Alternative Viewing: This Week’s TV Premieres
Welcome to the weekly TV thread! As I’ve long said going back to the earliest days online doing this, one cannot live on anime alone. And compared to twenty years ago, there’s so much more content out there now and so much more to talk about. This coming week of new shows brings us to the latest week of regular TV and a number of premieres. I look forward to getting way too many suggestions about good shows to check out!
Coming this week: There are a lot of shows that have their premieres over the next week. What are you excited about?
Malika The Lion Queen.
“This is a space we at Fox have been looking to enter; but we wanted to be strategic about it and the premise had to be something big and broad that would appeal to all viewers. When Grant [Mansfield] and Tom [Hugh-Jones] pitched
Malika, I knew straight away it was right for us,” Rob Wade (pictured left), president of alternative entertainment and specials at Fox Entertainment, tells
Realscreen.
The series executive produced by Plimsoll’s Tom Hugh-Jones, Martha Holmes and Grant Mansfield – travels to South Africa’s Kruger National Park, the home of lioness Malika.
Narrated by Golden Globe winner and Academy Award nominee Angela Bassett, the special takes viewers into the life of the lioness, exploring the role the animals play in the lion kingdom.
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Malika the Lion Queen will air on Easter Sunday
US broadcast network Fox has ordered a two-hour wildlife documentary narrated by actor Angela Bassett (What’s Love Got to Do With It, Black Panther).
From Plimsoll Productions, Malika the Lion Queen follows the lionesses of a powerful pride in South Africa’s Kruger National Park, focusing on the exhilarating and harrowing life of one lioness called Malika.
Exec producing are Plimsoll’s creative director of natural history Tom Hugh-Jones, head of natural history Martha Holmes and CEO Grant Mansfield.
Malika the Lion Queen will air on Fox on Easter Sunday and will be available on Fox’s AVoD platform Tubi later in April. Plimsoll-owned Magnify Media is distributing the doc.
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Malika the Lion Queen, a new two-hour wildlife documentary narrated by Angela Bassett, is slated to premiere on FOX next month.
Following the lionesses of a powerful pride in South Africa’s Kruger National Park, the special takes viewers through the exhilarating and harrowing life of Malika.
Malika the Lion Queen offers an educational exploration about the queens and leaders in the lion kingdom. It will air on FOX on April 4, and will become available on the Tubi streaming platform beginning April 18.
Malika the Lion Queen is produced by Plimsoll Productions. Tom Hugh-Jones, Martha Holmes and Grant Mansfield serve as executive producers.