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Popular NBC TV Show With Tom Hanks Renewed for Season 2
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An extremely popular NBC TV show featuring Tom Hanks has been
renewed for Season 2. The series mainly focuses on captivating
wildlife stories.
What NBC TV show with Tom Hanks has been renewed for another season?
NBC has ordered Tom Hanks-narrated, widely popular TV show
The Americas, reports Deadline. The series tells the untold wildlife
stories from the continent, including locations such as the frozen
north, the wild west, the Atlantic coast, and Patagonia.
The NBC TV show premiered in 2025 and was initially announced way
back in 2020. The second season will focus on new locations and more
wildlife moments while going "deeper into the wildlife and majestic
landscapes that the supercontinent has to offer", according to the
description. The Americas Season 2 is currently in production.
Interestingly, the news of its renewal comes right before a special
titled The Americas: A Wild 250th. It will arrive on NBC on July 2,
2026. There's another special called The-aAmericas: Mother's Day,
which will have its premiere in 2027.
The Americas is produced by BBC Studios Natural History Unit, in
collaboration with Universal Television Alternative Studio. Mike
Gunton and Holly Spearing are serving as the executive producers.
"We're thrilled to bringrC>The AmericasrC>back into viewers' homes,
taking them on a journey that reveals even more of the extraordinary
worlds, iconic landscapes and remarkable wildlife that make North
and South America so compelling - all while blending breathtaking
scale, discovery, humor and heart," said NBC's EVP, Unscripted
Programming, Sharon Vuong.
"The AmericasrC>was a bold bet - a cinematic natural history series of
this scale hadn't been seen on broadcast television in years, and
thankfully, audiences embraced it in a huge way," said Universal
Television Alternative Studio's President Toby Gorman.
As for Hanks, the Hollywood star was recently seen in the
blockbuster movie Toy Story 5. He voiced the popular character of
Woody in the latest installment of the iconic kid-friendly animated
franchise.
The Americas Season 2 is expected to premiere sometime in 2028.
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