{"id":30464,"date":"2025-09-18T10:13:54","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T14:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/iyanu-finds-australian-home-on-abc\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T10:14:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T14:14:16","slug":"iyanu-finds-australian-home-on-abc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/iyanu-finds-australian-home-on-abc\/","title":{"rendered":"Iyanu Finds Australian Home on ABC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lion Forge Entertainment has closed a multi-season distribution deal covering exclusive free-to-air television rights, free streaming rights and premiere rights for <em>Iyanu<\/em> with Australia\u2019s ABC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Iyanu<\/em> is a dynamic superhero rooted in rich world-building, packed with action and filled with a fun sense of adventure,\u201d said David Steward II, founder and CEO of Lion Forge. \u201cIt\u2019s been inspiring to see audiences in the U.S., U.K. and Africa connect with the series, and we\u2019re excited to now partner with the ABC to bring even more families into <em>Iyanu<\/em>\u2019s epic journey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Season one of the series is set to debut on ABC iview on September 26 and will broadcast on ABC Entertains on weekdays at 8 a.m. beginning September 29. Season two will come in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Based on Roye Okupe\u2019s graphic novel series <em>Iyanu: Child of Wonder<\/em>, the show draws on Nigerian culture, music and mythology to tell the story of the titular young orphan who yearns for a normal life. When a looming threat awakens divine powers not seen since the Age of Wonders, Iyanu and a group of newfound friends set out to uncover the source of the evil. In the second season, Iyanu faces a powerful new enemy as tensions continue to rise across Yorubaland.<\/p>\n<p>The series features an all-African voice cast, led by Serah Johnson as Iyanu. Adesua Etomi-Wellington, Stella Damasus, Blossom Chukwujekwu and Shaffy Bello (<em>The Black Book<\/em>) also star.<\/p>\n<p><em>Iyanu<\/em> is executive produced by Steward, Stephanie Sperber, Kirsten Newlands and Matt Heath from Lion Forge Entertainment; Erica Dupuis of Impact X Capital; Ryan Haidarian of Forefront Media Group; Doug Schwalbe of Superprod; and Okupe of YouNeek Studios, who also serves as the showrunner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lion Forge Entertainment has closed a multi-season distribution deal covering exclusive free-to-air television rights, free streaming rights and premiere rights for Iyanu with Australia\u2019s ABC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":29162,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[1859,5600,7949,7499],"class_list":["post-30464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-abc","tag-david-steward-ii","tag-iyanu","tag-lion-forge-entertainment","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Iyanu Finds Australian Home on ABC - TVKIDS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/iyanu-finds-australian-home-on-abc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Iyanu Finds Australian Home on ABC - TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lion Forge Entertainment has closed a multi-season distribution deal covering exclusive free-to-air television rights, free streaming rights and premiere rights for Iyanu with Australia\u2019s ABC.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/iyanu-finds-australian-home-on-abc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-18T14:13:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-18T14:14:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/2025-02-14-LionForgeEntertainment-Iyanu-0225.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"394\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/iyanu-finds-australian-home-on-abc\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/iyanu-finds-australian-home-on-abc\/\",\"name\":\"Iyanu Finds Australian Home on ABC - TVKIDS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-18T14:13:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-18T14:14:16+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/iyanu-finds-australian-home-on-abc\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/iyanu-finds-australian-home-on-abc\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/iyanu-finds-australian-home-on-abc\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Iyanu Finds Australian Home on ABC\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\",\"name\":\"TVKIDS\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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