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Season five of Tyler Perry’s Ruthless returns March 13 on BET+ with three episodes followed by one episode weekly, leading up to the season finale on April 24. The season reaches the peak of destruction and mayhem as blood is shed on both sides of the compound. Alliances will crumble, trust will be nonexistent, and the innocent will be punished. Who will be left standing when the dust settles?
The English dub of Tokyo Revengers Tenjiku Arc will premiere on hulu this March. All episodes will be released at once. New cast additions include Bryce Papenbrook as Souya Kawata (Angry), Kieran Regan as Haruchiyo Sanzu and Rindo Haitani, Damien Haas as Kakucho, Jonathan Bullock as Shion Madarame, and Lucien Dodge as Ran Haitani.
BET Africa series Pound 4 Pound will premiere on BET February 26. When Lindiwe Mkhwanazi takes a team of women boxers to a major tournament, she must overcome sabotage from within her own organization. Episodes will air weekly with the finale on May 21.
Bocchi the Rock! has been renewed for a second season. The series streams on Crunchyroll in the US. Hitori Gotoh, “Bocchi-chan,” is a girl who’s so introverted and shy around people that she’d always start her conversations with “Ah…” During her middle school years, she started playing the guitar, wanting to join a band because she thought it could be an opportunity for even someone shy like her to also shine. But because she had no friends, she ended up practicing guitar for six hours every day all by herself. After becoming a skilled guitar player, she uploaded videos of herself playing the guitar to the internet under the name “Guitar Hero” and fantasized about performing at her school’s cultural festival concert. But not only could she not find any bandmates, before she knew it, she was in high school and still wasn’t able to make a single friend! She was really close to becoming a shut-in, but one day, Nijika Ijichi, the drummer in Kessoku Band, reached out to her. And because of that, her everyday life started to change little by little.
Iyanu premieres April 5 on Cartoon Network, and April 6 on Max. The series is adapted from Roye Okupe’s graphic novel series “Iyanu: Child of Wonder.” Drawing on Nigerian culture, music, and mythology, the animated series follows Iyanu, a brave young orphan living in the magical kingdom of Yorubaland. While studying history and ancient arts, she yearns for a normal life – until a looming threat awakens divine powers not seen since the legendary Age of Wonders. Accompanied by newfound friends Biyi, Toye, and a magical leopard named Ekun, Iyanu sets out to uncover the source of this evil, unlocking her destiny along the way.
Anime series Witch Watch premieres April 6 on Crunchyroll, hulu and Netflix. The series is based on the Weekly Shonen Jump by Kenta Shinohara. Morihito Otogi, a high school student who comes from a lineage of ogres, enjoys a peaceful, ordinary life until his childhood friend, Nico, moves in with him. Nico is a witch-in-training, and chooses Morihito to be her familiar. While Nico is thrilled to reunite with her old friend and crush, Morihito is tasked with the perilous duty to protect her from a foretold calamity. Between the unpredictable chaos caused by Nico’s magic, and the awkwardness of sharing a home, their lives become a whirlwind of supernatural hijinks and threats.
Prime Video has acquired exclusive US streaming rights to the first five seasons and upcoming seasons of The Chosen and new unscripted series The Chosen In The Wild with Bear Grylls. The agreement also includes theatrical distribution and streaming rights to new releases, about the crucifixion and the resurrection, which will be key components of Season Six and Seven of The Chosen, the series’ final two seasons. The fifth season of The Chosen is set to premiere theatrically on March 28, followed by a premiere on Prime Video in the US this June.
Tamron Hall has been renewed for a seventh season. The syndicated daytime talk show is hosted by Tamron Hall. The current sixth season has featured interviews and performances by Miranda Lambert, Quincy Brown, Chloe Bailey, Method Man, Dolly Parton, Sanaa Lathan, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Eve, Lil Rel Howery, Ina Garten, Jay Pharoah, Yara Shahidi, as well as a special live set from “The Reunion Tour” with Kirk Franklin, Yolanda Adams, Marvin Sapp and Fred Hammond.
After episode 47 of Dragon Ball Z Kai, the series will start over again with episode 1 on March 8. The series airs during adult swim’s Toonami late night block. It reached the same point recently on adult swim’s Toonami Rewind block.
The NAACP and BET announced that Former Vice President Kamala Harris will be honored with the prestigious Chairman’s Award during the 56th NAACP Image Awards airing live from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium on Saturday, February 22, at 8:00 PM ET on BET and CBS. This year, the broadcast will be extended 30 minutes to 2.5 hours. The Chairman’s Award honors individuals who excel in public service and leverage their unique platforms to ignite and drive meaningful change. Past honorees of the Chairman’s Award include Amanda Gorman, Samuel L. Jackson, the late U.S. Congressman John Lewis, Ruby Dee, Danny Glover, Rev. James Lawson, Tyler Perry, then-Senator Barack Obama, Congressman Bennie G. Thompson, Congresswoman Maxine Waters, and former Surgeon General Regina Benjamin.
Chelsea Handler: The Feeling premieres March 25 on Netflix. In her third Netflix comedy special, Chelsea Handler takes the stage recounting her own birth, unexpected encounters, her adolescent business ventures and a frenzy of ill-timed events all motivated by “the feeling”.
Kristen Bell is set to host the 31st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards. The ceremony will air live on Netflix February 23 at 5 PM PST/8 PM EST.
