Fifteen years after he helped assemble One Directon on The X Factor, Simon Cowell is searching for a new boy band.
Cowell will star in and executive produce a Netflix docuseries called Simon Cowell: The Next Act, in which he will attempt to “create the next global boyband sensation.” The six-episode series, set to premiere in December, is one of several unscripted orders and renewals Netflix announced Thursday; among the others are Let’s Marry Harry, featuring Too Hot to Handle and Perfect Match alum Harry Jowsey, and Love Con Revenge, in which Cecilie Fjellhøy (featured in The Tinder Swindler) teams with a private investigator to expose romance scanners.
Netflix has also renewed The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On and King of Collectibles: The Goldin Touch and set fall premiere dates for season nine of Love Is Blind and a trio of real estate shows: Selling Sunset, Selling the OC and Owning Manhattan. Additionally, the streamer announced former Bachelor Nick Viall and his wife, Natalie Joy, will host the dating show Age of Attraction.
Simon Cowell: The Next Act is the latest in a spate of music-oriented unscripted shows at Netflix. Building the Band (featuring the late Liam Payne of One Direction) premiered July 9, and the songwriter-focused Hitmakers is set to debut on July 24.
Cowell’s Syco Entertainment and Box to Box Films (Formula 1: Drive to Survive) are producing The Next Act. Cowell, James Gay Rees, Paul Martin, Warren Smith, Cassie Bennet are the executive producers, and Tayla Richardson is co-EP.
Let’s Marry Harry comes from Alex Cooper’s Unwell, with Cooper, Matt Kaplan and Mina Lefevre executive producing. The series will be a Bachelor-esque dating show, but with some of Jowsey’s closest friends choosing who stays in the running. Love Con Revenge will team Fjellhøy and P.I. Brianne Larson in a series from EPs Chris McLaughlin and Ruth Kelly.
Netflix also picked up Calabasas Confidential, about a group of young adults in the wealthy L.A. exurb, and Members Only: Palm Beach, following women as they navigate the high society enclave in South Florida.
As for the premieres, Love Is Blind is set to debut its ninth season on Oct. 1. Selling Sunset will premiere Oct. 29, followed by Selling the OC (Nov. 12) and Owning Manhattan (Dec. 5).