List of The Roku Channel original programming

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The Roku Channel is an American streaming service which launched in September 2017. [1] In 2021, The Roku Channel began releasing original programming branded as "Roku Originals", including acquisitions from the defunct Quibi service. [2]

Contents

Original programming

Drama

TitleGenrePremiereSeasonsRuntimeStatus
Swimming with Sharks Psychological drama April 15, 20221 season, 6 episodes20–26 minEnded
The Spiderwick Chronicles Fantasy April 19, 20241 season, 8 episodes40–49 minPending

Comedy

TitleGenrePremiereSeasonsRuntimeStatus
Bill Burr Presents Immoral Compass Sketch comedy November 5, 20211 season, 10 episodes7–8 minEnded
The Now Dark comedy drama December 10, 20211 season, 14 episodes7–10 minEnded
Slip Comedy drama April 21, 20231 season, 7 episodes25–30 minEnded [a]
The Holiday Shift Romantic comedy November 17, 20231 season, 5 episodes25–30 minEnded

Animation

Adult animation

TitleGenrePremiereSeasonsLengthStatus
Doomlands Science fiction animated sitcom January 28, 20232 seasons, 15 episodes11 minPending

Unscripted

Docuseries

TitleSubjectPremiereSeasonsLengthLanguageStatus
What Happens in Hollywood Entertainment industry/SexualityAugust 13, 20211 season, 10 episodes7–9 minEnglishEnded
10 WeeksMilitaryNovember 11, 20211 season, 10 episodes8–9 minEnglishEnded
Slugfest Comic book industry December 24, 20211 season, 10 episodes6–10 minEnglishEnded
The Fix Addiction January 21, 20221 season, 8 episodes6–10 minEnglishPending
Moving the Needle with Dr. WooCelebrity/Tattooing February 4, 20221 season, 5 episodes7–8 minEnglishEnded [a]
PolyRelationships/SexualityFebruary 11, 20221 season, 8 episodes5–9 minEnglishEnded [a]
This Joka Stand-up comedy March 4, 20221 season, 16 episodes6–7 minEnglishEnded [3]
Mamas Nature May 6, 20222 seasons, 16 episodes6–47 minEnglishPending
Surprise We're PregnantPregnancyMay 6, 20221 season, 8 episodes4–5 minEnglishEnded [a]
Mind/TripMental healthMay 27, 20221 season, 8 episodes7–10 minEnglishEnded
Roku Change MakersCommunity serviceJanuary 11, 20232 seasons, 16 episodes3–6 minEnglishPending
Carpe DM with Juanpa Travel March 11, 20241 season, 6 episodes23–24 minEnglishPending
WWE: Next GenSportsApril 1, 20241 season, 8 episodes27–30 minEnglishPending
Fight Inc: Inside the UFC SportsJune 7, 20241 season, 3 episodes48 minEnglishPending
Desde la raízFoodOctober 28, 20244 episodes46–48 minSpanishMiniseries
VisionariesScience/TechnologyMarch 7, 20251 season, 8 episodes38–45 minEnglishPending

