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"LOS ANGELES \u2014 DirecTV, Amazon Studios and Hulu were among the digital networks that trotted out their upcoming shows for TV critics on Digital Day during the Television Critics Association press tour.\nWhile each digital network presented a number of original television shows at the Saturday event, here are some highlights: \nDirecTV: Kingdom\n\n\nActors Nick Jonas, Jonathan Tucker, and Matt Lauria speak during a panel on the TV show Kingdom at the 2014 TCA Press Tour. Image: Rachel Murray/Getty ImagesDirecTV kicked off the day with its new drama Kingdom, a story about family, loyalty, ambition, glory, lust, betrayal and the needs and desires that inspire people to greatness \u2014 or drive them to treachery. The series takes place in Venice, California, and is set against the backdrop of Mixed Martial Arts. Creator-writer Byron Balasco has been fascinated by the sport since it first started, and cast members Frank Grillo, Kiele Sanchez, Jonathan Tucker, Matt Lauria, Nick Jonas and Joanna Going said they have all grown to love MMA as much as Balasco. \nSaturday's panel emphasized that Kingdom's focus is more on family drama than fighting. Balasco said every fight relates to the emotional story in each episode. Grillo, Tucker, Jonas and Lauria all trained at an MMA boot camp, maintaining a rigorous gym schedule to do the fight scenes. All the actors have resisted using stunt doubles for fights, and have the bruises to show for it. Kingdom premieres October 8 on DirecTV\u2019s Audience Channel.\nSee also: The Man Who Turns Amazon Reviews Into Comedic Works of Art\nAmazon Studios: Transparent\n\n\nJeffrey Tambour in Transparent. Transparent is Amazon Studios\u2019 most eagerly anticipated series due to its timely subject matter: The dramedy follows a man (Jeffrey Tambor) named Mort who announces his intention to transition into a woman and the effect his decision has on his family, including his three children. Creator Jill Soloway (Six Feet Under) views the series as a 10-hour movie, with the climax coming in episodes seven and eight. Soloway said she had a clear vision of Transparent when she pitched it to Amazon.\n\"It was one of those ideas that just came to me fully formed,\" Soloway said. \"I love, sort of, subverting the trope, the Disney trope of a parent who dies in the first five minutes and ... I just had the thought of what would happen if a parent died because a new parent was born, what it would mean to mourn a parent while you are getting to meet a new one.\"\nBoth Soloway and the cast \u2014 Gaby Hoffmann, Amy Landecker and Jay Duplass play the three children \u2014 praised Amazon Studios for trusting Transparent's creators, and allowing them to make the show they wanted to make. Soloway said she was happy that the decision to move forward with Transparent depended on public opinion, rather than a focus group or board of directors. \nAll 10 episodes of Transparent will be released simultaneously in September, but the rollout schedule for other Amazon Studio shows will differ depending on the series. (Chris Carter said his drama The After, for example, will be released in four two-hour installments because the questions and mythology threaded through the supernatural-thriller show lend itself to viewing in that pattern.)\nHulu: South Park\n\n\nSouth Park is coming to Hulu.Image:  Comedy CentralHulu is the new home for every episode of South Park, which will soon hit its 250-episode mark. The Hulu player will be on SouthParkStudios.com, and new episodes will post there immediately after airing on Comedy Central. Creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, who were on a surprise panel, said they envied the Hulu player years ago, and wanted to steal the technology even back then. \nIn terms of new shows, comedy The Hotwives of Orlando is noteworthy. It's a parody of the Real Housewives reality shows, and features the likes of Kristen Schaal, Casey Wilson and The Office alum Angela Kinsey. Paul Scheer (The League, NTSF: SD: SUV) also plays a major role in the show. The Hotwives of Orlando debuts July 15.\nHave something to add to this story? Share it in the comments."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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