hopes you get excited for.

First show up is a comedy called Rel. Inspired by the life of Lil Rel Howery, Rel is a multi-camera comedy starring Howery as a loving husband and father living in Chicago, who finds out his wife is having an affair, and must rebuild his life as a single father, following his divorce. The comedy also stars Sinbad, Jess “Hilarious” Moore (“Wild ’N Out”) and Jordan L. Jones.

Next up another comedy, The Cool Kids, is a multi-camera comedy about a rag-tag group of friends living in a retirement community who are willing to break every rule in order to have fun – because, at their age, what do they really have to lose? The...

Dana Walden and Gary Newman, Chairmen and CEOs, Fox Television Group, have unveiled the Fox primetime slate for the 2018-2019 television season to the national advertising community during its annual Programming Presentation at the Beacon Theatre.

“This year, we launched four of the Top 10 new shows on broadcast, which led to a very strong roster of young series returning for their sophomore seasons. That gives us tremendous momentum heading into the fall,” said Newman and Walden. “With our increased investment in football, we’re going to use the powerful platform of the NFL to launch our new comedies. We’ll then take some big swings with dramas at midseason, which is a proven strategy for Fox.”

The new comedies joining the lineup this fall are Rel and The Cool Kids. Inspired by the life of Lil Rel Howery, Rel is a multi-camera comedy starring Howery as a loving husband and father living in Chicago,...

Fox has released the first trailers for their upcoming fall shows following the release of their 2018-2019 fall schedule on Monday.

Of the trailers released today, comedies “The Cool Kids,” “Rel” and a resurrected “Last Man Standing” will debut this fall. Dramas “The Passage” and “Proven Innocent,” along with a new installment of “Cosmos,” will bow at midseason.

Watch the trailers and read the official series descriptions below.

“Rel”–Sundays at 9:30 pm Et

Inspired by the life of Lil Rel Howery, Rel is a multi-camera comedy starring Howery as a loving husband and father living in Chicago, who finds out his wife is having an affair, and must rebuild his life as a single father, following his divorce. The comedy also stars Sinbad, Jess “Hilarious” Moore (“Wild ’N Out”) and Jordan L. Jones.

“The Cool Kids”–Fridays at 8:30 pm Et

From executive producer Charlie Day (“It’s Always...

Julie Klausner didn’t have a Difficult time lining up her next TV gig: The Difficult People star has joined the cast of the NBC comedy pilot So Close, our sister site Deadline reports.

The series stars SNL alum Sasheer Zamata and Odd Mom Out‘s Sean Kleier as Riley and Kyle, two hopeless romantics who are both on the verge of settling for the wrong partner and unaware they might be soulmates. Klausner will play Amy, a friend of Riley’s who works with her at a law firm.

In other pilot casting news, per Deadline:

* Sinbad (A Different World,...

Comedian David Adkins, better known by his stage name Sinbad, has starred in many films in the 90s, including “Necessary Roughness,” “Houseguest” and even the Kenan & Kel vehicle “Good Burger.” But one movie he didn’t star in is “Shazaam,” about an incompetent genie who grants wishes to two children. However, that hasn’t stopped hundreds of people online from claiming that the film is real, believing that they saw it sometime in the 90s.

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The New Statesman reports that the community of “Shazaam” truthers has proliferated on Reddit, specifically under the subreddit r/MandelaEffect. The Mandela Effect is a “theory that a large group of people with the same false memory used to live in a parallel universe,” deriving from the idea that many people believe Nelson Mandela died while in prison. On this subreddit,...

TV writer and producer, Tom Whedon, father of TV and screenwriter Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; Angel, Firefly, Marvel's The Avengers), musician and writer Jed Whedon (Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog), and writer Zack Whedon (Deadwood, Halt and Catch Fire), died on March 23, 2016, at the age of 83. Jed announced the news late yesterday, on Instagram.

A producer on It's a Living, Benson, Maggie, The Golden Girls, and The Sinbad Show , Mr. Whedon's TV series writing credits includes those shows and many more. His professional career began on the Captain Kangaroo TV show, in the 1950s. Other TV credits include Music Scene, The Dick Cavett Show, The Electric Company (on which he was head writer), All's Fair, United States, The Two of Us, and the children's series, Between the Lions, for which he was nominated for a Daytime Emmy.

