Tubi to Co-Produce 'Boarders' Season 2 with the BBC

Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, and the like need to watch out, as FAST streamers are coming up behind them quickly. Tubi, the Free Ad-Supported TV streaming app, once treated like the tiny afterthought in a much larger race to the top by large-scale exclusive content streamers, has been eating the lunches of some much more expensive services, with viewership numbers that beat Apple TV+, Peacock, and Paramount+. Now, it's not only getting into the original game by bringing over content from the UY.K., but it's also stepping up to help co-produce its most popular series, ensuring there will be more seasons. That includes Boarders, the BBC-produced series about five Black British teens from London's inner city who find themselves shipped off to Public School, only to discover it's a PR stunt and band together to prove themselves to the haters.

Season 1 of Boarders was a sleeper hit on iPlayer, and the BBC renewed the series for Season 2 only a few months after its debut. Considering the success the series also had on Tubi, it seemed likely the FAST service would once again carry the show, as long as someone with more money didn't swoop in and grab it. But Tubi's producers have gone one better. Not only has the streaming service signed on to carry the second season, it's also lined up to co-produce the series, ensuring that the show can't be taken away from them.

Moreover, like Masterpiece has done in the past few years in response to the streaming wars, Tubi's involvement at the producer level also gives the streaming service a say in whether or not the show comes back, so even if Season 2 flops on iPlayer, American viewers will have a shot at more episodes.