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Netflix Greenlights Nick Cannon Docuseries on Raising 12 Children

The project signals Netflix’s push into glossy family docuseries.

Overview

  • Netflix, which announced the series Wednesday at its New York upfront, set a winter 2026 premiere for the untitled show.
  • Velvet Hammer Media and Pantheon Media Group produce the series, with Rebecca Quinn, Jen O’Connell, Trifari Williams, Rob Ford, Steve Michaels and Simon Thomas as executive producers.
  • The logline promises a mix of boardroom scenes and hands-on parenting, described as glamour meeting the mess of modern family life from big meetings to late-night diaper runs.
  • Netflix has not confirmed which co-parents or any of Cannon’s children will appear, including whether Mariah Carey or their twins will be on camera.
  • The series centers on Cannon’s life as a father of 12 with six mothers, a public story that includes the 2021 death of his infant son Zen and frequent questions about how he manages a sprawling blended family.