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At the same time it finds itself in the middle of a controversy about China-U.S. relations, Comedy Central’s South Park is exploring the booming streaming marketplace for established shows. Bids for the series, now in its 23rd season, have approached $500 million, sources confirm to Deadline. Netflix, interestingly…

The Unsettling is now on Hulu. The streamer announced today that it had acquired the AwesomenessTV's horror series. The title is up and running. The series, created by Andrew Jacobsen and Adam Epstein and directed by Chris Grismer, follows 16-year-old Becca as she arrives at her new foster home located in a remote…

Kyle Howard (My Boys), Julian Sands (What/If), Dustin Milligan (Schitt's Creek), Angela Sarafyan (Westworld), Molly Hagan (Sully) and Natalie Hall (Only the Brave) have been cast in the December installment of Hulu's Into The Dark, a monthly horror event series from Blumhouse Television. The Into the Dark series…

Hulu has boarded British drama Baghdad Central. The SVOD service will air in the U.S. in 2020 after striking a deal with Fremantle for the Channel 4 series. Produced by Hard Sun producer Euston Films, the series is based on the novel by Elliott Colla and is written by The Last Kingdom scribe Stephen Butchard. It is…

National Public Radio, Hulu & A24 and Columbia Records/Sony Music will be this year's recipients of chonoring producers who realistically portray union talent from misrepresented or underrepresented groups. The awards will be presented Friday at the union's biennial convention at the Beverly Hilton. NPR won the Belva…

EXCLUSIVE: Marvel's upcoming horror fueled Helstrom is going full POTUS, in a very dark way. Fresh off her role as besieged President Elizabeth Keane on Homeland and an unforgiving stint on Netflix's Unbelievable, Elizabeth Marvel joins veterans of Fear the Walking Dead, The Royals and the just launched Raising Dion…

EXCLUSIVE: Grey’s Anatomy‘s Jesse Williams is set for a recurring role opposite Reese Witherspoon, Kerry Washington, Rosemarie DeWitt and Joshua Jackson in Little Fires Everywhere, Hulu's upcoming limited series based on Celeste Ng's bestselling book. Developed and written by Casual's Liz Tigelaar, the series hails…

BBC Three has picked up the UK rights to Hulu's forthcoming YA series Looking For Alaska. The eight-part show will debut day-and-date with Hulu, dropping online in the UK from 10am on October 19 – the day after its U.S. launch. All episodes will be available. The series is based on John Green's eponymous novel and…

EXCLUSIVE: It’s going to be a terrifying Thanksgiving. Hulu’s horror event series Into the Dark has set Kerr Smith (Riverdale), Reign Edwards (Snowfall), Peter Giles (Man Seeking Woman), Courtney Henggeler (Cobra Kai), Taj Speights (Grey’s Anatomy) and Antonio Raul Corbo (Broke) for the “Pilgrim” installment of the Blu…

EXCLUSIVE: AnnaSophia Robb (The Act), Tiffany Boone (The Hunt), Alona Tal (SEAL Team), Matthew Barnes, Andy Favreau (Single Parents) and Luke Bracey (Hacksaw Ridge) have been cast in the flashback episode of Hulu’s upcoming limited series Little Fires Everywhere, based on Celeste Ng’s bestselling book. It stars Reese W…

EXCLUSIVE: Hulu has opted not to proceed with Marvel’s Ghost Rider, its planned live-action series starring Gabriel Luna, I have learned. Hulu in May picked up two new live-action series from Disney sibling Marvel Television, Ghost Rider and Helstrom, to premiere in 2020. While Marvel’s Helstrom is on track, I hear…

UPDATED with backstage comments: Patricia Arquette made an impassioned plea onstage at the Emmy Awards on Sunday for Hollywood and other industries to hire more transgender individuals. This came after she won the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie category for Hulu’s The Act. Arquette, who…