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'Sesame Street' moving to HBO Max; 'The Walking Dead' renewed for 11th season

The Program Guide highlights recent programming announcements from various networks and online video platforms in the U.S.

Traditional TV

* "¿Por qué odiamos?," a six-part series that explores the emotion of hatred, will air on Discovery en Español (US) on Oct. 13. The series is executive produced by Alex Gibney and Steven Spielberg.

* Showtime (US) picked up a second season of "Couples Therapy," Broadcasting & Cable reported. The second season will also feature therapist Dr. Orna Guralnik, who guides couples through honest confrontation with each other and with themselves.

* FOX (US) ordered nine additional episodes of "Prodigal Son," Variety reported. This takes the season 1 episode count to 22 episodes. "Prodigal Son" is a serial killer drama starring Michael Sheen and Tom Payne as a father and son duo.

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"The Walking Dead"
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* AMC (US) renewed "The Walking Dead" for an 11th season, Vulture reported. Lauren Cohan will return to the postapocalyptic series as Maggie Greene. Cohan's character has not appeared on the show since season nine.

* Nick Jr. (US) is tripling the daily broadcast of its rescue-based original preschool series "Rainbow Rangers." The show will now broadcast Monday through Friday, three times per day and on the weekends with a new episode premiering each Sunday. "Rainbow Rangers" follows the adventures of seven girls who protect people, animals and the resources of our world.

* NBC (US) is developing a postapocalyptic drama titled "The Vault," which follows a geobiologist who sets up a state-of-the-art facility in the Arctic after a cataclysmic event wipes out the planet, The Hollywood Reporter reported.

* E.W. Scripps Co.'s political news show "The Race" will air this fall with 30-minute weekly episodes. Hosted by Chris Stewart, the program will report from various locations in the U.S. and look at the issues shaping the 2020 presidential election.

* Pop TV renewed "Florida Girls" for a second season, Deadline.com reported. The show, created by and starring Laura Chinn, follows the all-female cast that tries to make the most out of life while living below the poverty line in Clearwater, Fla. The news was confirmed by the show's official twitter page.

* The "Baroness von Sketch Show" will return to IFC (US) for a fourth season starting Oct. 30 with back-to-back episodes, Multichannel News reported. The sketch series stars Carolyn Taylor, Meredith MacNeill, Aurora Browne and Jennifer Whalen.

Streaming

* Netflix Inc. ordered a new preschool series from director and illustrator Sanjay Patel titled "Ghee Happy." The series is a reimagination of Hindu deities as little kids in a deity daycare called Ghee Happy, where they discover their powers.

* Netflix greenlighted "Katla," an eight-part original series that will begin production in 2020. "Katla" is set in the year after the Katla volcano erupted in the small town of Vik in Iceland.

* IMDb TV, the free ad-supported streaming service launched by Amazon.com Inc.'s IMDb.com Inc., will debut its original series "Corner Gas Animated" on Oct. 15 on the IMDb TV app on Fire TV, the Prime Video app, IMDb.com and the IMDb mobile apps. The show is an animated version of Canadian series "Corner Gas."

* Warner Media LLC's upcoming streaming service HBO Max entered into a partnership with Sesame Workshop to bring four new series, five new seasons, annual specials and the 50-year content library of "Sesame Street" to HBO Max, set to launch in spring of 2020. Beginning with the shows 51st season, "Sesame Street" will premiere on HBO Max, and then continue to air for free on PBS Kids. HBO will continue to air the kids' and family program through season 50.

* The team behind Netflix's "Big Mouth" series is getting a spinoff show on the streaming giant, The Hollywood Reporter reported. "Human Resources" is reportedly a workplace comedy set in the world of the monsters from "Big Mouth."

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