Sara Alessi

LOS ANGELES: CBS has granted early renewals for 18 series for the 2017-18 season, including freshman shows Bull, MacGyver and Kevin Can Wait.

SEATTLE: Amazon Prime Video has extended its exclusive content agreement with A24, becoming the only premium subscription home for all of the company’s upcoming films, including the Oscar-winning Moonlight.

WARSAW/MERIDIAN: SPI/FilmBox Channels Group has rolled out two additional thematic channels in the U.S. on Sling TV.

MEMPHIS/CHICAGO: Vivicast Media has signed on to serve as the U.S. representative for the satirical news mockumentary show WTF NewsAmerica, created and scripted by Saturday Night Live and Second City TV writing alums.

SANTA MONICA: Hulu has inked an affiliate agreement that will bring all six original brands from the A+E Networks portfolio to its new live TV streaming service, which will launch this spring.

LOS ANGELES: A+E Studios has secured a multiyear exclusive overall TV production agreement with UnREAL star Shiri Appleby.

ATLANTA: Valerie Meraz has been elevated to the post of senior VP of content acquisitions and strategy for Turner’s entertainment networks.

LOS ANGELES: Sonar Entertainment has entered into a first-look deal with Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions that encompasses all content for TV, including digital.

LOS ANGELES: FOX has renewed the Kaitlin Olson-led comedy The Mick for a sophomore season.

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The eight-part series ORIGINS: The Journey of Humankind, fronted by Jason Silva (Brain Games), is premiering next month on National Geographic.