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It’s an understood rule of comedic actors that they can all do drama, as well. Comedy is harder, of course. But then not every comedic actor is truly an actor. Not every comedic performance is about more than good line readings and having the necessary timing to tell a joke. Stand-up comedians often get starring gigs on sitcoms, but that doesn’t mean they’ll wind up with an Oscar nomination someday. (Sorry, Sinbad.) Those who do end up with Academy recognition are those who were always set to shine on the big screen and wound up on TV as a short little detour along the way. Jennifer Lawrence, for example. And Tom Hanks. And Leonardo DiCaprio. But there are also former TV comedy stars who do great work in dramatic movies and never garner Oscar attention, and then they have to go back and do a Dumb and Dumber sequel. There...

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The magnificent Trevor Donovan has been cast for a guest role on Drop Dead Diva, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Apparently his role involves dropping his pants in the courtroom, which is always a good idea for Donovan’s characters.

Fox president Kevin Reilly said that he sees Glee ending at the end of its sixth season saying, “there’s two very clear arcs to get to that end and conclude.” However, he added he could see the show lasting beyond that if a new breakout star is found.

Whew. Syfy has picked up the third season of Continuum. I don’t have to figure out how to follow it without a U.S. broadcaster.

Brace yourselves, Fox is planning on adapting Broadchurch. From what I’ve heard about the original, that could be a challenge. Besides, I’m having a hard time imagining Fox coming up with casting as exciting as David Tennant,...

It's been more than a decade since the 1990s ended, yet the Internet can't seem to go a day without a reminder of the neon slap bracelets that may have been banned from your school.

Yes, we get it. Times are tough and there's comfort in reflection, but enough is enough.

Below, a final goodbye to the 90s to end the nostalgia once and for all. (We're not kidding. There are 1990 items below.)

1. Scrunchies

2. "The Wild Thornberries"

3. Dawson and Joey

4. "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys"

5. Mr. Feeny

7. MTV playing music videos

8. Snick

9. The premiere of "Freaks and Geeks"

10. Levar Burton

11. "Daria"

12. "Arthur"

13. "The Powerpuff Girls"

14. "Smart Guy"

15. Comedy Central globe logo with buildings

16. "The X-Files"

17. Rosie O'Donnell

18. Bill Nye

19. "Dawson's Creek"

20. The Mighty Ducks"

21. "Are You Afraid of the Dark"

22. Cornholio

23. Rachel Green

24. Tim Allen

25. "All That"

26. "Beverly Hills 90210"

27. "Step by Step"

28. "The Ren & Stimpy Show"

29. "The Famous Jett Jackson"

30. "Buffy the Vampire Slayer...

Los Angeles, June 16: Sinbad, the 1990s comedian, has claimed he is broke again and reportedly he is filing for bankruptcy for the second time since 2009.

Sinbad, real name David Adkins, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy last month, claiming he owes $10,991,715 in debt and only has $131,000 in assets, reports tmz.com.

The 56-year-old comedian, known for his roles in the 1990s movies like "Houseguest" and "Jingle All the Way", owes $374,979 to American Express, $32,199 to Bank of America, and $2.3 million to the CA Franchise Tax Board.

He also claims he owes $8.3 million to the IRS for taxes from 1998-2006, and admits he owes.

'90s comedian Sinbad claims he's broke as a joke ... again -- filing for bankruptcy for the second time since 2009.Sinbad (real name David Adkins) filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy last month, claiming he owes $10,991,715 in debt ... and only has $131,000 in assets.The 56-year-old comedian -- famous for his roles in '90s movies like "Houseguest" and "Jingle All the Way" -- says he owes $374,979 to American Express, $32,199 to Bank of America, and $2.3 million to the CA Franchise Tax Board.

Sinbad has survived a divorce, financial and careers woes and even a falsely reported death - but he's alive and well and appearing on a new reality show!

"'Til you die... you're not nobody!" the comedian/actor - whose real name is David Adkins - told Billy Bush and Kit Hoover on Monday's Access Hollywood Live.

