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[08/26/21 - 01:35 PM]
Emmy Award Nominee Jon Lovitz Stars in Tubi Summer Original "Tales of a Fifth Grade Robin Hood," as Part of Back-to-School Programming, Premiering Friday, August 27
After a young boy (Chase Brown) in an under-funded school discovers the Vice Principal (Lovitz) is stealing money from fundraisers and lives in a mansion, he and his friends decide to get back that money and put where it belongs: in the classroom.
[via press release from FOX]

EMMY AWARD NOMINEE JON LOVITZ STARS IN TUBI SUMMER ORIGINAL "TALES OF A FIFTH GRADE ROBIN HOOD," AS PART OF BACK-TO-SCHOOL PROGRAMMING, PREMIERING FRIDAY, AUGUST 27

Tubi Partners with KIDS IN NEED FOUNDATION to Provide Vital Back-to-School Resources to Students in Need Across the Nation

As part of its back-to-school programming, Tubi will debut a new summer original comedy, starring Emmy Award nominee Jon Lovitz ("Saturday Night Live"), TALES OF A FIFTH GRADE ROBIN HOOD, on Friday, Aug. 27, exclusively on FOX Entertainment's free streaming platform. In addition, Tubi will be partnering with KIDS IN NEED FOUNDATION, to provide vital school supplies and learning tools to under-resourced teachers and students nationwide.

In TALES OF A FIFTH GRADE ROBIN HOOD, after a young boy (Chase Brown, "The Underground Railroad") in an under-funded school discovers the Vice Principal (Lovitz) is stealing money from fundraisers and lives in a mansion, he and his friends decide to get back that money and put where it belongs: in the classroom. The movie also stars Iliana Perez ("Coche Bomba") and Jayden Scala ("American Princess"). TALES OF A FIFTH GRADE ROBIN HOOD, from The Asylum ("Sharknado"), is written by Ryan Ebert ("San Andreas Mega Quake") and Anna Rasmussen ("Jurassic School"), and directed by Dylan Vox ("The Christmas Sitters").

TALES OF A FIFTH GRADE ROBIN HOOD joins Tubi's Back-to-School programming lineup featuring over 40 titles available in August and September, including over a dozen titles from the "Monster High" franchise, as well as "Zapped," starring Zendaya, "Karate Kid," "Help I Shrunk My Teacher," "Wheels on the Bus," "Teen Star Academy," "Jurassic School," "Mr. Frog" and "Leo the Wildlife Ranger," among many others.

Kids In Need Foundation believes every child in America deserves equal opportunity and access to a quality education. As a national nonprofit, Kids In Need Foundation focuses on creating equity in education by providing school supplies and learning tools to under-resourced teachers and students nationwide with a focus on schools with a student enrollment of 70 percent or more participating in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP). Last year, the Kids in Need Foundation supported five million students and 205,000 teachers in underserved schools with the supplies they need.

Tubi has more than 35,000 movies and television series from over 250 content partners, including every major studio, in addition to the largest offering of free live local and national news channels in streaming. The platform gives fans of entertainment, news and sports an easy way to discover new content that is available completely free.

Tubi is available on Android and iOS mobile devices, Amazon Echo Show, Google Nest Hub, and on OTT devices such as Amazon Fire TV, Roku, Apple TV, Chromecast, Android TV, Vizio TVs, Sony TVs, Samsung TVs, Hisense TVs, Comcast X1, Cox Contour, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X | S. Consumers can also watch Tubi content on the web at http://www.tubi.tv/

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[09/24/21 - 12:00 PM]
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[09/24/21 - 11:30 AM]
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[09/24/21 - 11:15 AM]
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[09/24/21 - 09:45 AM]
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[09/24/21 - 09:41 AM]
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[09/24/21 - 09:38 AM]
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