Latest in Series Orders

Apple TV+ is moving into Korean-language originals with a series based on a popular webtoon Dr. Brain that will star Parasite's Lee Sun-Kyun. The streamer has ordered the sci-fi thriller, which will be written and directed by Kim Jee-Woon, who has directed features including A Tale of Two Sisters and I Saw The…

History is doubling down on its “That Built” franchise with four spinoffs. This comes after A+E Networks cable net launched the second season of The Food That Built America. Elsewhere, the network has ordered a protest documentary from Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and moved its Bill Clinton series to 2022. History is launching…

Lifetime and A&E are heading into the Rhythm Nation with a four-hour documentary about the life and music of Janet Jackson. The A+E Networks brands will simulcast Janet across two nights in 2022. It comes as Lifetime has struck a two-picture deal with Reba McEntire and A&E is launching documentary series Right to Offen…

The Bosch universe is expanding. IMDb TV has picked up a spinoff of the long-running Amazon crime drama, with stars Titus Welliver, Mimi Rogers and Madison Lintz reprising their roles from the original series. This comes as the seventh and final season of the show launches this summer on Amazon. The untitled spinoff…

Married couple Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard are taking their amped up family game nights to a new level. NBC has ordered Family Game Fight, which will see the actors both host and compete in the ten-part series. The series, which will test brains, brawn and family bonds over the course of an hour, will see Bell and…

Apple TV+ has greenlit female-driven anthology series Roar starring Nicole Kidman, Cynthia Erivo, Merritt Wever and Alison Brie. The series comes from GLOW creators Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch, who have signed an overall deal with the streamer. Roar, which has been in the works since 2018, is based on Cecelia Ahern's…

Vice is continuing to add to the number of shows it has in the ring. The youth-skewing broadcaster is expanding its Dark Side of the Ring franchise further with a 90-minute talk show. Dark Side of the Ring: Confidential, which premieres Tuesday March 9, will feature eight 90-minute episodes, where the show's creators…

The Terminator is going anime with a new series at Netflix. The streamer has ordered the project from Skydance, which produced the last two Terminator films, and Production I.G, which produces anime series such as Ghost in the Shell. Mattson Tomlin, a writer on Robert Pattison's The Batman, is set as showrunner and…

Single Drunk Female, a comedy starring Sofia Black-D'Elia, has been handed a series order at Freeform. The Disney-owned network has ordered ten episodes of the series, which is written by The Conners' Simone Finch, after piloting the project. It comes as Freeform has passed on its other current pilot, None of the Above…

Hulu is putting its gloves on after handing a straight-to-series order to Mike Tyson limited series Iron Mike. The streamer has ordered the eight-episode series from I, Tonya screenwriter Steven Rogers and director Craig Gillespie. Margot Robbie, the star of the Tonya Harding feature film, will exec produce, via her…

Dora the Explorer and The Fairly OddParents are getting the live-action TV treatment. The Nickelodeon series will be rebooted for Paramount+. Dora the Explorer, which ran for eight seasons, will return in live-action form aimed at kids 6-11. The series follows Dora Marquez, a 7-year-old Latina with a love of embarking…

Criminal Minds is set to play a big part for Paramount+. The streamer confirmed today that it is bringing back the long-running procedural for a reboot. It didn't give many details but did say that the team is coming back together to investigate a single case over 10 episodes. Julie McNamara, EVP Development and…