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WHAT’S NEW ON DISNEY+
“Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.” – Season 1
Do it all with “Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.,” the new family series coming to Disney+ this Wednesday, Sept. 8. Lahela “Doogie” Kamealoha (Peyton Elizabeth Lee, “Secret Society of Second Born Royals,” 2020) is a teenage prodigy balancing her high school life with her impressive, blossoming career in the medical field. Doogie juggles medical emergencies, the strains of teenage life, a strict mom and a dad who doesn’t want to let go of his little girl. a reboot of the popular ‘90s medical drama “Doogie Howser, M.D.,” this brand-new take is set in modern-day Hawaii.the series comes from creator and writer Kourtney Kang (“How I Met Your Mother”) with director Sean Kavanagh (“Fresh Off the Boat”). The series also stars Jeffrey Bowyerchapman (“UNREAL”), Jason Scott Lee (“Lilo & Stitch,” 2002), Mapuana Makia (“Aloha,” 2015), Kathleen Rose Perkins (“Fresh Off the Boat”), Matthew Sato (“Chicken Girls”), alex Aiono (“Royal Crush”) and Wes Tian in his professional debut.
WHAT’S NEW ON NETFLIX
“Kate” (2021)
Dive into an all-new action flick when “Kate” premieres on Netflix on Friday, Sept. 10. Mary Elizabeth Winstead (“Scott Pilgrim vs. the World,” 2010) stars as Kate, a deadly assassin with a time-sensitive mission. after learning she’s been poisoned and only has 24 hours to live, Kate goes on a bloody manhunt through Tokyo to take down the person who killed her before she dies. From director Cedric Nicolas-troyan (“The Huntsman: Winter’s War,” 2016) and writer Umair Aleem (“Extraction,” 2015), the film also stars Woody Harrelson (“True Detective”), Michiel Huisman (“The Age of Adaline,” 2015), Elysia Rotaru (“Supernatural”), tadanobu Asano (“Thor,” 2011), Miku Patricia Martineau (“Finny the Shark”), Miyavi (“Maleficent: Mistress of Evil,” 2019), Amelia Crouch (“Alice Through the Looking Glass,” 2016) and Jun Kunimura (“Kill Bill: Vol. 1,” 2003).
WHAT’S NEW ON HULU
“Wu-tang: An American Saga” – Season 2
Formed in 1992, the Wu-tang Clan has been highly influential in the rap/ hip-hop scene for decades. Now, fans can get a closer look at the group’s very beginnings with the biographical drama “Wu-tang: An American Saga,” debuting the first three episodes of its second season this Wednesday, Sept. 8, on Hulu. The rest of the 10-episode season will air weekly on Wednesdays. Disillusioned by his life in New York’s projects, Bobby Diggs, aka RZA (Ashton Sanders, “Moonlight,” 2016), brought together 12 young black men torn between music and a life of crime. Battling adversity, self-doubt and a drug epidemic, the group fights to make something great for themselves. Season 2 continues the story as Diggs knows music is their way to a better life but struggles to convince the others to drop everything else. with resentment within the group and struggles in their personal lives, the Clan faces a fracture that may prove too difficult to overcome, especially while trying to record an LP.
Mary Elizabeth Winstead in “Kate”
Diggs serves as the project’s co-creator and executive producer, with the Clan’s Method Man also on board the project as an executive producer. The series cast is rounded out by Shameik Moore (“Spider-man: Into the Spider-verse,” 2018), Siddiq Saunderson (“Messiah”), Julian Elijah Martinez (“Elementary”), Marcus Callender (“Power”), Erika Alexander (“Get Out,” 2017), Zolee Griggs (“Bride Wars,” 2009), T.J. Atoms (“You”), Justus Davis Graham (“Passing,” 2021) and Dave East (“Beats,” 2019).
WHAT’S NEW ON PRIME
“Pretty Hard Cases” - Season 1
Get ready for a ride-along when the series premiere of “Pretty Hard Cases” airs Friday, Sept. 10, through IMDB TV on Prime. This IMDB TV original crime comedy-drama follows two drastically different female detectives in their early 40s. Det. Sam Wazowski (Meredith Macneill, “Baroness Von Sketch Show”), from the guns and gangs unit, and Det. Kelly Duff (Adrienne C. Moore, “Orange is the New Black”), from the drug squad, are forced to come together to take down a common enemy, but their clashing personalities and work styles get them into all kinds of hilarious trouble in the process. From executive producers Alex Patrick (“Frontier”) and Tassie Cameron (“Rookie Blue”), the series also stars Al Mukadam (“Kodachrome,” 2017), Karen Robinson (“Schitt’s Creek”), Tara Strong (“The Powerpuff Girls”), Dean Mcdermott (“Open Range,” 2003), Percy Hynes (“The Gifted”), Katie Douglas (“Mary Kills People”) and Daren A. Herbert (“Dreamgirls,” 2006). While IMDB TV comes at no additional cost, it should be noted that the service is adsupported.