The eight season of the Emmy-winning series from Fred Rogers Productions will premiere in 2026 and will include 10 new episodes plus 2 half-hour specials.
"China's Wild Secrets" reveals the hidden lives of some of China’s most captivating and endangered wildlife species, and it has secured pre-sales to WDR/Arte, Viasat World and Asharq Discovery.
Based in Los Angeles, Tarantin will play a key leadership role in the development and production of original scripted series for English-speaking and global audiences, while also helping to adapt IP from CJ ENM’s content library.
The 6x60’ factual series averaged 241,000 viewers per episode, reached over 1 million New Zealanders with a 21.6% share, and increased its 25–54 demographic by 2% over Season 1, with 59.5% of its audience made up of female viewers.
Former Director of Operations at ElectricNOW, Johnson will now handle all aspects pertaining to the app and channel, including those for ElectricNOW en Español.