TVLine Items: ABC's Cinderella Special, Love, Death + Robots Renewal and More

Get out your glass slippers: Cinderella: The Reunion, A Special Edition of 20/20 will air Tuesday, Aug. 23 at 8/7c on ABC to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella, which starred Brandy in the title role and the late Whitney Houston as her fairy godmother.

“The ABC News Studios reunion special explores how the revolutionary made-for-television musical expanded society’s view of the term ‘princess’ and includes interviews with original cast members, as well as rare behind-the-scenes footage with Whitney Houston,” per the official announcement.

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Following the program — which will feature stars Brandy, Whoopi Goldberg, Paolo Montalban, Victor Garber, Bernadette Peters, Jason Alexander and Veanne Cox — The Wonderful World of Disney will present a rebroadcast the original film at 9 pm.

Watch a promo above.

Ready for some more recent newsy nuggets? Well…

* Netflix’s Emmy-winning animated anthology, Love, Death + Robots, has been renewed for a fourth season (“Volume IV”).

* Lucy Liu (Elementary) has joined Netflix’s limited series A Man in Full, which also stars Diane Lane and Jeff Daniels, and hails from executive producer David E. Kelley and director Regina King, our sister site Variety reports.

* Orlando Jones (American Gods) has joined Apple TV+’s Swagger as a series regular for Season 2, which will also up Christina Jackson (who plays Tonya) and Sean Anthony Baker (aka Naim Rahaim) to full-time status, per Deadline.

* Teen Mom: The Next Chapter will premiere Tuesday, Sept. 6 at 8/7c on MTV, per Variety. Watch a trailer:

* Amazon’s Freevee has released a first teaser for High School, an eight-episode coming-of-age drama based on the best-selling memoir of the same name from recording artists Tegan and Sara Quin. The first four episodes will premiere Friday, Oct. 14, with new episodes available every Friday.

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