<P> As part of the launch of Twitch Creative, Twitch.tv hosted a nine - day marathon of Bob Ross' The Joy of Painting series which started on October 29, 2015 in commemoration of what would have been his 73rd birthday . Twitch reported that 5.6 million viewers watched the marathon, and due to its popularity, created a weekly rebroadcast with one season of The Joy of Painting to air on Twitch each Monday, and will have a marathon of episodes each October 29 . A portion of the advertising revenue has been promised to charities, including St. Jude Children's Research Hospital . </P> <P> In June 2016, Ross' series Beauty Is Everywhere was added to the Netflix lineup . The 30 - minute episodes are taken from seasons 20, 21 and 22 of the original The Joy of Painting series . </P> <P> In May 2017, Ross' likeness was added as a skin for Sylvanus in the MOBA video game Smite Of the inclusion, website Venturebeat would go on to call it, "one of the most bizarre crossovers in gaming history," At one point Ross was going to have his own video game to be released on Wii, the Nintendo DS and PC with development handled by AGFRAG Entertainment Group although this never came to fruition . </P> <P> In 2017, a board game titled Bob Ross: The Art of Chill was released and carried by Target Stores . </P>

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