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Your TV Source Roundup: ‘We Were The Lucky Ones’ Trailer, ‘Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill’ English Dub Premiere Date, ‘Shōgun’ Trailer, FX Sets Spring Premiere Dates, ‘S.W.A.T.’ Original Stars To Recur, ‘The Bear’ Return Window, and More!

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We Were the Lucky Ones -- Season 1 -- Based on Georgia Hunter’s New York Times bestselling novel, the television adaptation of “We Were the Lucky Ones” is a limited series inspired by the incredible true story of one Jewish family separated at the start of World War II, determined to survive and reunite. “We Were the Lucky Ones” demonstrates how in the face of the twentieth century’s darkest moment, the human spirit can endure and even thrive. The series is a tribute to the triumph of hope and love against all odds. Halina (Joey King) and Addy (Logan Lerman), shown. (Courtesy of Hulu)

Limited series We Were The Lucky Ones premieres March 28 on hulu. Based on Georgia Hunter’s novel, the series is inspired by the incredible true story of one Jewish family separated at the start of WWII. It follows them across continents as they do everything in their power to survive, and to reunite.The series demonstrates how in the face of the twentieth century’s darkest moment, the human spirit can endure and even thrive. The series is a tribute to the triumph of hope and love against all odds. 

The English dub of Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill premieres February 12 on Crunchyroll. All twelve episodes will be available. When a magical realm looks to summon heroes, they’re sorely disappointed to end up with a mediocre salaryman. Mukoda Tsuyoshi may not be a hero, but this conjuring error has given him a delicious power—Online Grocery. And something about this modern food brings with it unbelievable effects. This easy access paired with his cooking skills will have patrons from across the land coming back for more!

Shōgun premieres February 27 on hulu. The series is an original adaptation of James Clavell’s bestselling novel, set in Japan in the year 1600 at the dawn of a century-defining civil war. Producer Hiroyuki Sanada stars as Lord Yoshii Toranaga who is fighting for his life as his enemies on the Council of Regents unite against him. When a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby fishing village, its English pilot, John Blackthorne, comes bearing secrets that could help Toranaga tip the scales of power and devastate the formidable influence of Blackthorne’s own enemies – the Jesuit priests and Portuguese merchants. Toranaga’s and Blackthorne’s fates become inextricably tied to their translator, Toda Mariko, a mysterious Christian noblewoman and the last of a disgraced line. While serving her lord amidst this fraught political landscape, Mariko must reconcile her newfound companionship with Blackthorne, her commitment to the faith that saved her and her duty to her late father. 

FX has set premiere dates for its spring slate of new and returning series. American Horror Story: Delicate Part 2 premieres April 3. Season three of Welcome to Wrexham premieres April 18. The New York Times Presents: Broken Horses premieres April 26. Limited series The Veil premieres April 30. Clipped premieres June 4. 

Kenneth “Kenny” Johnson and Alex Russell have been downgraded to recurring for the upcoming seventh and final season of S.W.A.T. on CBS. The two have played Dominique Luca and Jim Street since the pilot. The news comes after the word that Anna Enger Ritch, who plays Zoe Powell, hasbeen promoted to series regular for the final season. 

FX’s The Bear will premiere on hulu this June. The series will also continue to release all episodes at once, keeping with the first two seasons release time window and release format. 

Season five of The Kardashians will premiere this spring. Kris Jenner, Kourtney Kardashian Barker, Kim Kardashian, Khloé Kardashian, Kendall Jenner, and Kylie Jenner will all return. 

National Geographic has ordered Legends. The competition series follows the high-stakes world of competitive collegiate Bollywood fusion dance. Filled with rivalry, friendships and upsets, it focuses on two Bollywood fusion dance teams who struggle to balance rigorous academic workloads and parental expectations with their intense drive to win the crown at Legends. 

Prime Video will exclusively air an NFL playoff game next season. Peacock streamed an exclusive playoff game this season. 

