‘Solar Opposites,’ ‘Crossing Swords’ Renewed at Hulu

Joe Otterson TV ReporterFX and Hulu have partnered to launch the documentary series “The New York Times Presents.”The show hails from the team behind FX’s “The Weekly.” The new show will present standalone documentaries on major stories via the journalists at the New York Times.“The New York Times Presents” will feature 10 individual documentaries that will air on FX and on Hulu on Fridays at 10 p.m. ET/PT.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“The Last Kingdom” has been renewed for a fifth season at Netflix. Time to celebrate, arselings!The cast posted a video on social media making the announcement, which can be viewed below.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“Dead to Me” has been renewed for Season 3 at Netflix, which will also serve as the dark comedy’s last. The news comes about two months since the release of Season 2 back in May.With the renewal, Netflix also announced that it has inked a multi-year deal with series creator Liz Feldman for original series and other projects.“Dead to Me” stars Christina Applegate, Linda Cardellini and James Marsden.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“Stargirl” has been renewed for a second season at The CW.With the renewal, The CW and its digital platforms will be the exclusive in-season home of the series starting with its second season. Season 2 will not stream on the show’s original home at DC Universe.

Manchester town hall’s reopening has been delayed until 2024 due to mounting costs caused largely by the coronavirus pandemic.Problems arising from nesting peregrine falcons in the building’s clock tower, and the discovery of asbestos and hazardous tar, have pushed construction cost up to £214m.Works to pedestrianise Albert Square and transform it into ‘one of the finest civic spaces in Europe’ will also be pushed back.The total cost of the Our Town Hall project to restore the Grade I listed

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“Curb Your Enthusiasm” has been renewed for an eleventh season at HBO.The show stars Larry David as a heightened version of himself.More to come…Want to read more articles like this one?

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“Ozark” has been renewed for Season 4 at Netflix, with the new season also being the show’s last.The fourth season will consist of 14 episodes, with the first three seasons having been 10 episodes each. Season 4 will be split into two parts consisting of seven episodes each.“We’re so happy Netflix recognized the importance of giving ‘Ozark’ more time to end the Byrdes’ saga right,” showrunner Chris Mundy said.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterAnother of “Normal People” author Sally Rooney’s books is set to get the series treatment at Hulu.The streamer has given a straight-to-series order to “Conversations with Friends,” which will be based on Rooney’s debut novel of the same name.The series will consist of 12 half-hour episodes.

Lucy Hale‘s eyes go wide as she visits her first sex shop in the trailer for her brand new movie, A Nice Girl Like You.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticJust hours after Disney Television Studios unveiled their Comic-Con@Home slate for next month, corporate cousin Hulu is now bringing the heat to the virtual fanfest.The streamer announced that the dark and horror-filled Marvel’s Helstrom is among its offering coming to the coronavirus created online version of the annual SDCC.

Matt Grobar Assistant Editor, AwardslineWith their animated series Solar Opposites, Justin Roiland and Mike McMahan injected aliens into a world of mundane human squabbles, in hopes of turning a classic TV form on its head.Starring Roiland, Thomas Middleditch and Andrew Daly, the series centers on a family of extraterrestrials who are forced to take refuge in Middle America, where they weigh the virtues of life on planet Earth.Perhaps best known as two of the creatives behind Rick and Morty,

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“#blackAF” has been renewed for a second season at Netflix.The single-camera comedy stars Kenya Barris as a fictionalized version of himself living with his wife and children in Los Angeles. Rashida Jones co-stars as his wife, Joya.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“Lucifer” will live on, with Netflix announcing that they have renewed the show for a sixth and final season. The announcement was made on social media Tuesday morning.This now marks the second time the show has been renewed for a “final” season at Netflix.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterFox has renewed the animated comedy “The Great North” for a second season before the first has even aired.The show was ordered to straight-to-series last year and is currently slated to debut at midseason in 2021. It hails from Wendy Molyneux and Lizzie Molyneux-Logelin from “Bob’s Burgers” as well as Minty Lewis.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterBoth “Y: the Last Man” and “American Horror Stories” will debut on Hulu rather than FX.Hulu made the announcement on Monday as part of their NewFronts presentation. The two shows will be the latest FX originals to premiere on the streaming service.

Many animated shows create merchandise to expand their viewers’ loyalty and deepen their own pockets, but with the hilariously inappropriate and graphic nature of Hulu’s new adult comedy series “Crossing Swords”, the cast tells ET Canada it’s probably best to sit this one out.

Don’t let the cute little animated peg people fool you, Hulu’s new comedy “Crossing Swords” is most definitely not your typical family friendly series.