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Prince Fielder, the former Texas Ranger whose baseball career came to an abrupt end six months ago after a career-ending injury, will soon rebrand as a television cooking personality for Netflix and Hulu. The brand new SVOD original series, titled Fielder’s Choice, will premiere sometime in March.
“It’s not just baseball people,” Fielder stated during a recent interview with ESPN. “It’s a mixture of baseball people, actors, musicians, chefs and whatnot. They bring out different dishes, and at the end of the show, I give the one I like the most the “Fielder’s choice.” It’s good TV.” The now retired MLB slugger had always hoped to explore this concept post-retirement, which unfortunately (or fortunately for that matter) came a bit early.
In other news…
Netflix has acquired global streaming rights (outside of France) to Sundance Film Festival premiere, My Happy Family. Helmed by Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Gross, the Georgian drama – which is currently playing at Berlin – centers around a middle-aged woman living on her own after leaving her husband. [Variety]
Marvel’s Runaways has revealed the remaining cast for Hulu’s drama pilot based on the Marvel Comics series of books. Kip Pardue, Ryan Sands, and Angel Parker are among 10 new cast members who will serve as the show’s parental characters known as “The Pride.” [Deadline]
Amazon has announced that it will release its very first German-language original series You Are Wanted worldwide in over 200 different countries and territories via Prime Video. The drama series starring German actor Matthias Schweighofer as a young hotel manager premieres March 17. [The Hollywood Reporter]
Saturday Night Live has unveiled its first-ever Snapchat show titled Boycott, which will be available via the SNL Stories page. The 8-episode series, which premieres in April, stars SNL cast members Aidy Bryant and Beck Bennett as a couple who attempts to boycott Donald Trump-related products, a harder task than they thought. [Deadline]
Michael is a music and television junkie keen on most things that are not a complete and total bore. You can follow him on Twitter — @Tweetskoor
