It is TCA time of year, when the networks meet with the Television Critics Association and reveal their upcoming programming plans. Amidst that, Hulu announced this afternoon that its two freshmen series Runaways and Future Man have both been renewed for a second season. That news comes as no surprise for the former series because there was plenty of anticipation leading up to its debut and it has received a fair amount of good buzz in its first season. As for the latter series, I have not seen much buzz about it among the sci fi community but the critics seemed to have liked it well enough. And both of these shows benefit from the fact that they air on one of the streaming services as those venues tend to hand out renewals more often than cancellations. Both shows received thirteen episode orders for their second seasons.
Runaways is based on the Marvel comic book of the same name and follows a group of teenagers who learn that their parents are super villains and who decide that they must stop them. It stars Rhenzy Feliz, Lyrica Okano, Virginia Gardner, Ariela Barer. New episodes of the show have been released once per week on Tuesdays and its season finale streams on January 9th.
Future Man focuses on Josh Futturman who is a janitor by day and a gamer by night. He finds himself recruited by mysterious visitors from the future to travel through time and save humanity. It comes from Seth Rogen and stars Josh Hutcherson, Eliza Coupe, Derek Wilson, and Ed Begley, Jr. The entire first season of the series was released for streaming on November 14th.
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