10 April 2020

Netflix announce new one-off episode of Tiger King

Streaming platform Netflix have confirmed they are bringing out one more episode of Tiger King. 

They are set to release an eighth episode of the show on April 12 which will be called 'The Tiger King and I'.

The one-off episode will be hosted by comedian Joel McHale who announced the news. 

It will have interviews with people from the show including John Reinke, Joshua Dial, John Finlay, Saff, Erik Cowie, Rick Kirkman, and Jeff and Lauren Lowe.

McHale said: "I talk to a lot of people involved in the project. To see what's happened in their lives since the release of the series. It's eye-opening and, hopefully, funny."

The series has seen 34 million unique views in the first ten days of its release on March 20 in the US alone.

And the show is currently No 1 on Netflix and has been a major success among viewers during lockdown. 

The series is centtred around Joseph Maldonado-Passage, 'Joe Exotic', a keeper of big cats in Oklahoma, who allegedly plotted to have animal rights activist Carole Baskin killed. 

Viewers will be able to stream the new episode on Netflix on April 12. 

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