Hulu is entering the boxing ring with Mike Tyson. The streamer ordered the limited series with script Iron Mike, about “the wild, tragic and controversial life and career behind one of the most polarizing figures in sports culture,” was announced during the Television Critics Association’s virtual winter press tour.
The eight-episode drama was created by Me, tonya screenwriter Steven Rogers, with Karin Gist (mixed girlfriends) serving as a showrunner.
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* Perry Mason promoted Eric Lange (Detective Holcomb) and Justin Kirk (Hamilton Berger) to series regulars before season 2, our sister site Deadline reports
* THE Animaniacs revival was renewed for season 3 on Hulu, before its season 2 debut later this year.
* Paramount + (formerly known as CBS All Access) is reliving reality shows Naked Dating (previously in VH1) and Ink master (formerly on Paramount Network).
* BET + is developing Tyler Perry’s All the Queen’s Men, a scripted drama that follows the owner of a luxury strip club in Atlanta, reports Deadline.
* Pluto TV will launch the MLB Channel on Tuesday, March 2, which will broadcast over 200 hours of licensed classic content from the Major League Baseball Video and Film Archive, with quarterly updates.
* Hulu released a trailer for Solar opposites Season 2. All eight episodes launch Friday, March 26:
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