In today’s TV news digest, Hulu announced the release dates for “Love, Victor” and “The Handmaid’s Tale”, and Comedy Central launched a promotion for the “South ParQ Vaccination Special”.
DATES
Hulu announced that the fourth season of “The Handmaid’s Tale”It will debut with three episodes in April 28 and then release the rest of the season weekly. Consisting of 10 episodes, the new season will follow the ferocious rebel leader June (Elisabeth Moss) while it attacks Gilead. As her search for justice and revenge begins to destroy her most cherished relationships, June risks having to face unexpected and dangerous new challenges. The series also stars Joseph Fiennes, Yvonne Strahovski, Samira Wiley, Alexis Bledel, Ann Dowd, Max Minghella, Madeline Brewer, OT Fagbenle, Amanda Brugel, Bradley Whitford and Sam Jaeger. The season is executive produced by Moss, Bruce Miller, Warren Littlefield, Daniel Wilson, Fran Sears, Eric Tuchman, John Weber, Frank Siracusa, Sheila Hockin, Kira Snyder and Yahlin Chang. Watch a trailer below.
Hulu also announced that “Love Victor”It will premiere its second season of 10 episodes in June 11th. The season will start with a newcomer Victor (Michael Cimino) entering its first year at Creekwood High. While enjoying his new relationship with Benji (George Sear), Victor faces many obstacles, like a family struggling with his revelation, a heartbroken ex-girlfriend in Mia (Rachel Naomi Hilson) and the difficulties of being an openly gay athlete. The series also stars Ana ortiz, James Martinez, Isabella Ferreira, Mateo Fernandez, Bebe Wood, Anthony Turpel and Mason Gooding. Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger serve as executive producers alongside Brian Tanen, Jason Ensler, Isaac Klausner, Marty Bowen, Adam Fishbach, Wyck Godfrey, Pouya Shahbazian and Adam Londy.
Amazon Prime Video announced that Barry Jenkins‘limited series’The Underground Railroad”It will debut in May 14. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson Whitehead, the 10-episode series follows a young woman who escapes from a plantation in Georgia in hopes of finding the supposed underground railway. It is not prepared to discover that there is a real rail network with underground tracks and tunnels. The series is executive produced by Jenkins, Whitehead, Adele Romanski, Mark Ceryak, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Brad Pitt, Richard Heus, Jacqueline Hoyt and Colson Whitehead.
CNN Movies announced that the short film “APOLLO 11: Quarantine”It will debut in March 6 at the 9 pm on CNN and broadcast live on CNNgo. Mainly created from unpublished 70 mm archive images from the National Archives and NASA, the film will illustrate the extraordinary measures of astronauts Edwin ‘Buzz’ Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, and Michael Collin had to take to protect the world from any contamination with microorganisms or other material that astronauts may have inadvertently carried from the moon. The three-week medical quarantine offers viewers a reminder of the human capacity for resilience in the current moment of national crisis. Director Todd Douglas Miller acts as a producer alongside Laura Kirby-Miller, Thomas Baxley Petersen and Evan Krauss. Amy Entelis and Courtney Sexton act as executive producers for CNN Filmes; Josh Braun for Submarine and Tom Quinn for NEON they are also executive producers of the project.
FIRST LOOKS
Hulu released a teaser for the third and final season of “Strident, ”Which flows on May 7. The last season meets Annie (Aidy Bryant) energized by her break with unsuccessful boyfriend RyanLuka Jones) and her new impetus at work – but just as things seem to be finally falling into place for her, she starts to wonder if she knows how to get what she wants. The series also stars Lolly Adefope, Ian Owens and John Cameron Mitchell. Showrunner Ali Rushfield serves an executive producer alongside Bryant, Lindy west, Rob Klein, Elizabeth Banks, Max Handelman, Lorne Michaels and Andrew Singer. Watch the teaser below.
South Park Studios launched a promotion for the one-hour movie “South ParQ Vaccination Special, ”Which opens on March 10 at 8 pm in Comedy Central. The episode finds the citizens of the titular city clamoring for the highly coveted COVID-19 vaccine, with the boys put to the test when a new hilarious militant group tries to stop them from vaccinating their teacher. The new episode will follow the animated series’ “The Pandemic Special, ”Which will be retransmitted at 7 pm See the promotion below.
