TCA: Apple TV+’s ‘Mythic Quest’ Renewed for Sophomore Campaign
Streaming service announces ‘Amazing Stories’ to launch in March
Apple TV+ Sunday continued its run of new series renewals in advance of their premieres with the greenlighting of a second season of comedy series Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet.
The series, which debuts on Feb. 7, is set in a video game development studio and stars Rob McElhenney, F. Murray Abraham and Imani Hakim,the streaming service said during its Television Critics Association press winter press tour session. Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet is produced by David Hornsby.
Earlier today Apple TV+ renewed drama series Home Before Dark prior to its April 3 launch.
In other Apple TV+ TCA news, the service has set a March 6 date for the reboot of Steven Spielberg’s 1980s anthology series Amazing Stories. The service will also debut it's unscripted series Home on April 17; its drama/thriller series Defending Jacob -- starring Chris Evans -- on April 24; its UK-based comedy series Trying on May 1; and its docu-series Dear -- from executive producer R.J. Cutler that will chronicle the lives of such iconic celebrities as Oprah Winfrey, Stevie Wonder and Spike Lee -- on June 5.
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