Key Premiere: CBS All Access Launches 'The Thomas John Experience'
Streaming services launch various unscripted shows in June - Netflix adds new cooking competition, Amazon Prime Video tries comedy variety genre, TV Now in Germany brings drag queen transformation show... And one unusual new show comes to CBS All Access. The streamer, known mainly for fiction originals such as 'The Good Fight' or new additions to the 'Star Trek' franchise, comes with 'The Thomas John Experience', extending its genre portfolio with a psychic medium show.
The Thomas John Experience
US original / medium show / premieres June 4 / CBS All Access
Smartshow.tv says / Simple, catchy and entertaining format that relies on the casting of the psychic medium. Solid potential to travel and get foreign adaptations, scalable in terms of production – can be produced affordably
Synopsis / A psychic medium journeys across the country using their ability to connect unsuspecting everyday people with those on the other side. Their powerful readings offer insight and closure, resulting in reunions between the living and the dead
Good to know / Distributed as a format by ViacomCBS
Also launching this week:
- The Diva in Me (German adaptation) / transformation show / June 1 / TV Now / Three drag queens help women going through a tough time with a larger than life makeover and the biggest lip-sync performance of their lives
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