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YouTube is clearing its deck, as the service gets ready to unveil its new original programming plans. As part of the spring cleaning of sorts, YouTube series “Champaign Ill,” “Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television,” “Sideswiped,” and “Do You Want to See a Dead Body” won’t be back.

Those shows join previously confirmed cancelled series “Overthinking with Kat & June,” “Youth & Consequences,” and “Origin.”

YouTube isn’t completely wiping down the mat, however. Breakout hit “Cobra Kai” is back for Season 2 on April 24, and “Step Up: High Water,” currently in its second season, continues to perform well for the service. Also, comedy “Liza on Demand,” starring Liza Koshy, and sci-fi drama “Impulse” are both in production for their sophomore releases.

Meanwhile, YouTube hasn’t yet revealed the fates of comedy “Wayne,” which premiered in January, and anthology series “Weird City,” which launched in February.

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YouTube has renewed “Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television*” for a second season, the company announced on Friday.

The half-hour comedy, which stars the “Veronica Mars” alum and “The Handmaid’s Tale’s” Samira Wiley, will return for a second outing in 2019.

The news was announced as part of YouTube’s upcoming slate of originals, which also includes a bungee jumping special with Will Smith, a documentary about disgraced music producer Lou Pearlman, a scripted comedy from Adam Pally and Sam Richardson, an untitled series about artificial intelligence from Robert Downey Jr., and returning originals like “Cobra Kai,” “Step Up: High Water” and “Kevin Hart: What the Fit.”

“Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television*,” a meta comedy skewering Hollywood and police procedurals, stars Hansen as a version of himself who joins...

The stars of “Veronica Mars” have reunited to campaign for another season.

“The network is apparently finally considering bringing back our beloved show,” Kristen Bell begins their video, which was posted to YouTube on Thursday, “but it’s going to take something very special to push them over the edge.”

“Clever stunt campaigns have always been such a huge part of getting a show renewed,” her co-star Ryan Hansen explains, citing “Family Guy” as the lone example he can come up with.

This is definitely not the Elsa you’re used to seeing in “Frozen”. Kristen Bell, who voices Elsa in the animated Disney movie, shows that the snow queen has a dark side when she reunites with her “Veronica Mars” co-star Ryan Hansen for his new web series, “Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes On Television*”. Related: ‘A Bad […]...

While it is still offering film and series distribution deals to online video stars, the subscription platform YouTube Red has also dipped its toes into the world of Hollywood, and one of its Hollywoodiest projects so far now has an official release date. Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes On Television, in which the titular Veronica Mars co-star will parody himself, police procedurals, and many of his colleagues in the acting world, is due out on October 25.

In the world of Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes On Television, the Lapd has assigned actors to its units in order to see if their skills can have any practical use in the field. Hansen will play a fictionalized version of himself who offers little to the police force beyond flippant comments. Samira Wiley, known for her roles in Orange is the New Black and The Handmaid's Tale, will deadpan her way through a role as Hansen's straight-laced shooting partner.