In 2007, the actor's death was falsely reported twice on his Wikipedia page, something he wears as a badge of honor.

"You're not anybody 'til you die. When Wikipedia kills you, you've been somebody," he joked. "I'm so good I got killed ...

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Encino - One of the joys of life is not in the getting, but the ability to give. For the longest time I thought that sentiment was bullshit. It sounded more like the excuse of plague carrier. How can giving a trophy be better than receiving it? I found myself overblissed while handing hardware to a certain star.

In case you tuned in late to the Icon Celebration special on the Dumont network, that was me on the podium announcing that 2011’s Spirit of Bob Crane Award winner was Charlie Sheen. Tears of joy were shed on the trophy that’s a bronzed Sony Portable camera from ‘77. Who knew Charlie was capable of emotion - especially anyone who bought the DVD of Navy Seals.

Charlie continues the legacy of the late great of Bob Crane. Both starred in completely absurd sitcoms. Crane played Col. Hogan on Hogan’s Heroes. We...

Talk about resurrecting the dead…

Sinbad will be starring in his very own reality-tv series titled Sinbad’s Family Affair. And from that title, I’m sure you can guess what it’ll be about. We tv has greenlit 6 episodes of the show, which chronicles the life of the comedian and his family.

The backstory on the show: After The Sinbad Show and his movie roles dried up, Sinbad re-married his college sweetheart, kicked his 30-person entourage off the payroll, and got back into his original passion of performing stand-up comedy. Now living back in his original home where his career started, he’s working to rebuild his stand-up comedy career while his grown-up kids, Paige and Royce, are working on their own careers.

“It’s not your run-of-the-mill reality show… I’m looking at this medium to find ways to be creative. If done right, reality TV can be funny,...

Sinbad is set to join the reality ranks, launching his own celebrity docusoap series on WEtv.

Sinbad’s Family Affair (working title) will follow the actor/comedian and his family as they work and live in Los Angeles, with Sinbad trying to re-launch his comedy career.

“It’s not your run-of-the-mill reality show,” Sinbad tells EW. “I’m looking at this medium to find ways to be creative. If done right, reality TV can be funny.”

The backstory on the show:

After The Sinbad Show and his movie roles (remember Jingle All the Way?) dried up, Sinbad re-married his college sweetheart,...

DVD Playhouse December 2010

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Allen Gardner

America Lost And Found: The Bbs Story (Criterion) Perhaps the best DVD box set released this year, this ultimate cinefile stocking stuffer offered up by Criterion, the Rolls-Royce of home video labels, features seven seminal works from the late ‘60s-early ‘70s that were brought to life by cutting edge producers Bert Schneider, Steve Blauner and director/producer Bob Rafelson, the principals of Bbs Productions. In chronological order: Head (1968) star the Monkees, the manufactured (by Rafelson, et al), American answer to the Beatles who, like it or not, did make an impact on popular culture, particularly in this utterly surreal piece of cinematic anarchy (co-written by Jack Nicholson, who has a cameo), which was largely dismissed upon its initial release, but is now regarded as a counterculture classic. Easy Rider (1969) is arguably regarded as the seminal ‘60s picture, about two hippie drug dealers (director Dennis Hopper...

Actor Sinbad has been forced to turn over his California home to pay off his debts - a month after he declared bankruptcy.

The Jingle All The Way star, born David Adkins, is putting the Hidden Hills property he purchased in 2007 back on the market for $3 million (£1.87 million), according to RadarOnline.com.

The move comes just weeks after it was reported in December the funnyman owes more than $8 million (£5 million) in unpaid taxes.

Comedian Sinbad is in a serious financial mess. The "Houseguest" star owes over .15 million in delinquent taxes, according to court records.

According to the federal court records obtained by Detroit News, the U.S. Attorney General's office has asked that the 53-year-old Benton Harbor local's house be sold to help satisfy the debt.

Earlier this month, a federal judge was also asked to foreclose on several tax liens and determine whether or not Sinbad - real name David Adkins - was the owner of a .5 million home in Hidden Hills, California.

Sinbad filed for chapter 7 bankruptcy the next day.