Under The Bridge premieres April 17 on hulu. The limited series is based on acclaimed author Rebecca Godfrey’s book about the 1997 true story of fourteen-year old Reena Virk who went to join friends at a party and never returned home. The Hulu limited series takes us into the hidden world of the teenagers accused of the savage murder, revealing startling truths about the unlikely killer. 

Kylie Minogue and Lainey Wilson will take the stage at Santa Monica’s Barker Hangar to perform their biggest hits at People’s Choice Awards February 18 on NBC, Peacock and E!. As previously announced, this year, the telecast will honor Lenny Kravitz with the Music Icon Award. He will also take the stage for a multi-song performance celebrating his legendary music catalog. The 2024 PCAs are also recognizing Adam Sandler with the People’s Icon Award. 

Onyx Collective’s Queenie premieres June 7 on hulu. The series is based on the novel by Candice Carty-Williams. Queenie Jenkins is a 25-year-old Jamaican British woman living in south London, straddling two cultures and slotting neatly into neither. After a messy breakup with her long-term boyfriend, Queenie seeks comfort in all the wrong places and begins to realize she has to face the past head-on before she can rebuild. 

Peacock has picked up rights to Three-Body. All thirty episodes will premiere February 10. The Chinese series, based on the book The Three-Body Problem, is also being adapted as a Netflix series, titled 3 Body Problem, set to premiere March 21. 

Davey & Jonesie’s Locker premieres March 22 on hulu. The series follows Davey and Jonesie, two lovably eccentric best friends who have always felt out of step with their peers and the banal backdrop of their high school existence. So, when they discover their locker is actually a portal to the multiverse, they’re more than ready to escape their teenage prison of mediocrity in favor of new horizons. But the joke is on them when they only end up in bizarre, alternate versions of their high school, surrounded by offbeat versions of their classmates. Fortunately, these audacious and creative besties are ready to make the most of this vacation from reality by leaving their mark on every universe they visit…even if it means choosing interdimensional chaos while they’re at it. Worth it for the vibes. 

Vanderpump Villa premieres this spring on hulu. The docu-drama follows Lisa Vanderpump’s hand-selected staff as they work, live, and play at an exclusive French estate: Chateau Rosabelle. Each scintillating episode follows the elite staff as they try to provide luxurious, once-in-a-lifetime, Vanderpump-curated experiences for guests while dealing with rivalries, romances, and raucous misadventures that come from living and working together 24/7. From firework-filled proposals and opulent events at the chateau to unbelievable excursions and outrageous confrontations in the French countryside, each day at the Chateau brings nonstop heartfelt, humorous, and heated moments, from staff and guests alike. All the while, Lisa evaluates whether this is the team to make her “pop up” experience a permanent reality and add to her ever-growing empire. But will this unparalleled-yet unorthodox-crew be able to rise to the occasion and meet both the guests’ and Lisa’s great expectations? 

Bandidos premieres March 13 on Netflix. After discovering an ancient map, Miguel, Lilí, Wilson, and other bandits embark on an adventure in the Mexican Caribbean full of dangers in an attempt to discover a treasure that has been lost for many years. Will they be able to achieve it with an improvised plan and a bit of good luck?

Docuseries Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story premieres April 26 on hulu. The four-part, all access docuseries chronicles the epic past and uncertain future of one of the most recognizable bands in the world and its front-man Jon Bon Jovi. A 40-year odyssey of rock and roll idolatry on the precipice as a vocal injury threatens to bring everything to a screeching halt. The series joins the band in February 2022 and follows their real time journey with its fits and starts as they attempt to chart out their future. As thrilling as the story of a once-in-a-lifetime talent is, it is even more rare that a legend like Jon Bon Jovi lets the world into his most vulnerable moments, while he’s still living them. 40 years of personal videos, unreleased early demos, original lyrics, and never before seen photos that chronicle the journey from Jersey Shore Clubs to the biggest stages on the planet. The series relives the triumphs and setbacks, greatest hits, biggest disappointments, and most public moments of friction.

Red Ollero: Mabuhay Is a Lie premieres March 14 on Netflix. No humor quite like Pinoy humor!

Lee Arvoy
Lee Arvoy joined the TV Source team in the summer of 2020 as a TV Writer.

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