Reality

TitleGenrePremiereSeasonsLengthLanguageStatus
Eye Candy Cooking competition August 13, 20211 season, 10 episodes8–9 minEnglishEnded [a]
Squeaky Clean Reality competition August 13, 20211 season, 10 episodes7–8 minEnglishEnded [a]
Idea House: Mountain Modern Reality July 28, 20221 season, 11 episodes24 minEnglishEnded
¡Que delicioso! Cooking competition November 25, 20221 season, 7 episodes23–24 minSpanishEnded
The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Holiday Cooking competition December 2, 20223 seasons, 3 episodes72–76 minEnglishPending
The Cupcake Guys Reality January 18, 20231 season, 6 episodes24 minEnglishEnded
Team Rubicon Reality May 25, 20231 season, 13 episodes24–46 minEnglishEnded
Match Me in Miami Dating show June 9, 20231 season, 8 episodes44–48 minEnglishEnded [a]
Morimoto's Sushi Master Cooking competition June 16, 20231 season, 8 episodes45–49 minEnglishRenewed [4]
Batalla en Abuela's Kitchen Cooking competition June 23, 20231 season, 6 episodes24 minSpanishEnded
Tempting Fortune Reality competition June 23, 20231 season, 6 episodes45–47 minEnglishEnded [a]
The Next Black Millionaires Reality competition July 7, 20231 season, 8 episodes23–24 minEnglishEnded
Lincoln Log Masters Reality competition July 14, 20231 season, 6 episodes44–48 minEnglishRenewed [5]
Reptile Royalty Reality July 21, 20231 season, 6 episodes22–23 minEnglishRenewed [5]
UFO Cowboys Reality July 28, 20232 seasons, 16 episodes23–24 minEnglishPending
The Marriage Pact Dating show August 4, 20231 season, 8 episodes44–48 minEnglishEnded [a]
Un millón de gracias Reality August 11, 20231 season, 10 episodes13–16 minSpanishEnded
Honest Renovations Reality August 18, 20232 seasons, 11 episodes44–48 minEnglishRenewed [6]
Ring by Spring Reality September 15, 20231 season, 8 episodes44–48 minEnglishEnded [a]
Serenata de las estrellas Reality October 13, 20231 season, 4 episodes28–29 minSpanishEnded
Side Hustlers Reality March 1, 20242 seasons, 10 episodes45–48 minEnglishPending
Dinner Budget Showdown Cooking competition May 3, 20241 season, 6 episodes24 minEnglishPending
Empty Nest Refresh Reality May 10, 20241 season, 6 episodes24 minEnglishPending
Celebrity Family Food Battle Cooking competition May 31, 20241 season, 6 episodes24 minEnglishPending
The Charlie Puth Show Docu-comedy October 4, 20241 season, 6 episodes21–24 minEnglishPending
Best Bite Wins Cooking competition October 18, 20241 season, 6 episodes24 minEnglishPending
Clash of the Cookbooks Cooking competition December 6, 20241 season, 6 episodes24 minEnglishPending

Variety

TitleGenrePremiereSeasonsLengthStatus
The Demi Lovato Show Talk show July 30, 20211 season, 9 episodes5–7 minEnded
Player vs. Player with Trevor Noah Talk show November 19, 20211 season, 8 episodes6–7 minEnded
Emeril Tailgates Cooking show September 8, 20223 seasons, 35 episodes25 minPending
Martha GardensGardening showOctober 14, 20221 season, 12 episodes25 minPending
Milk Street's Cooking School Cooking show October 28, 20221 season, 10 episodes24 minEnded
Milk Street's My Family Recipe Cooking show October 28, 20221 season, 6 episodes23–24 minEnded
Martha Cooks Cooking show November 14, 20223 seasons, 30 episodes25 minPending
Emeril Cooks Cooking show November 18, 20223 seasons, 26 episodes22–25 minPending
Martha Holidays Cooking show November 21, 20222 seasons, 13 episodes25 minPending
Emeril Tailgates: The Postseason Cooking show January 19, 20231 season, 3 episodes25 minEnded
GMFB: Overtime Sports talk show July 29, 20242 seasons, 127 episodes1 hour, 30 minSeason 2 ongoing
What Drives You with John Cena Talk show January 21, 20251 season, 4 episodes23–25 minPending

Sports

TitleGenrePremiereLengthStatus
ABB FIA Formula E World Championship [7] Sports broadcastDecember 7, 2024Approx. 2–3 hoursOngoing

Co-productions

These shows have been commissioned by The Roku Channel with a partner network.

TitleGenrePartnerPremiereSeasonsLengthStatus
Children Ruin Everything (seasons 1–2) Sitcom CTV May 13, 20222 seasons, 24 episodes21 minEnded [b] [a]
Panhandle Comedy drama Spectrum September 26, 20221 season, 8 episodes47–49 minEnded [a]
Fight to Survive Reality competition The CW September 29, 20231 season, 8 episodes43 minEnded

Continuations

These shows have been picked up by The Roku Channel for additional seasons after having aired previous seasons on another network.

TitleGenrePrev. network(s)PremiereSeasonsLengthStatus
Thanks a Million (season 2) Reality Quibi August 13, 20211 season, 10 episodes6–8 minEnded
Punk'd (season 12) Reality
December 10, 20211 season, 10 episodes5–7 minEnded
Dishmantled (season 2) Cooking competition Quibi December 31, 20211 season, 10 episodes6 minEnded [a]
Reno 911! (season 8) Comedy
February 25, 20221 season, 11 episodes21 minEnded [a]
Chrissy's Court (seasons 2–3) Comedy/Arbitration-based court show Quibi June 17, 20222 seasons, 20 episodes7–10 minEnded
Murder House Flip (season 2) Reality Quibi August 12, 20221 season, 10 episodes24–25 minEnded [a]
Most Dangerous Game (season 2) Action thriller Quibi March 10, 20231 season, 12 episodes10–21 minEnded [a]
Die Hart (seasons 2–3) Comedy action-adventure Quibi March 31, 20232 seasons, 15 episodes9–19 minPending
The Great American Baking Show (seasons 6–7) Cooking competition ABC May 5, 20232 seasons, 12 episodes56–58 minRenewed [8]
Chad (season 2) Sitcom TBS January 19, 20241 season, 10 episodes20–24 minEnded [9]
Kevin Hart's Muscle Car Crew (season 2) Reality Motor Trend February 16, 20241 season, 6 episodes26–29 minPending

