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Your TV Source Roundup: ‘A Different World’ Premiere Date, ‘House of the Dragon’ Trailer, ‘Baywatch’ Alum To Reprise Roles, Disney+ Orders New Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds Docuseries, ‘Notes from the Last Row’ Teaser, ‘Age Inappropriate’ Sneak Peek, and More!

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A Different World premieres September 24 on Netflix. The series returns to Hillman College with a new class stepping onto campus – and beloved faces coming home. At the center is Deborah Wayne (Maleah Joi Moon), Whitley and Dwayne’s lovingly sheltered youngest daughter, a free spirit with a flair for the spotlight and a big heart who’s still figuring out her own path at Hillman. Along the way, she’s joined by a new generation that reflects the breadth of Black life on campus: Rashida Duvall (Alijah Kai), a first gen criminal justice major; Shaquille Johnson (Cornell Young IV), a five star athlete choosing legacy; Amir Rodale (Jordan Aaron Hall), a sharp psych major better at fixing everyone else’s problems than facing his own; Hazel Henry (Kennedi Reece), a church raised small town girl defining her own values; and Kojo Achebe (Chibuikem Uche), a Ghanaian Nigerian fashion entrepreneur finding the courage to follow his vision. Legacy favorites also return, including Whitley Gilbert (Jasmine Guy), Dwayne Wayne (Kadeem Hardison), Freddie Brooks (Cree Summer), and Ron Johnson (Darryl M. Bell). Set against the rituals, humor, and nuances of an HBCU, the series is a hopeful dramedy, full of heart and unapologetically centered on the richness and complexity of the Black experience. 

Season three of House of the Dragon premieres June 21 on HBO. Based on George R.R. Martin’s “Fire & Blood,” the series, set 200 years before the events of “Game of Thrones,” tells the story of House Targaryen. 

More Baywatch alum are set to appear in the upcoming revival series. Michael Bergin and Kelly Packard will reprise their roles as lifeguards Jack “J.D.”  Darius and April Giminski. David Chokachi and Erika Eleniak have previously been revealed to be reprising their roles as well. 

Disney+ has ordered a new docuseries which follows SailGP’s BONDS Flying Roos from Australia and world-famous co-owners Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds, across a global racing season defined by speed, pressure and high stakes – a stadium-style championship where identical 50-foot catamarans race in close-to-shore courses at speeds of up to 100 km/h. Blending humor, pressure and behind-the-scenes access, the series captures life inside one of the world’s most demanding sports leagues as the team operates as a tight-knit family built on trust and camaraderie. 

Suspense drama series Notes from the Last Row premieres June 26 on Netflix. The series follows Heo Mun-oh, a grumpy literature professor and failed novelist, who discovers untapped genius in Lee Kang, a mysterious student seated in the last row of his class. 

Age Inappropriate will premiere this August on We TV. The eight episode unscripted series offers an unfiltered look inside the lives of five couples navigating extreme age gap relationships. Age gap relationships are layered with complexities of power dynamics, family pressure, stereotypes, financial imbalance and yes, true love. Experience, money and life stage are powerful forces that can turn passion into pressure, sexual chemistry into combustion and ultimately, love into hate. Can couples separated by decades truly build a lasting love, or is the writing already on the wall? Age Inappropriate, seeks to uncover the answer, exploring the how and why behind what makes these relationships work – or fall completely apart. 

Physical 100: Italy premieres September 11 on Netflix. In this high-stakes competition series, 100 contestants face off in grueling physical trials designed to push their bodies and mental toughness to the limit. From Olympic champions to content creators, from rugby players to celebrities: in the Lingotto arena, all hierarchies are cast aside. Strength, agility and nerves of steel are the only weapons you need to survive. In the “Hall of Busts”, past medals count for nothing; what matters is how much fire you carry inside. Because in the end, only one of them will take home the victory. 

Deestroying the Pitch premieres June 4 on Tubi. The series follows YouTube star Deestroying (Donald De La Haye) as he hits the streets of Los Angeles, Miami and Toronto to uncover the soul of soccer through a 1v1 competition as the World Cup lands in North America. 

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

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