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Amazon Freevee Announces Multiple New Shows & Season 2 Renewal For ‘Bosch: Legacy’

by Dave Elliott

Amazon Freevee Announces Multiple New Shows & Season 2 Renewal For ‘Bosch: Legacy’

Last night, Amazon Freevee (the new name for IMDb TV) held a NewFronts presentation, where they pitch shows to potential advertisers, and announced a host of pickups for scripted and unscripted content, including a Season 2 renewal for Bosch: Legacy.

‘Bosch: Legacy‘ is a continuation of Prime Video Original popular drama series ‘Bosch’. Loosely based on the hybrid novel The Wrong Side of Goodbye from acclaimed author Michael Connelly, the series follows former LAPD detective Harry Bosch as he begins a new chapter as a private investigator. The drama stars Titus Welliver, Mimi Rogers and Madison Lintz reprising their roles from the main show. The series has now been renewed for Season 2 ahead of the Season 1 premiere this Friday on the free streaming service.

Alongside the ‘Bosch: Legacy‘ renewal, Amazon Freevee also announced a collection of new scripted and unscripted pickups and renewals. They include:

America’s Test Kitchen: The Next Generation (New): A new unscripted competition series to find the next dynamic talent to join the America’s Test Kitchen (ATK) team. Contestants will work inside the ATK studio kitchens, undergoing intense culinary and media challenges in the job interview of a lifetime. The last cook standing will receive a starring role on ATK. America’s Test Kitchen: The Next Generation is executive produced by David Nussbaum, Jack Bishop, David Lonner, and Mark Itkin.

Beyond Black Beauty (New): Inspired by the beloved novel, Beyond Black Beauty is a coming-of-age dramedy that follows Jolie Dumont, an equestrian with Olympic aspirations whose journey is suddenly halted when her mother, Janelle, moves them from their posh Belgium life to Janelle’s childhood home in Baltimore. Jolie struggles to find roots, but as she bonds with an equally spirited horse named Black Beauty, she learns to embrace the family’s ranch, where Black cowboys have been entrenched in their DNA for more than a century. In this multigenerational tale of adversity, humility, and love, Jolie finally discovers the value of family and home. From Amazon Studios, the Emmy-winning production company Sinking Ship Entertainment and Leif Films, Beyond Black Beauty is executive produced by Pilar Golden, Leif and Agnes Bristow, J.J. Johnson and Carla de Jong.

Play-Doh Squished (New): Sarah Hyland hosts this fast-paced, family competition series where three teams of four family members and/or friends compete in a series of physical and creative challenges. To take home the grand prize, teams must combine imagination and inspiration with Play-Doh compound as the medium. Play-Doh Squished is produced by Amazon Studios and eOne. Executive producers are Tara Long and Will Erb for eOne, alongside Allison Berkley and Briana Vowels, who serve as showrunners. Host Sarah Hyland is also an executive producer on the series.

Post Malone: Runaway (New): A one-hour music documentary showcasing the story of Grammy-nominated Post Malone’s first arena tour, 2019’s The Runaway Tour. The movie, which will be the second Original film on Amazon Freevee, features exclusive backstage access, live performances, and intimate interviews, peeling back the curtain on Post Malone’s personal and professional life during this pivotal career milestone. From Pulse Films and Federal Films, Post Malone: Runaway was created by BAFTA-nominated Hector Dockrill and written and produced by Sam Bridger and Casey Engelhardt. The film is executive produced by Dre London, Austin Rosen and Bobby Greenleaf.

UNINTERRUPTED’s Top Class: The Life and Times of the Sierra Canyon Trailblazers – Seasons 3 and 4 (Returning): The Original docu-series showcases the Sierra Canyon Trailblazers, one of Southern California’s elite high school basketball teams, as they chase championship history and balance school, friendships and their budding basketball careers. Season Three will take viewers on a journey as the Trailblazers put it all on the line to regain their spot as the ‘22 CIF-champions. Amari Bailey, Shy Odom, Bronny James and Dylan Metoyer return, with Kijani Wright, Isaiah Elohim and Mike Price as new additions to the roster. LeBron James and Maverick Carter will return as executive producers with their Sports Emmy Award-winning athlete empowerment brand, UNINTERRUPTED. Also returning are executive producers Jamal Henderson, Devin Johnson and Philip Byron; co-executive producer Camille Maratchi; and showrunner/director Brendon Carter.

These join the previously announced ‘Hollywood Houselift with Jeff Lewis’, premiering 10th June, and additional Originals in various stages of production. They include Greg Garcia’s comedy series ‘Sprung’, premiering this summer; ‘High School’, a scripted series adapted for television by Clea DuVall, produced by Plan B, and based on the New York Times best-selling memoir by Grammy-nominated, platinum recording artists Tegan and Sara Quin; ‘Primo’, the coming-of-age comedy from Michael Schur and Shea Serrano; and ‘On Call’, the half-hour procedural drama from prolific TV producer Dick Wolf. Amazon Freevee also recently announced the Season 2 pickup of ‘Judy Justice’, streaming’s first daily court programme helmed by television icon Judge Judy Sheindlin.

For those of you wondering “What is Amazon Freevee?”, it is a free ad-supported streaming service from Amazon, previously called IMDb TV. Membership to Amazon Prime is not required, however, you do need to be logged in to a free Amazon account to access it. You can find Amazon Freevee here.

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