Overcompensating Returns Feb. 17, and Frozen Goes Real on Nat Geo

By Daniel Okafor

Benito Skinner's college dramedy "Overcompensating" returns to Prime Video on Feb. 17. That's the hardest date in this week's TV news, and the spring semester promises to be steamy.

Skinner created, writes and executive produces the series, set in the 2010s. He plays himself as a closeted former football player and homecoming king, working through college and his identity alongside best friend Carmen (Wally Baram) and his older sister (Mary Beth Barone).

What does Season 2 actually deliver?

Per the official logline, "Season 2 finds Benny and his friends in their second semester, juggling new lovers, cringey encounters, sexual awakenings, and riskiest of all: collegiate sports. Deeply funny and personal, the show explores the lengths to which we all overcompensate while on the path to finding out who we really are."

That's a lot of juggling for one semester. The cast backs it up.

Returning alongside Skinner, Baram and Barone:

• Adam DiMarco
• Rish Shah
• Holmes
• Owen Thiele
• Kyle MacLachlan
• Connie Britton
• Lukas Gage
• Nell Verlaque

A24, Strong Baby and Amazon MGM Studios produce. Scott King serves as showrunner and executive producer. Additional executive producers include A24; Jonah Hill, Matt Dines and Ali Goodwin for Strong Baby; and returning executive producer Charli XCX — yes, that Charli XCX. First-look photos accompany the announcement.

Disney's Frozen is getting a natural history spin

National Geographic has greenlit "The Real Frozen," a natural history series exploring the real-world landscapes and animals that inspired Disney's animated hit.

Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Josh Gad and Jonathan Groff will reprise their characters, guiding viewers through arctic terrain across Iceland, Finland, Norway and Sweden. The conceit is straightforward: the animated characters explore the real world, following animals whose demanding winter survival journeys inspired the "emotional heart" of the Disney film.

The series is made in collaboration with Walt Disney Animation Studios. It will premiere on National Geographic and stream on Disney+ and Hulu. Silverback Films produces; Jeff Wilson directs, with Elisabeth Oakham and Katie Parsons serving as director and producers on all episodes. For National Geographic, Janet H. Vissering is executive producer, and Tom McDonald is executive vice president of content.

A beloved animated franchise rebranded as conservation programming. Disney rarely leaves an IP unmonetized, and this one at least comes with reindeer.

The Well: 200 unsolved murders, now on Hulu

Fox Entertainment's docuseries "The Well" is now streaming on Hulu. It investigates more than 200 unsolved murders in California's San Joaquin County, including cases linked to the Speed Freak Killers.

Years after the killers were incarcerated, a new cold case unit led by Lieutenant Linda Jimenez reopens the files. Jimenez wants to find the remains of victims still missing. Her unlikely resource: convicted serial killer Wesley Shermantine, whose hand-drawn maps may hold the answers she's looking for.

All six episodes are available on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+ for bundle subscribers in the U.S. Fox Entertainment Studios produces with Mountain Top Pictures, Haven Entertainment and Fairvale Entertainment. Rachel Witte, Michael Bott, Toby Louie, Nicolas Levene, Kevin Mann and Mark Ankner executive produce, with Michael Horn as co-executive producer.

Three premieres, three streamers, one crowded February. Skinner's sophomore semester lands first, and how it performs will say plenty about Prime Video's appetite for personal, creator-driven comedy.