ABC revealed a trailer for “Pooch Perfect, ”A series of dog grooming competition sponsored by Rebel Wilson which opens on March 30. The eight-episode series will feature 10 of the country’s best dog handlers competing in a series of puppy-themed challenges. Each week, teams will compete in the Immunity Puppertunity challenge, where a team will receive immunity for elimination. In the Ultimutt Challenge showdown, the remaining teams will face off in an epic makeover transformation and show off on the illustrious dog walk. The three celebrity jurors – Lisa Vanderpump, Jorge Bendersky and Dr. Callie Harris – will have the task of voting on the incredible creations and, finally, forcing a team back to the dog house every week. Wilson, Elan Gale and Sonya Wilkes serve as executive producers. Nicole Anthony, Mike Rosen, Carley Simpson and Matthew Silverberg serve as executive co-producers. Watch the trailer below.
ABC also released a trailer for his new drama “Rebel, ”Which opens on April 8. The series follows Annie “Rebel” Bello (Katey Sagal), who is a funny, messy and fearless blue-collar lawyer without a law degree who desperately fights for the people she loves. The series also stars John Corbett, James Lesure, Lex Scott Davis, Tamala Jones, Ariela Barer, Kevin Zegers, Sam Palladio and Andy Garcia. “Rebel”He is executive produced by Krista Vernoff and Alexandre Schmitt in Trip the Light, Erin Brockovich, John Davis and John Fox in Davis Entertainment, Andrew Stearn, Marc Webb and Adam Arkin. Watch the trailer below.
GREENLIGHTS
Nickelodeon and Hasbroin Entertainment One (eOne) partnered to co-produce an original cartoon “Transformers”Series based on iconic global property. Composed of 26 half-hour episodes, the action comedy series will follow a new kind of Transformers that must find its place and purpose among Autobots, Decepticons and the human families that adopt them. The series is executive produced by Ant Ward and Nicole Dubuc, and developed and co-produced by Dale Malinowski. Made by Nickelodeon Animation Studio, the series is developed for television by Spinelli and Dana Vasquez-Eberhardt. Production will be supervised by Conrad Montgomery for Nickelodeon and Mikiel Houser for eOne.
CASTING
ABC announced that Abigail Spencer is defined for a recurring function in “Rebel, ”A series that examines the conflicts faced by black police officers while their departments deal with charges related to brutality and misconduct. Spencer will play a brilliant cardiothoracic surgeon named Misha, who has a painful romantic history with Nate (Keven Zegers), but cannot resist being involved in the study of Stonemore’s heart valve for fear that it may have inadvertently injured hundreds of patients. As mentioned earlier, “Rebel” comes from showrunner Krista Vernoff and is centered on the titular legal defender (played by Katey Sagal), who is not actually trained in law.
SCHEDULE
NewsNation announced “The Chicago Trial 7“Director Aaron Sorkin and actors Bryan Cranston and Robin Wright will be invited in the first week of their main news and talk show, “Banfield.”Presented by a veteran journalist Ashleigh Banfield, the talk show, formerly known as “WGN America, ”Will air on week nights at 10 pm Starting March 1st. Other future guests include television commentator Keith Olbermann, TV presenter Mike Rowecomedy director David Zucker and sensation on Instagram Katie Cole.
EXECUTIVE NEWS
Cartoon Network Studios announced that Lauren Martinez will enter the studio as vice president of the series, and Kelly Crews he was promoted to vice president of production. Martinez will be in charge of the creative development of a program aimed specifically at children from six to 11 years old, especially girls. She joins the studio after almost 13 years developing a wide variety of series as a member of the Disney Junior development team. Crews, a veteran of Cartoon Network Studios for almost 20 years, will oversee all elements of production throughout the studio after serving on paper temporarily since the fall. She produced some of the studio’s biggest hits, like “Ben 10”, “Adventure Time”, “Samurai Jack” and “Craig of the Creek”.
LATE NIGHT
Tonight, Steve Harvey, Michael Peña and Ava Max will appear in “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” While “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon“will display Eddie Murphy, Eve Hewson and The Kid Laroi. “Conan“Will receive Kevin James, While Regina King and Vic Mensa presenting Wyclef Jean will be a star guest on “The last show with Stephen Colbert. ““Late night with Seth Meyers“will display David Spade, Jason Mantzoukas and Raghav Mehrotra, and “The Late Late Show with James Corden“Will receive Jodie Foster and Holly Humberstone.