Streaming video competitors Hulu and Netflix have announced content licensing deals that considerably expand their libraries of children’s programming. In an agreement with the Disney-ABC Television Group, Hulu acquired streaming rights for full prior seasons of kids’ titles from Disney Channel, Disney Junior and Disney XD. The deal will add more than 500 episodes and more … Read more
PBS’ acclaimed math-centric, live-action kids “detective” series Odd Squad, starting its second season with an hour-long special today, will also premiere its first-ever movie, conveniently titled Odd Squad: The Movie, on August 1. The new season features two new Odd Squad kid agents, but in the movie the original two Odd Squad agents will return to team up with … Read more
Trivia: From 1954 to 1977, three classic TV dads – Jim Anderson, Steve Douglas and Fred Sanford– ruled the airwaves. But never at the same time! Anderson’s Father Knows Best left the air after the 1959-1960 season. That fall, Douglas’ My Three Sons began, lasting through 1971-1972. Then Fred Sanford’s Sanford & Son premiered. Of … Read more
Rick Gervais has some news for fans of the original BBC series, The Office. Deadline reports that Netflix has secured the exclusive US and select international rights to premiere The Office spinoff movie, David Brent: Life on the Road, in 2017. Gervais first discussed the Netflix deal on the June 16 Opie with Jim Norton … Read more
In a deal with A+E Networks and Chute Ten Productions, Hulu has snagged exclusive subscription streaming rights to Roots, the four-episode remake of the groundbreaking 1977 television series. The show, to be available this fall, is a historical retelling of American slavery and one family’s determination to survive and persevere from one generation to the … Read more
Muhammad Ali, world champion boxer, beloved humanitarian….and actor? Perhaps not his greatest skill, but Ali did take his shot as a thespian on both the big and small screen. His biggest role was as himself in 1977’s feature film The Greatest, which garnered a very positive review in The New York Times. You can watch … Read more
