TV News Roundup: Netflix Sets ‘Ratched’ Premiere Date

Will Thorne Staff WriterNetflix is looking to celebrate Black voices and authors with a new live-action preschool series.The streamer has ordered twelve five-minute episodes of “Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices,” which will feature Black celebrities and artists reading children’s books written by Black authors, which highlight the Black experience.Hosted by author Marley Dias, the collection of books and conversations center around themes of identity, respect, justice, and action.

Eli Countryman In today’s TV news roundup, Netflix announced a premiere date for “Sneakerheads,” and YouTube announced a premiere date for the Paris Hilton Documentary, “This is Paris.”Netflix has announced a Sept. 25 premiere date for “Sneakerheads,” a comedy series starring Allen Maldonado, Andrew Bachelor, Jearnest Corchado, Matthew Josten, Yaani King Mondschein, Justin Lee and Aja Evans.

Will Thorne Staff WriterMichelle Buteau is unveiling her first hour-long stand-up comedy special.After turns in several of Netflix’s biggest titles over the last few years (including “Always Be My Maybe,” “Russian Doll” and “Tales of the City”), Buteau is taking center stage with her special “Michelle Buteau: Welcome to Buteaupia,” premiering Sept.

Ellise Shafer editorIn today’s TV news roundup, the Billboard Music Awards have a new air date, and Thomas Roberts has been hired as the new host of DailyMailTV. Thomas Roberts has been hired as the newest host of DailyMailTV, which is going into its fourth season. Most recently, Roberts was the evening news anchor at WGCL-TV in Atlanta, Ga.

Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsDisney+’s The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special will hit the streamer on November 17.Taking inspiration from the 1978 TV movie directed by Steve Binder,  The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special will see Rey, Finn, Poe, Rose and the beloved droids come together to celebrate Life Day.

Will Thorne Staff Writer“American Ninja Warrior” has beaten the obstacle course that is coronavirus production.NBC has announced that the competition series will premiere its twelfth season on Monday, Sept. 7 in the 8 p.m.

Janet W. Lee In today’s TV news roundup, Apple TV Plus released a premiere date for “Tehran,” and Netflix announced a premiere date for “The Duchess.”Apple TV Plus will premiere the first three episodes of “Tehran” on Sept. 25.

Eli Countryman In today’s TV news roundup, Netflix revealed the trailer for its drama series “Away,” and OWN announced a post-finale special for “Greenleaf.”Quibi announced that “NighGowns,” the documentary performance series, has been renewed for a second season.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVThe upcoming fourth installment of Noah Hawley’s FX anthology series Fargo, headlined by Chris Rock, will debut Sept. 27 with its first two episodes, directed by Hawley, airing back-to-back.Originally slated to premiere April 19, Season 4 of Fargo was delayed by the coronavirus pandemic, which shut down production on the show in mid-March.

Will Thorne Staff WriterThe “Animaniacs” will be back on the small screen in 2020.Hulu has announced that the Steven Spielberg-produced reboot of the classic ’90s cartoon will premiere Nov. 20 on the platform, a full 22 years after its final episode.The premiere date news comes over two years after Hulu handed the revival a two-season series order.

Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsBTS has set the United States premiere date for its fourth and latest film Break The Silence: The Movie. The music sensation’s next big-screen title will come to the U.S.

Janet W. Lee In today’s TV news roundup, HBO released the trailer and premiere date for “The Undoing,” and Netflix debuted the trailer for “Hoops.”Keke Palmer has been cast in Disney Plus’ animated series “The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder.” She will voice Maya Leibowitz-Jenkins, a 14-year-old activist and an adopted daughter of mixed race parents.

Eli Countryman In today’s TV news roundup, HBO Max released the trailer and premiere date for Selena Gomez’s “Selena + Chef,” and CBS announced the Season 2 premiere date for “Love Island.”TruTV has renewed comedy series “Tacoma FD” for a 13-episode third season. The series follows members of a fire department in a city where it often rains, rendering their job somewhat uneventful.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Felipe Esparaza is ready to bring the funny to Netflix with his first original comedy special on the streaming giant titled Felipe Esparza: Bad Decisions.

Ellise Shafer editorIn today’s TV news roundup, Starz reveals the official trailer for “Power Book II: Ghost,” and Freeform gives a first look at “Love in the Time of Corona.” Starz has released the official trailer for “Power Book II: Ghost,” which premieres on Sept. 6 at 9 p.m.

Sarah Paulson shows a brief moment of compassion in the new trailer for Netflix’s Ratched.

American Horror Story. And now she's adding someone new to her repertoire: Nurse Ratched. That's Mildred Ratched, specifically, a.k.a the terrifying nurse you've tried to forget about from One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975).

Janet W. Lee Netflix has released a trailer for “Ratched,” its upcoming Nurse Mildred Ratched origin story starring Sarah Paulson, which is set to premiere Sept.

Eli Countryman On today’s TV news roundup, Netflix released a trailer for “Teenage Bounty Hunters,” and HBO announced the premiere date for NXIVM docuseries “The Vow.”HBO announced that docuseries “The Vow” will be available on HBO and HBO Max starting Aug. 23.

First-look images from new Netflix series Ratched show Sarah Paulson playing a psychiatric nurse.