TCA17: Hulu Renews ‘Harlots’ For Second Season

By R. Thomas Umstead
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Beverly Hills, Calif.—Hulu has renewed its original seriesHarlots for a sophomore campaign, the company announced at the 2017 TCA summer press tour. 

The series—a family drama that's explored from the female perspective that stars Leslie Manville—will return with new episodes in 2018, said company officials. 

Hulu also announced that it will develop a documentary around the iconic Barbie doll. The Untitled Barbie Documentary, which will launch in 2018, will take a retrospective look at Barbie’s unexpected origins to who she represents today, said Hulu.

This story was originally published on multichannel.com.

R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.