Blue Planet 3 release date chatter is getting a real dateable answer of its own: Hulu has set Tinx as host of The Circle reboot, which premieres November 17. Christina Najjar, better known as Tinx, takes over a format that will now let viewers of The Circle vote for the first time in the U.S.
The reboot will roll out three new episodes weekly, airing Tuesday through Thursday for five weeks, with the season finale set for Friday, December 18. That schedule gives Hulu a fixed launch window and a built-in weekly cadence, rather than a one-night drop.
Tinx Steps Into The Circle
Christina Najjar is the face of the reset, and the platform has put her on the front of a competition that mixes celebrity contestants with everyday players. The move gives Hulu a host with a recognizable identity and a format that already has name recognition from its previous run.
Michelle Buteau hosted The Circle for its seven-season run on Netflix, where the show lived before this reboot landed at Hulu. That platform switch is the wrinkle here: the title keeps the same brand, but the new home, new host, and new voting mechanic make this a relaunch rather than a simple carryover.
Weekly Rollout Through December
Three episodes per week is the clearest operational change for viewers. Instead of a single binge release, the season will unfold across five weeks, which keeps the competition in the conversation and gives each batch of episodes time to land before the next arrives.
The finale on Friday, December 18, sets the endpoint for the season’s run, and the audience voting piece adds the one thing the earlier version did not have in the U.S. That is the practical change viewers need to understand: the audience is not just watching the social experiment anymore, it is taking part in it.
Netflix To Hulu
Netflix previously streamed The Circle, but the reboot now belongs to Hulu, with Studio Lambert producing alongside Omaha Productions and Motion Entertainment. For viewers of The Circle, the most important shift is not the logo on the app; it is the combination of a new host, a staggered release plan, and voting that could alter how the competition plays out from week to week.
What remains most worth watching is how the voting is handled in practice. The show has laid out the release pattern and the premiere date, but the mechanics of audience participation will decide whether this reboot feels like a real format change or just a new wrapper on a familiar game.
