MTV International is adding remotely filmed short form shows to its digital lineup that will stream this month on social platform.

Celebrity Bumps Mike + Perri premieres Thursday on MTV International’s YouTube, MTV UK’s Facebook and BET International’s Facebook pages.

MTV's Living the Dream will premiere Oct. 16 on the same sites.

“This year we’ve had to pivot to find new ways of making great relatable content due to the challenges faced in production. Having been produced remotely and all self-shot, these short form realities have raised the bar on an even more intimate viewing experience for fans,” said Craig Orr, VP, original content and development, Youth and Entertainment at ViacomCBS Networks International.

Celebrity Bumps follows former athletes turned TV personalities Mike and Perri Edwards as they get ready to become parents. 

The show is made by Appeal TV and executive produced by Jack Attwell, managing director of Appeal TV and Jaime Brannan and Craig Orr of MTV International.

MTV’s Living The Dream features a group of male Love Island alums who now live together. The show is made by True North and executive produced by Rebecca Saponiere and Fiona O’Sullivan for True North and Jaimie Brannan and Craig Orr for MTV International.

“BET International is thrilled to support these MTV International productions by amplifying the digital stories to the BET International audiences around the world,” said Monde Twala, senior VP of ViacomCBS Networks Africa.

Digital streaming service BritBox on May 14 will launch its comedy series, Living The Dream. 

The series, which stars Philip Glenister, Lesley Sharp, Kim Fields and Kevin Nash, follows a British family who relocates from England to Florida to take ownership of a fledgling RV park and soon discovers that the American dream is not all it’s cracked up to be, according to the service.

Fields and Nash discuss the series in a new MCN Content Spotlight original video. 

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Hulu’s George Clooney-produced original series Catch-22 is among several new shows debuting over the next seven days.

The series, based on the classic Joseph Heller novel, premieres May 17 and follows the adventures and misadventures of a US air squadron in Italy in World War II, according to Hulu.

HBO teams with NBA superstar LeBron James for a documentary on the life of legendary heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali. What’s My Name: Muhammad Ali, debuts May 14 and explores Ali’s greatest triumphs and comebacks, painting an intimate portrait of a man who, against all odds, dreamed and achieved the impossible, according to the network. 

Below are video trailers and premiere dates for several shows debuting this week on cable networks and streaming service:

May 13 -- LA’s Finest (drama series) -- Spectrum

May 14 -- Living The Dream (comedy series) -- Britbox

May 17 -- Fleabag (returning series) -- Prime Video

May 17 -- It’s Bruno (comedy series) -- Netflix

May 17 -- See You Yesterday (sci-fi movie) -- Netflix

Actress Kim Fields has entertained television viewers for more than 40 years with memorable and iconic characters, from the young, bubbly Dorothy “Tootie” Ramsey on 1980s sitcom The Facts of Life to the sexy and funny Regina “Regine” Hunter on Living Single in the 1990s. Her latest starring role is in streaming service Britbox TV’s comedy Living the Dream, premiering Tuesday, May 14.

At the Multicultural TV Summit on April 30 in New York (see Freeze Frame), Multichannel News and Broadcasting & Cable honored Fields with the Multicultural Voice Award for playing positive and uplifting characters of color throughout her career. After accepting the award, Fields spoke with MCN about her future aspirations and the increasing opportunities for the distribution of multicultural TV programming. An edited version of the discussion appears below.

MCN: What’s next for you in your career?
Kim Fields: I’m always a fan of going into uncharted waters. In 2016, when I was blessed to celebrate my 40th year in the industry [by doing shows like Dancing With the Stars and Real Housewives of Atlanta], those were areas and genres that I had not yet been in. I don’t want to do something that I’ve already done. That said, it’s not that I’ll never do another comedy … I just want to have a different voice. That’s why the new British comedy [Living the Dream] was a great experience and opportunity. I’m also developing a graphic novel series and with the characters that I’m creating from a sci-fi perspective, if I wanted to go into a much darker sci-fi delve I can do that. In that sense I can be the storyteller, the narrator and character without having to fight the ghosts of my characters past.

MCN: Has the increase in distribution platforms provided more opportunities for you and other creators of color to get their projects to viewers?
KF: Very much so. The whole game has shifted. The gatekeepers and the good old boys club have died down. They’re not gone completely, but [increased distribution outlets] have provided a lot more opportunities. The additional playgrounds, as I like to call them, are fantastic because now I’m able to be in the driver’s seat a lot more. We’re developing a streaming service for inspirational content and I’m the gatekeeper for that, so [for audiences] we’re able to provide another playground.

MCN: Are we in a golden age for multicultural content, or is this a trend like we’ve seen in the past in which there’s a temporary plethora of content, only for it to eventually disappear?
KF: Unfortunately, history repeats itself and unfortunately there are a number of things that are just cyclical. To me one of the ways to break the cycle is that fact that we now have other playgrounds to take our content to. Let’s take Living Single. That show first came on the airways on Fox when the network was all black people — Sinbad and Steve Harvey had a show, there was Martin — and these shows were building a lot of momentum. Then of course soon after it was “thank you, bye bye” to all of those shows. Let’s say Netflix or Hulu was in the 1990s — we could say to [Fox], “You could have your funky trend on building your business on the backs of others and then cutting them off after you’re successful, but we could go over here and continue [our] momentum and be successful.” I feel that’s one way the cycle can be broken.

MCN: There’s been talk about a Living Single reboot. Would you be interested in reviving your character Regine in the series, and overall how do you view the reboot series trend?
KF: First, I’m thrilled how everyone has responded to a potential reboot. The thing about it is when you have a hit, it feels like you’ve caught lightning in a bottle. So you have to be mindful of that if you’re trying to do that again. Is that lightning going to strike again? Is everyone on board going to be able to move the bottle the way they did before? There’s a lot of moving parts to it. At the end of the day, if you don’t do it right, they’ll remember what you messed up of their beloved show even more than the beloved show itself. So you almost don’t want to mess with it.