Overview
- Multiple outlets reported on June 10 that Hulu ordered a reimagined Season 8 of The Circle after Netflix did not renew the series following Season 7.
- The Hulu edition will keep the core game—isolated players communicating through an app with the option to catfish—but will add celebrity contestants to compete alongside civilians.
- For the first U.S. run, audience voting will be introduced and the series will be filmed in a fast-turnaround, real-time style so viewers can influence twists, rankings, and eliminations as they air.
- Production will be led by original format producers Studio Lambert and WPP’s Motion Entertainment with Peyton Manning’s Omaha Productions involved and Susan House named showrunner.
- No premiere date has been announced yet and the pickup positions Hulu to expand live, serialized competition programming and compete for viewers who favor interactive reality formats.