Chicken Soup For the Soul Entertainment announced today that its streaming app is now available on VIZIO. The Chicken Soup for the Soul streaming service will launch with more than 3,000 hours of content, including Originals, mysteries, miracles, comedy, true crime, lifestyle content, blockbuster movies, and more.
The new streaming service launch was announced last year and comes after the recent launch of Chicken Soup for the Soul’s FAST channel on Plex, FreeCast, and Redbox, with LG Channels, Stirr, XUMO, and on VIZIO’s free streaming service WatchFree.
“VIZIO is pleased to launch the Chicken Soup for the Soul app and offer our audience titles from such a beloved brand,” said Katherine Pond, vice president of business development for VIZIO. “Bringing the feel-good content that Chicken Soup for the Soul is known for to VIZIO audiences is another way that we can deliver on our promise to offer entertainment that viewers know and love.”
Chicken Soup for the Soul Originals and AVOD Exclusives available at launch include:
- Smart Home Nation (original), produced by Efran Films in association with Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment and Parkside Entertainment, and hosted by Tanya Memme. The series explores the most awesome, state-of-the-art, smart houses on planet Earth. From A-list mansions with security systems that can recognize your face from down the block to heated backyards that allow you to swim outside while it’s snowing, this series highlights experimental tech havens that would look right at home in The Jetsons.
- Senior Moment (exclusive), a romantic comedy-drama film directed by Giorgio Serafini and starring William Shatner, Jean Smart and Christopher Lloyd. The film follows Victor Martin (Shatner), a retired NASA test pilot, after he loses his license from drag racing his vintage convertible around Palm Springs. Forced to take public transportation, he meets Caroline (Smart) and learns to navigate love and life again.
- Vacation Rental Potential (original), where designer and real estate expert Holly Baker explores beautiful vacation rental properties across the U.S. helping clients unleash their entrepreneurial spirit – and maximize their earning potential.
- Off the Rails (exclusive), Kelly Preston’s final film with Jenny Seagrove, Sally Philipps, Andrea Corr, and Judi Dench about a group of 50-something women on a European vacation who have a change of itinerary when a teenager (Elizabeth Dormer-Phillips) joins their plans.
- Hope Gap (exclusive), starring Annette Benning, Bill Nighy, and Josh O’Connor. The story follows two parents’ visit with their son that takes a dramatic turn when dad reveals he’s leaving his wife.
- Thanks for the Memories (exclusive), a romantic comedy 2-part limited series with Tamzin Merchant, Tom Wlaschiha, and Bekka Bowling tells the tale of a woman (Merchant) who, after receiving a blood transfusion, finds she now has memories that aren’t her own