Non-English language

Drama

TitleGenrePremiereSeasonsLengthLanguageStatus
Natural Born Narco Crime drama July 8, 20221 season, 15 episodes6–10 minSpanishEnded

Specials

These shows are one-time original events or supplementary content related to original TV shows.

TitleGenrePremiereLength
Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas Musical comedy drama December 1, 20211 h 39 min
Ryan's World Titan Universe Holiday Adventures Children's live-action animation November 18, 202223 min
A Very Demi Holiday Special Holiday special December 8, 202353 min
Chain Food: All-Star DishesCooking documentary July 12, 202453 min
Honest Renovations: A Holiday Makeover Reality November 8, 202462 min
The Great American Baking Show: Big Game Special Cooking competition February 3, 202571 min

Exclusive international distribution

These series are programs that have aired on other networks where The Roku Channel has bought exclusive distribution rights to stream them in alternate regions on its own platform. The Roku Channel lists them as Roku Originals.

TitleGenrePartnerPremiereSeasonsLengthLanguageStatus
Cypher (season 1) Crime drama International syndication March 19, 20211 season, 7 episodes43–49 minEnglishEnded [c]
Operation Black Tide: Suicide Voyage True crime docuseries International syndication March 11, 20224 episodes39–46 minSpanishMiniseries
The Newsreader Drama ABC March 18, 20221 season, 6 episodes53–57 minEnglishEnded [d]
The Pact Post-apocalyptic science fiction International syndication March 26, 20221 season, 6 episodes29–42 minEnglishEnded [a]
Jann Comedy CTV January 17, 20233 seasons, 22 episodes19–22 minEnglishEnded [a]
Toast of Tinseltown Comedy BBC Two August 11, 20231 season, 6 episodes28 minEnglishEnded
Malpractice Medical drama ITV September 15, 20231 season, 5 episodes44–47 minEnglishEnded [e]
Borderline Crime drama MGM+ September 1, 20241 season, 6 episodes45–49 minEnglishPending

Original films

Feature films

TitleGenreReleaseRuntime
Heathers: The Musical Stage musical September 16, 20222 h 15 min
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story Biographical parody November 4, 20221 h 48 min
How to Fall in Love by the Holidays Romantic comedy November 3, 20231 h 28 min
First Time Female Director Comedy March 8, 20241 h 36 min
The Real Bros of Simi Valley: High School Reunion Comedy July 5, 20241 h 45 min
Jingle Bell Love Holiday romantic comedy November 18, 20241 h 21 min

Documentaries

TitleSubjectReleaseRuntime
Meet Me in ParisRomance/Docu-reality February 10, 20231 h 11 min
NFL Draft: The Pick Is InSportsAugust 25, 20231 h 27 min
Meet Me in RomeRomance/Docu-reality February 9, 20241 h 25 min
A Radical Act: Renee MontgomerySportsOctober 16, 20241 h 44 min

Upcoming original programming

Comedy

TitleGenrePremiereSeasonsLengthStatus
Tightrope! [12] Comedy TBA1 season, 6 episodesTBASeries order

Animation

Kids & family

TitleGenrePremiereSeasonsLengthStatus
Jason Vlogs and the Do Crew [13] Comedy TBATBATBASeries order

Unscripted

Docuseries

TitleSubjectPremiereSeasonsLengthStatus
Tracee Travels [14] Travel 2025TBATBASeries order

Reality

TitleGenrePremiereSeasonsLengthLanguageStatus
La divina comida [15] Cooking competition TBATBA1 season, 16 episodesSpanishSeries order
Special Delivery [16] Cooking competition TBATBATBAEnglishSeries order

Sports

TitleGenrePremiereLengthStatus
Formula E: Unplugged [7] Sports talk show TBATBASeries order
Women's Sports Now [17] Sports talk show TBATBASeries order

Co-productions

TitleGenrePartnerPremiereSeasonsLengthStatus
Good Cop/Bad Cop [18] Crime comedy
TBA1 season, 8 episodesTBAAwaiting release

Continuations

TitleGenrePrev. networkPremiereSeasonsLengthStatus
Cypher (season 2) [19] Crime drama International syndication TBA1 season, 13 episodesTBAPre-production

Specials

These shows are one-time original events or supplementary content related to original TV shows.

