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“Wonder Pets: In The City” premieres Friday, December 13 on Apple TV+. The new animated preschool original series focuses on a trio of pets in an NYC kindergarten classroom.
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HGTV’s “Christina in the Country” returns Tuesday, November 12 at 9p. The series starring real estate expert Christina Haack focuses on Nashville-area renovations.
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Adult animated superhero series “Invincible” returns to Prime Video for season three on Thursday, February 6.
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Hulu handed a series order to a family drama set within the NFL from “This Is Us” creator Dan Fogelman. Fogelman serves as writer and executive producer, with Jess Rosenthal also executive producing via his and Fogleman’s Rhode Island Ave. Productions along with David Ellison, Jesse Sisgold, and Jason T. Reed for Skydance Sports. 20th Television and Skydance Sports will produce. The streamer already has Fogelman’s “Only Murder in the Building” and upcoming thriller “Paradise” in its series stable.
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“Slow Horses” had barely crossed the season four finish linewhen Apple TV+ announced a six-episode sixth season. The darkly comedic spy drama starring Gary Oldman follows a dysfunctional team of British intelligence agents who serve in a dumping ground department of MI5.
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Disney Jr. greenlit “Marvel’s Iron Man and his Awesome Friends,” the first preschool Iron Man series. From Disney Branded Television, the series is currently in production and slated for a summer 2025 premiere on Disney Jr. and Disney+. The new series is part of Disney and Marvel’s expanded strategy to introduce Avengers characters and stories to a new generation of fans.
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Can you dig it? BBC Factual announced “Secret Garden,” a series for BBC One and iPlayer from Plimsoll Productions. “Last year, BBC One’s Wild Isles became the highest rating factual series of the year, showing there’s a huge audience who are excited by the wildlife of Britain and Ireland,” said Jack Bootle, Head of Commissioning, Specialist Factual. “Now, in ‘Secret Garden,’ we’re looking at animal dramas that are even closer to home – the unbelievable true stories playing out right now in gardens up and down the UK. It’s a major three-year production that gives our gardens the blue chip treatment.”
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Korean reality show “Culinary Class Wars” has been renewed for season two at Netflix. The series, which premiered in September, topped the streamer’s Global Top 10 TV (Non-English) list for three consecutive weeks.
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New global production company Weirdbunch Entertainment will focus on Middle Eastern stories, characters, myths and legends for a global audience. The first original IP out of the gate is “The Legend of Soloman,” featuring Saudi Arabia’s first superhero family.
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Anime streaming service Crunchyroll and NGLmitú, the Latino-focused digital media and entertainment company, struck a new partnership bridging the connection between Latino culture and love for Japanese animation. As part of the campaign, Crunchyroll and NGLmitú will debut a special video sketch to be featured on “mitú Daily,” mitú’s 3x weekly show, highlighting the parallels between anime and telenovelas.
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FuboTV and The Athletic announced an in-depth partnership making Fubo the official live TV streaming partner of The Athletic. The multi-year agreement incorporates content and product integrations as well as plans to co-market the two brands to their respective audiences. Fubo will be integrated into live game blogs and additional content on The Athletic’s leading sports platform, and The Athletic will work with Fubo to provide an engaging content experience through custom in-content modules that will feature relevant game information.
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Australia’s Cheeky Little Media and Canada’s Sinking Ship Entertainment are teaming to co-produce a new animated series, “Flower & Flour.” Created by Dan Mansour, the is inspired by Mansour’s and his wife Romy’s childhood experiences, with many of the adventures drawing from Romy’s upbringing in her family’s restaurant, which serves as the inspiration for the show’s central setting.
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Megan Thee Stallion announced a feature length documentary, “In Her Words,” set to drop on Prime Video on Thursday, October 31. “I’m nervous and excited for yall to see it butttt it’s finally here,” the “Her” singer posted on Instagram.
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Over two dozen updates are headed to YouTube, including features like fine-tunable playback speed, allowing for adjustments in 0.05 increments; improved browsing in landscape with greater responsiveness, and larger thumbnails and bigger text; and visual improvements across YouTube to simplify the app. Also rolling out are a new miniplayer, new customization tools for playlists, and enhancements to the YouTube experience on TV. “Whether it was greater control, richer personalization, or useful features, we’ve been hearing from our users that they wanted to get the most out of YouTube in a way that’s unique to them,” said the company in a blog post. “These updates are a direct result of that valuable feedback, and they represent just the beginning of our ongoing effort to make YouTube better for everyone.”
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Matteo Lane has joined the “Hulularious” comedy brand, taping a stand-up special on October 24 that will air later on the platform. “I am thrilled to be part of the Disney Hulu family,” said Lane. “This is the closest I’ll get to becoming the 5th Golden Girl.”
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Lifetime announced the final original movie for its annual It’s A Wonderful Lifetime movie slate, “BeBe Winans’ We Three Kings.” Gospel and R&B legend BeBe Winans executive produces and stars alongside his niece, Deborah Joy Winans, in the story of a father attempting to reunite his estranged daughters at the holidays.
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The fourth episode of Max’s “The Penguin” delivered 1.7 million cross-platform viewers, a season-high premiere night audience. The drama’s first episode has now racked up 13 million viewers.
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Major League Baseball post season is averaging 3.33 million viewers, up 18% versus last year’s average. The Division Series averaged 3.56 million viewers for 18 games, a 14% lift from last year, while NLCS Game 1 delivered the most-watched Game 1 LCS on any network since 2009, with 8.5 million viewers across FOX, FOX Deportes and FOX sports streaming services.
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The season two premiere of CBS’ “Tracker” delivered 8.3 million Live+SD linear viewers, to rank as the most-watched linear premiere of the 2024-25 broadcast season.
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