TitleGenrePremiereLength
Elemon [13] Children's anime TBATBA
The Great American Baking Show: Sweet Summer Special [8] Cooking competition TBATBA
Love, Diana [13] Children's live-action animation TBATBA
Toys & Colors Kaleidoscope City [13] Children's live-action animation TBATBA

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 These shows were available at a time as Roku Originals, but have been since removed from the service.
  2. ↑ Moved to The CW
  3. ↑ Season 2 was picked up as a Roku Original.
  4. ↑ The series was renewed by ABC for season 2, but has been removed from Roku. [10]
  5. ↑ The series was renewed by ITV for season 2, but has been removed from Roku. [11]

References

  1. ↑ Roettgers, Janko (September 6, 2017). "Roku Veers Into Programming With Launch of Ad-Supported Movie Channel". Variety . Archived from the original on July 30, 2022. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
  2. ↑ Sperling, Nicole (August 22, 2022). "More Than 'Weird': Roku Embraces Original Programming". The New York Times. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
  3. ↑ White, Peter (May 2, 2022). "Will Smith's Comedy Series 'This Joka' Not Returning At Roku". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Roku Originals Renews "Morimoto's Sushi Master" for Second Season" (Press release). Roku. September 28, 2023. Retrieved January 18, 2024– via The Futon Critic.
  5. 1 2 "Roku Orders Season 2 for "Reptile Royalty," "UFO Cowboys," and "Lincoln Log Masters"" (Press release). Roku. October 18, 2023. Retrieved January 18, 2024– via The Futon Critic.
  6. ↑ Petski, Denise (August 29, 2024). "Jessica Alba & Lizzy Mathis' 'Honest Renovations' Renewed For Season 3 By Roku". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
  7. 1 2 White, Peter (June 27, 2023). "Roku Strikes First Ever Sports Deal With Formula E As CBS Expands Partnership With Motorsports Tournament". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
  8. 1 2 Maas, Jennifer (April 22, 2024). "Roku Renews 'Great American Baking Show' and Sets 2 New Specials, Orders Holiday Edition of 'Honest Renovations' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
  9. ↑ Iannucci, Rebecca (May 7, 2024). "Nasim Pedrad's Chad Cancelled at Roku". TVLine. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
  10. ↑ Knox, David (March 30, 2022). "Screen Forever 2022: ABC confirms Season 2 of The Newsreader". TV Tonight . Retrieved July 14, 2023.
  11. ↑ Molina-Whyte, Lydia (December 5, 2023). "Malpractice renewed for season 2 – Niamh Algar not returning". Radio Times. Retrieved January 14, 2025.
  12. ↑ Porter, Rick (April 30, 2024). "Ty Burrell to Star in Roku Comedy 'Tightrope!' From EP Bryan Cranston". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved April 30, 2024.
  13. 1 2 3 4 Chan, J. Clara (February 13, 2023). "Roku Inks Programming Deal With Pocket.watch for Children's Shows (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
  14. ↑ Jackson, Angelique (April 24, 2024). "Tracee Ellis Ross Sets 'Tracee Travels' Docuseries With Roku Originals (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety.
  15. ↑ Tinoco, Armando (April 20, 2023). "Roku Partners With Jennifer Lopez, Jaime Camil & Juanpa Zurita As It Expands Spanish Original Content". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
  16. ↑ Spangler, Todd (May 2, 2023). "Roku Leans Into Unscripted Amid Writers Strike: Renews 'Great American Baking Show,' Orders Charlie Puth Comedy". Variety. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
  17. ↑ "Roku, Hello Sunshine, and Rich Eisen Productions Team Up for "Women's Sports Now", a Weekly Round Up and Breakdown All About Women's Sports" (Press release). Roku. February 3, 2025. Retrieved February 6, 2025– via The Futon Critic.
  18. ↑ Whittock, Jesse (March 12, 2024). "The CW, Roku, Stan & Jeff Wachtel Team For Comedic Procedural 'Good Cop/Bad Cop' Starring Leighton Meester". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
  19. ↑ Frater, Patrick (April 5, 2022). "'Cypher' Crime Series Sets Second Season at Roku, Launches at MipTV (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
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